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Schools As Community Resources : Recommendations For Supporting Ukrainian Elementary Refugee Students Through Community-Informed Approaches in Winnipeg, Manitoba Chubenko, Larissa M.

Abstract

This paper focuses on the impact of the arrival of Ukrainian refugee students to a Ukrainian-bilingual elementary school located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. These Ukrainian refugee students and their families are in the process of dealing with shared experiences of displacement, loss of community, and resettlement resulting from the recent Russian invasion and war in Ukraine. This school is already in a unique position in supporting refugee students, families and extended community through existing programming involving Ukrainian language, traditions, values, and cultural norms. More specifically, to support these new refugee students requires schools to further establish a Full-Service Community Schools model focusing on community-informed approaches. This paper further provides recommendations for community-informed approaches in schools through implementation of safe and healing school environments, towards empowerment and belonging, as well as examples of community programming and outreach initiatives.

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Schools As Community Resources : Recommendations For Supporting Ukrainian Elementary Refugee Students Through Community-Informed Approaches in Winnipeg, Manitoba
Creator
Chubenko, Larissa M.
Date Issued
2023-09-27
Description
This paper focuses on the impact of the arrival of Ukrainian refugee students to a Ukrainian-bilingual elementary school located in Winnipeg, Manitoba. These Ukrainian refugee students and their families are in the process of dealing with shared experiences of displacement, loss of community, and resettlement resulting from the recent Russian invasion and war in Ukraine. This school is already in a unique position in supporting refugee students, families and extended community through existing programming involving Ukrainian language, traditions, values, and cultural norms. More specifically, to support these new refugee students requires schools to further establish a Full-Service Community Schools model focusing on community-informed approaches. This paper further provides recommendations for community-informed approaches in schools through implementation of safe and healing school environments, towards empowerment and belonging, as well as examples of community programming and outreach initiatives.
Subject
Community-outreach; Elementary refugee students; Bilingual
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. EDST 590
Date Available
2023-10-03
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0436921
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/86053
Affiliation
Education, Faculty of; Educational Studies (EDST), Department of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
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http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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