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Manitoba mathematics education and the programme for international student assessment: goals, analysis, and comparisons
(2016)
This thesis answers the question of whether and to what extent the goals of PISA align with the Manitoba Government’s goals and priority action areas, and whether the published results of PISA 2012 provide information that ...
Culturally responsive decision making: choosing and using Aboriginal children's literature in the classroom
(2016)
In the last 20 years there has been a significant amount of research done on the topic of culturally relevant and culturally responsive pedagogy (Brown-Jeffy & Cooper, 2011; Gay, 2000; Ladson-Billings, 1995; Lipman, 1995; ...
Critical mathematics and critical literacy for indigenous students in an urban alternative high school program: an action research study
(2016)
The purpose of this action research study was to improve the education of Indigenous students enrolled at an inner-city urban alternative high school for adolescent mothers and/or mothers-to-be. Seven adult students agreed ...
Determinants of Indigenous student learning with digital technology: a qualitative study in a remote Manitoba First Nations community
(2018)
The goal of this qualitative study was to identify the determinants that assist remote post-secondary Indigenous Canadian learners (in an isolated fly-in only community) to adapt and orient themselves both to Eurocentric ...
The National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation and the pursuit of archival decolonization
(2017)
Western archival institutions have both silenced and misrepresented Indigenous peoples in Canada for more than a century. These actions have in turn assisted in the colonization and subjectification of a myriad of Indigenous ...
Indigenous youth experience with helpers: How they help and how they harm
(2018)
This thesis presents qualitative interviews with eight Indigenous youth regarding their experiences of how helpers in their lives have helped them and how they have caused them harm. The central research questions focused ...
Power in places, policies, and pedagogies: one teacher’s critical inquiry into reconciliation
(2017)
In response to the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRC), this arts-informed study problematizes one un/settler teacher’s sources of dissonance and experiences of resistance engaging in processes of reconciliation. ...
An investigation into the loss and revitalization of First Nations languages in Manitoba: perspectives of First Nations educators
(2021-08-19)
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The main purpose of this research is to utilize the perspectives of research participants to address language loss in First Nations schools in Manitoba. The current status of some Aboriginal [Indigenous] languages ...
Measurement invariance of health-related quality of life: a simulation study and numeric example
(2010-09-23)
Measurement invariance (MI) is a prerequisite to conduct valid comparisons of Health-related quality of life (HRQOL) measures across distinct populations. This research investigated the performance of estimation methods ...
Elderly people of Aboriginal origin in Winnipeg: their struggle to secure safe and affordable housing
(2010-09-03)
Many elderly people of Aboriginal origin find themselves displaced as they move from rural reserves into unfamiliar urban settings. The majority are forced to relocate to cities for medical purposes and fall between the ...