Recent Grant Recipients

Congratulations to recent grant recipients from the Faculty of Education:

Academic Development Fund - New Research and Scholarly Initiative Awards - Small Grant (UWO Internal)  

• Rachel Heydon. A case study of kindergarten literacy curricula in school and child-care based programs.

Ontario Ministry of Education - Research and Evaluation Strategy Branch

• Robert Macmillan and the School Board-University Research Exchange (SURE). Examining Educator Research Use in the London Region: A Collaborative project of the School Board - University Research Exchange.

Counselling Foundation of Canada  

• Susan Rodger and The Bridges Team.
  Western’s Alumni Development has announced that the Counselling Foundation of Canada has made a generous gift to the Bridges Project. The gift will allow the Bridges team to create a manual and resource binder for counselors and educators working in the context of community-based alternative education programs.

Scholarly Journals at Western Program (UWO Internal)

• Suzanne Majhanovich & Marianne Larsen. Canadian and International Education
• Allen Pearson. The Canadian Journal for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning

International Research (UWO Internal)

• Farahnaz Faez. Internationalization, globalization and English education in Brazil
• Immaculate Namukasa & George Gadanidis. Algebraic Problem Solving: Investigating approaches to pedagogical content knowledge (PCK).

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) - Community-University Research Alliance (CURA)

• Shelley Taylor. Welcoming Communities Initiative

SSHRC Internal Travel Grant (UWO Internal)

• Marianne Larsen. Comparative and International Education Society Annual Conference
• Paul Tarc. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting
• Katina Pollock. American Educational Research Association Annual Meeting

International Research (UWO Internal)

• Aniko Varpalotai. The health education of Maasai girls and women in rural Tanzania and Kenya: A pilot study.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)  Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (MCRI)

• Rachel Heydon and Carol Beynon. Advancing International Interdisciplinary Research in Singing.

Strategic Research Fund Initiative, Ministry of Children and Youth Services, Research and Outcome Measurement Branch   

• Alan Leschied. Intrusive Measures in Child and Youth Mental Health

Grant in Aid, Ontario Human Capital Research and Innovation Fund, Ministry of Training, Colleges and Universities

• Susan Rodger

Autism Centre of Excellence (The University of Western Ontario)

• Heather Brown, Masters of Education student. Strengths and weaknesses in the writing of individuals with high functioning autism spectrum disorders as influenced by their cognitive differences.

SSHRC Internal Travel Grant (UWO Internal)

• Farahnaz Faez. International Metropolis Conference [Bonn, Germany - October 27-31, 2008]

• Shelley Taylor. TESOL 2009 & Pre- / Post-convention on Institutes [Denver, Colorado - March 23-28. 2009]

International Research (UWO Internal)

• Helene Berman, Mohammed Baobaid. Violence in the Lives of Muslim Girls and Women: Developing a Research Agenda in the Canadian, Yemeni, and East African Context.

Canadian Institutes of Health Research (CIHR) Operating Grant

• Helene Berman, Susan Rodger. Embodied Trauma: The Influence of Past Trauma on Women during the Transition to Motherhood.

Centre of Excellence in Mental Health at Children's Hospital of Eastern Ontario

• Alan Leschied. Exploring Patterns of Service Utilization within Children's Mental Health Agencies.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)  Strategic Knowledge Cluster

• Peter Jaffe, Helene Berman, Claire Crooks, Ray Hughes. The Canadian Prevention Science Cluster.

Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC)  Major Collaborative Research Initiatives (MCRI) Letter of Intent

• Rachel Heydon and Carol Beynon. Advancing International Interdisciplinary Research in Singing.

Academic Development Fund - New Research and Scholarly Initiative Award - Major Grant (UWO Internal)

• Kathryn Hibbert and Teresa Van Deven. Scholarship in Radiology Education.

Ontario Ministry of Education

• Suzanne Majhanovich, Shelley Taylor and Maureen Smith. Common European Framework as a Frame of Reference for French as a Second Language Education Programs in Ontario.

SSHRC Internal Research Grant (UWO Internal)

• Elizabeth Nowicki and Jason Brown. Concept mapping with children: Is it a viable method for exploring beliefs about peers with learning difficulties?

SSHRC Internal Travel Grant (UWO Internal)

• Helene Berman. The 17th International Council on Women's Health Issues Congress 2008: Women's Health Across the Life Span: The Girl Child, Safety, Health and Development - Gaborone, Botswana; [9-11 July, 2008]

Western Innovation Fund (UWO Internal)

• Immaculate Namukasa and George Gadanidis. Rich Online Mathematics Tasks: An Interactive Database.

Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Image, Text, Sound & Technology (ITST)

• Kathryn Hibbert. Money matters: advancing adolescent financial literacy on their terms.

Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Standard Research Grants:

• Jason Brown. Needs and challenges of aboriginal foster parents.
• George Gadanidis and Cornelia Hoogland. Digital mathematical performance: Students as performance mathematicians.
• Michael Kehler. Healthy bodies, boys and body image: An examination of male students’ reluctance to participate in compulsory grade nine physical education classes.

Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Community University Research Alliance (CURA) Letter of Intent:

• Gillian King and Jacqueline Specht. Facilitating the development of professional expertise in children's mental health, rehabilitation and education services.

Ontario Mental Health Foundation:

• Christine Wekerle. The maltreatment and adolescent Pathways (MAP) project: Adjustment in young adulthood.

International Research (UWO Internal):

• Shelley Taylor. Development of a framework for multilingual education.

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