Through a previous review of high impact practices at our institution, we identified that health science students have very few opportunities to engage in experiential learning (EL) in the current curriculum. This paper describes our work to transform an existing volunteer opportunity at an allied health clinic, into a meaningful, student-driven,…

Building on the work completed in BC that resulted in the development of a WIL Matrix for comparing and contrasting various forms of WIL with the Canadian co-op model, this paper proposes a Global Work-Integrated Learning Framework that allows for the comparison of a variety of models of work-integrated learning found in the international…

This study is a review of the creation and evolution of a professional development program modeled on social constructivist principles and designed for online educators in a virtual high school who transitioned from the conventional classroom to the virtual educational environment. The narrative inquiry focuses on the critical events within the…

Cooperative and Work-integrated Education (CWIE) programs have been widely accepted as educational programs that can effectively connect what students are learning to the world of work through placements. Because a global quality standards framework could be a very valuable resource and guide to establishing, developing, and accrediting quality…

This paper aims to show how Canadian hiring policies affect, and actually impede, the creation and maintenance of "speech" communication programs in Canada. The paper notes that when Canadians think "communication" they think media or mass communication--which makes sense since few Canadian universities teach courses in speech…

The document describes efforts begun by the Canadian province of Alberta to apply telecommunications technology on a broad basis in special education, through the involvement of provincial and local agencies and public and private sectors. A brief history of the development of Alberta's educational technology over the past two decades is offered.…

This paper discusses the position of Canada with regard to international education, drawing on the findings of a prior study intended to foster development of an agenda for promoting a more strategic national approach to the internationalization of Canadian education. International education, for the purposes of this discussion, includes extending…

Members of the helping professions are not immune from physical or psychological impairments that interfere with competent and ethical practice. The types of problems faced by psychologists and the help offered by one support program are presented. The purpose of the Psychologist Support Program (PSP) of the Ontario (Canada) Psychological…

As well as describing the present state of development of community schools in the province of Alberta, this study also examined the organizational and environmental characteristics of Alberta community school education programs. Questionnaires were completed by 93 school administrators, 462 teachers and 1,110 community members. Interviews were…

In the early 1990s, a restructuring of the health services system of Alberta (Canada) amalgamated public health units and hospital districts into 17 Regional Health Authorities. Many of the regions have pursued community grant initiatives in addition to their regular funding, and it seemed that there would be value in comparing the experiences of…

The "Share Our Services" program was established in Killarney (Manitoba), to Streamline existing volunteer services, to develop new services, and to collaborate with formal services to meet the needs of older and infirm adults living in the community. A sample of 212 older adults were interviewed in their homes concerning their housing,…

A disjuncture between Ontario high schools and universities in the aims of their German language programs has become apparent in the last few years. In the high schools, the methods used in language classes have been fundamentally audiolingual, whereas in the universities, the emphasis has been on reading literature, with classroom analysis…

Research was conducted in 1972 to evaluate a program designed to improve the science teaching in grades seven, eight and nine in the Province of Saskatchewan. Since the program included a strategy for implementation and the use of an instructional package, a two-part evaluation was conducted. A general survey was used to evaluate the…

The paper, originally given at a 1986 Ethnic and Multicultural Symposium, discusses special education needs in band-operated schools in Manitoba. These are local Indian reserve schools under the direction of locally elected education authorities. The paper reports on a survey of needs (indicating 31% of students suspected of needing special…

This paper describes a university-developed teacher training program that was based on the idea that the regular neighborhood school should accept greater responsibility for teaching children with special educational needs. Various sections of the paper describe the background and philosophy of the program, which was developed from a model of…