Research
Current Projects
- Collaborative Teaching Fellows Grant
Faculty of Environment / SFU Sustainability (one year, internal), $27,000 - Eco-thinking Journal
University Publications Fund support, one year, SSHRC, $5,000 - Professional Development in Environmental Learning
Vancouver Foundation Grant (one year), $20,000 - Finding the Sweet Spot: Urban Sustainability and Design Workshops
Real Estate Foundation Grant (one year), $7,100
Previous Grants
- 2014–2015
- Fostering Student Well-Being and Engaged Learning
Bringing Theory to Practice: with SFU Health, $11,000
Sustainable Urban Neighbourhood Networks
Real Estate Foundation Grant (one year), $10,000 - 2011–2012
Environmental Learning Panels
TD Friends of the Environment Grant, $5,000 - 2010–2011
Environmental Learning and Experience
SSHRC Research Dissemination Grant, $50,000 - 2010
Launch of the UN Chartered RCE for ESD and hosting of 2010 Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication conference
Various competetive, conference and research development grants, $15,000
- 2005–2010
Pacific Centre for Science Literacy
Co-Investigator; Principal Investigator: L. Yore (Collaborated on the development of this centre to improve science teaching)
5 year NSERC– CRYSTAL, $1,000,000*
- 2005–2010
Centre for Interactive Research on Sustainability
Prinicipal Invesitgator: J. Robinson; Collaborator and Co-chair of cluster B (Community engagement) on a CFI, DFK project at the UBC Point Grey, campus.
- 2006–2010
Science Times Collaborative, a network of informal and formal educators developing socio-scientific issues (SSI) based educational resources
Vancouver Foundation grant, $40,000 - 2006–2007
Development of research / dissemination teacher workshops and action research releted to BC’s Environmental Learning and Experience curriculum framework
BC Ministry of Education grant, $60,000 - 2003
Developing Ecological Literacy
SSHRC Research Development Initiative, $18,000 - 2003
To further develop learning environments research initiatives after a 4a assessment on my SSHRC Standard Research Grant proposal
Internal SFU SSHRC, $10,000 - 2003
Learning Environments in Malaysian ‘Smart School’ Classrooms
Ministry of Education, Malaysia, approximately $50,000 - 2002
E-Capacity, approved for a development grant to further develop a complete proposal for consideration by SSHRC
Principal Investigator: M. Bryson
INE Research Alliance Grant, $30,000 - 2001
Infusing Technology into Teacher Education
BC Ministry of Education, $75,000 - 2001
Research around the design, and implementation of ICT curriculum outcomes in SFU Teacher Education
President's Research Grant, Simon Fraser University, $10,000 - 2000
Research focusing on the learning environment in Internet classrooms in BC
BC Ministry of Education and Open School, $23,423 - 2000
Case studies in a variety of internet settings identified in the Internet environment study
Negotiated matching research funding to the Ministry grant above from the Telelearning Networking Centres of Excellence, $13,000
Previous Contracts
- 2011–2012
Institute for Environmental Learning
SFU Faculty of Education and Faculty of Environment ($5,000.00 from each faculty), $10,000
- 2009–2010
Development of video ethnographies the Summer Institute in EE
GVRD, $26,000 - 2006–2007
Development of a research and evaluation plan for From Stream to Sea
DFO, $5,000 - 2002–2006
Development of research with the society and to support development of SFU programming
EEBC Grant, $17,642 - 2001–2006
Coordination of the annual program, website and meeting for the 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005 and 2006 Annual meetings of the National Association for Research in Science Teaching
$250,000 - 2001
Infusing Technology into Teacher Education project
In kind contribution of hardware from Apple Canada, $6,000
- 2001
Development of Summer Institute for Teacher Education. Designed seminars and workshops for the 30th anniversary of environmental education programs at SFU
Faculty of Education, SFU, $3,600