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
- 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
- Aboriginal Relations Office, City of Edmonton; Check out the 2009 Statistical Profile of the Aboriginal Peoples Living in Edmonton.
- Wicihitowin: Circle of Shared Responsibility One of the circles within Wicihitowin is the Education Action Circle, whose mission is as follows: “Community identified educational priorities and concerns will guide the Aboriginal Education Action Circle to develop strategies, initiatives and projects to improve education for Aboriginal people.”
- 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)
