This empirical research report is among the few providing empirical insights into the causative factors of African Canadian children's poor academic performances in the K-12 education system in British Columbia. The report gathers insights from a sample of 84 K-12 teachers and 214 African Canadian parents. Responses from the sampled teachers and parents are consistent with Walberg's educational productivity model that highlight student motivation, exposure to mass media outside school, peer environment, the quality of the home environment, and class environment as key determinants of learners' performances. According to survey results, up to 45% of the sampled parents and teachers contend that peer pressure, bullying, teachers' support, and racism and racial prejudice cumulatively pose as significant barriers to the integration, comfortable study, and free participation of African Canadian children in both academic and co-curricular activities in Canadian grade schools.
