Researchers: Raquel Oberkirsch and Melanie Press NORA’S SPECIAL DIRECTED CALL The proposed participatory action research explores Indigenous students’ experiences of belonging at a Saskatchewan high school over one school year. We will examine the effects of implementing culturally relevant initiatives such as a beading club, painting workshops with local Indigenous Read more…
Ivy Armstrong – researcher With this case study, we propose interviewing up to five teachers from one Saskatchewan school division who describe themselves as having thrived throughout the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. We will also ask those connected to these ‘pandemic thrivers,’ including their administrators, colleagues, students, and students’ families, to Read more…
Veronica Stewart Teachers play a major role in shaping school culture and through social and emotional competencies can empower each other and their students. This project seeks to measure the value of developing adult Social Emotional Learning (SEL) skills with major benefits anticipated for students who will see social skills Read more…
Seleste Eftoda – researcher There is an urgent need to address the teacher wellbeing crisis that is gripping many teachers within the province, across the country and around the globe. Teacher well-being is an urgent concern as the wellbeing of the teacher impacts the well-being of the students. The aim Read more…
Ann Donald Roberta Ross Cornelia Liberte Dr. Linda Wason-Ellam
Kirsten Cavanaugh, Saskatoon Public School Division and Dr. Janet Okoko, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan Recently arrived refugee children face many challenges when adapting to their new country and schools along with their parents who may be looking for work, attempting to learn English, and adapting to a different Read more…
Katherine Oviatt, Lana Steiner, Tammy McNab, Amanda Moosemay, Alberta-Rose Bear, Lindsey Bear, Sonia Kinequon, Heidi Linford This project is the first of many hopeful future projects that will set the foundations for redesigning the way students are taught and assessed through a curriculum that begins with Indigenous Ways of Knowing Read more…
Denise Heppner, Tirzah Reilkoff Leaders in education are wondering if the COVID-19 pandemic will nudge educators to explore the benefits of outdoor education. This research will take up that challenge and delve into the aspects of literacy learning that are fostered by participation within an outdoor educational context (Forest School), Read more…
Katlyn Redding & Kristen Myers As music educators in rural Saskatchewan, we noticed the tremendous impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on band programs. Since band instruction is typically almost exclusively delivered through the playing of wind instruments in a group setting, which became a high-risk activity in the context of Read more…