Research

2011 Grants

1.  SSHRC Standard Research Grant
Project: A study of the influences of teacher preparation and transition to school communities on pre-service teachers’ understandings and constructions of English language variation

2.  University of Regina SSHRC 4A Grant
Project: A study of the influences of teacher preparation and transition to school communities on  pre-service teachers’ understandings and constructions of English language variation

2010 Grants

1.  University of Regina SSHRC Cohort Development Grant
Project:A study of the influences of teacher preparation and transition to school communities on     pre-service teachers’ understandings and constructions of English language variation
2009 Grants
1.  Humanities Research Institute Research Award
Project: English as a Foreign Language (EFL) Student and Teacher Perceptions of English in Globalized Times

2.  President’s Fund and SSHRC General Research Grant Fund, University of Regina
Project: From Nationalism to Globalization: A Critical Exploration of Englishes, Standard Language Ideologies, Policy and Practice in Higher Education

3.  Saskatchewan Instructional Development & Research Unit (SIDRU)
Project: Academy Influences on Student Teacher Beliefs about Language Variation and Literacy Development

2008 Grants
1.  University of Regina President’s SSHRC Fund
Project: The Struggle for Legitimacy: Indigenous Students in Settler Schools

2006 Grants
1.  McGill University Internal Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Grant
Project: Dialect speakers and academic achievement: First Nations children in standard English classrooms

2004-2007 Grants
1.  Fonds québécois de la recherche sur la société et la culture
Project: Dialect speakers and academic achievement: First Nations children in standard English classrooms