Examining the Impact of Informal Science Experiences on First Nations Student Engagement in Science
Primary researcher
Dr. Dawn Sutherland, Faculty of Education, University of Winnipeg; Marilyn Lee, M. Ed. candidate, University of Manitoba; andJennifer Brunel, Undergraduate student, Research Assistant
Description of proposed research
Skownan First Nation: For the past three years Career Trek has worked with Skownan First Nation on a long-term career development initiative. Skownan is located approximately 300 Km north of Winnipeg, and students and family members from the community have traveled once per month to participate in a weekend career exploration program. This year the community is coming into Winnipeg three times and the program will be traveling to Skownan three times to hold community-based career development.
This year the all career development programming for the middle years cohort of Skownan will be on careers in science. In this two year study the participants from Skownan First Nation will complete 6 pre and post self-efficacy inventories. These inventories will provide a quantitative measure of the impact of the career development program on self-efficacy in science careers. As well participants will keep a digital diary of their career development experiences and will be interviewed using the photo journal as a tool to encourage conversation, insight and reflection of the career development experience.
Collaborating partners
Darrell Cole, Executive Director, Career Trek Inc.
Skownan First Nation
Frontier School Division
Skownan School
Theresa Nepinak
Agnes Contois
Timeline
2 years in Years 3 & 4 of the CRYSTAL grant.
