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Varma-Joshi, Manju; Baker, Cynthia J.; Tanaka, Connie – Harvard Educational Review, 2004
In this article, Manju Varma-Joshi, Cynthia Baker, and Connie Tanaka examine the impact of racialized name-calling on a group of twenty-six "visible minority" youth from New Brunswick, Canada. Through one-on-one interviews and focus groups, the authors compare views held by visible minority students and their parents to the views of…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Minority Groups, Focus Groups, Racial Attitudes
Duquette, Cheryll; Stodel, Emma; Fullarton, Stephanie; Hagglund, Karras – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2007
The purpose of this study was to examine persistence in school among students with Foetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder (FASD) from the perspectives of the students themselves and their parents. Tinto's (1975, 1997) Student Integration Model (SIM) provided the theoretical framework for this research. This model involves an interplay between (1)…
Descriptors: Social Integration, Academic Persistence, Alcoholism, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome
Rose, Chris; O'Connor, Anne – B. C. Journal of Special Education, 1989
A study of the attitudes of 821 secondary-level students in British Columbia (Canada) found that the majority supported mainstreaming of handicapped students in their classes, females were more positive than males, older students were more positive than younger students, and physical contact with handicapped students did not automatically lead to…
Descriptors: Age Differences, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Familiarity

Leenders, Gordon; Henderson, Bob – Journal of Experiential Education, 1991
Field notes written by students and guides during an eight-day university credit course in canoeing and wilderness living are presented as a dialogue to illuminate the spiritual experience of self-realization and well-being that comes to many students during the trip. (SV)
Descriptors: Adventure Education, Camping, Consciousness Raising, Experiential Learning
Jang, David; Chantal, Nathalie; Askew, Cory; Bear, Janet; Robichaud, Pascal; Chung, Quan; Wysynski, Duane – Education Canada, 1999
Young adults offer advice to Canadian educators (in English and French) to help them improve the education system for students today. Seven diverse young men and women reflect on their school experiences and discuss encouraging students to develop leadership skills, improving teacher/student relationships, listening to students, and exposing youth…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, Career Awareness, Educational Attitudes, Educational Needs

Foster, Rosemary – Bilingual Research Journal, 1998
Six Canadian Anglophone high school students were studied for 10 months after they chose to enroll in a French immersion pilot program in Alberta. Although students varied in achievement level, all students and parents referred to "feelings of success" as a factor in remaining in the immersion program. Limitations of the program are…
Descriptors: Bilingual Students, Foreign Countries, High School Students, High Schools

Donaldson, Laura E. – American Indian Quarterly, 1998
Draws on Isabelle Knockwood's memoir about Mi'kmaw children's experiences in a Nova Scotia boarding school to examine the contradictory impacts of English literacy on American-Indian peoples and cultures. Discusses literacy as a weapon of colonial assimilation and, conversely, the appropriation of literacy within a Mi'kmaw system of knowledge…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, American Indian History, Boarding Schools
Dietsche, Peter – Association of Canadian Community Colleges, 2007
Learning and quality postsecondary education are critical for Canada's continued prosperity in today's global knowledge economy. Colleges and institutes have a pivotal role in postsecondary education in Canada by producing highly qualified graduates for direct entry into the labour market and facilitating transitions into further postsecondary…
Descriptors: Futures (of Society), Postsecondary Education, College Freshmen, Labor Market
Humphries, Jennifer, Ed.; Knight-Grofe, Janine, Ed.; Klabunde, Niels, Ed. – Canadian Bureau for International Education, 2009
The Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE) regularly evaluates the experience of international students in Canada through a benchmarking survey. Canada First 2009 represents the fourth time CBIE has conducted this research. Previous editions appeared in 1988, 1999 and 2004. This year's survey used a revised questionnaire similar to…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Student Surveys, Benchmarking, Student Experience

Grayson, J. Paul – Journal of the Freshman Year Experience & Students in Transition, 1997
At York University (Ontario), a large, urban commuter university, the self-assessed health of first-year students is lower than that of Canadian undergraduates in general and those in the 18 to 24 age category not enrolled in college. Among first-year students, Chinese females and females who anticipated that family problems would interfere with…
Descriptors: College Freshmen, College Students, Ethnic Groups, Foreign Countries

Bowd, Alan D.; Brady, Patrick H. – Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 2003
A survey of 357 final-year preservice teachers at a small Canadian university found that male and female participants did not differ in mathematics achievement or time elapsed since taking a mathematics course, but women had significantly greater mathematics anxiety and reported less positive beliefs about mathematics utility and more negative…
Descriptors: Elementary Secondary Education, Females, Foreign Countries, Higher Education
Horwood, Bert – 1994
This paper describes the role of outdoor education in an integrated semester at an Ontario, Canada high school. Thirteen students worked with one teacher for an entire semester and earned credits in environmental science, English, physical education, and life skills. Students were interviewed at the beginning, midpoint, and end of the semester. By…
Descriptors: Case Studies, Curriculum Development, Experiential Learning, Foreign Countries
Knockwood, Isabelle; Thomas, Gillian – 1992
The Indian Residential School in Shubenacadie, Nova Scotia, was established by the Canadian government in 1929 to provide residential education to orphan, destitute, neglected, and other Mi'kmaw Indian children aged 7-16. Since many Indian parents were poor and unable to provide for their children, they felt the school was a chance for their…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indian History, Boarding Schools, Canada Natives
Andres, Lesley – 1999
This report summarizes the Investigating Transfer Project, which provides an authentic reflection of students' transfer experiences in British Columbia. The majority of interviewees in Phase 1 of the project, who had transferred from community college to university, reported that they commenced their studies at a community college with the…
Descriptors: Articulation (Education), College Credits, College Transfer Students, Community Colleges

Hesch, Rick – Teaching Education, 1994
Presents a case study of Canadian aboriginal interns' experiences at the Saskatchewan Urban Native Teacher Education Program to illustrate how the process of becoming a teacher is institutionalized through administration of curriculum logic based on management and discipline. The paper highlights social relationships, supervision, and evaluation…
Descriptors: Canada Natives, Elementary Education, Foreign Countries, Higher Education