Congratulations to Susan Dion who received $137,000 from the Toronto District School Board (TDSB) in 2009 to investigate, evaluate and learn from the work undertaken and accomplished by the Board's Urban Aboriginal Education Pilot Project. With its activities, the pilot project is seeking to transform school experiences for Aboriginal students in the TDSB and to address the teaching of Aboriginal subject material. Ultimately the goals of the project are to reduce gaps in Aboriginal student achievement, increase all TDSB teachers' knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal students, families and communities, and to address their knowledge and understanding of Aboriginal subject material. Susan Dion's Talking Stick Project will evaluate the efficacy of the UAE pilot project in increasing Aboriginal student performance and will analyze and assess the effectiveness of the project in enhancing Aboriginal community engagement, including parents, families, community organizations and support services. It will further identify and analyze the challenges and barriers encountered when implementing the project and identify factors contributing to positive outcomes of the pilot project. The research will inform both the UAE Provincial Steering Committee and the TDSB about the ways in which the pilot project was both successful and challenged in accomplishing its goals.