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Barker, Marianne – Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics / Revue canadienne de linguistique appliquée, 2021
The Canadian government implemented the Language Instruction for Newcomers to Canada (LINC) program to help immigrants integrate into Canada. However, research indicates that the LINC program fails to achieve its integrative goals. Using Fairclough's analytical concepts of genre, discourse and style, this article closely examines a unit of LINC…
Descriptors: Immigrants, Lesson Plans, Social Integration, English (Second Language)
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Pryce, Julia M.; Kelly, Michael S.; Lawinger, Mary – Youth & Society, 2019
This mixed-methods research evaluates Conversation Club (CC), a Canadian after-school group mentoring intervention for newcomer youth. The study's main objectives are to examine the effects of CC on newcomer youth's experiences of belonging, connectedness, hopefulness, and integration into Canadian society. Using a quasi-experimental design, CC (n…
Descriptors: Mentors, Immigrants, Clubs, After School Programs
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Fox, Ann; Currie, Vanessa; Brennan, Elizabeth – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2018
Arts Health Antigonish! (AHA!) is a not-for-profit community organization whose mandate is to foster creative expression for community health and well-being (www. artshealthantigonish.org). Over a four-year period, AHA! programs have engaged approximately 20 local artists and over 2,000 community members through poetry, visual arts, dance and…
Descriptors: Art Education, Nonprofit Organizations, Public Health, Well Being
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Bajwa, Jaswant Kaur; Kidd, Sean; Abaim, Mulugeta; Knouzi, Ibtissem; Couto, Sidonia; McKenzie, Kwame – Canadian Journal for the Study of Adult Education, 2020
This paper describes how various community partners collaborated to design and implement a student-centred, trauma-informed educational program that addresses the personal and systemic barriers identified by refugees who are survivors of trauma as obstacles to accessing higher education, and consequently social inclusion, in Canada. This 14-week…
Descriptors: Trauma, Refugees, Student Centered Learning, Program Design
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johnson, jay; Chin, Jessica W. – Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning, 2016
This study is a qualitative examination of the experiences and impact of participating in an outdoor-based and adventure education-based orientation as an alternative to traditional forms of sport team initiation. Traditional forms of initiation for the participants in this study had included hazing ceremonies, whereby new team members were forced…
Descriptors: Qualitative Research, Outdoor Education, Athletes, Adventure Education
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Canadian Teachers' Federation, Ottawa (Ontario). – 1973
This document contains parts seven and eight of a report of projects undertaken through the Hilroy Fellowship Program in Canada in 1971-72. The stated aim of the program is to encourage and reward classroom teachers who are developing new ideas for the improvement of teaching practices. The project reported in part seven concerns industrial arts,…
Descriptors: Deafness, Disadvantaged, Educational Programs, Handicapped Children