Les Clés pour l'adolescence, un programme de promotion de la ...

Recruitment e-mail designated to teachers
March 1 st , 2010
Subject: Sense of belonging to school among adolescents in linguistic minority contexts: A
social issue in the matter of health
Dear Sir/Madam:
My name is Marie Drolet and I am an associate professor at the School of Social Work at the
University of Ottawa. The research project cited above, led by a multi-disciplinary team funded
by the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, is linked to the Skills for Adolescence program
that you helped to implement last year. This program had the goal of preventing alcohol and
drug use and building character among the students. This research project seeks to gain a
clearer understanding of your opinions about the impacts this program has had on students who
are now in Grades 8 and 9. The data we collect will also serve to improve Skills for
Adolescence.
Our research study is focused on identifying: (1) the students’ sense of belonging to the school
within their context of linguistic minority; (2) the impacts of the Skills for Adolescence program
on students; and (3) the contribution (if any) that a sense of belonging makes to the
implementation of this preventive program.
I invite you to take part in a personal interview that will last about one hour. We will ask your
opinion about: (1) the students’ sense of attachment to their school; and (2) the impacts of the
Skills for Adolescence preventive program on students. The interviews will be held in English.
We will agree in advance on a place to hold the interview and on a time you find convenient.
Our research assistants, Mélanie Martel and Tina Desabrais, would be willing to meet you at a
place of your choice.
All interested persons are welcome to contact me either to ask questions or to volunteer as a
participant. I am pleased to mention that your principal is very enthusiastic about this study.
I thank you most sincerely for your consideration.
Yours truly,
Marie Drolet, PhD, RSW
mdrolet@uottawa.ca
613-562-5800 (Ext. 6397)
1-877-868-8292 (Ext. 6397)