McDowell News – January
The January 2023 Newsletter is available here
The Impact of the Pandemic on Band Programs
How do you teach a band class without wind instruments? Teachers Kristen Myers and Katlyn Redding knew they would soon have to find out. Due to COVID-19 restrictions in place for the 2021-22 school year, band teachers across Saskatchewan had to fundamentally change their teaching and learning environments to ensure Read more…
2021-22 Annual General Meeting
The 2021-22 Annual General Meeting was held December 2, 2022. The annual report is available here
Managing Student Stress During COVID-19
Researcher(s): Brent Keen and Angela Csiki The focus of our project was to discover how effectively we can mitigate students’ stress over the COVID-19 pandemic using strategies that promoted mindfulness. Our objective was to measure how successfully we could reduce students’ stress levels using three different strategies related to self-regulation: Read more…
News Release
Forest School Engages Young Students in Play-Based Literacy Learning For Information Contact: For Immediate Release: Ellen Whiteman October 18, 2022 Manager, McDowell Foundation 306-373-1660 stfcommunications@stf.sk.ca Forest School Engages Young Students in Play-Based Literacy Learning SASKATOON – During the COVID-19 pandemic, many teachers shifted to outdoor learning to Read more…
Nurturing Emergent Literacy in Play-Based Outdoor Education
Join teachers Denise Heppner and Tirzah Reikoff for October 20 from 7:00-8:30 pm their presentation entitled Nurturing Emergent Literacy in Play-Based Outdoor Education: An Exploration of the Learning Journey of a Kindergarten/Grade 1 Class in Forest School. This research delves into the aspects of literacy learning that are fostered by Read more…
Get Involved
Volunteer Opportunity: Foundation Board Members Needed! The Foundation is currently accepting expressions of interest to sit on our Board of Directors. Directors are appointed for a three-year term and provide strategic direction, fiscal oversight and risk-management leadership for the Foundation. The Board meets approximately four times per year. Serving on a Read more…
How does a Teacher
Incorporate Place-Based First Nations Way of Living in Nature in a Classroom to Teach High School Science in a Northern Reserve School?
Researchers: Nadeeka Obada Lekamlage, Geraldine Red Iron Gratitude: Canoe Lake Miksew School, Canoe Lake, North West College, Meadow Lake, Transition Place Education Centre, Meadow Lake This project discourses the possibilities and advantages of incorporating Indigenous knowledge in to high school science to teach in a northern Canadian high school. The Read more…
Partnerships of Change:
Transforming Language in Three-Way
Conferences for English as an Additional Language Student Success
Research Team: Shawna Jurgens, Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Division Brenden Kroeger, Prairie Spirit School Division Dr. Zhi Li, University of Saskatchewan Dr. Hyunjung Shin, University of Saskatchewan Shannon Storey, University of Saskatchewan Julia Daantos, University of Saskatchewan Xiaoxue Xie, University of Saskatchewan Summary: The purpose of this proposed research is Read more…
Instructional Leaders
Supporting Implementation
of Effective Literacy Instruction
By Jennifer Dorval, Dawn Paylon, Anita Dolan, Susan Plant, Cheryl Treptow and Kristin Becotte Final Report Project_256 Final