Faculty Awards and Funding
SSHRC Insight Development Grant
Drs . Couros , Tupper , Montgomery and Lewis have received an Insight Development Grant from SSHRC in the amount of $ 65,909 over 2 years . The project is titled : “ Storying Treaties and the Treaty Relationship : Enhancing Treaty Education through Digital Storytelling .” The aim of the research project is to enhance the understanding of treaties and the treaty relationship in the context of Saskatchewan for K-6 students , teachers and community . The project will be situated in two sites — one in an urban school community and the second in a rural First Nations school community . The research team and their co-participants plan to use digital media through an inquiry process to enhance awareness and understanding among students , teachers , and the community of Aboriginal peoples ’ experiences , both past and present , through retelling of histories and current experiences . In the research process , it is expected that the work will disrupt hegemonic meaningmaking practices with respect to the manner in which we collectively story ourselves in relation to treaties . Finally , the research team with co-participants plan to create new treaty education resources
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for the Pre-K to 12 curricula .
SSHRC Development Grant
Dr . Laurie Carlson Berg is part of a team , headed by Dr . Vicki Esses from the University of Western Ontario , that applied for a Partnership Development Grant and were 1 of 31 , out of 170 , successful applications at the Letter of Intent stage . This team has been awarded $ 20,000 from SSHRC to develop with partners the next phase of the application , which will be submitted in the fall . The title of the project is “ Pathways to Prosperity : New Directions and Innovative Local Practices for Newcomer Attraction and Integration .”
Indigenous People ’ s Health Research Centre New Investigator Award
Dr . JoLee Blackbear received $ 7500 for her project , “ Many Voices , One Journey : Survivors ’ Experiences of the Residential School Reconciliation Process .”
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