About the Author

Courtney Anne Brewer, MEd, is a part-time instructor at Nipissing University's Brantford campus in the Faculty of Arts and Science and the Schulich School of Education. She is presently pursuing doctoral studies at Western University in London, Ontario. Her research interests include supporting families as they prepare for school after resettling in Canada as well as studies of critical friendship. Michael McCabe, PhD, teaches at the Schulich School of Education at Nipissing University in Brantford, Ontario. His research focuses on community engagement in the schooling process and he has published works related to parent involvement in mathematics learning, and the use of technology to assist in the process of engaging parents in schooling.