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.

Tri-Council Research Grants

The Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) and the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) are supporting high-quality research in a variety of disciplines and areas at the Werklund School. They are among the Tri-Council funding agencies, a primary mechanism through which the Government of Canada supports research and training at post-secondary institutions.

	Recipient	Category	Title of Research	Amount
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

	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

	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.

External Research Funding

Tri-Council Research Grants

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Canadian Institutes of Health Research

Other Sources