LUCID (“Learning for Understanding through Culturally Inclusive Imaginative Development”) was originally conceived as a five-year community-based research project, funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council for the years 2004-2008, which explored the potential of imaginative education to improve academic and other educational outcomes in three B.C. public school districts with high numbers of Aboriginal students (Chilliwack, Haida Gwaii, and Prince Rupert). With additional funding from School District 42, the project’s work in Prince Rupert was extended until 2014.
This was a large-scale action research project involving many dozens of workshops, conferences, and planning sessions for teachers and other school district staff, along with two Master of Education programs designed to build capacity for this work. The research encompassed teacher development, curriculum design, classroom teaching, and district-wide cultural change. Over a thousand students at all grade levels directly experienced teaching influenced by LUCID, most of them in the Prince Rupert school district.
Some overview/summary accounts of LUCID:
A Brief Guide to LUCID (2007) (PDF)
Pearson, G. (2009). Imaginative Education engages Aboriginal learners in Prince Rupert. (PDF)
Education Canada, Vol. 49 (5), pp. 26-29. Published by the Canadian Education Association, now the EdCan Network, https://www.edcan.ca/
Nielsen, T.W. (2010). Lost in translation? Rethinking First Nation education via LUCID insights. (PDF)
International Review of Education, 56(4), 411-43