拉哈特·扎伊迪博士，PhD，是沃克伦德教育学院的副教授，也是卡尔加里大学新移民研究网络的主要成员之一。他与卡尔加里教育委员会和社会工作学院合作，对33位家长、教师和教育支持人员进行了访谈。参与该研究的家长们的孩子都在CBE的读写能力、英语和学术发展（LEAD）项目中就读，该项目旨在支持那些接受过有限正规教育和/或经历过创伤事件的难民英语学习者的需求。扎伊迪的研究获得了2020年阿尔伯塔省教师协会教育研究奖。

扎伊迪博士在探索增进新移民社区参与度的方法方面已经花费了十多年的时间，他认识到优化家长与教师关系的价值，使家长们感到受欢迎作为孩子教育的积极参与者。

请阅读卡尔加里大学的新闻稿《家长与教师关系对移民和难民家庭学生成功的关键影响》了解更多关于扎伊迪博士的研究结果，以及系统性、语言和文化障碍如何使少数族裔群体在阿尔伯塔省的K-12教育系统中感到疏离。

祝贺参与该研究的教师、家长和支持人员。

*信息摘自家长与教师关系对移民和难民家庭学生成功的关键影响，卡尔加里大学网站，2020年11月4日。

Dr. Rahat Zaidi, PhD, an associate professor in the Werklund School of Education and a lead member of the University of Calgary's Newcomer Research Network, partnered with the Calgary Board of Education and the Faculty of Social Work to interview 33 parents, teachers, and educational support workers. The parents who volunteered for the study had children attending the CBE's Literacy, English and Academic Development (LEAD) program, a program designed to support the needs of refugee English language learners with limited formal schooling and/or who have experienced traumatic events in their lives. Zaidi's work garnered the 2020 Alberta Teachers' Association Educational Research Award.

Dr. Zaidi, who has spent more than a decade exploring ways to enhance community engagement among newcomers, recognized the value of optimizing parent-teacher relationships so that parents feel welcomed as active participants in their children's education.

Read the University of Calgary's news release “Parent-teacher relationships critical to success of students from immigrant and refugee families" to learn more about Dr. Zaidi's findings on how systematic, linguistic and cultural barriers alienate members of minority groups from Alberta's K-12 education system.

Congratulations to the teachers, parents, and support staff who participated in this study.

*Information is taken from Parent-teacher relationships critical to success of students from immigrant and refugee families, University of Calgary website, Nov. 4/20.