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Ontario Tech acknowledges the lands and people of the Mississaugas of Scugog Island First Nation.

We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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Diversities of resilience: Strategies for success

Why are some students more successful than others at graduating from university or other post-secondary institutions? Moving beyond a focus on barriers to success, this SSHRC-funded project, entitled Diversities of resilience: Understanding the strategies for success used by underrepresented students in Canadian universities, aims to understand how students who have overcome those barriers are successful. This project surveyed 690 students and interviewed 27 students who were nearing graduation and who had recently graduated. All students nearing graduation and recent graduates were welcome to take part. We were particularly interested in hearing from students from diverse backgrounds across Canada. Researchers are located at the University of Ontario Institute of Technology (UOIT) in Oshawa, Ontario; Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia; and the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba.

  • Survey participants were entered into a draw for one of three $50 gift cards or a grand prize of an iPad.
  • Interview participants (maximum 30) received $20 each.

Research team:

UOIT

University of Winnipeg

Mount Saint Vincent University

University of the Fraser Valley
  • Alyson E. King, PhD (Principal Investigator)
  • Allyson Eamer, PhD
  • Nawal Ammar, PhD (Currently located at Rowan University, USA)
  • Lorena Fontaine, LLM
  • Susan Brigham, PhD
  • Fiona McQuarrie, PhD

Community Partners:

Ontario

Nova Scotia
  • Intercultural Dialogue Institute—GTA (Ontario, Canada)
  • Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute (Nova Scotia, Canada)

 

For more information, contact studentsuccess@uoit.ca. Details about our findings can be found at: http://uoitoshawa.weebly.com/. 

This project is funded by a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada Partnership Development Grant.