June Newsletter
The June 2023 Newsletter is now available here
McDowell Foundation Launches Spring Campaign
Over the past three years Saskatchewan schools have lived through shutdowns, quarantines, masking, sanitizing, social distancing, cancelled events, and missed social opportunities. These seismic changes brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic have undoubtedly had an impact on our teachers and students. Recognizing the need to reflect on and learn from Read more…
Learning Ecosystems: Connecting Social Constructivism and Distance Learning
Researcher: Racquel Biem Socially constructed education practices are understood to foster deep learning through socio-cultural interactions (Vygotsky, 1978). Individual learning is limited in comparison to what can be learned as a community (Beck & Kosnik, 2006). Face-to-face strategies are highlighted throughout the Saskatchewan curriculum with little mention of distance learning Read more…
Educators Doing the Deep, Unsettling Work of Treaty Education
Researchers: Raquel Bellefleur and Michael Graham The purpose of the research was to investigate how developing a community of educators to do the unsettling work of treaty education might have positively influenced their implementation of treaty education in their respective schools. By doing the unsettling work of treaty education, we meant Read more…
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…