Multicultural and Second Language Learners
- Canadian Education Trend Report: Anti-racism and Multicultural Education
- Centre for Race and Culture (Research and Projects)
- Public Education and the New Canadian
- Edmonton Multicultural Coalition for Equity in Health and Wellbeing Check out the 2010 report titled The Experience of Ethnocultural Communities in Supporting Newcomers in Edmonton: A Community Research.
- Building Safe and Caring Schools (resources)
- Edmonton Chinese Bilingual Education Association
Special Needs Learners
- This January 2012 Special Needs Status Update provides information on progress with respect to the June 2011 recommendations of the Board’s Special Needs Task Force. This work is being led by an interdepartmental Working Committee. A full annual report will be forthcoming in late May or early June 2012.
- Learning Disabilities Association of Alberta
- Alberta Association of Bright Children
- Special Children
- LDExperience: Helping people affected by learning disabilities share their experiences.
- School Boards and Special Education: Making the Connection (an article by Kathryn Burke)
- A Call to Action: World Summit on Learning Disabilities
- Setting the Direction for Special Education (Alberta)
First Nations, Metis, Inuit (FNMI) Learners
- Edmonton Public Schools Aboriginal Education (updates for students/parents/staff)
- Wicihitowin Education Action Circle The Wicihitowin – Circle of Shared Responsibility – Education Action Circle is established to build, promote and strengthen new and existing partnerships aimed at addressing the community identified current and emerging priorities of education issues for the Urban Aboriginal community in Edmonton.
- Aboriginal Relations Office, City of Edmonton. Check out the 2009 Statistical Profile of the Aboriginal Peoples Living in Edmonton.
- Statistics Canada 2006 Aboriginal Population Profile for Edmonton
- Council of Ministers of Education in Canada (CMEC) Report on the Summit on Aboriginal Education held in February 2009.
- Canadian Council on Learning Report: Redefining how success is measured in First Nations, Inuit and Métis Learning.
“Full of Promise” Learners
- Reaching At Promise Students Association … Visit it at www.rapsa.org.
- Understanding Resilience: Implications for Inner-City Schools and Their Near and Far Communities.
- Edmonton Interagency Youth Services Association, which serves street-involved youth and youth at risk. Go to: http://eiysa.blogspot.com/ Check out the minutes of their meetings, which are often focused on specific topics such as housing, career skills, aboriginal youth, etc.
- Circle of Courage (Dr. Martin Brokenleg)
- The Search Institute: 40 Developmental Assets
- We Can Do Better: Toward an Alberta Child Poverty Reduction
Strategy for Children and Families, November 2008
“Across Canada, poverty is recognized as a growing issue that needs to be addressed. Four provinces have recently created poverty reduction elimination strategies and the federal government has a cross-parliamentary party committee investigating strategies to reduce poverty. In Edmonton Public, poverty continues to be a reality for many children, youth and families served. A report on Child and Family Poverty recently released by the Edmonton Social Planning Council reveals that one in six children live below the poverty line, translating to potentially 13,000 children in Edmonton Public. It is well established that children who live in poverty face more challenges and are more likely to encounter serious problems in their lives than other children including: more chronic illness, emotional and behaviour problems, and difficulty in developing cognitive, emotional and social skills needed for success in school. While it is important to recognize that not all low-income children will have difficulty in school, many will experience the negative effects of poverty educationally. The relationship between educational achievement of children and income levels is highly statistically significant.” (Quote From Edmonton Public Schools Three Year Education Plan 2009-2012, page 7)
