• Using a Graphic Novel Project to Engage Indigenous Youth in Critical Literacies 

  Brown, Alexis; Begoray, Deborah (Language and Literacy, 2017)

  The purpose of this paper is to present the experiences of Indigenous youth when a critical literacies/Indigenous knowledges (IK) approach was used in a graphic novel creation project. We conducted research over a six-week ...
• “With Every Step, We Grow Stronger”: The Cardiometabolic Benefits of an Indigenous-Led and Community-Based Healthy Lifestyle Intervention 

  Lai, Henry P.H.; Miles, Rosalin M.; Bredin, Shannon S.D.; Kaufman, Kai L.; Chua, Charlie Z.Y.; Hare, Jan; Norman, Moss E.; Rhodes, Ryan E.; Oh, Paul; Warburton, Darren E.R. (Journal of Clinical Medicine, 2019)

  Community-based and Indigenous-led health and wellness approaches have been widely advocated for Indigenous peoples. However, remarkably few Indigenous designed and led interventions exist within the field. The purpose of ...
• Enacting Indigenous Language and Cultural Reclamation across Geographies and Positionalities 

  Chew, Kari A. B.; Anthony-Stevens, Vanessa; LeClair-Diaz, Amanda; Nicholas, Sheilah E.; Sobotta, Angel; Stevens, Philip (Transmotion, 2019)

  In globalizing landscapes, Indigenous ways of knowing and being persist in their connectedness to specific geographies, even as they are transformed by migrations, both forced and voluntary, and dynamic exchanges. This ...
• Hear Our Languages, Hear Our Voices: Storywork as Theory and Praxis in Indigenous-Language Reclamation 

  McCarty, Teresa L.; Nicholas, Sheilah E.; Chew, Kari A. B.; Diaz, Natalie G.; Leonard, Wesley Y.; White, Louellyn (Daedalus: Journal of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences, 2018)

  Storywork provides an epistemic, pedagogical, and methodological lens through which to examine Indigenous language reclamation in practice. We theorize the meaning of language reclamation in diverse Indigenous communities ...
• Weaving Words: Conceptualizing Language Reclamation through a Culturally-Significant Metaphor 

  Chew, Kari A. B. (Canadian Journal of Native Education, 2019)

  When the Creator called us to our homelands to become a distinct people, Chickasaws received the gift of our language—Chikashshanompa'—with which to speak to each other, the land, the plants, the animals, and the Creator. ...
• Queering as a critical imagination: educators envisioning queering schools praxis through critical participatory action research 

  Cavanaugh, Lindsay (2019-07-03)

  It is well documented that hetero/cisnormativity is prevalent in schools. Queerness predominantly enters schools through anti-Queerphobia work, efforts to protect and include “at risk” gender and sexually creative youth ...
• Regulating emotions in computer-supported collaborative problem-solving tasks 

  Webster, Elizabeth A. (2019-06-24)

  The ability to collaborate has been identified as an essential learning outcome for the 21st century. However, if group members lack the skills, abilities, and attitudes to work in a team, these groups may work inefficiently ...
• What is the Impact of Digital Technology on Young Students? 

  Hendry, Pina (2019-05-24)

  Abstract This project focuses on the impact of the misuse and/or overuse of digital technologies on children’s cognitive, social, emotional, and physical development. The purpose of this report is to impart knowledge ...
• Learning at an Edge: Engaging Unique and Discerning Learners in Alternate Education Programs 

  Smith, Cara (2019-05-21)

  In Elliot W. Eisner’s (2001) article “What does it mean to say a school is doing well?” (p. 370) we are asked to imagine what we might pay attention to in schools if we didn’t rely on standardized testing to give us ...
• Literature and life through the lens of the archetypes 

  Walker, Omdrea (2019-05-18)

  The purpose of this project is to illustrate the benefits of using the archetypes to help educators enrich their use of BC’s New Curriculum and to provide resources and methods for teachers to use the archetypes in the ...
• Storied coast: experiencing, understanding, and fostering a nature-based curriculum 

  Miller, Sarah C. (2019-05-15)

  Environmental education continues to generate interest from parents, educators, and researchers, as the deficits linked to limited time in nature combined with the benefits associated with outdoor learning experiences have ...
• Nurturing language identities in the early French immersion classroom 

  Anderson, Kelsey S (2019-05-15)

  This work investigates ideas surrounding bilingualism in Canada, the role of language teachers, and linguistic identities. Of interest to this researcher is not only how people acquire language, but how people develop a ...
• Montessori Meets British Columbia's New Curriculum: Incorporating Montessori Principles into Public School Classrooms 

  Weir, Stacey (2019-05-14)

  At a time in which technology is both pivotal and ever-changing, the need for students to become independent and passionate learners has never been more important. With the unveiling of British Columbia’s new curriculum, ...
• Reflections On Multiage Looping: Building Relationships That Support Learning 

  Franceschini, Diane (2019-05-14)

  This project is a compilation and synthesis of qualitative and quantitative research on multiage looping (split grade classrooms where students spend two years with the same teacher) combined with the reflections from ...
• Culturally Responsive Pedagogy for In-service BC Teachers 

  Salman, Nadia (2019-05-12)

  This paper explores the tenets of culturally responsive pedagogy in K-12 classrooms, which can accelerate the motivation and engagement of every student in the class. The literature review investigates the perspectives of ...
• Designing with Diversity in Mind: Co-Creating Inclusively Built Learning Environments 

  Bridal, Grania (2019-05-10)

  School layout and design, the so-called third teacher, can wield considerable power for students with physical and learning impairments. Students who experience their world differently from the norm may be enabled by ...
• Teaching is a Work of Heart: A Narrative Inquiry on the Impact of Trauma-Informed Practice on Teacher Self-Efficacy 

  Bannister, Tristan (2019-05-10)

  As society’s collective understanding of trauma has grown, we have begun to identify more children who enter school having already had several adverse childhood experiences. Teachers who engage empathetically with these ...
• Decolonization and the Non-Indigenous Educator 

  Norris, Sherisse (2019-05-10)

  Indigenous knowledge and perspectives have become an important piece of British Columbia’s new curriculum. This is reflected by their presence across the curriculum throughout the grades. Many non-Indigenous educators feel ...
• Positive Feedback Loops for Lifelong Learning: Exploring the Interplay Between Self-regulation, Metacognition, and Feedback 

  Treloar, Graham (2019-05-10)

  Metacognition, self-regulation, and the ability to receive and engage with feedback in constructive ways, are essential for the development of capable, lifelong learners. The literature review in this project examines ...
• Re-Imagining Technology Education with an Eco-centric Focus 

  Evans, Joel R. (2019-05-09)

  How do you take the projects, processes, and skills already being taught in BC’s technology education classrooms, integrate the demands of the new BC curriculum, all while navigating eco-centric ideas and knowledge? This ...

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