The McDowell Foundation is pleased to announce the following projects have received funding for the 2024-25 school year:
Project #342 – Culturally Relevant Reading Intervention – Danene Kopperud, Dawn Paylor and Mathew Grupp (Special Directed Call – Leonard Foundation)
Project #343 – How do we support gender diverse students now? – j. wallace skelton, Ashlee Sandiford, Hannah Paul and Alex Schmidt
Project #344 – Draw me a Fransaskois: Fransaskois students’ representation of cultural identity, an example of a Francophone High School in Saskatoon – Naomi Fortier-Fréçon, Francis Denis and Jacqueline Castilloux
Project #345 – Scope and Sequence for Literacy in French Immersion Students – Gisele Perreault and Mariette Anderson
Project #346 – Visible and Valued: Exploring the stories of Queer teachers in Saskatchewan – Jen Green and David Popoff
Project #347 – Linguistic Insecurity of Francophone Teachers in French Immersion Schools: Understanding and Overcoming Obstacles – Oumar Sylla and Wybo Ottenbreit-Born
Project #348 – High Impact, High Needs: Trauma Informed Education in Early Years – Kelly Lambert, Ryan Lambert, Kerrilyn Trost, Amanda Cornaga, Susan Robertson and Lisa Wotherspoon
Project #349 – Building a Community: An Appreciative Inquiry Focused Research Study at Greystone Heights School – Eric Walker, Melanie Breckon, Russ Munkler, Krista Sego, Cassandra Shangraw, Sara Stone and Jayden Wiebe.
Congratulations to all the recipients and we look forward to sharing the results of this work next year!
For more information on these projects or other McDowell Projects visit our research page!