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23 record(s) found in the location "North Slave Region" (multi-year projects are grouped):
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Learning from the Swedes: Community Perspectives on Literacy
Principal Investigator: Ward, Angela
Licensed Year(s): 2004
Summary: The purpose of this study is to determine the policy and practice factors that account for the differences in adult literacy levels between Canada and Sweden. Literacy advocates are anxious to understand why Swedish adults have demonstrated literacy leve...
Licensed Year(s): 2004
Summary: The purpose of this study is to determine the policy and practice factors that account for the differences in adult literacy levels between Canada and Sweden. Literacy advocates are anxious to understand why Swedish adults have demonstrated literacy leve...
Teacher Induction in the Northwest Territories
Principal Investigator: Tolley, Muriel
Licensed Year(s): 2001
Summary: The researcher will complete a descriptive study using qualitative methods. Beginning teachers in Northwest Territories communities will be surveyed to identify their professional, personal and cultural needs and to identify the most useful supports provided during their induction period. Each participant will be interviewed three times during the year: October, February, June, with the followin...
Licensed Year(s): 2001
Summary: The researcher will complete a descriptive study using qualitative methods. Beginning teachers in Northwest Territories communities will be surveyed to identify their professional, personal and cultural needs and to identify the most useful supports provided during their induction period. Each participant will be interviewed three times during the year: October, February, June, with the followin...
Women and Empowerment in Northern Canada and India: A Community Based Strategy for Building an Ecological Sustainable Way of Knowing
Principal Investigator: Brown, Rai
Licensed Year(s): 2000
Summary: This project will study the impact of education of women's status in Northern Canada and hopefully develop an ethic that re-engages culture and ecology by challenging the western notion of progress. The researcher will conduct unstructured interviews with innovative educational institutions, sustainable development organizations, and women involved in community-building projects, social justice i...
Licensed Year(s): 2000
Summary: This project will study the impact of education of women's status in Northern Canada and hopefully develop an ethic that re-engages culture and ecology by challenging the western notion of progress. The researcher will conduct unstructured interviews with innovative educational institutions, sustainable development organizations, and women involved in community-building projects, social justice i...
The History of the Federal Government of Canada's Residential School System for the Inuit 1955-1970.
Principal Investigator: King, David
Licensed Year(s): 1998 1997
Summary: Plan to interview approximately 8 people in Yellowknife who went to these schools. Interviews will be kept confidential. My research will be explained in detail and permission obtained from individuals who are being asked to provide their input. The ACUNS code of ethics for research in the north will be employed. All informants will be shown any information given and asked to approve its use. ...
Licensed Year(s): 1998 1997
Summary: Plan to interview approximately 8 people in Yellowknife who went to these schools. Interviews will be kept confidential. My research will be explained in detail and permission obtained from individuals who are being asked to provide their input. The ACUNS code of ethics for research in the north will be employed. All informants will be shown any information given and asked to approve its use. ...
Distance Education Strategy - Aurora College 1997-2000
Principal Investigator: Wade, Bill
Licensed Year(s): 1997
Summary: The research involves collecting baseline data from previous and current distance education initiatives that the College has been engaged in and examining strategies employed by other educational organizations. In addition an needs assessment will be conducted in order to identify opportunities for program delivery via distance education technology....
Licensed Year(s): 1997
Summary: The research involves collecting baseline data from previous and current distance education initiatives that the College has been engaged in and examining strategies employed by other educational organizations. In addition an needs assessment will be conducted in order to identify opportunities for program delivery via distance education technology....
(Home schooling in the Northwest Territories) Parent Choices in Education: Opting out of the Northwest Territories Education System.
Principal Investigator: Crowell, James W.
Licensed Year(s): 1997 1996
Summary: Study continued from 1996. School Principals will be contacted during the 1996/97 school year to collect data on the number of students involved in home schooling in each community. In the towns of Fort Smith, Hay River, and Yellowknife, parents of home schooling children will be contacted through principals to participate in tape recorded interviews. Data collection will be limited to mail, ph...
Licensed Year(s): 1997 1996
Summary: Study continued from 1996. School Principals will be contacted during the 1996/97 school year to collect data on the number of students involved in home schooling in each community. In the towns of Fort Smith, Hay River, and Yellowknife, parents of home schooling children will be contacted through principals to participate in tape recorded interviews. Data collection will be limited to mail, ph...
Dene Graduates of Community Based Teacher Education Programs in the N.W.T.
Principal Investigator: Bright, Marilyn
Licensed Year(s): 1997
Summary: The study will explore experiences beginning Dene teachers have in their transition from student to teacher. Study attempts to understand ways which beginning Dene teachers integrate their traditional cultural heritage into that of Canadian mainstream curriculum. How is the curriculum document, Dene Kede, implemented in their work. Study will seek to articulate their needs for in-service suppor...
Licensed Year(s): 1997
Summary: The study will explore experiences beginning Dene teachers have in their transition from student to teacher. Study attempts to understand ways which beginning Dene teachers integrate their traditional cultural heritage into that of Canadian mainstream curriculum. How is the curriculum document, Dene Kede, implemented in their work. Study will seek to articulate their needs for in-service suppor...
Aboriginal Educational Development in the NWT
Principal Investigator: Shimpo, Mitsura
Licensed Year(s): 1996
Summary: Due to limited time resources, the researcher plans to limit his study to doing consultative interviews with staff members of the GNWT Department of Education, Culture and Employment and possibly with staff members of Aurora College in Yellowknife. No research will be done outside of Yellowknife. This survey is part of a larger international 3 year research project sponsored by Japan's Nation...
Licensed Year(s): 1996
Summary: Due to limited time resources, the researcher plans to limit his study to doing consultative interviews with staff members of the GNWT Department of Education, Culture and Employment and possibly with staff members of Aurora College in Yellowknife. No research will be done outside of Yellowknife. This survey is part of a larger international 3 year research project sponsored by Japan's Nation...
The NWT School Relationship Survey, 1995
Principal Investigator: Wall, Denis
Licensed Year(s): 1995
Summary: The survey will collect data from students, administrators, teachers, Board members, and other school-based staff. Pilot surveys will be undertaken to test the surveys and to identify necessary changes. A randomly selected group of 30 principals will be asked to collect data on incidents of interpersonal conflict in which they have to intervene. No names will be attached to surveys or descripti...
Licensed Year(s): 1995
Summary: The survey will collect data from students, administrators, teachers, Board members, and other school-based staff. Pilot surveys will be undertaken to test the surveys and to identify necessary changes. A randomly selected group of 30 principals will be asked to collect data on incidents of interpersonal conflict in which they have to intervene. No names will be attached to surveys or descripti...
The function of the Community Education Council as a conduit of information between the community and the Divisional Board of Education
Principal Investigator: Osted, Peter F.
Licensed Year(s): 1994
Summary: The researcher will ask Community Education Councils (CEC's) of communities served by the Sahtu, Deh Cho, South Slave and Dogrib Divisional Boards of Education to complete questionnaires. Data collected will include where Items of Concern come from, what the CEC does with these Items, how these issues graded in terms of importance, and how often these issues arise. Results of the study may assist...
Licensed Year(s): 1994
Summary: The researcher will ask Community Education Councils (CEC's) of communities served by the Sahtu, Deh Cho, South Slave and Dogrib Divisional Boards of Education to complete questionnaires. Data collected will include where Items of Concern come from, what the CEC does with these Items, how these issues graded in terms of importance, and how often these issues arise. Results of the study may assist...
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