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Family-School Partnership: Practices of Immigrant Parents in Quebec, Canada
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Beauregard, France; Petrakos, Harriet; Dupont, Audrey – School Community Journal, 2014
The immigrant population is increasing steadily every year in Canada and in Quebec, in particular. The immigrant population is made up largely of families, most of whom have school-age children. However, we have little information on the practices these parents adopt when they become involved in their children's schooling. In this study, 28…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Immigrants, Parent Participation, Educational Practices
Promoting Social Justice through Building Healthy Relationships: Evaluation of SWOVA's "Respectful Relationships" Program
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Buote, Denise; Berglund, Patricia – Education, Citizenship and Social Justice, 2010
This evaluation examines the effectiveness of the Saltspring Women Opposed to Violence and Abuse (SWOVA) Community Development and Research Society's "Respectful Relationships" (R+R) program. R+R is a school-community partnership program that focuses on youth development of social competencies that underlie social justice. Youth in…
Descriptors: Social Justice, Feedback (Response), Foreign Countries, Interpersonal Competence
A Comparative Analysis of Selected Designated Community Schools and Non-Designated Schools in Alberta. Executive Summary.
Lazaruk, Walter Andrew – 1982
This report summarizes a comparative study of 15 government-designated community schools (DCSs) and 17 nondesignated schools (NDSs) in Alberta (Canada). To assist decision-makers and to identify for the public the accomplishments of the community school program, the researcher provides baseline data on 10 variables derived from the Alberta…
Descriptors: Agency Cooperation, Community Education, Community Involvement, Community Schools