Institution: Cape Breton University

Cape Breton University researcher Dr. Andrew Carrier is shown updating Pictou Landing First Nations students on the deer hunt tissue analyses project at the PLFN school. Dr. Ken Oakes and Dr. Carrier worked with PLFN staff to provide testing and training expertise so the band could succesfully re-engage in their traditional deer hunt.

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.

Eskasoni background photo courtesy of Sjoerd Witteveen

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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.

Dr. Heather Sparling, Cape Breton University, and Kenneth MacKenzie, Gaelic College will explore ways to better integrate traditional songs into Gaelic language instruction.

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.