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Ferguson, Kristen; James, Yvonne; Bourgeault, Ivy – Canadian Journal of Education, 2022
The literature reports high levels of occupational stress for teachers, exacerbated by heavy loads of emotional labour in the classroom. We know less, however, about teacher mental health concerns as they relate to leaves of absences and returns to work, and the role gender may play related to leaves of absences and returns to work. Our pilot…
Descriptors: Mental Health, Stress Variables, Work Environment, Teaching Conditions
Naylor, Charlie – British Columbia Teachers' Federation, 2016
Every British Columbia (BC) school district has been mandated and funded to initiate attendance management programs. Three "advisory" and seven "pilot" school districts have been announced. While the issue is evolving, this paper provides some background, research, and details about the current proposals for attendance…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Elementary Secondary Education, Public Education, Teacher Attendance
British Columbia Ministry of Education, 2021
The COVID-19 pandemic may be one of the greatest challenges our provincial education system has ever addressed. In the spring of 2020, many governments around the world ordered schools to suspend in-person instruction for most of their students, requiring education systems to pivot almost overnight to online or remote teaching and virtual…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, COVID-19, Pandemics, School Closing
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Easton, Lois Brown – Journal of Staff Development, 2013
This article is drawn from a longer study Lois Brown Easton conducted for Learning Forward as the organization seeks to understand and influence the global professional learning landscape. A look at the data shows that, despite everything known about the need for high-quality professional learning, a significant number of teachers around the world…
Descriptors: Faculty Development, Foreign Countries, Educational Practices, Barriers
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Gates, Michelle; Hanning, Rhona M.; Gates, Allison; McCarthy, Daniel D.; Tsuji, Leonard J. S. – Journal of School Health, 2013
Background: Canadian Aboriginal youth have poorer diet quality and higher rates of overweight and obesity than the general population. This research aimed to assess the impact of simple food provision programs on the intakes of milk and alternatives among youth in Kashechewan and Attawapiskat First Nations (FNs), Ontario, Canada. Methods: A pilot…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Pilot Projects, Health Programs, Food
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Mady, Callie – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2013
This paper examines French as a second official language (FSOL) teachers' perspectives as they relate to the inclusion of immigrants who are learning English (IMMs), in elementary FSOL education in an English-dominant region of Canada, in particular within French immersion. In this paper, I have tried to examine the question of access to…
Descriptors: French, Official Languages, Language Usage, Immigrants
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Milewski, Patrice – Paedagogica Historica: International Journal of the History of Education, 2008
Teachers' institutes for public elementary school teachers in Ontario began to be implemented in the middle of the nineteenth century as a result of the efforts of Egerton Ryerson Superintendent of Schools for Canada West as Ontario was then known. They were based on similar practices that Ryerson had observed on an educational tour in 1845 during…
Descriptors: State Officials, Teacher Attendance, Foreign Countries, Teacher Certification