External Research Funding
Each year, Werklund School researchers, recognized for their innovative and collaborative efforts, are awarded federal grants from SSHRC, CIHR, in addition to other external sources.
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
| Recipients | Title of Research | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | |||
| Kelly Dean Schwartz (PI) | Stream 1 of the Operating Grant: SARS-CoV-2 variants supplement: COVID-19 Rapid Research Funding Opportunity | $49,063 | |
| Emma Climie (Co-PI), Jiang Yuanyuan (Saint Paul University, Ottawa), Janet W.T. Mah, Penny Violet Corkum | How is COVID-19 continuing to impact children with and without Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder? | $149,888 | |
| Karlee Fellner (PI), Kaori Wada (Werklund Co-PI), Stephanie Tipple (Werklund Co-PI), Theresa Strawberry-O'Chiese First Nation; Chris Chabot-Central Alberta FASD Network; Debra Chouinard-Rocky & District Victim Services; Kimberly Younger-Shunda Creek Treatment Centre; Darlene Auger-University Nuhelotine Thaiyotsi Nistameyimakanak; Patricia Derbyshire-College of the Rockies | Indigenous Approaches to Wellness & Psychotherapy as a Response to the COVID-19 Mental Health Crisis in Indigenous Communities | $250,000 | |
| Carly McMorris (Co-PI), Megan Ames | Understanding vaccine confidence and decision-making among Canadian youth: Survey and intervention development | $170,330 | |
| 2020 | |||
| Kelly Dean Schwartz (Co-Invstigator Carly McMorris, Andrea Holowka, Paul Daniel Amold, Deinera Exner-Cortens, Erica Makarenko) | Screening Student Resiliency and Mental Health Indicators During School Re-Entry | $199,087 | |
| Carly McMorris1,2 (PIs: Drs. Yona Lunsky & Johanna Lake) | Supporting the mental health needs of adults with neurodevelopmental disabilities and their families during COVID-19: A national capacity building project | $200,000 | |
| 2019 | |||
| Kelly Dean Schwartz (Co-Investigators Carly McMorris, Andre Stelnicki, Maris Van Bavel, Kaleem Kan and Micheele Redekop) | Before Operational Stress: Evaluating Novel Psychosocial Interventions for Public Safety Personnel (PSP) and their Families | $974,898 | |
| 2018 | |||
| Carly McMorris who Co-investigate with Catherine Alexandra Lebel | Brain development and internalizing symptoms in youth with fetal alcohol spectrum disorder | $879,750 | |
| 1 CO-Investigator | |||
| 2 Operating Grant: COVID-19 Mental Health & Substance Use Service Needs and Delivery |
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
| Recipient | Category | Title of Research | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2021 | ||||
| Kimberly Lenters (PI), Towani Duchscher (Co-PI) | Connection | Decolonizing the ELA Classroom: Mobilizing Arts-based, Land and Place-based, and Anti-Racist Critical Literacies | $36,799 | |
| Miwa Takeuchi (PI), Other Researchers: Mathew Swallow-Mount Royal University; Kori Czy-Telus Spark Science Centre; Cesar Suva-The Immigrant Education Society (TIES); Jrene Rahm-Université de Montréal; Teresa Balser, Tatend Mambo, Steven Vamosi-Unversity of Calgary; Ananda Marin-University of California; | Partnership Development | Learning with the Land and Understanding the Soil Toward Refugee Integration and Diversity | $200,000 | |
| Astrid Kendrick, Werklund Co-investigators: Theodora Kapoyannis, Michelle (Shelly) Russell-Mayhew, Other Researchers: Alberta Teachers' Association, ASEBP, Northwest Territories Teachers' Association | Partnership Development | HEARTcare planning for Educational Workers: Mobilizing Interventions for Compassion Fatigue and Burnout | $166,374 | |
| Tonya Callaghan (PI), Other Researchers: Leanne Higham & Jo Lampert La Trobe University | Insight | Holy homophobia: Heterosexism and transphobia in Catholic schools | $90,749 | |
| Rahat Zaidi, Werklund Co-investigators: Subrata Bhowmik, Kimberly Lenters, Sylvie Roy, Erin Spring | Insight | Connecting Resilience to Places and Spaces in Adopted Homelands | $214,108 | |
| Tanya Mudry (Co-investigator José Domene) | Insight Development | Critical care work during and after COVID-19: Exploring changing identities and practices associated with recovery from burnout | $62,990 | |
| Barbara Brown (Other Researcher: Christy Thomas, Ambrose University) | Insight Development | Exploring Online Pedagogies for Social Connectedness and Advancing Professional Collaboration | $68,960 | |
| Jennifer Markides (Other Researcher: Natalie Morris) | Insight Development | Strengthening the Educational Experiences of Indigenous Students in Northern Alberta Schools Through Culturally Responsive School Based Initiatives | $69,638 | |
| Amy Burns (Co-investigator Patricia Danyluk) | Insight Development | Leading from the middle: Understanding the lifeworld of female middle-level leaders in post-secondary education | $64,513 | |
| 2020 | ||||
| Shelleyann Scott (Co-investigator Donald Scott) | Insight | Re-Imagining and Innovating Leadership Development and Leadership Theory: Promoting Effective University Leadership, Change Agency, and Job Satisfaction | $83,442 | |
| Patricia Danyluk (Co-investigators Amy Burns, Astrid Kendrick, Theodora Kapoyannis, Yvonne Poitras Pratt), (Other Researchers: Eva Lemaire, Kevin O'Connor, Tanya Stogre- Mount Royal University; Kathryn Crawford-Ambrose University; Laurie Hill- St. Mary's University; Robin Bright-University of Lethbridge) | Insight | Combating Racism towards Indigenous Peoples through the Inclusion of Indigenous Perspectives in the Classroom: Bachelor of Education Programs and Schools Working Together | $99,997 | |
| Douglas Clark (Co-investigators David Scott, Jennifer Adams) | Insight | Reframing Design in Education for Equity, Diversity and Inclusion | $99,655 | |
| Roswita Dressler (Co-investigator Colleen Kawaliak) | Insight Development | Teachers Reflecting Upon Study Abroad Sojourns | $44,907 | |
| Martina Ann Kelly (Co-investigator) and Pratim Sengupta (Co-applicant) with Ariel Ducey (Primary investigator, Sociology) | New Frontiers in Research Fund | Data, Touch, Technology and Medical Care | $246,861 | |
| Aubrey Hanson (Co-Investigator Vicki Bouvier, Mount Royal University) | Insight Development | Indigenous Creativity and Presence in the City: Unsettling and Reframing | $71,844 | |
| Kimberly Lenters (Co-Investigator Ronna Mosher) | Insight Development | Playful(l) Literacies: Language and Literacy Learning in the Early Elementary Years | $67,613 | |
| Mairi McDermott & Michele Jacobsen (Co-Investigator Jeff Dunn, Cumming School of Medicine) | Insight Development | Mothering on the Tenure Track: A Qualitative Case Study | $45,876 | |
| Marlon Simmons | Insight Development | Writing Black Life in Canada: Notes from Calgary | $63,640 | |
| Jose Domene who Co-PI with Dr. Robinder Bedi from the University of British Columbia | Insight Development | The Role of Hope in Promoting the Career Development of Individuals with a History of Substance Use Disorder after Treatment | $145,337 | |
| Kaori Wada (Co-Investigator Karlee Fellner, Tom Strong, Norichika Horie from the University of Tokyo Susumu Shimazono from Sophia University | Insight Development | Medicalization of grief: Looping effects and its alternatives | $71,000 | |
| Rahat Zaidi (Co-investigator Anusha Kassan) | Partnership Development | Optimizing Educational Services for Newcomer Families in the French and English Public System: An Exploration Among Three school Boards in Calgary, Alberta | $9,790 | |
| Rahat Zaidi (Co-investigator Anusha Kassan and Jennifer Rowell-University Bristol) | Partnership Engage | Immigrant families at a standstill: navigating resettlement during COVID-19 | $25,000 | |
| 2019 | ||||
| Hetty Roessingh | Connection | Play and literacy connection: Possibilities for policy programming, providers and parents | $24,756 | |
| Beaumie Kim (Co-Investigator Jerremie Clyde, Calgary Board of Education, Calgary Arts Academy and Calgary Public Library) | Insight | Playing and redesigning culturally-relevant tabletop games: Sustaining cultural and linguistic pluralism in public learning environments | $96,134 | |
| Miwa Takeuchi | Insight | Envisioning inclusive mathematics education with digital illustrated stories | $88,986 | |
| Jo Towers (Co-Investigator Lyndon Martin from York University) | Insight | Transforming Mathematical Identities: The Potential for Collective Learning to Create Free Spaces for Mathematics | $286,400 | |
| Armando Preciado Babb (Co-Investigator Armando Solares-Rojas) | Insight Development | Exploring mathematical modelling knowledge for teaching through simulation and coding | $65,951 | |
| Marie-Claire Shanahan (Co-investigator Pratim Sengupta) | Insight Development | Disability, Augmentative and Alternative Communication (AAC) and Science Education | $57,790 | |
| Rahat Zaidi (Co-investigator Anusha Kassan) | Partnership Engage | Filming Cultural Mosaics: A research study on filming immigrant family stories | $25,000 | |
| Shelly Russel-Mayhew (Co-Investigator Christine McKernan & Stephanie Wieri-Alberta Health Services and Jason Kupery-Palliser Regional Schools) | Partnership Engage | Policy, Practice, and Partnersip: Comprehensive School Health in School Communities | $18,305 | |
| Gregory Tweedie (Co-Investigator Robert Johnson) | Partnership Engage | Improving language assessment for internationally educated nurses in Canada: a concurrent validity study of two preoficiency tests | $24,998 | |
| 2018 | ||||
| Brent Davis | Insight | Using emergent technologies to develop mathematical objects- and actions-to-think-with | $215,760 | |
| Gregory Lowan-Trudeau | Insight | Renewable Energy Education Reconsidered: Exploring Sociocritical and Indigenous Perspectives in Alberta and Beyond | $59,488 | |
| Man-wai (Co-Investigator Marie-Claire Shanahan) | Insight Development | Measuring Cross-Curricular Competencies using Digitally Simulated Science Laboratories | $74,675 | |
| Emma Climie (Co-Investigator Alan McLuckie -Social Work) | Insight Development | Stigma & Strength in Individuals with ADHD | $64,224 | |
| David Scott who Co-Investigate with Carla Peck (UofA) | Partnership | Thinking Historically for Canada's Future | $2.5MM |
Other External Sources
| Recipient | Category | Title of Research | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | ||||
| Meadow Schroeder (PI) | Werklund Co-PIs: Gabrielle Wilcox, Sharon Friesen | Other Researchers: Dana Braunberger & Sarah Hamilton - Calgary Academy | Alberta Education Research Partnership Program | Examining the wellbeing of Alberta teachers who support students with special needs | $14,735 | |
| 2021 | ||||
| Pratim Sengupta (Co-PI), Other Researcher: University of Massachusetts Dartmouth | National Science Foundation (NSF) | EAGER: SaTC AI-Cybersecurity - Opening Doors for Cybersecurity & AI: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Engaging Middle School Students | $87,331 | |
| Meadow Schroeder (Co-PI), Tanya Keto (Foothills Academy) | Learning Disabilities & ADHD Network, Calgary Region | Post-Secondary Success: Navigating the Transition for Students with Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Learning Disabilities Online Tutorial | $25,000 | |
| Carly McMorris (PI), Other Researchers: Deinera Exner-Cortens, Katie Chaput | Alberta Childern's Hospital Research Institute - CHW Grand Challenge Catalyst Awards "Seeddling" | Assessing for suicide risk in autistic youth | $49,772 | |
| Carly McMorris (Co-PI), Other Research Brianne Redquest | Special Olympics | Exploring the Mental Health Benefits of Participating in Special Olympics | $20,000 | |
| Roswita Dressler (PI) | Alberta Teachers Association | Literature Review on the Benefits of International Teacher and Student Exchanges on Student Outcomes, School Communities, and K-12 Education Systems. | $25,000 | |
| Roswita Dressler (PI) | Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers | Enduring Innovations in L2 Teacher Practice Resulting from the COVID 19 pandemic | $6,000 | |
| Kelly Dean Schwartz (Co-PI) | Carly McMorris (Werklund Co-PI) | Other Researcher Linda Duffett-Leger PI-University of Calgary | Supporting Psychological Health in First Responders (SPHIFR) | Before Operational Stress (BOS) and BOS‐Family: Development of Virtual | $201,614 | |
| Shelly Russell-Mahew (PI) | Werklund Co-Pis: Michelle Kilborn, Astrid Kendrick, Maxine Myre, Oliver Wilson | Other Researchers: Chris Fenlon-McDonald (Calgary Board of Education); Kerri Murray (Ever Active Schools); Nannette Gropp (Alberta Health Services) | Alberta Education Research Partnership Program | Championing Wellbeing: Examining the implementation and impact of a Wellbeing Framework in a large urban school district in Alberta | $50,000 | |
| Barbara Brown (PI) | Werklund Co-PIs: Nadia Delanoy, Sharon Friesen, Kim Koh, Man Wai Chu | Other Researchers: Brandy Langelaar, Jodie Walz & Kevin Deforge - Education Technology Consultant - Calgary Catholic School Division; Cheryl McInnis- Principal Bishop Carroll High School; Kirk Linton (EdD) - Supervisor- Learning Services- Calgary Catholic School Division | Alberta Education Research Partnership Program | Examining the impact of technology enhanced | $49,500 | |
| Michelle Drefs (PI) | Other Researchers: Michael McMann-Fort Vermilion School District; Helena Osana-Concordia University; Julie Houle-Lester B. Pearson School Board; Heather Douglas & Jo-Anne LeFevre-Carleton University | Alberta Education Research Partnership Program | Setting Students Up for Success: Formative Assessment of Mathematics in the Early Years | $49,500 | |
| Roswita Dressler (PI) | Deutscher Akademischer Austauschdienst German Academic Exchange Service (DAAD) | Text und Medien in unserer neuen pädagogischen Landschaft | $18,546 | |
| Carly McMorris (PI) | Kids Brain Health Network | Enhancing Supports for Autistic Post-Secondary Supports at the University of Calgary | $100,000 | |
| Carly McMorris (Co-PI) | Other Researcher Janet McCabe | Special Olympics Canada (SOC) | Coping Strategies of Special Olympic Athletes in Canada – the Connection between Coping and Overall Health Behaviours. | $19,000 | |
| Carly McMorris (Co-PI) | Other Researcher Carolyn Emery | Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Foundation | The Impact of Community-based Adapted Physical Activity Opportunities on Young People with a Disability and their Families: Evaluating Calgary Adapted Hub Programs powered by Jumpstart | $164,000 | |
| Kimberly Lenters (PI) | Werklund Co-PI Ronna Mosher | Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Studies | Playful(l) Literacies: Language Play in the Early Years | $6,000 | |
| Michelle Drefs (PI) | Werklund Co-PI Dianne Gereluk | Other Researchers: Zahra Shajani, Diana Snell - Faculty of Nursing; Tanya Beran - Community Health Sciences | Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Studies | Examining the Scope of Intergenerational Programs involving Kindergarten Students | $6,000 | |
| Man-Wai Chu (Co-PI) | Other Researchers: Karen Fung- University of Alberta; Jinnie Shin (PI)-University of Florida | National Science Foundation- American Educational Research Association (NSF-AERA) | Balancing Equity and Fairness in Online Learning: A Self-Regulation Approach to Improve STEM Education | $34,307 | |
| Subrata Bhowmik (PI) | Werklund Co-PI Marcia Kim | Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Studies | ESL writing instruction in Alberta schools: Teacher preparedness and pedagogical challenges | $6,000 | |
| 2020 | ||||
| Carly McMorris | Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute (ACRHI) | Provide virtual mindfulness groups to youth and young adults with neurodevelopmental disorders (e.g., autism, FASD and intellectual disability) and their caregivers | $42,000 | |
| Carly McMorris | Alberta Children’s Hospital Research Institute – COVID-19 Catalyst Grant | Reducing Stress and Anxiety in Caregivers and Youth with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Effectiveness of a 6-week Virtual Mindfulness-Based Intervention | $32,000 | |
| Carly McMorris1 (PI Dr. Kathleen Chaput) | Calgary Centre for Clinical Research (CCC-R): Seed Grant | An anonymous survey to generate a valid estimate of the prevalence of cannabis use in pregnancy in Alberta: Building foundations for future research and public health strategies | $10,000 | |
| Carly McMorris1 (PI Drs. Amy Metcalfe, Lara Leisjer and Donna Slater | Canada Health Trust | Prediction, Prevention and interventions for Preterm birth: the P3 cohort. | $5,000,000 | |
| Carly McMorris | Special Olympics Canada – Research Grant | Reducing Stress and Anxiety in Caregivers and Youth with Neurodevelopmental Disorders: Effectiveness of a 6-week Virtual Mindfulness-Based Intervention | $10,000 | |
| Catherine Burwell (Co-Investigators Maren Aukerman & David Scott) | Spencer Foundation | Canadian and American Youth Perspectives on Media Related to COVID-19 | $49,953.34 | |
| 2019 | ||||
| Hetty Roessingh/Cynthia Prasow | Alberta Education | Supplementing early learning with a play-based, sensorimotor and language development program in preschool and kindergarten | $50,000 | |
| Kim Koh/Olive Chapman | Alberta Education | Designing authentic assessments to promote girls’ self-efficacy and interest in STEM subjects | $50,000 | |
| Karlee Fellner | Alberta Education | Blackfoot pedagogical approaches Kunaitupii curriculum project: Trauma wisdom ‘inside & out’ | $50,000 | |
| Erin Spring/Gregory Tweedie/Umit Boz | Alberta Education | Understanding Indigenous students’ perceptions of well-being: A case study in equitable urban education | $50,000 | |
| Man-Wai Chu | Alberta Education | Providing students with a voice: A measure of students’ socio-emotional wellbeing to optimize learning for all students | $50,000 | |
| Carly McMorris (Co-Investigator Gerald Giesbrecht) | The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention: Young Investigator | Suicidality in youth with autism spectrum disorder: Interaction between biological vulnerabilities and cognitive dysfunction | $89,357 | |
| 2018 | ||||
| Man-Wai Chu (Co-Investigators Barb Brown, Ronna Mosher | Alberta Education | Improving Assessment Literacy Assessment | $50,000 | |
| Barb Brown/Mairi McDermott/Sharon Friesen | Alberta Education | Leading for Indigenous Learning | $50,000 | |
| Barb Brown/Amy Burns | Alberta Education | New Teachers Implementing Professional Practice Standards | $50,000 | |
| Gregory Tweedie | Alberta Education | Accelerating English Language Acquisition for Beginning ELL Students in Junior High | $50,000 | |
| Christy Thomas/Jim Brandon/Sharon Friesen | Alberta Education | Addressing Alberta's New Leadership Quality Standard through High Quality Collaborative Professional Learning | $50,000 | |
| Rahat Zaidi/Tom Strong | Alberta Education | Optimizing Parent-Teacher Collaboration in Refugee Children's Learning | $50,000 | |
| Roswita Dressler | Alberta Education | Diversity as an Asset: Identifying Demographic Variables Impacting the Global Competence Knowledge, Skills, Attitudes and Experiences of Albertan K-12 High School Students and Staff | $50,000 | |
| Maren Auckerman | Alberta Education | Exploring How the Teacher Quality Standards Support Early Literacy Instruction and Address the Needs of a Changing Student Demographic | $50,000 | |
| 1 CO-Investigator |