RESEARCH GRANTS, AWARDS, DISTINCTIONS AND FELLOWSHIPS
- Saskatchewan Instructional Development Unit (SIDRU) Field Experience Research Fund for project entitled Reconceptualizing the internship triad through a learning community professional development model (2014-2105); $3500
- PIMS and SK, Math on the Move Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences Funding Agreement– First Nations, Inuit and Métis Communities to Enhance Opportunities (September 1, 2012 to August 31, 2013); $100, 000 ($50,000 U of R, focusing on Math on the Move; $50,000 U of S).
- Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) Insight Grant for research program entitled, Reconceptualizing secondary mathematics teacher education: critical and reflexive perspectives (2012-2015); $128,155 (3 year award: $42,235 + $44,720 + $41,200).
- Saskatchewan Instructional Development Unit (SIDRU) Field Experience Research Fund for project entitled E-volving as an E-advisor in Secondary Mathematics Teacher Education (2011-2012); $3375.
- U of R Sabbatical Research Grant for project entitled Transitions in the field: Mathematics teacher education through the lens of Bourdieu’s social field theory (2011); $4173.Saskatchewan Instructional Development Unit (SIDRU) grant for project entitled Aboriginal Perspectives in Mathematics (Grade 6) (2011-2012); co-applicant Dr. Harley Weston; $10,000.
- Saskatchewan Instructional Development Unit (SIDRU) grant for project entitled Aboriginal Perspectives in Mathematics (Grade 4) (2010-2011); co-applicant Dr. Harley Weston; $10,000.
- Dr. Stirling McDowell Foundation for Research into Teaching award for project entitled Technology Supported Inquiry-Based Learning: Enhancing the Teaching and Learning of Secondary Mathematics; collaborator with Michelle Morley, Good Spirit School Division (2009); $9307.
- U of R Sabbatical Research Grant for project entitled Where is the eye/I in a mathematics classroom? Focusing on secondary mathematics teacher identity formation (2007); $5144.
- University of Regina SSHRC President’s Fund award for project entitled Socio-cultural Perspectives on Pre-service Mathematics Teachers’ Negotiated Journeys through Theory/Practice Transitions (2006); $4909.
- Technology Innovation Fund grant for project entitled The ‘Virtual’ Possibilities for Intern Conferencing and Professional Development (2006); $1500.
- Saskatchewan Learning Educational Technology Consortium funding contract for 3-year project entitled Digital Internship Action Research Project: Partnering with School Divisions to Integrate Instructional Technology in the Teaching Internship (2005); principal investigator David Friesen; $135,100.
- Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC) of Canada Promo-Science award for 3-year project entitled Math on the Move (2005); co-applicant Harley Weston; $30,000.
- Uof R Centre for Sustainable Communities grant for project entitled Educating for Action: Examining the Understandings, Thinking, Motivations, and Actions of Participants in a Youth Forum on Sustainability (2003); co-applicant Allison Sammel; $4000.
- Industry Canada and School Net funding contract for 3-year project entitled Developing an Instructional Technology Integration Model for Teacher Education Programs to Enhance School Classroom Teaching and Learning: An Action Research Project (2002); principal investigator David Friesen; $138,000.
- University of Regina SSHRC President’s Fund award for project entitled Playful transitions in the middle: A critical study of science curriculum content ‘coverage’ (2002); $4698.
- Faculty Performance Merit Award for Research Accomplishments (2004; 2008; 2012)
- Doctoral Student Scholarship at the University of Regina (1999; 2000)
- Doctoral Student Fellowship at the University of Regina (1998)
- Natural Science and Engineering Research Council Scholarships for undergraduate and graduate research in physics and mathematics (1982-86)
- Van Kranendonk Teaching Award (University of Toronto) for outstanding contributions to the teaching of undergraduates in physics (1986-87)