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Grants and Awards
Miali-Elise Coley of Iqaluit and Lynn Kilabuk of Pangnirtung are the recipients of the Jose Amaujaq Kusugak Scholarship and will each receive $ 5,000 toward their studies . Miali is pursuing her Bachelor of Education at the University of Regina . Lynn is pursuing her U of R Bachelor of Education in Pangnirtung through the Nunavut Teacher Education Program at Nunavut Arctic College .
Jacqueline Belhumeur , a Métis graduate student in the Faculty of Education , has been awarded $ 21,000 from the Indigenous Peoples ’ Health Research Centre ( IPHRC ) for the IPHRC graduate award for 2012-2013 . Jackie ’ s research explores workplace wellness and contemporary Aboriginal issues . This study will focus on the work life experiences of Aboriginal people and their perception of how their identity is received in postsecondary institutions .
Jennifer Burton , a student in our MHRD program , has been awarded the $ 10,000 Bombardier Canadian Graduate Scholarship .
Kathy Nolan , Associate Professor , received an SSHRC Insight Grant award of $ 128,155 over 3 years for mathematics education research . This qualitative research program seeks to strengthen connections between teacher education , curriculum reform , and mathematics education research . The objectives focus on challenging the traditional images of mathematics teacher education programs as places to train and prepare mathematics teachers . In reconceptualizing teacher education programs , this research initiative studies the interplay of three different perspectives of teacher education : the pre-service , or PROspective , creating a multidimensional model for the internship experience ; the RETROspective , informing and reforming programs through enhanced university-school partnerships ; and from the perspective of a teacher educator , the INTROspective , including a critical self-study inquiry into the pedagogical and curriculum choices that a mathematics teacher educator faces in her own practice .
Cindy Hanson , Assistant Professor , received a grant for $ 74,000 over 2 years . The SSHRC Insight Development Grant is called Intergenerational Learning in Indigenous Textile Communities of Practice . The study will explore intergenerational knowledge transfer in Aboriginal / Indigenous textile communities of practice from two locations - Chile and Canada .
Val Mullholland , Associate Professor and Shauneen Pete , Assistant Professor , are collaborating with an Elder and 25 classroom teachers in a Dr . Stirling McDowell Foundation funded study ($ 9380 ) entitled , “ Interconnected Wellness in Young Mothers and their Children .”
Mia Perry , Xia Ji , and Shauneen Pete , Assistant Professors , have been approved for the SSHRC Cohort Development Grant Program . They will participate in workshops and a formal review process to support the development of their applications to the SSHRC and each has been awarded a grant of $ 1000 to support their research .