Research Articles

• Teacher Supply and Demand: Issues in Northern Canada

  February 06, 2012

  This two‐year study examined teacher supply and demand issues in northern Canada – Fort Nelson School District (School District 81 in BC), the Fort Vermilion School Division (AB), the Yukon Department of Education (YK), and the Yellowknife School District (NWT) – comprised three research objectives: (a) to ascertain in which subject areas acute and chronic needs for teachers existed, (b) to investigate recruitment and retention methods for northern professionals, and (c) to ascertain preferred professional development models. The participants included ...

  Teacher Supply Recruitment Colin Chasteauneuf Andrew Kitchenham Teacher Demand Northern Canada Remote Communities

• Human Capital Trends 2011

  January 04, 2012

  Events of the past few years have brought sweeping changes to business and new challenges for the Human Resources (HR) leaders who support them. Two broad themes — innovation and global markets — have taken a front-row seat in human capital organizations around the world. From evolving technologies and process breakthroughs to new organizational models, new markets, new customers, and new approaches to talent, the power of fresh thinking runs deep and strong. Deloitte’s 2011 report is on 12 significant ...

  Innovation Technology HR in Canada Human Resources

• 30 low-cost ways to boost employee engagement

  November 23, 2011

  Employee engagement is more important than ever before as organizations are expected to do more with less people. 

  An engaged employee is motivated, committed to their job, organization, and manager, and willing to put forward discretionary effort in pursuit of organizational goals. 

  There are many cost effective ways an organization can increase employee engagement. The article outlines 30 ways employers can foster engagement on a limited budget. Some examples include:

  • clearly communicating the organization’s vision, mission and values 
  • involving employees ...

  commitment employee engagement Brian Kreissl wellness motivation

• Teacher Diversity in Canada

  October 28, 2011

  This article examines the racial diversity of the teacher population in Canada. The authors’ compare the number of teachers of colour in Canadian elementary and secondary schools from the 2001 and 2006 Census data with the diversity of the student and general populations. The authors explore ways to address the gap between the proportion of Canadian educators and students of colour by interrogating the leaky pipeline metaphor that scholars employ to account for labour shortages. They contend that the pipeline ...

  James Ryan Canada Education Fab Antonelli Katina Polluck Teacher Effectiveness Diversity

• Developing Classroom Websites for 21st Century Learning

  October 11, 2011

  Classroom websites can support and enhance student learning by targeting 21st century skills, such as collaboration, media literacy, critical thinking, problem solving, and self-directional skills. For example, website components such as collaborative projects can improve interpersonal skills which are critical for the 21st century student.  By making learning a social event, teachers can keep students engaged with course material. Using classroom websites encourages students to seek out information themselves, a necessary skill for success in the 21st century. 
  
  Students are ...

  Personalized Learning Classroom Websites Jennifer Tingen 21st Century Learning Lori B. Halcomb Technology Lauren Philbeck

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