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.
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
| Recipient | Category | Title of Research | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | ||||
| Alexandra Berry | Insight Development | Activating Early Childhood Pedagogies from Blasted Landscapes | $93,316 | |
| Nadia Delanoy | Insight Development | Instructors' assessment innovations in the era of AI: A case study across higher education contexts | $72,091 | |
| Mengguo Jing | Insight Development | Young Children's Understanding of Objects and Events in the Digital Context | $75,040 | |
| Theodora Kapoyannis | Insight Development | Crisis in Alberta classrooms: Exploring the influence of multi- level leadership practices on teacher well-being and career sustainability in K-12 public schools. | $86,528 | |
| Soroush Sabbaghan | Insight Development | Co-Designing Educational AI: Understanding What AI Should Do in K-12 Schools | $67,000 | |
| 2025 | ||||
| Aubrey J. Hanson | Insight | (Re)Storying the city: Reading for urban Indigenous presence | $169,390 | |
| Kimberly Lenters | Insight | Literacy's Landscapes: Examining Story, Land, and Children's Literacies | $434,270 | |
| Brittany Martin | Insight | Investigating the Effects of Socially Empowered Learning on Youth Wellbeing in Schools | $153,925 | |
| Jennifer Markides | Partnership Development | Intercultural Youth Exchange: Why can't school be like this? | $200,000 | |
| 2024 | ||||
| Michael Kehler et al. | Connection | (Un)Doing Masculinities Summit: An International Dialogue | $25,000 | |
| David Scott et al. | Connection | Envisioning Practices to Renew Foundational Treaty and Agreement Education | $24,935 | |
| 2023 | ||||
| Kim Koh et al. | Insight | Designing Authentic Assessments to Promote Girls' STEM Literacy, Interest, and Self-Efficacy | $99,901 | |
| Shelly Russell-Mayhew et al. | Insight | Largely Invisible: Understanding the Complexities of Weight Stigma in Career Development | $99,995 | |
| Michael Kehler et al. | Insight | Redefining Masculinities: Male-Identifying Teachers Engaging Boys as Change Agents | $209,976 | |
| Amy Burns et al. | Insight | Understanding Wellbeing for Women Middle-Level Leaders in Postsecondary Education | $97,036 | |
| Emma Climie | Insight | Distracted, hyperactive, and thriving: Factors supporting cognitive and affective functioning in adults with ADHD | $98,270 | |
| Aliya Kuzhabekova et al. | Partnership Development | Exploration of research misconduct in a non-Western context: The case of Kazakhstan | $199,215 | |
| Shelly Russell-Mayhew et al. | Partnership Development | Teachers of Tomorrow: Mobilizing Partnerships for School Wellness Across the Education System | $199,998 | |
| Sarah Eaton et al. | Connection | Understanding the Impact ofArtificial Intelligence on Higher Education | $25,000 | |
| Shelly Russell-Mayhew et al. | Connection | Teachers of Tomorrow (TOT): Developing an Alberta Stakeholder Network | $25,000 | |
| Jean Kaya et al. | Insight Development | Conceptualizing Teachers' Intercultural Learning for Social Action | $69,700 | |
| Ling Jin et al. | Insight Development | Ethno-racial traumas and mental health: the overlooked experiences of immigrants and refugees | $74,984 | |
| Stephen MacGregor et al. | Insight Development | Education System Leaders as Knowledge Brokers of School-Based Mental Health Supports | $64,476 | |
| Stephen MacGregor et al. | Partnership Engage | Science Journalism Education in Canada: Exploring Theory and practice | $23,994 | |
| 2021 | ||||
| Miwa Takeuchi et al. | Partnership Development | Learning with the Land and Understanding the Soil Toward Refugee Integration and Diversity | $200,000 | |
| Astrid Kendrick et al. | Partnership Development | HEARTcare planning for Educational Workers: Mobilizing Interventions for Compassion Fatigue and Burnout | $166,374 | |
| Rahat Zaidi et al. | Insight | Connecting Resilience to Places and Spaces in Adopted Homelands | $214,108 |
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
| Recipients | Title of Research | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | |||
| Carly McMorris et al. | Partnering for Prevention: Strategies to Support Autistic Youth Following a Suicide Attempt | $99,963 | |
| Elisa Vandenborn et al. | Seeking Youth and Community Wellness Through an Indigenous Trauma Informed Care and Practice Model | $99,501 |
Other Sources
| Recipient | Category | Title of Research | Amount | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | ||||
| Tanya Mudry | Canadian Research Initiative in Substance Matters (CRISM) Prairies | Exploring Youth Experiences with the Protection for Children Using Drugs (PchAD) Program in Alberta: A Qualitative Youth Engagement Project | $10,000.00 | |
| Aubrey Hanson | Owerko Centre, Alberta Childern's Hospital | Books to Build On | $10,000.00 | |
| 2024 | ||||
| Subrata Bhowik | Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Studies (AACES) | Teaching writing to secondary EAL students in Alberta schools: Teacher challenges and support | $6,000.00 | |
| Nadia Delanoy | Alberta Real Estate Foundation (AREF) | Leading Creative Educational Solutions for Sustainable Housing for University Students | $10,000.00 | |
| Beaumie Kim | Mitacs | Investigating the Efficacy of Business Game and Game Redesign in Enhancing Business Education for Grade 4 to Grade 9 Students | $45,000.00 | |
| Kim Koh | AB Education Research Partnership Grant | Examining the Impact of Equitable Formative and Summative Assessments and Reporting Practices on High School Students’ Learning | $50,000.00 | |
| Amy Burns | AB Education Research Partnership Grant | Place-based Education and Student Readiness for the Future: A Case Study | $50,000.00 | |
| Yvonne Poitras Prat | Canada Council for Arts | Short-Term Projects component of the Creating, Knowing and Sharing: the Arts and Cultures of | $100,000.00 | |
| Kelly Schwartz | Supporting Psychological Health in First Responders (SPHIFR) | Building Resiliency in Police with PTSI by Programming for Youth in Police Families | $163,830.00 | |
| Carly McMorris | Kids Brain Health Network | The FIERCE Project: Examining the Effectiveness and Implementation of an Anxiety Intervention for Youth with ADHD | $199,936.00 | |
| Jennifer Lock | Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Studies (AACES) | Engaging Students in Online Immersive Learning Environments | $5,663.00 | |
| Sharon Friesen | Alberta Childern's Hospital Foundation | Mapping a Community Response Model to Mental Health, Community Safety, and Wellbeing | $50,000.00 | |
| Emma Climie | CanNRT 2024 Fellowship -Azrieli Foundation | CanNRT 2024 Fellowship | $26,000.00 | |
| 2023 | ||||
| Stephen MacGregor | Alberta Advisory Committee for Educational Studies (AACES) | ChatGPT and Teacher Professional Learning: Can AI Support Evidence-Informed Practice? | $4,788.00 | |
| Miwa Takeuchi | Environment and Climate Change Canada | Storying the Soil: Actions and Voices from the Global Indigenous Perspectives | $50,000.00 | |
| Gabriela Alonso Yanez | Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research | Trandisciplinary Curriculum Development Grant | 15000 USD | |
| Beaumie Kim | Mitacs Accelerate | Investigating the Efficacy of Business Games in Enhancing Business Education for Grade 4 to Grade 9 Students | $15,000.00 | |
| Meredith Maroney | The Springfield Research Fund Grant: APA | “A bit of a double blow:” Exploring intersectional stigma among autistic queer and trans individuals | $21,000.00 | |
| Sharon Friesen | One Child Every Child | Mapping a Community Response Model to Mental Health, Community Safety, and Well-being Research Proposal | $50,000.00 | |
| Marlyn Bennett | One Child Every Child | Inclusive Storytelling Research on Indigenous Children's Well-being through Digital Storytelling, Art, Ceremony, Camp Gatherings and Land-based Engagement | $300,000.00 | |
| Sharon Friesen | Alberta Education Research Grant | Development of a Mental Health Framework for Schools and School Authorities || Mental Health Framework for Schools 2023-0018 | $578,813.00 | |
| Yvonne Poitras Pratt | Myera Group Research Grant | Digital Storytelling in Sustainable Food Project | $20,000.00 | |
| Beaumie Kim | Mitacs Accelerate | Enhancing dental patient education through collaborative digital art | $45,000.00 | |
| Matthew Makel | ACHRI Startup Funding | ACHRI Startup Funding | $125,000.00 | |
| Shelly Russell-Mayhew | Postdoctoral Funding | Moving from risk to resilience: Understanding how identity-related experiences shape sexual and gender minority individuals’ relations with their body, food, and physical activity | $140,000.00 | |
| Jennifer Turner | City of Calgary Research Grant | Development of a Universal Framework for Standardized Support Services for Children and Youth | $121,666.00 |
Learn about internal research funding received by Werklund researchers.