honours
Awards/Recognition
2026 Finalist: International Book Award: Cross-Genre Category - Holding HIV: Poems of HOPE
2026 Ted T Aoki Award for Distinguished Service within the Field of Canadian Curriculum Studies
2026 Merit Award in Research for 2023-2025, Lakehead University
2025 Finalist: Global Literary Book Award: LGBT Category - Holding HIV: Poems of HOPE
2025 Finalist: Global Literary Book Award: Social Change Category - Holding HIV: Poems of HOPE
2025 Finalist: Global Literary Book Award: Best Cover Design Category - Holding HIV: Poems of HOPE
2025 Finalist Global Literary Book Award: Poetry Nonfiction Category - Holding HIV: Poems of HOPE
2025 Nominated for the Thunder Bay Arts, Culture & Heritage Professional Award
2025 EDI (Equity, Diversity & Inclusion) Award in Research, Lakehead University
2024 Distinguished Researcher Award, Lakehead University (Award lecture in 2025)
2024 Merit Award in Research for 2021-2023, Lakehead University
2022 Post Secondary Teacher of the Year Award, Ontario Art Education Association
2022 Teaching Innovation Award, Lakehead University
2022 Merit Award in Research for 2019-2021, Lakehead University
2021 Publication Award, Arts Researchers Teachers Society Special Interest Group
2020 Inducted to The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists of the Royal Society of Canada
2020 Outstanding Book Award for Parallaxic Praxis, Society of Professors of Education
2020 Outstanding Book Honourable Mention Award for Ma: Materiality in teaching and Learning, Society of Professors of Education
2020 Building Research Capacity Award, Lakehead University
2020 Merit Award in Research for 2017-2019, Lakehead University
2019 Contributions to Research Award for 2018, Lakehead University
2018 Outstanding Book Honourable Mention Award for Poetic Inquiry: Enchantment of Place, Society of Professors of Education
2018 Merit Award in Research for 2015-2017, Lakehead University
2017 Canada Research Chair 5-Year Renewal Award, Social Sciences Council
2012 Canada Research Chair Award, Social Sciences Council
2012 Faculty Excellence in Civic Engagement Award, Washington State University
2010 Critical Issues in Curriculum and Cultural Studies Early Career Award, American Educational Research Association
2010 Shortlisted for the Outstanding Book Award: Climbing the Ladder with Gabriel, Qualitative Inquiry Special Interest Group: American Educational Research Association
2009 Alhadeff Teacher of Teachers’ Award, Washington State University, College of Education
2008 Excellence in Collaboration & Networking Award, Washington State University, College of Education
2008 Alhadeff Teacher of Teachers’ Award, Washington State University, College of Education
2007 Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award, American Educational Research Association, Arts Based Educational Research
2007 Outstanding Dissertation of the Year Award, Canadian Society for the Study of Education; Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies, Arts Researchers and Teachers Society
2007 Dissertation of Excellence Award, Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Canadian Association of Teacher Education
2007 Ted T. Aoki Prize: Outstanding Dissertation in Curriculum Studies, University of British Columbia
2007 Gordon and Marion Smith Prize in Art Education for most promising artist and educator, University of British Columbia
2006 Alhadeff Teacher of Teachers’ Recruitment Award, Washington State University, College of Education