Statistics Canada Award for Foundations of Education
In conjunction with the Canadian Association for Foundations of Education (CAFE), the Statistics Canada Award for Foundations of Education is presented to a pre-service student who completes a project or paper involving the application of material from the Statistics Canada web-site, http://www.statcan.ca or ot,her Statistics Canada education resources.
Prize
Recipients of this award will receive a $500 cash prize, which may be shared between two winners; an opportunity to present a paper based on the project in a special CAFE session at the CSSE annual conference; nation-wide publication of the paper or its abstract on the CSSE website, on the CAFE website, on the Statistics Canada website, (www.statcan.ca); a complimentary one-year subscription to Canadian Social Trends (a Statistics Canada quarterly journal); a certificate of achievement for the student; a letter of recognition written to the appropriate Dean of Education commending the supervising professor for innovation in teaching.
Criteria
Selection criteria include: significance of the problem; conceptualisation, design and execution of the study; quality and suitability of the use of the Statistics Canada data; quality of analysis and presentation of the information; potential for informing classroom practice; general clarity, insight and originality of the work.
Eligibility
All students who have used Statistics Canada information and/or resource materials in developing a foundation project or paper may apply for this award.
The project must be completed during the academic year in which the award is to be given. Each Education Faculty committee will select no more than three projects or papers from their education faculty to submit for this award.
Submission Requirements
To meet the award guidelines the student must submit a project or paper making significant use of Statistics Canada data, include EITHER a statement relating the project or paper to a relevant educational theory, OR provide a brief review of literature pertaining to pertinent educational research information, and state the relevance of the project or paper to educational practice.
To meet the award guidelines the faculty member must include the foundations course title and code number (history, sociology or philosophy of education), and provide his or her name, address, telephone number, and email address
For submission information, please see the Statistics Canada Web Site.
Past Winners
2004 - Joseph Silva, York University, Faculty of Education, for Prof. George Frempong, “Understanding the School and its Community to Inform an Effective and Inclusive Teaching”. (The paper focuses on “efforts to make sense of what it takes to teach successfully in a society that is multicultural and pluralistic”.)
2004 - Tim King, Nipissing University, Faculty of Education, for Prof. John Lundy, “Experiencing the Inner City”. (This study of diversity in a school in Brampton makes extensive use of E-STAT, census and EQAO data.)
2003 - Miguelle Légère, University of Ottawa, Faculty of Education, for Prof. Jim Covert, “Study of Elementary Student Performance in the Rockcliffe and Vanier Districts”
2002 - Jennifer Romanowski, Nipissing University, Faculty of Education, for Prof. John Lundy, “Exploring my Practicum Community - A Critical Analysis of Multicultural Education Initiatives”
2001 - Renée Bruneau, Nipissing University, Faculty of Education, for Prof. John Lundy, “The Importance of Multiculturalism in My Practicum School”