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Fraser, Jane – 1996
Cultural sensitivity is a goal for effective educators in Canada. They must make a clear differentiation between multicultural adults for whom English is a second language, who are pursuing linguistic needs for functioning in the Canadian workplace, and culturally unique First Nation (Native American) students, who have always lived in Canada and…
Descriptors: Adult Basic Education, Adult Literacy, Adult Students, American Indian Culture
Seymour, Nicole – 2002
The trend of couples starting their own businesses and partnering in self-employment ventures has been dubbed "copreneurship." Copreneurship is the fastest-growing segment of family-based businesses. Husband-and-wife teams constitute the most visible and most researched category of copreneurs. According to a 1997 study, 30% of family…
Descriptors: Definitions, Dual Career Family, Employed Parents, Employment Patterns
Faris, Ron – 1995
This report examines access to lifelong learning opportunities on Canada's information highway. The report begins with a glossary and a learner-centered model in which the information highway links learners with learning opportunities provided through educational institutions, community organizations, government, and business and industry.…
Descriptors: Access to Education, Adult Education, Adult Learning, Computer Uses in Education

Housego, Billie E. J. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 1999
Interviews and surveys of 13 teachers and staff and 213 students from four successful Canadian "outreach schools" found that the characteristics of alternative education that contribute to its success are volunteerism, small size, egalitarianism, a caring attitude, participatory decision making, organizational flexibility, individualized…
Descriptors: Educational Environment, Educational Innovation, Educational Philosophy, Foreign Countries
Pennock, Lea; Bunt, Rick – EDUCAUSE Quarterly, 2005
Administrative systems renewal is not something the faculty will ever get excited about, but the authors believe there is much that can be done to render the academic community more receptive and even supportive. In this article, the authors use the implementation of their student information system (SIS) at the University of Saskatchewan (and a…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Information Systems, Computer System Design, Knowledge Representation
Rubin, Rhonda; Aquino-Russell, Catherine; Flagg-Williams, Joan – Online Submission, 2007
(Purpose) The purpose of this study was to investigate the effects of classroom sound field amplification on communication in kindergarten through grade 3 classrooms. (Methodology) Sixty classrooms were involved in the study; half of the classrooms were provided with sound field amplification. The flow of communication was measured through…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Inclusion, Observation, Semi Structured Interviews
Elliott, Anne, Ed.; Williams, Patricia, Ed. – 1995
This document, which is intended for adult educators, contains information learned during the course of pilot workshops on the connections between violence and women's education that were held in four areas of Canada (Pine Grove, Montreal, Toronto, and the Yukon). First, the pilot workshops and development/use of the document are discussed, and…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Annotated Bibliographies, Battered Women, Change Strategies

1996
This document consists of four papers presented during a symposium on work force issues moderated by Jan DeJong at the 1996 conference of the Academy of Human Resource Development (AHRD). "Rethinking the Ties that Bind: An Exploratory Study of Employee Development in Utilities in Canada and the United States" (Michael Aherne, David…
Descriptors: Adult Education, Adult Educators, Basic Skills, Behaviorism
Toohey, Kelleen; Day, Elaine – 1998
An ongoing four-year ethnographic study of two cohorts of English-as-a-Second-Language (ESL) learners enrolled in mainstream Canadian primary school classrooms is described. The two cohorts are: (1) a group of six children observed from the beginning of kindergarten through the end of grade 2, and (2) five children observed from early kindergarten…
Descriptors: Chinese, Classroom Communication, Classroom Environment, Elementary School Students
Saskatchewan School Trustees Association, Regina. – 1993
This report summarizes a forum held in Saskatchewan, Canada to discuss Indian and Metis education, with a particular focus on increasing parent involvement. Parent participation may be placed on a continuum from communication between school and parents to autonomous control of the school by parents and community. Demographic data show that…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Boards of Education, Canada Natives
Harvey, Dexter; Cap, Orest – 1987
This learning module, which is part of a three-block series intended to help human service workers develop the skills necessary to solve the problems encountered in their daily contact with elderly clients of different cultural backgrounds, deals with communication and adjustment from the standpoint of Ukrainian culture. The first two sections…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Aging (Individuals), Client Characteristics (Human Services), Counselor Training
Quilty, Joyce; And Others – 1986
Designed as a stand-alone instructional tool to provide a 6- to 12-week unit of study for third graders, this textbook was written to Alberta curriculum guidelines, fieldtested in three school districts, and positively reviewed by a committee of Native and non-Native educators for bias and for meeting Alberta Education's Tolerence and…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indian Reservations
Jackson, R. W. B. – 1978
This report assembles in a systematic fashion the currently available data on the conditions of Ontario's declining school enrollments and makes a preliminary statement of what is already known about its future dimensions. Chapters begin with a brief review of the past and present, largely in statistical terms, and end with projections of the…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Declining Enrollment, Demography, Economic Climate
Jackson, Robert W. B. – 1978
This second interim report on declining enrollment in Ontario identifies the major implications of the several factors associated with declining enrollments and makes recommendations for immediate action to contribute to the stability of the system while preparing and initiating long-term policies. The first part of the report deals with…
Descriptors: Birth Rate, Declining Enrollment, Demography, Economic Climate
Mattson, Linda; Caffrey, Lee – 2001
Education is a fundamental right of all people but, for the Canadian Aboriginal community it is particularly critical for overcoming historical disadvantages. This document reports on a review of barriers to equal education for Aboriginal people. Key barriers to educational equity include issues of control, keepers of knowledge (teachers versus…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Culturally Relevant Education, Disadvantaged Youth