June 16, 2022
Alliance Against Violence and Adversity (AVA): Health and Social Services Research Training Platform for System and Population Transformations in Girls and Women’s Health
Project Summary: The AVA Health Research Training Platform is located at the University of Calgary, on the traditional territory of the Treaty 7 peoples who include the Blackfoot Confederacy (Siksika, Piikani and Kainai First Nations), Tsuut’ina First Nation and the Stoney Nakoda (Chiniki, Bearspaw, and Wesley First Nations). The land is also the traditional home […]
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June 16, 2022
Conducting a Pan-Canadian Knowledge Synthesis of Trauma-Informed Best Practices in Education
Project Summary: Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Education has named mental health and well-being as a pillar in both their Interim and 10-year Education Plans. Recent Research highlights educators’ repeated requests for support in relation to trauma-informed/sensitive ways of being in order to support themselves and their students. Important downstream benefits exist for students when teachers are […]
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January 14, 2022
Building a Facilitator Community to Create a Microcredential in Trauma-Informed/Sensitive Pedagogies and Practices in Support of Educator and Student Mental Health
Project Dates: January – September 2022 Context: Saskatchewan’s Ministry of Education has named mental health and well-being as a pillar in both their interim and 10-year Education Plans. Findings from the University of Regina’s Drs. Jerome Cranston and Nathalie Reid’s research Understanding Emotional Impacts of COVID-19 on Teachers, Administrators, and Professional School Staff highlights educators’ repeated […]
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October 4, 2021
RSAC/UR Virtual Conference
RSAC/UR Virtual Conference: “From Awareness to Action – Supporting Systemic Responses to Sexual Violence” Project Summary: This conference will be held virtually from November 9-10, 2021. It will bring together frontline workers, service providers, policymakers, researchers, students, etc., from a variety of disciplines and fields, to share knowledge, experience, tools, and resources related to the […]
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October 4, 2021
Drawing Together Neuroscience and Play, Art, and Narrative (PAN)
Drawing Together Neuroscience and Play, Art, and Narrative (PAN): Co-Creating a Resilience-Enhancement Toolkit for Children in Vulnerable Contexts Project Summary: This project seeks to synthesize the expertise of our multidisciplinary team to co-create and facilitate the integration of a resilience enhancement toolkit (RET) for approximately 12 children ages 6-8, based largely on neuroscience and the principles […]
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October 4, 2021
Understanding the Emotional Impact of COVID-19 on Teachers, Administrators, and Professional School Staff
Understanding the Emotional Impact of COVID-19 on Teachers, Administrators, and Professional School Staff Project Summary: The purpose of this study is to inquire into the complex experiences and emotional states of teachers, administrators, and professional school staff (TAPS) in relation to school re-opening and over the course of the 2020-2021 school year. Through the use […]
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