Degrees

 

PhD in Educational Studies, Lakehead University  2014

   Focus:

• First Nations student success factor
• First Nations student retention and school leaving 
• First Nations students as second language learners
• First Nations student engagement factors
• Measuring First Nations student engagement
• Cultural relevancy and schooling
• Qualitative and Quantitative research methods
• Indigenous research and participatory approaches

 

Dissertation title:   First Nations Student Engagement in Secondary School: Enhancing First Nations Student Success in a Northern Eeyou Community                     

                       

 

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Master’s in Education, Lakehead University   2005

Focus: 

• Parent and community involvement towards increased student success
• Increasing cultural relevancy towards increased student success

 

Thesis title:    Seeing Education Through Two Pairs of Eyes: An investigation of parent and community involvement in a Northern Cree community

 

 

 

Bachelor’s of Education, University of Toronto  1996

Majors:  English and Drama

Focus:  First Nation Learners’ Literacy Development

 

 

 

Bachelor’s of Arts (Honours), University of Toronto  1995