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Specht, Jacqueline A.; Polgar, Jan Miller; Willoughby, Colleen; King, Gillian; Brown, Elizabeth – Exceptionality Education Canada, 2000
A study involving 15 adults with disabilities found, generally, that their elementary school experiences were negative. Those with physical disabilities experienced social isolation and unchallenging academic environments. Those with invisible disabilities felt challenged to learn in their educational environment. Negative experiences were often…
Descriptors: Adults, Attitudes toward Disabilities, Disabilities, Educational Environment
Rourke, James T. B.; Rourke, Leslie L. – 1994
This paper examines the status of postgraduate family medicine training in rural settings in Canada and identifies problems and how they are addressed. Specifically, a survey of 18 university programs examined the portion of family medicine block training that is done in a rural practice setting within the 2-year postgraduate family medicine…
Descriptors: Clinical Experience, College Programs, Family Practice (Medicine), Foreign Countries
DiPaolo, Donald G. – Journal of Leadership Education, 2002
This study examines the impact of a leadership education retreat through the eyes of six undergraduate college men who participated in The Institute for Men of Principle at a midwestern college. What influences shape their definition and experience of leadership? Entry and exit interviews were conducted along with field notes from observations…
Descriptors: Leadership Training, Administrator Education, College Students, Males
Grant, Agnes – 1996
This book documents and comments on what is known about the Indian residential school era in Canada. The aftermath of this era has exacted a huge toll, both in the human suffering of First Nations and on Canadian society in general, but understanding the impact of residential schools can aid the healing process. Chapters are: (1) "Examining…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, Boarding Schools, Canada Natives
Nutt, Diane, Ed.; Calderon, Denis, Ed. – National Resource Center for the First-Year Experience and Students in Transition, 2009
Students around the globe have unique first-year experiences but struggle with many of the same challenges. This monograph focuses on their journeys and provides insights for educators interested in learning about how institutions across the globe provide supports to students dealing with first-year transition issues. Based on the successful…
Descriptors: Higher Education, International Studies, Program Attitudes, College Freshmen
Canadian Education Association, Toronto (Ontario). – 1993
This guide describes the admission criteria utilized by faculties of education in 50 postsecondary institutions in Canada, arranged by province. For each entry the following information is provided: a listing of the teacher education programs, selection requirements and procedures for various types of degree programs; statistics on 1992-93…
Descriptors: Admission Criteria, Admissions Officers, College Admission, College Applicants
Palmer, John; And Others – 1975
With student evaluations of instructor effectiveness playing an increasingly important role in the determination of merit pay, promotion, and tenure, there is a growing interest in what these evaluations actually measure. Faculty members frequently voice doubts about using student evaluations, because it is not clear to what extent they measure…
Descriptors: Academic Achievement, College Faculty, College Students, Course Evaluation
Graveline, Fyre Jean – 1998
This book documents an effort to interrupt current Aboriginal/European power relations and transform "business as usual" by altering prevailing social relations in a Canadian college classroom. The foundations of currently dominant Western educational models emphasize individual adaptation and skill development in response to the demands…
Descriptors: American Indian Culture, Canada Natives, College Students, Consciousness Raising

Wilson, Peggy – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 1992
An ethnographic study examined the experiences of 23 Canadian Sioux students during their transition from a reservation elementary school to an urban public high school. Students encountered racial bias, low teacher expectations, isolation, frustration, and a lack of understanding by school personnel of cultural conflicts. Eighteen dropped out.…
Descriptors: American Indian Education, American Indians, Canada Natives, Culture Conflict
Samuel, Edith – Journal of College Student Development, 2004
For this qualitative inquiry, 40 South Asian students in a predominantly White Canadian university participated in interviews to investigate how racism is prevalent among peers in the university environment. Differential treatment is evident in the everyday interactions between minority and mainstream students, negatively affecting the overall…
Descriptors: Racial Bias, Peer Relationship, Peer Groups, Group Dynamics
Ministry of Advanced Education, 2005
The 2005 Graduate Follow-up Survey of Apprenticeship Students was a pilot project undertaken by the Ministry of Advanced Education, the Industry Training Authority, and post-secondary institutions (13 public and 9 private). The pilot survey targeted those who completed their apprenticeship technical training programs in a BC post-secondary…
Descriptors: Higher Education, Pilot Projects, Apprenticeships, Education Work Relationship

Mason, David G. – CAEDHH Journal/La Revue ACESM, 1997
This study interviewed 50 Canadian deaf adults concerning their observations and experiences as former students in mainstreamed schools and their transition to adult life. Results are summarized for six areas: (1) support services, (2) transition into adult education, (3) transition into the world of work, (4) socialization or alienation, (5)…
Descriptors: Adjustment (to Environment), Adult Education, Communication Skills, Deafness

Duquette, Cheryll – Canadian Journal of Native Education, 2000
Research examined the experiences of 14 student teachers living in isolated areas who completed the University of Ottawa's 2-year community-based Native teacher education program. Factors contributing to successful completion included a personal support network, program elements that fostered a sense of social and institutional integration, and…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, American Indian Education, Canada Natives, Distance Education

Johnson, Genevieve Marie – Journal of Higher Education Policy and Management, 1996
A study of 185 undergraduate students withdrawing from a publicly-funded Canadian university compared student characteristics and experiences (demography, academic performance, employment, financial support, social integration, personal circumstances, and perception of university learning experience) for three discipline areas (arts, education,…
Descriptors: Academic Persistence, College Administration, Comparative Analysis, Dropout Characteristics
Jack, Agness, Ed. – 2000
Thirty-two Canada Natives who attended the Kamloops Indian Residential School agreed to share their stories in the form of this book. In this way, their families and communities could learn and understand what happened at the school, and all Canadians could know the truth about residential schools so that history is never repeated. Kamloops Indian…
Descriptors: Acculturation, American Indian Education, American Indian History, American Indian Students