Funding for this research was provided by:
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (435-2018-0428)
Article History
First Online: 14 December 2019
Compliance with Ethical Standards
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: As the author of the book “Ensouling Our Schools”, in which the intervention herein evaluated is published, Dr. Katz receives royalties from sales of the book. For this reason, Ms. Skinner collected and entered all data, and Dr. Mercer conducted all statistical analyses, in order to ensure unbiased evaluation occurred. Dr. Katz was involved in teacher training, and all teachers in the study were provided with the book free of cost. We are prepared to include as supplementary material a manual with the lesson plans for the program, so as not to require your readers to purchase the book should they wish to replicate the study.
: All procedures performed in studies involving human participants were in accordance with the ethical standards of the institutional and/or national research committee (include name of committee + reference number) and with the 1964 Helsinki Declaration and its later amendments or comparable ethical standards. University ethics approval was granted from the University of British Columbia Behavioral Research Ethics Board Certificate # H16-02623. Both school districts also formally approved the research.
: Informed consent was obtained from all individual participants included in the study. Consent was received from the school districts, principals, teachers, and parents of students involved in the study using approved consent forms from UBC. Student assent was also sought and received. At each data collection point, students were reminded that participation was voluntary, and they could withdraw at any time.