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Stephanie Andreasen; Tessa Allison; Brennah Kamelchuk; Victoria Formusa; Brock Reissner; Stephanie Howe; Janet McCabe; Alan S. Martino; Carly A. McMorris – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2025
Background: People with intellectual disabilities have equal rights to explore their sexuality and access sexual and reproductive healthcare, yet little is known about their needs and wants when accessing health education. The current study sought to learn about the sexual health interests, attitudes, and educational needs of Special Olympics (SO)…
Descriptors: Intellectual Disability, Athletics, Athletes, Sexuality
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Shannon Ruzgys; Gary J. Pickering – Environmental Education Research, 2025
We sought to gain a more holistic understanding of young adults' knowledge and perceptions around sustainable diets using a mixed methods online survey of 500 young adults (18-25 yrs.). Variables measured included food choice motivators (6-point importance scale), knowledge (ranking of efficacy of sustainable dietary behaviours), and several…
Descriptors: Eating Habits, Young Adults, Knowledge Level, Attitudes
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Robinson, John; Alhakim, Andi Darell; Ma, Grace; Alam, Monisha; Brando, Fernanda da Rocha; Braune, Manfred; Brown, Michelle; Côté, Nicolas; Espinosa, Denise Crocce Romano; Garza, Ana Karen; Gorman, David; Hajer, Maarten; Madden, John; Melnick, Rob; Metras, John; Newman, Julie; Patel, Rutu; Raven, Rob; Sergienko, Kenneth; Smith, Victoria; Tariq, Hoor; van der Lem, Lysanne; Wong, Christina Nga Jing; Wiek, Arnim – International Journal of Sustainability in Higher Education, 2023
Purpose: This study aims to explore barriers and pathways to a whole-institution governance of sustainability within the working structures of universities. Design/methodology/approach: This paper draws on multi-year interviews and hierarchical structure analysis of ten universities in Canada, the USA, Australia, Hong Kong, South Africa, Brazil,…
Descriptors: Sustainability, Governance, Barriers, Universities
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Jennifer L. Brown – International Journal of Inclusive Education, 2024
Policies of dispersal are increasingly favoured internationally for the resettlement of refugees and asylum seekers. With forty percent of the world's forcibly displaced people being school-aged children, the dispersal of refugee-background people into regional areas means that rural schools are central sites of community response to refugees.…
Descriptors: Rural Schools, Rural Education, Foreign Countries, Educational Policy
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Cheng, Tina; Brussoni, Mariana; Han, Christina; Munday, Fritha; Zeni, Megan – Early Years: An International Journal of Research and Development, 2023
Unstructured outdoor play has been recognized for its beneficial impacts on children's healthy development; however, unfortunately, opportunities for children to engage in meaningful play are limited. Early learning and childcare centres can be essential settings for unstructured outdoor play, and educators can play a vital role in supporting…
Descriptors: Barriers, Early Childhood Teachers, Play, Outdoor Education
Erik N. Powell – Rowman & Littlefield Publishers, 2024
"Toward Self-Directed Learning in the Secondary Classroom" explores the challenges teachers have faced and continue to face in a pandemic and post-pandemic context while attempting to implement self-directed learning in the secondary classroom. Drawing on contemporary research from around the world as well as candid interviews with…
Descriptors: Independent Study, Secondary School Teachers, COVID-19, Pandemics
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Laura M. Hopson; A. D. Lidbe; M. S. Jackson; E. Adanu; X. Li; P. Penmetsa; H. Y. Lee; A. Anderson; C. Obuya; G. Abura-Meerdink – Educational Review, 2024
School transportation may have important implications for academic success, but few studies examine how these variables are related. This systematic review is the first that synthesizes research linking school transportation with academic outcomes. Using the PRISMA framework, the authors conducted a literature search across multiple data sources…
Descriptors: Student Transportation, Academic Achievement, Elementary Secondary Education, Correlation
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Rachael Walshe; Neus Evans; Lisa Law – Issues in Educational Research, 2024
School gardens must overcome a range of challenges to be successful but are often lauded for fostering hands-on education and real-world learning. This thematic literature review synthesises 22 journal articles and two book chapters, extending on previous reviews by amassing their themes into one singular reference point for scholars, while…
Descriptors: Gardening, Academic Achievement, Well Being, Barriers
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Bourgeois, Isabelle; Maltais, Stéphanie – American Journal of Evaluation, 2023
Organizational evaluation policies describe how evaluation practices should be structured and implemented. As such, they provide key insights into organizational priorities and values regarding evaluation. However, the link between evaluation policies and how evaluation policies translate into concrete practices has seldom been explored until now.…
Descriptors: Federal Government, Evaluation, Public Policy, Foreign Countries
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Sarah Banting; Madeline Scarlett – Arts and Humanities in Higher Education: An International Journal of Theory, Research and Practice, 2024
This paper proposes that a curricular shift we call "decanonization" is shaping contemporary English Major degrees at Canadian universities. We believe it is a response to a complex set of challenges currently facing departments as they program their undergraduate degrees in English, and, in a qualified way, we endorse it as a positive…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, English, Majors (Students), Undergraduate Study
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Katherine Flannigan; Devon C. Edwards; Lisa Murphy; Jacqueline Pei – Journal of Applied Research in Intellectual Disabilities, 2024
Background: Individuals with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) experience complex needs that often necessitate support from multiple systems. There is growing evidence that people with FASD may benefit from integrated service delivery (ISD), but little is known about ISD elements and processes for this population. Method: Using a multi-method…
Descriptors: Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Delivery Systems, Rural Areas, Affordances
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Madeline Crichton; Hannah Bigelow; Barbara Fenesi – Child & Youth Care Forum, 2024
Rates of mental health challenges among children and youth are on the rise. Physical activity has been identified as a promising intervention to improve mental health outcomes for youth. This study aimed to investigate how mental health clinicians perceive and utilize physical activity as a mental health intervention for children and adolescents.…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Children, Adolescents, Mental Health
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Kelly D. Harding; Colleen Burns; Christine Lafontaine; Andrew Wrath; Alicia Groom; Katherine Flannigan; Kathy Unsworth; Audrey McFarlane – Journal of Intellectual & Developmental Disability, 2024
Background: The Canadian fetal alcohol spectrum disorder (FASD) diagnostic guideline provides clinicians with the process and procedure to reach an accurate diagnosis. However, organisational structure, culture, and resource utilisation vary. The objectives of this study were to identify the key challenges and strengths of successful FASD…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Fetal Alcohol Syndrome, Clinical Diagnosis, Barriers
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Catherine Boden; Susan Bolton; Angie Gerrard – College & Research Libraries, 2025
The aim of this survey was to describe academic librarian roles in systematic reviews (SR) in any discipline, as a follow-up to a previous survey of Canadian academic health sciences librarians. A convenience sample of librarians at Canadian universities who support SRs were invited to complete a survey. Respondents were asked about their roles,…
Descriptors: Foreign Countries, Health Sciences, Intellectual Disciplines, Librarians
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David Zarifa; Yujiro Sano; Roger Pizarro Milian – Higher Education Quarterly, 2025
Considerable scholarly attention has been devoted to how gender, race and various other demographic factors shape the odds of majoring in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) programs. Such work has identified sizable disparities in access to STEM fields across various dimensions. In turn, these empirical findings have informed…
Descriptors: Guided Pathways, Barriers, STEM Education, Access to Education
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