SUCCESSFUL DEFENCE
Congratulations to Dr . Heather Phipps on successfully defending her PhD at McGill University on November 23 , 2016 .
Congratulations to Dr . Sara Schroeter who successfully defended her PhD dissertation at the University of British Columbia on April 3 , 2017 .
Dr . Phipp ’ s dissertation is entitled , " Children Speaking with Children : Visualizing Engagement Through Contemporary Canadian Picture Books in French Classrooms ." This is an ethnographic study situated in a public primary school in urban Montreal . It documents young children ’ s responses to Canadian children ’ s literature in Grades 1 and 2 French classrooms . Her study highlights the ways in which children engage and respond to both the words and images in diverse Canadian literature , and how they reflect on their own lived experiences in relation to the picture books . Dr . Teresa Strong-Wilson and Dr . Claudia Mitchell supervised . Dissertation committee members included Dr . Anne Burke ( Memorial University ), Dr . Mary Maguire ( McGill ), and Dr . Mela Sarkar ( McGill ). The external examiner was Dr . Rahat Naqvi ( University of Calgary ).
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RESEARCH FUNDING AND AWARDS
SSHRC KNOWLEDGE SYNTHESIS GRANTS
Levac , L . ( PI ), Co-applicants : Cindy Hanson , Steinstra , D . McKay M . Baikie , G . & Mucina , D . Two eyed seeing and Intersectionality : Reconciling research approaches $ 24,000.00
Dr . Schroeter ' s dissertation is entitled , “ Difference at Play : An Ethnography of Discourse and Drama in Multiracial Classrooms in a Francophone Minority Language Schools .” Her study explores the discourses of difference ( Foucault , Hall ) that students used in and out of class and how they emerged during drama aqctivities in a minority language school in Canada . Specifically , the project examined the liminal spaces created by drama and other activities and how they provided momentary access to the students ' infomral discourses of race and ethnicity . The study raises questions about the possiblities of applied drama for unpacking discourses of difference when the focus is on the social studies curriculum , rather than the aesthetic art form that informed the drama pedagogy . Dr . Annette Henry and Dr . Lisa Loutzenheiser served as Sara ’ s doctoral supervisors , and her external examiner was Dr . Nombuso Dlamini .
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CIHR INDIGENOUS APPROACHES TO WELLNESS RESEARCH GRANT
Angela Snowshoe "( Re ) Connecting Animal-Human Relationships as a Doorway to Indigenous Wellness " $ 138,056.00
Andrea Sterzuk , with colleagues from McGill University and graduate students Bill Cook & Dennis Runns " Ethical relationality , Canadian applied linguistics and Indigenous language revitalization " $ 24,000.00
REGINA REGION LOCAL IMMIGRATION PARTNERSHIP
Christine Massing ( Faculty of Education ), Daniel Kikulwe & Donalda Halabuzu ( Faculty of Social Work ), & Crystal Geisbrecht ( PATHS ) " Barriers to Newcomer Adaptation and Settlement " $ 19,963.80
PHI DELTA KAPPA DOCTORAL DISSERTATION AWARD
Christine Massing " An Ethnographic Study of Immigrant and Refugee Women ’ s Knowledge Construction in an Early Childhood Teacher Education Program " $ 1000.00
PRAIRIEACTION FOUNDATION ( PAF ) YOUTH LEADERSHIP AWARD
fYrefly in Schools ( Suzy Yim & Kyla Christiansen ) Two GSA mini-conferences in Saskatoon and Regina Up to $ 3000.00
SIDRU RESEARCH GRANTS
Andrea Sterzuk & Russell Fayant " A comparative study of graduate thesis language policy in Canadian universities " $ 5000.00
Barbara McNeil " Saskatchewan African Canadian Heritage Museum ( Part Two ): Re-branding the Logo - A Museum Responds to Decolonization and Indigenization " $ 2500.00
Paul Clarke & Keith Walker ( U of S ) " Youth , School Leadership and Radicalization : What Can We Learn from Student Voices and Perspectives ?" $ 2500.00
Christine Massing & Fatima Pirbhai-Illich " Constructing cross-curricular critical service learning experiences alongside early childhood teacher education candidates and newcomers to Canada " $ 2500.00
Jenn de Lugt " Beyond Understanding : Enhancing Pre-Service Teacher Empathy ... is it Possible ?" $ 2500.00
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