Institution: Cape Breton University
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Land-Based Learning
In the picture above, Calvin Stevens, a teacher at the Eskasoni Immersion School is showing students how to make a wooden whistle. Prof. Melissa Bishop from CBU will team up with Elaine Denny, Principal of the Immersion School to explore the impacts of land-based learning on students' oral language production and comprehension competencies during the implemention of an outdoor learning space.
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Indigenous Community Development through Partnered Research-Creation: Digital Film and Music Production Paradigms in Unama’ki
Dr. Marcia Ostashewski, (Centre for Sound Communities, CBU) and Graham Marshall (Council Member, Membertou First Nation) will lead a project to explore the potential to bring digital film and music production to Membertou to support community economic and cultural development, including Mi’kmaq language revitalization. In the background is Clifford Paul, one of the co-authors of this team's award winning paper.
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Integrating Songs into Community Gaelic Language Instruction
Dr. Heather Sparling, Cape Breton University, and Kenneth MacKenzie, Gaelic College will explore ways to better integrate traditional songs into Gaelic language instruction.
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Understanding Housing in Guysborough County
Dr. Catherine Leviten-Reid and her team at Cape Breton University are working with the Guysborough County Housing Network to better understand the dynamics of affordable housing in that county.
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Understanding Housing and Homelessness Issues in Richmond County and Strait Area
Dr. Lilla Roy, Cape Breton University, and Amanda Mombourquette, Strait-Richmond Housing Matter Coalition will work together with their teams to improve the data required to make decisions on affordable housing in the region.
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Counting Those Experiencing Homelessness in the CBRM: A Service-based Count
Dr. Lilla Roy and Dr. Catherine Leviten Reid will work with The Affordable Housing and Homelessness Working Group to collect data in CBRM that will give a better understanding of the situation of homelessness in that part of Nova Scotia.