Search
Skip to Search Results- 1Abdulrehman, Haneef
- 1Akhrorov, Murodbek
- 1Arku, Cynthia
- 1Atchison, Bobbi-Jo L
- 1Beier, Jessie L.
- 1Bevan, Jillian Q.
-
Fall 2010
An application of ISO 10001 and ISO 10002 customer satisfaction standards to enhance students’ satisfaction in engineering courses is studied. An ISO 10001-based Code Management System (CMS) is used to improve the satisfaction of students through offering promises regarding course delivery. A...
-
Spring 2016
My research reflects on the use of drum and song in schools and reveals its significance from an Anishnaabe kwe perspective. A storied approach is used relative to Anishnaabe ways of being and knowing as ‘teachers’ in two forms: debaajimowin (narratives) and antasokannan (tradition or sacred). ...
-
Cheechakos, Sourdoughs and Soiled Doves: Men, Women, and Community in a Klondike Gold Rush Boomtown 1896-1904
DownloadSpring 2015
The research upon which this thesis is based explores the concept of ‘doing ethnography in the archives’ as a methodology to inform a case-study approach to studying the historic population of stampeders residing in and around Dawson City during the Klondike Gold Rush. As an example of research...
-
Fall 2015
This dissertation is written as a series of interconnected papers around a theme– an accepted procedure by the University of Alberta’s Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research – because such a process seemed to better further the goals I have to speak to a variety of Christian audiences and...
-
Fall 2021
Black community-based education programs play a critical role in helping Black students’ educational development. Yet work done in these programs and their perceived educational contributions are under-researched in the Canadian context. This study used qualitative case study methodology to...
-
Composing Lives: A Narrative Inquiry into Aboriginal Youth and Families' Stories to Live By
DownloadSpring 2014
Throughout my life I have heard stories about what it means to be an Aboriginal person, yet no story captured the richness and complexities of my experience. As an Indigenous scholar seeking a deeper understanding of Aboriginal education in and out of schools, I continue to hear stories about...
-
Fall 2016
This exploratory work investigates the “transformational festival,” a contemporary form of celebratory leisure that revolves around music, the arts, community, and co-creativity. By integrating interpretative phenomenological analysis with methods from arts-based research, critical ethnography,...
-
Fall 2021
Our world is changing from social, technical, cultural, inclusivity, environmental, risk tolerance equity, and global economic perspectives. We are transitioning to different ways of knowing and working. The societal expectations of engineers and professional engineering are changing. These...
-
Digging Up the Roots of Educational Policy: Curriculum Infusion and Aboriginal Student Identity Development
DownloadFall 2018
Since 2002, Alberta teachers have been required to infuse Aboriginal perspectives into the K-12 curriculum across all subject areas in order to positively impact Aboriginal children’s identity development. There are several assumptions inherent in the policy of infusion that this study uncovers...
-
Fall 2019
This thesis examines the concept of school leadership and its importance to the dynamics of power, micro-politics, and relationships while embracing an ontology of becoming formed in schools and the current milieu of global neo-liberal education reforms. It has been undertaken as a (re)reading...