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WERKLUND SCHOOL COMMUNITY 2020 /
OF EDUCATION REPORT 2021
at the
education
crossroads
WERKLUND SCHOOL COMMUNITY 2020 / 01.
OF EDUCATION REPORT 2021
a message
page 02.
from our dean
research
impact
pillars Throughout 2020-2021, the Werklund
School community came together in
of the
page 08. the face of challenges and opportunities
brought on by a global pandemic,
student the economic downturn, the heightened
recognition of racial inequities,
Through community collaboration
excellence and innovation, Werklund researchers
werklund
as well as provincial budget cuts
investigated how stronger diversity
and curriculum debates.
can drive increased innovation in science,
When families sought support for their technology, engineering and math
children, many of whom were learning education; they explored how digital
school
online and struggling to keep up, Werklund instruction literacy can better prepare
page 18.
researchers provided professional new teachers; and scrutinized rates
community learning for teachers and education
and psychological supports for families.
of teacher burnout and offered podcasts
to support self-care.
engagement Our pre-service teachers offered free
academic
As vaccination rollouts continue, we know
tutoring assistance to children who needed
the pandemic will eventually end. We must
additional help. Scholars dedicated
reflect on how far we’ve come in the last
to the path of reconciliation assembled
15 months and acknowledge how
resources to ensure Indigenous literatures
the landscape around us has changed.
plan
can be incorporated into all classrooms
page 20. and learning.
As we develop new ways of looking WERKLUND SCHOOL
at old problems, whether solving issues
collective In research that addressed child and family of racial injustice, or addressing digital SCHOLARS IDENTIFIED
needs, whether looking at the psychological divides, we are indeed at a pivotal ISSUES AFFECTING
well-being impacts of lockdowns, or how children can
best learn during online lessons, Werklund
crossroads, where the decisions we make
will have repercussions for years to come. OUR COMMUNITIES,
School scholars identified issues affecting
our communities, and went to work
How we act now will decide the future AND WENT TO WORK
page 22. RESPONDING for generations.
TO COVID-19 understanding and resolving them. UNDERSTANDING AND
This report highlights the many ways
Werklund researchers, students and RESOLVING THEM.
page 23. TOWARDS
our work with community partners are
THE FUTURE
influencing changes locally and globally
for the better.
page 24. VISION, MISSION,
VALUES, STRATEGY We have learned from the challenges
of the last few years; the opportunities
before us are enormous and we remain
excited to engage them. We hope
you will join us in the endeavor.
Dr. Dianne Gereluk
Dean, Werklund School of Education
02. WERKLUND SCHOOL COMMUNITY 2020 / research 03.
OF EDUCATION REPORT 2021 impact
research
impact
At the Werklund School of Education,
our academic faculty are dedicated to
research and scholarship that is benefiting
communities. By prioritizing research that
is collaborative and interdisciplinary,
we are better able to impact both policy A TRANSDISCIPLINARY MEANINGFUL PROJECTS KEY
and practice. APPROACH TO CULTIVATING TO SUCCESSFUL LANGUAGE
EXCELLENCE IN GRADUATE & LITERACY PEDAGOGY
Finding synergies between a breadth
SUPERVISION KIM LENTERS
of partners in faculties that include social
work, medicine, math and engineering, FROM ISOLATION TO INCLUSION, MICHELE JACOBSEN OUT OF THE CLOSET: Dr. Kim Lenters’ drive to expand language
as well as with community partners, TRANSFORMING STEM CULTURE Dr. Michele Jacobsen is investigating HETEROSEXISM & TRANSPHOBIA and literacy learning has resulted in a
Werklund researchers are helping shape JENNIFER D. ADAMS online faculty development for graduate IN OUR SCHOOLS AND GLOBALLY Canada Research Chair (Tier II) in Language
society and culture, public policy and
Creativity and STEM Canada Research supervisors in post-secondary institutions TONYA CALLAGHAN and Literacy Education appointment.
services, establishing improved health in collaboration with a team of researchers She believes that, while there is no one
Chair Dr. Jennifer D. Adams is exploring LGBTQ2S+ communities continue to face
supports and interventions and a more from Athabasca University and King ‘correct’ way for ‘doing’ or instructing
the experiences of Black, Indigenous and discrimination, whether as students in
sustainable future. Abdulaziz University (Saudi Arabia). With literacy, early literacy pedagogy in many
People of Colour (BIPOC) students pursuing our schools or as newcomers in our cities.
support from a SSHRC Connection Grant, Western educational systems is too
science, technology, engineering and As the Werklund School Distinguished
Jacobsen’s team is working with expert narrowly focused on meeting standardized
mathematics (STEM) majors at Western Research Lecture Award 2020 recipient,
supervisors from across two universities benchmarks associated with children’s
Canadian post-secondary institutions. Dr. Tonya Callaghan delivered a webinar
to faculty colleagues in developing reading and writing skills.
on how teachers, students, and policymakers
Through this research, Adams, who holds strengths in online graduate supervision,
can work together to eliminate oppression Lenters is in the vanguard of a growing
a joint appointment in the Faculty of Science mentoring for diverse careers, balancing
of gender and sexual minority groups. push beyond longstanding theories such
at UCalgary, aims to empower BIPOC excellence and wellness, and supporting
as socioculturalism, which have offered
students in their STEM pursuits, contribute academic writing. Callaghan’s comparative research spans
important critiques of skills-only literacy
to policies that support diverse students
in STEM and create a community of The collaboration resulted in a massive
continents, from Canada to the UK to
Australia, where she has found positive
pedagogy; what sets her work apart is WERKLUND
researchers and policymakers that will open online course, or MOOC, offering
engagement with Catholic youth who
attention to real-world solutions that meet
the backgrounds, needs, interests and
RESEARCHERS ARE
work towards equitability. Additionally, a community of practice focused on
the study will provide guidance to post- graduate supervision and mentorship
are leading the revolution against religiously
inspired homophobic oppression. Student
capacities of all learners. HELPING SHAPE
secondary institutions for transforming for faculty across disciplines. The course,
activists can and do play key roles in SOCIETY AND
exclusive cultures and offering meaningful Quality Graduate Supervision, will
support to students who have been be offered across Canada in Fall 2021.
affecting change in their communities,
particularly in Catholic schools. Callaghan’s
CULTURE, PUBLIC
historically marginalized. work explores effective ways to resist POLICY AND SERVICES.
homophobia and empower students
As part of Canadian Innovation Week,
who have felt silenced and shamed.
Adams presented the ways in which
diversity can drive equitable innovation,
in a panel discussion supported by the
University of Calgary and the Rideau
Hall Foundation.
04. research WERKLUND SCHOOL COMMUNITY 2020 / research 05.
impact OF EDUCATION REPORT 2021 impact
Supporting IN 2020-2021,
WE WELCOMED NINE
postdoctoral POSTDOCTORAL
ASSOCIATES:
scholarship TIFFANY PRETE
researching Niitsitapi, (the
STUDY PROBES IMPACT MOBILIZING STEM LITERACY FOR Each year, we are proud to attract Real People) in Photographs:
& OFFERS SCHOOLS SUPPORTS SOCIAL JUSTICE top talent in the postdoctoral scholars Surviving Colonization with
AMID COVID-19 PANDEMIC MIWA A. TAKEUCHI who join us in actively conducting TOWANI DUCHSCHER supervisor Dr. Aubrey Hanson
and disseminating their research.
KELLY SCHWARTZ Dr. Miwa A. Takeuchi’s community-based
researching decolonizing
VOICING COMPLEXITY: Postdoctoral associates work alongside literacies with supervisor
A team of researchers led by Dr. Kelly and in-schools scholarship examines how
PUBLICNESS, ETHICS the intentional design of spaces, backed expert faculty who provide important Dr. Kim Lenters BRIANNE REDQUEST
Schwartz is conducting a study during
& POLITICS by ethical mobilization of STEM literacy, support and mentoring in both their researching physical
the 2020-21 school year to understand
scholarly and professional development.
how students are managing during the PRATIM SENGUPTA can bring about healing of collective pain. activity and mental health
pandemic. In collaboration with the Calgary
Internationally, Takeuchi partnered with
JENNIFER MARKIDES among children and youth
Exploring transdisciplinary models with neurodevelopmental
Board of Education, Calgary Catholic School
of language that integrate computing, the Filipino Migrants Center in Japan, and conducting community-led
District, as well as Edmonton Public Schools disorders with supervisor
education, sociology, politics and demonstrated how mathematical literacy research in empowering
and Edmonton Catholic Schools, the study Dr. Carly McMorris
environmental science, Dr. Pratim Sengupta can help redress intersectional violence Indigenous youth with
is following 1,700 students ages 12 to 18
continues to challenge how we use against migrant racialized women, rooted supervisors Drs. Doug Clark
and asking about their experiences during
computing, as well as who is using it and in human trafficking. and Yvonne Poitras Pratt
the pandemic, investigating everything from
to what end? Sengupta’s research confronts Locally, Takeuchi is partnering with
KAILYN TURNER
their resiliency to their mental health.
systems that have traditionally marginalized local schools, the Immigrant Education researching neurodevelopment
By identifying self-reported psychological, certain voices and investigates computing Society and CCIS to shine a light on MAXINE MYRE disorders in children with
behavioural, and learning needs of students as human experience beyond the mastery supervisor Dr. Carly McMorris
intergenerational STEM literacy exhibited
impacted by the pandemic, Schwartz’s of symbolic power. designing and implementing
by refugee families in the context of urban
team can offer insights to help school research addressing
In March 2021, Sengupta delivered a farming and community gardening
districts support resilience factors already complexities linked to unhealthy
to make Calgary more environmentally
being accessed by students or that could
Distinguished Lecture Series, titled Voicing weight-related attitudes, OLIVER WILSON
Complexity: Publicness, Ethics and Politics, and socially just.
be activated in schools to better support behaviors and outcomes
at Vanderbilt University, featuring his researching complexities linked
children. The research, funded by the Dr. Takeuchi was awarded the 2021 Early with supervisor Dr. Shelly
collaborative work on public computing, to unhealthy weight-related
Canadian Institutes of Health Research Career Award from the International Russell-Mayhew
what we can learn from modelling pain, attitudes, behaviours, and
(CIHR), will inform province-wide decisions Society of the Learning Sciences. She was outcomes with supervisor
and how political engagement with also recognized with a 2021 Student Union
and strategies leading to more evidence- Dr. Shelly Russell-Mayhew
modeling can help address climate change. Teaching Excellence Award and a 2021
informed programming to support children JOANNE PARK
Part of his research, in collaboration with University of Calgary Teaching Award.
across Alberta.
Dr. Ariel Ducey, Faculty of Arts, and Dr. researching mental wellness
Martina Kelly, Health Sciences, at UCalgary in public safety with supervisor JESUS ENRIQUE
is supported through funding from the Dr. Kelly Schwartz
Government of Canada’s New Frontiers
HERNANDEZ
in Research Fund. Sengupta’s book Voicing ZAVALETA
Code in STEM (with authors Drs. Amanda researching design,
Dickes and Amy Voss Farris) was released development, implementation
by MIT Press in March 2021. and research of games
supporting student learning
in STEM education with
supervisor Dr. Doug Clark
06. research WERKLUND SCHOOL COMMUNITY 2020 / research 07.
impact OF EDUCATION REPORT 2021 impact
Recognizing Kim Lenters Canada Research Chair – Tier 2 Language
and Literacy Education 2020-2025
award-winning Darren Lund International Association for Research
on Service-Learning and Community
faculty Engaged Learning, Diversity, Equity
and Inclusion Award 2020
PARTNERING TO UNDERSTAND 2020 to 2021 Society of Professors of Education,
Outstanding Book Award 2021
SUICIDALITY IN AUTISTIC YOUTH
Jennifer Markides Indigenous Inquiries Circle Awards,
KAILYN TURNER Emerging Voices in Indigenous Scholarship,
Dr. Kailyn Turner’s postdoctoral research Researcher Award 2021
is examining the mental health needs of DECOLONIZING LITERACIES Jim Brandon The Canadian Association for the Study
children with neurodevelopment disorders TOWANI DUCHSCHER of Educational Administration, Distinguished Canadian Society for the Study
and co-occurring mental health conditions. Service Award 2021 of Education/Canadian Association
As a scholar interested in arts-based anti- of Curriculum Studies, Outstanding
Working with Dr. Carly McMorris, she racist education, Towani Duchscher’s goal Dissertation Award 2021
Tonya Callaghan University of Calgary Diversity Award 2020
HISTORICAL IMAGES OPEN is participating in projects delivering is to bring scholars, teachers, parents/
DOOR TO SHARING therapeutic interventions and determining guardians, and community educators Man-Wai Chu Avenue Magazine Top 40 Under 40 2020 Canadian Association of Graduate Studies,
TIFFANY PRETE their effectiveness for autistic children and together to consider the ways that Distinguished Dissertation Award 2021
their families. Turner is leading a project we can decolonize literacy in the classroom. Catherine Chua University of Calgary Teaching and Learning
Dr. Tiffany Prete is providing survivors Barbara Martin Student Union Teaching Excellence
that will partner with children, caregivers, Award for Full-Time Academic Staff
of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools Literacy teaching practices that have
clinicians, researchers, and policy/decision- (Assistant Professor) 2020 Award 2021
system with an opportunity to tell their historically only focused on reading and
makers to identify the top 10 research
story in their own words. Prete’s project writing can marginalize and exclude many Patricia Danyluk & Society for Teaching and Learning in Adam McCrimmon The Canadian Psychological Association,
priorities in suicidality in autistic youth.
is not only singular for its use of archival racialized students. Duchscher believes Yvonne Poitras Pratt Higher Education, Alan Blizzard Award for Distinguished Contributions to Education
photos to produce oral histories but also She is also co-leading the development that by connecting, understanding, and excellence in collaborative teaching and and Training in Psychology in Canada
because it is enabling members of the of a tailored tool to assess for risk of suicide experiencing the multitude of ways we “read learning in post-secondary education 2021 Award 2020
Blackfoot Confederacy to speak about their attempt in autistic youth by engaging the world”, through our bodies, cultures,
experiences in a way that does not focus patients as research partners. and relationships with the land, we can make Brent Davis The Canadian Association for Curriculum Miwa Takeuchi International Society of the Learning
solely on the trauma incurred. space for every student to feel seen and Studies (CACS), Ted T. Aoki Award for Sciences, Early Career Award 2021
valued. Duchscher is collaborating on this Distinguished Service within the Field
Prete believes the resulting insights will work with Dr. Kim Lenters. Student Union Teaching Excellence
of Canadian Curriculum Studies 2021
help Canadians understand what occurred, Award 2021
what needs to be reconciled, and why. Sarah Eaton Canadian Society for the Study of Higher
Education Research and Scholarship Gregory Tweedie University of Calgary Teaching and
Award 2020 Learning Award for Teaching in Online
Environments 2020
Michele Jacobsen University of Calgary Teaching and Learning
Award for Graduate Supervision 2020 Kaori Wada Canadian Psychological Association, John
Psychology Works C. Service Member of the Year Award
for COVID-19
Volunteers
91 2 $6.7M 200+ 23 Eustacia Yu University of Calgary Internationalization
awards for
Achievement Award 2021
Canada
academic in research conference excellence in
research Rahat Zaidi AERA Division K Innovations in Research
faculty funding presentations teaching, research
chairs & community on Equity and Social Justice in Teaching
and Teacher Education Award 2021
Alberta Teachers Association Educational
8 9 213 12 62
Research Award 2020
peer- books
research post-doctoral books
reviewed published by
professorships scholars chapters
articles 23 authors
08. WERKLUND SCHOOL COMMUNITY 2020 / student 09.
OF EDUCATION REPORT 2021 excellence
student
excellence
TRUSTING RELATIONSHIPS
ESSENTIAL FOR EFFECTIVE
FOR MORE THAN TEACHING & LEARNING
TWO DECADES, OUR SAVANNAH POIRIER HOLLANDER
At the Werklund School, we are committed ENGAGING STUDENTS IN THE
to creating a space where students can STUDENTS HAVE When Savannah Poirier Hollander earned
PRACTICE OF DEMOCRACY
a Program for Undergraduate Research
pursue their passion, as future teachers, BENEFITED FROM Experience (PURE) award, she chose JONAH SECRETI
researchers, counsellors and psychologists,
leaders and community builders. In PROGRAMMING to craft a study that would benefit
Jonah Secreti received a Program for
Partnering with Alberta Health Services, her community rather than her career. TOWARDS A MORE JUST
helping them reach their goals, we provide
Rocky View School Division, Renfrew THAT EMPHASIZES The project – a virtual medicine plant guide
Undergraduate Research Experience
(PURE) award to examine pre-service & EQUITABLE WORLD
access to expert researchers, leading
scholars and exceptional teaching and
Educational Services and others including EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING for students – allowed her to connect
teacher citizenship education experiences. ANASTASSIA RUSHFORD
Werklund’s Integrated Services in Education with Indigenous Elders and deepen her
learning resources. Prioritizing student
clinic, graduate students in counselling OPPORTUNITIES. understanding of the reciprocal nature
He found that future teachers believe
the knowledge they gained during their
Recognized with the Werklund Community
excellence, our programs combine theory Engaged Leadership Scholarship for
psychology and school and applied child of people’s relationship with the land.
with innovative practice and one-on-one undergraduate studies, coupled with
psychology gained real-world experience Experiences she greatly valued as a Cree/ academic merit and extra-curricular
supports that allow students to flourish. personal volunteerism in the community,
in practicums and internships where they Métis woman. activities related to volunteerism and
will help them better understand how
For more than two decades, our students worked with children and families, providing community service, Tassia Rushford’s deep
Going forward, Poirier Hollander says to successfully engage their students
have benefited from programming assessments and interventions, with the commitment to social justice, reconciliation
she will foster strong relationships built in citizenship education.
that emphasizes experiential learning support and mentoring of a supervising and equity are evident in her studies as
on respect and reciprocity to ensure
opportunities. Even amid the pandemic, registered psychologist. Secreti, who was president of the Education well as the activities she organized as vice
no student feels left out or left behind.
students gained hands-on experience Students’ Association this year, says he will president-events for the Education Students’
With opportunities available beyond apply these insights in his teaching practice Association (ESA).
through community service initiatives.
Calgary, pre-service teachers completed in order to encourage others to become
Supporting the needs of community, In collaboration with the National Film
their practicums in schools stretching from active participants in their community,
particularly in the relatively new virtual Board and Dr. Yvonne Poitras Pratt, the
Alberta and British Columbia to Manitoba, country and world.
world, undergraduate students connected ESA organized a film screening and panel
Nunavut and the Northwest Territories.
with partners including Dare to Care, discussion on nîpawistamâsowin: We
Beakerhead Virtual School Outreach, Will Stand Up, about Debbie Baptiste’s
Journey 2050 (Calgary Stampede unrelenting pursuit of justice following
Foundation) and Immigrant Services the killing of her son, Colten Boushie.
Calgary’s Mosaic After School Program. Dr. Michael Hart, Vice-Provost Indigenous
In addition, they provided voluntary tutoring Engagement, UCalgary, hosted the panel
to K-12 children struggling with their studies. discussion with Debbie Baptiste
Through land-based learning led by and director, Tasha Hubbard.
Indigenous Elders, students experienced
Indigenous ways of knowing, being,
and doing, becoming active participants
on the journey towards reconciliation.
10. student WERKLUND SCHOOL COMMUNITY 2020 / student 11.
excellence OF EDUCATION REPORT 2021 excellence
WHEN STUDENTS ARE ENGAGED IN LESSONS THAT FOSTER THEIR UNIQUE
GIFTS, CURIOSITY AND WONDER WILL NATURALLY EMERGE TO FOSTER
LEARNING THAT EXTENDS BEYOND THE CLASSROOM WALLS.
Students participate in a STEM education
WHEN LESSONS ARE INTERDISCIPLINARY AND CONSIDER THE UNIQUE weekend at the BioGeoscience Institute
QUALITIES OF THE STUDENTS, INQUIRY, EXPLORATION AND COLLABORATION in Kananaskis, before the pandemic.
WILL NATURALLY OCCUR. Photo by Carmen Drysdale
Carmen Drysdale
BFA, BEd ‘21
12. student WERKLUND SCHOOL COMMUNITY 2020 / student 13.
excellence OF EDUCATION REPORT 2021 excellence
Global In another adaptive move using online
technology, Werklund students participated
1,870 290 1,145 76:24 classrooms
in a six-week course in partnership with
the Universidad Camilo José Cela in Madrid.
The course, for both Spanish and Canadian
community- students, focused on supporting students’
undergrad graduate
based undergrad female:male learning about second language teaching.
students students students
Without leaving Canada, students profited
by engaging with education students
13
Werklund School’s popular Teaching
on another continent and learning through international
Across Borders program usually offers
joint partner projects as well as dynamic partner
41 46 167
counselling
BEd students the opportunity to live
and teach in one of nine countries located
across five continents.
interactions outside of the classroom.
Designed by Dr. Roswita Dressler and
10 organizations
international work-integrated psychology & funded by a UCalgary Virtual Exchange
graduate students learning access school & applied While the pandemic suspended travel grant, the course offers a blueprint for
countries
5
from USA, China, awards for pre- child psychology in the 2020-2021 fall and winter semesters, international learning experiences that
India, Pakistan service teachers practica
Werklund faculty pivoted to ensure inform teaching practice while addressing
& internships
students could still engage in international inequities that prevent some students from
experiences that would enrich their traveling abroad such as cost, work, health
education while building intercultural or family obligations. continents
capacities. Using an online platform,
students volunteered as “language
buddies” for Chinese and Japanese
students participating in a two-week
program studying topics related to the
Canadian educational system. Werklund
students acted as class aids, while learning
UNDERGRADUATE EXPERIENTIAL about interacting with people from other
LEARNING (PLACEMENTS WITH countries and cultures, addressing language
COMMUNITY PARTNERS) problems, and considering needs
and strengths of diverse students.
Service-learning 2,725 hrs
Professional learning 150 hrs
K-12 online tutors 4,208 hrs
Total 7,083 hrs
53 COMMUNITY
PARTNERS
14. student WERKLUND SCHOOL COMMUNITY 2020 / student 15.
excellence OF EDUCATION REPORT 2021 excellence
Teaching DESPITE THE CHALLENGES
OF TEACHING DURING
practicum A PANDEMIC, EDUCATORS
STEPPED FORWARD TO MENTOR
and partner THE NEXT GENERATION
teachers OF TEACHERS
Dr. Astrid Kendrick
Director of Field Experience,
The teaching practicum involves Undergraduate Programs
20 weeks of in-school learning, over in Education
four field experiences, supported by
an online classroom environment during
which student teachers participate
in seminars, read and discuss assigned
readings, complete individual and group
assignments, and share final presentations
based on their learning.
This year, more than 940 partner teachers
hosted a pre-service teacher in their
classroom, ensuring continued excellence
in the profession while growing
professionally as leaders and mentors.
975
students
in 1,891
placements
15%
in rural &
941 remote sites
partner
teachers
408
schools
in 83 school
districts
16. student WERKLUND SCHOOL COMMUNITY 2020 / student 17.
excellence OF EDUCATION REPORT 2021 excellence
Student
research
impacting
the world AN INTERDISCIPLINARY VISION BOLSTERING THE MENTAL
THAT’S SHIFTING HOW WE TEACH HEALTH OF MILITARY FAMILIES
STEPHANIE BARTLETT DANAE LAUT
The impetus for doctoral candidate Doctoral candidate and SSHRC award
Werklund students, both graduate INDIGENOUS PERSPECTIVES Stephanie Bartlett’s research is her belief winner Danae Laut is leading a study REDRESSING A HISTORY
and undergraduate, work alongside IN SCHOOL PSYCHOLOGY that changing society begins with the voices to better understand the protective factors OF RACISM IN THE CHURCH
academic researchers in conducting MFNERC STUDENT COHORT of youth, with adults providing guidance CONDUCTING STUDIES that help children and teens in military ERIC OFORI-ATTA
studies that influence policy and practice – CHARITY SANDERSON
in education and psychology across
while walking alongside.
THAT INFLUENCE households thrive in the face of trying
circumstances and the ways in which these
Eric Ofori-Atta was awarded a SSHRC
In partnership with the Manitoba First
institutions and systems.
Nations Education Resource Centre
Bartlett is passionate about shifting
pedagogy. Her research, which garnered her
POLICY AND PRACTICE youth may be uniquely resilient.
Master’s scholarship and Faculty of
Graduate Studies award for his research
(MFNERC), graduate students in the a SSHRC doctoral grant, aims to empower IN EDUCATION AND While there is evidence to suggest that using critical race theory as a lens through
Werklund School are undertaking a study students in real-world learning, encouraging
to address the problematic use of Western them to engage in critical thinking and
PSYCHOLOGY ACROSS children in military families are more likely
to struggle with behavioural issues, Laut
which to better understand the foundational
racism of the White evangelical church
assessment and intervention methods recognize their agency in addressing some INSTITUTIONS believes the close-knit communal nature in Canada and the role of racism’s influence
with Indigenous students. of the world’s most complex problems, they enjoy may be a source of strength.
such as climate change. Bartlett’s research
AND SYSTEMS in shaping it.
Essential to this Mitacs Accelerate-funded The results of the study will be used Delving into that difficult history,
underscores how this work requires
project are psychology master’s students to design intervention and prevention particularly as a member of the church,
strong community collaboration and an
of Indigenous heritage, such as Charity programs to support military and first was an emotional and at times depressing
interdisciplinary vision of how learning on
Sanderson. Uniquely positioned to reflect responder families. experience, but Ofori-Atta saw the research
the land has the power to change pedagogy,
on the tensions between Western practices as an opportunity to raise awareness and
school culture and society.
and Indigenous perspectives, Sanderson help curb White hegemonic reproduction
and eight other classmates in the MFNERC and its attendant racism in the church.
cohort, are sharing common themes In 2021-2022, he will join the doctoral
with supervisors Drs. Meadow Schroeder program with the goal of continuing
and Elisa Lacerda-Vandenborn. research that makes the Black experience
in Canada more visible.
More access to mental health and better
understanding of the cultural relevance
of the tools employed are among
the themes identified so far.
$3.6M 600+ $955K
in student student SSHRC & CIHR
awards (federal
awards & award grant award
scholarships winners winners)18. WERKLUND SCHOOL COMMUNITY 2020 / community 19.
OF EDUCATION REPORT 2021 engagement
community EDUCATION PARTNERSHIPS
REACHING ACROSS ALBERTA
AND BEYOND
engagement
Making education accessible for persons
living in remote and rural communities
is of utmost concern to the Werklund
School. Since 2015, when Werklund
established a community-based pathway
towards a Bachelor of Education, the
program has grown to include students
from across five provinces and territories
(AB, BC, MB, NU, NT). Partnerships
with post-secondary institutions such
For decades, the Werklund School has as Lakeland College in Lloydminster and DOCUMENTARY EXPLORES
proudly placed an emphasis on our Northern Lakes College, Slave Lake, among INTERGENERATIONAL IMPACT
relationships with community partners. others, are providing new opportunities OF RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS
In collaboration with community, we to students, allowing them to complete a
are better able to advance our learning Kainai High School’s participation in
UCalgary BEd degree without leaving home. MULTILINGUALISM: FOSTERING
objectives, pursue more impactful research, the Werklund School’s semi-annual Youth
and make a difference in society. Through partner-sponsored bursaries A SENSE OF BELONGING Leadership Forum provided Dr. Shirley
and credit transfers, and with support from EMPATHY & SOCIAL JUSTICE Steinberg an opportunity to reconnect
Partnerships provide a space to use donors such as the Ptarmigan Charitable with the community she had lived and
innovative research, to enhance teaching In partnership with the Calgary Board
Foundation’s Indigenous Education taught in years ago.
and learning, and in many instances help COMMUNITY-LED RESEARCH of Education, Dr. Rahat Zaidi and Dr. Umit
Fund, students are accessing education,
fund initiatives that will improve the world. ENGAGING INDIGENOUS YOUTH Boz organized an international workshop, Initially planning to make a film about a
growing their capacities, and serving their
“Shifting Linguistic Landscapes”, broadcast lodge, or Elders’ Room, built with funding
For communities, this engagement In partnership with Peace Wapiti and communities, without being forced
live and via podcasts through voicEd Radio, support through the youth forum, Steinberg
provides access to educational expertise Fort Vermilion students, teachers, Elders, to relocate to urban centres.
with funding from a SSHRC Connection changed direction to focus on Kainai Blood
and professional authorities in school and community members and the schools’
grant. Inviting interaction between top Tribe Elder Peter Weasel Moccasin and
applied child psychology and counselling Indigenous education co-ordinators, Eyes SUPPORTING PARTNER scholars and educators, the conference, granddaughter Karsen Black Water’s candid
psychology. It means Werklund’s research High Postdoctoral Scholar Dr. Jennifer
TEACHERS AND with over 1000 attendees, explored discussion of Canada’s Indian Residential
capacities, when applied with and through Markides is exploring methods for increasing
engagement with Indigenous students.
PROFESSIONAL GROWTH how research-informed multilingual School system. The result is a powerful,
communities, can help identify and solve BOOKS TO BUILD ON: and transcultural strategies can advance award-winning documentary that has been
problems, locally and globally. Werklund School is proud of the
A NATIONAL RESOURCE Relationship-building is the starting point equity and inclusion in schools. For these screened around the globe.
relationships we have built with over
Whether in K-12 classrooms or at non- FOR K-12 LEARNING for this community-led research. While
940 partner teachers who ensure our
efforts and more, Zaidi received the 2020
profits, in museums or science centres, she brings experience and knowledge about Alberta Teachers Association Educational
A new online database initiated by student teachers learn and grow during
with foundations or in the private sector, holistic Indigenous well-being, Markides Research Award, and the 2021 AERA
Drs. Aubrey Hanson and Erin Spring their field experience in school classrooms.
government agencies or in post-secondary places the interests of the communities Division K Innovations in Research on Equity
will help teachers across Canada build Helping partner teachers develop their
institutions, Werklund researchers she is working with first and is mindful and Social Justice in Teaching and Teacher
the foundational knowledge they require toolkit, advance professionally and grow
and students are helping find solutions not to impose her ideas of success Education Award.
for integrating Indigenous knowledge their networks, professors at Werklund
for new and long-standing issues. or engagement on them.
and perspectives into K-12 classrooms. offered their time and talent in a four-part
Markides understands that community professional learning and mentorship series
Books to Build On: Indigenous Literatures buy-in will help ensure the work, partially covering topics identified by teachers,
for Learning provides detail on more than funded by partner Pembina Pipeline, will including blended and online learning,
250 books, poems, songs, art collections remain sustainable beyond the length teacher wellness, Indigenizing education,
and websites by Indigenous creators. Lesson of the research time frame. and teaching for diversity.
plans outlining how the resources can be
check out the books applied in the classroom accompany many In recognition of her research and
of the entries. scholarship, Markides was recognized
with the Emerging Voices in Indigenous
Created through broad community Scholarship/Researcher Award 2021 from
consultation, Hanson and Spring believe the Indigenous Inquiries Circle Awards.
300 16 83
that teachers who consult the repository
will find support in addressing the Truth
and Reconciliation Commission’s education-
related Calls to Action. school district
community international partnerships across
partnerships partnerships AB, BC, MB, NU
& NWT20. WERKLUND SCHOOL COMMUNITY 2020 / collective 21.
OF EDUCATION REPORT 2021 wellbeing
collective RAISING AWARENESS
well-being
AND PROMOTING
WELL-BEING IN AN
EFFORT TO HELP
OTHERS REALIZE THEIR
POTENTIAL
Confronted by a global pandemic, this MODELLING RECONCILIATION:
year challenged and tested the health and EDUCATORS BUILDING BRIDGES
well-being of our communities. Lockdowns, YVONNE POITRAS PRATT
illness, job loss, the irregular closure
& PATRICIA DANYLUK
of schools and move to online studies
and work exhausted everyone. Add to this
At the Werklund School, collective well-
Inspired by the Truth and Reconciliation FROM PLENARIES
being is a pillar of our academic plan, TO PODCASTS: INNOVATION
the social upheaval in response to police Commission’s Calls to Action, Métis scholar,
inviting us to commit ourselves to raising ADVANCES LEARNING
killings and protests against systemic Dr. Yvonne Poitras Pratt and allied scholar,
awareness and promoting well-being in an
racism towards Black, Indigenous, and Dr. Patricia Danyluk, developed a series of IN HEALTH & WELLNESS
effort to help others realize their potential.
People of Colour (BIPOC), it is clear that RECOVERING FROM COMPASSION reconciliatory learning activities for student SHELLY RUSSELL-MAYHEW
our collective well-being has never been Using a more holistic approach, professors FATIGUE AND BURNOUT teachers and post-secondary researchers.
Even before the pandemic, instructors
so important. are encouraged to engage their students, ASTRID KENDRICK This Taylor Institute of Teaching and in the Comprehensive School Health
research and teaching and learning, in
Learning-funded series entitled, Building and Wellness course (a BEd requirement)
ways that incorporate health and wellness. Collective well-being permeates Dr. Astrid
Connections Between Indigenous and suspected the format of their 75-minute
Like Drs. Astrid Kendrick and Theodora Kendrick’s research, writing and public
Non-Indigenous Peoples, Communities plenary lecture followed by a three-hour
Kapoyannis, directors of field experience outreach. She believes ignoring growing
and Schools, emphasizes learning by doing lab was creating cognitive fatigue
for pre-service teachers at Werklund, teacher burnout will harm student learning
through service-learning opportunities for learners.
who challenged student teachers to focus experiences as well as the profession,
for student teachers in on-reserve schools,
on self-care, and share it on social media. and that addressing these issues In collaboration with Ever Active Schools,
leadership gatherings among diverse
Participating students logged over 15,000 is a community responsibility. Dr. Shelly Russell-Mayhew and her Body
scholars experienced in research with get the podcasts
minutes doing something that positively Continued underfunding coupled Image Research Lab worked to inspire
Indigenous peoples, and a four-course
impacted their health and for the benefit with staffing cuts has resulted in increased the students, by reformatting lecture
graduate certificate program.
of others, as well. teacher workloads and contributed content into podcasts, breaking up learning
The multi-year project demonstrated and permitting students to prioritize their
to compassion fatigue, an affliction
how a trusting collaboration between own well-being through their studies. Using
only recently recognized as a problem
an Indigenous and non-Indigenous scholar podcasts allowed students to exercise,
for educators.
could make strides towards reconciliatory get outside, or develop a hobby while
How can healing can begin? By goals in education. For this work, Drs. simultaneously learning course content.
understanding the impact of school culture, Poitras Pratt and Danyluk were recognized
building wider community support for with the 2021 Alan Blizzard Award Funded by a Development and Innovation
educators’ work, using personal self-care for excellence in collaborative teaching Grant from the Taylor Institute of Teaching
strategies and accessing professional and learning in post-secondary education. and Learning and another from the
supports and resources, Kendrick advises. McConnell Family Foundation, the series
In her role as a director of field experience is titled Conversations on School Health,
at the Werklund School, Kendrick is helping and includes over 15 hours of edited
ensure student teachers are prepared interviews with 25 experts, covering 20
to cope with the day-to-day challenges topics concerning school health, and is part
of the classroom. of Ever Active School’s The Podclass.
• Almost 4,000 unique listeners
• More than 11,400 downloads
• Listeners in 41 countries22. WERKLUND SCHOOL COMMUNITY 2020 / 23.
OF EDUCATION REPORT 2021
responding towards
to covid-19 the future
Since March 2020 and throughout PARTNERING TO There is excitement in looking forward
the pandemic, Werklund researchers SUPPORT SCHOOLS to 2021-2022. When we return to campus
and students offered their time and this fall, the Werklund School will begin
expertise to support the community and Werklund School scholars pivoted their engaging in a faculty-wide exercise
each other, focusing research and providing collaborative research efforts to address to develop our next five-year strategic plan
services in areas of public need. FREE COUNSELLING FOR the impact of COVID-19 in Alberta school aligned with the University of Calgary’s
CHILDREN & PARENTS districts. With the support of Alberta Growth Through Focus strategy.
Like Dr. Kelly Schwartz who, in collaboration INTEGRATED SERVICES Education Partnership Grants, impact
with colleagues at the Werklund School focused on supporting schools, Confronted with reduced funding, the recent
IN EDUCATION CLINIC
and Cumming School of Medicine, including identifying the implications disruption in post-secondary education,
studied student mental health during the The Werklund School’s Integrated Services for marginalized populations. and an ongoing economic recession, this is
pandemic and access to resiliency supports. in Education clinic stepped up to provide the perfect time to reimagine how Werklund
This research, gathered across Alberta’s nearly 600 hours of free counselling to Studies addressed the empowerment can help students and our community
largest metropolitan school districts, Albertans experiencing pandemic-related of vulnerable newcomer youth during further advance education and psychology
helped inform system-wide decisions issues including distress, sleep disturbances the pandemic, the wellness of international for the betterment of humanity, locally
and strategies that could lead to more and mood-management difficulties. students in Alberta schools, improving and internationally. None of this would
evidence-informed programming. COVID-19 management in kindergarten be possible without the continued
The two programs; Strong Mind, Strong classrooms, and supporting immigrant commitment of our community: the
Me and Strong Parents, Strong Kids were families in the resettlement process. students, faculty and staff, our alumni,
facilitated by graduate students
donors and partner organizations.
in School and Applied Child Psychology
and Counselling Psychology, under
IMPROVING ONLINE TEACHING
the supervision of experienced registered Offering online education for more than
psychologists. two decades, Werklund faculty were
well-prepared to move classes online at
Participants developed self-care and
the start of the pandemic. As an additional
coping strategies and received guidance
support, the Office of Teaching and
for recognizing, understanding and
Learning provided ongoing assistance
managing their COVID-19-related feelings
to other faculties while sharing an Online
and behaviors. The payoff: increased
Pedagogy Series to sessional staff and
resilience that will aid individuals to sustain
new faculty networks, with 38 sessions
social, emotional and mental well-being.
for 1,280 participants, including students,
to cope with the day-to-day challenges
faculty and community members. Webinars
in the classroom.
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