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Benjamin Kutsyuruba; Lorraine Godden; Keith Walker – International Journal of Education Policy and Leadership, 2024
Attrition and turnover among early career teachers (ECTs) have garnered the attention of policymakers and educational leaders across Canada. However, due to provincial/territorial responsibility for education in Canada, teacher induction efforts to keep novice teachers in the profession depend on school system structures and policies specific to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Beginning Teacher Induction, School Policy, Faculty Mobility
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Kim G. C. Hellemans; Wayne Horn; Vincent Kazmierski; Martha Mullally; Eileen Harris – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2023
This article presents the results of the development and implementation of a mentorship program, now in its sixth year, designed to support the professional development of teaching skills for faculty and contract instructors. The program is unique in that it is a combination of a variety of other approaches such as formal and informal mentoring as…
Descriptors: Mentors, College Faculty, Faculty Development, Program Development
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Stiwich, Kendra D.; Ross, Victoria – Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research, 2022
Many postsecondary institutions host a knowledge dissemination event for students to publicly share their scholarly, research, and creative works. These events improve student communication skills and self-efficacy. The authors propose that these events also can affect students' sense of belonging. CREATE is Vancouver Island University's…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, College Students, Conferences (Gatherings), Student Research
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Natalie Simper; Amanda Berry; Katarina Mårtensson; Nicoleta Maynard – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2023
This study follows a network-based Assessment Redesign Project at a Canadian university to investigate engagement and sustained implementation. The following strategies were employed in the project: mini-grants, embedded support, a community of practice, and social networks. Assessment facilitators worked in discipline clusters to achieve mutual…
Descriptors: Evaluation, Foreign Countries, Higher Education, Critical Thinking
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Charlotte Lee; Angel Wang; Vanessa Pina; Jianrong Zhuang; Ruth Robbio; Winnie Sun – Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, 2023
Final-year nursing students are known to face high levels of stress due to increased demands in academics and clinical practicum. In this study, a virtual peer mentoring program was pilot-tested, involving alumni as mentors. Using a mixed-methods approach, we sought to describe the acceptability, feasibility and satisfaction associated with the…
Descriptors: Mentors, Electronic Learning, Undergraduate Students, Nursing Education
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Smith, Clayton; Gottheil, Susan; King, Aliyah – Strategic Enrollment Management Quarterly, 2022
This article explores the perceptions of senior enrollment managers at Canadian colleges and universities regarding the effectiveness of using the Strategic Enrollment Management (SEM) model within the Canadian context. The research design consists of a qualitative approach involving 23 individual interviews. Research participants reflected on…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Enrollment Management, Strategic Planning, Models
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Teba Hamodat; Helen Flanagan; Dorothy Chitty; Isabel M. Smith – Focus on Autism and Other Developmental Disabilities, 2024
The publicly funded early intervention program for preschoolers with autism spectrum disorder (ASD) in Nova Scotia, Canada, uses the pivotal response treatment (PRT) model. Parents are coached in use of PRT strategies during their children's first week of treatment. We explored whether parents of older preschoolers with limited verbal ability…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Early Intervention, Preschool Children, Autism Spectrum Disorders
Gula, Louie Petere – Online Submission, 2022
The purpose of the study: The aim of this study is to identify the prevalence of participants in physical activities, the motivation needed by the students to engage in the activity, challenges encountered by the implementors, health benefits, and recommendations and suggestions needed for the improvement of the implementation. Materials and…
Descriptors: Physical Activities, Recreational Activities, Student Motivation, Barriers
Frank Deer; Rebeca Heringer – Canadian Journal of Education, 2023
Many schools, school districts, and provincial education authorities in Canada are collaborating with Indigenous communities to indigenize content and provide progamming to improve Indigenous student success. With a focus on high school achievement in the area of Indigenous education at the cultural interface of Indigenous communities and…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Indigenous Knowledge, Secondary Schools, Indigenous Populations
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Clayton Smith; Geri Salinitri; Kendra Hart – International Journal of Mentoring and Coaching in Education, 2024
Purpose: This study provides insight into the nature of peer-mentoring opportunities for teacher candidates, including common challenges and benefits that can be used to inform best practices for implementing peer-mentoring programs by higher education institutions. Design/methodology/approach: Qualitative interviews were conducted to glean…
Descriptors: Preservice Teachers, Undergraduate Students, Peer Relationship, Mentors
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Crooks, Claire V.; Hoover, Sharon; Smith, Alexandra C. G. – Psychology in the Schools, 2020
There are thousands of refugee students in Canadian schools and many struggle with distress and trauma symptoms. Even those not demonstrating overt distress may face adjustment challenges. This paper describes the pilot of the Supporting Transition Resilience of Newcomer Groups (STRONG) program in ten schools. STRONG is a 10-session, manualized…
Descriptors: Intervention, Resilience (Psychology), Foreign Countries, Refugees
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Brian, Jessica; Drmic, Irene; Roncadin, Caroline; Dowds, Erin; Shaver, Chantelle; Smith, Isabel M.; Zwaigenbaum, Lonnie; Sacrey, Lori-Ann R.; Bryson, Susan E. – Autism: The International Journal of Research and Practice, 2022
Recent efforts have focused on developing and evaluating early intervention for toddlers with probable or emerging autism spectrum disorder. Parent-mediated approaches have gained traction, with mounting evidence of efficacy, but a research-to-practice gap exists, and community effectiveness remains to be firmly established. We report outcomes of…
Descriptors: Autism Spectrum Disorders, Early Intervention, Toddlers, Parents
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Ranahan, Patti; White, Jennifer – Journal of Ethnographic & Qualitative Research, 2019
Suicide prevention gatekeeper training is designed in order to enhance participants' recognition of persons in distress, enhance skills in responding, and referrals to help. In response to rising suicide rates in British Columbia, Canada, two standardized gatekeeper training programs were implemented by the Canadian Mental Health Association…
Descriptors: Suicide, Prevention, Foreign Countries, Community Involvement
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Exner-Cortens, Deinera; Spiric, Vanja; Crooks, Claire; Syeda, Maisha; Wells, Lana – Canadian Journal of School Psychology, 2020
Implementation of evidence-based, Tier 1 social-emotional learning (SEL) programming that supports healthy relationships skills is recognized as a key mental health promotion and violence prevention strategy for youth. However, work specifically exploring how to support the high-quality implementation of such programming with Canadian teachers and…
Descriptors: Predictor Variables, Program Implementation, Foreign Countries, Middle School Teachers
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Dandala, Saturnin – Management in Education, 2019
This article suggests that the implementation of human resource policies such as teacher performance appraisal (TPA) is a disturbance to the school organizational climate. Based on my cross-examination of both school managers' and teachers' discourse, I suggest that a new leadership approach needs to be developed at the school level to effectively…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Human Resources, Labor Force Development, School Policy
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