SSHRC – Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
The Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) is a very important funder in Canada of educational research. I feel very fortunate to have received SSHRC funding for both independent and collaborative research efforts.

SSHRC has supported my independent research through a Standard Research Grant. This funding is enabling me to develop a new theoretical approach to parent knowledge – to understanding what it is and how it is held and used.

SSHRC has supported my collaborative research efforts, as a lead member of a large research team with the Community University Institute of Social Research (CUISR), through their Community University Research Alliance (CURA) program, providing development funds for the design of interdisciplinary and community-based research.

D. Pushor (PI). Parent Knowledge, a program of research to determine what parent knowledge is and how parent knowledge is held and used, $61,821, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, April 2004 – April 2008.

D. Pushor (PI), N. Muhajarine, & K. Waygood.  Building the Social Ecology of an Inclusive Community, a grant to fund the development of a SSHRC CURA Full Proposal, $20,000, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, March 31, 2005 – August 8, 2005.

Dr. Stirling McDowell Foundation for Research into Teaching
The Dr. Stirling McDowell Foundation for Research into Teaching is a local funding agency – an independent charitable organization – that was created by the Saskatchewan Teachers Federation. The McDowell Foundation’s goal is to support inquiry, reflection, and the communication of information and ideas that improve education. McDowell Foundation funding made possible my inquiry into parent engagement and leadership with a large team of co-researchers at Princess Alexandra Community School. The impact of this work has been significant because of the Foundation’s support for the research and its dissemination.

D. Pushor (PI), research team from Princess Alexandra Community School.  Parent Engagement and Leadership, a study of past, current, and future practices to engage parents in the school and to promote parent leadership at Princess Alexandra Community School, $25,000, Dr. Stirling McDowell Foundation for Research into Teaching, May 2004 – November 2005.

St. Francis Xavier University and the University of Saskatchewan have also made research possible through their start up grants for new academics, and the services they offer to researchers in support of grant development.

University of Saskatchewan

D. Pushor (PI), N. Muhajarine, & K. Waygood.  Building the Social Ecology of an Inclusive Community, a grant to fund the development of a SSHRC CURA LOI, $5,000, Facilitation of Groups and Collaborative Grants Award, Office of the Vice-President Research, University of Saskatchewan, November 2004 – March 31, 2005.

D. Pushor (PI), N. Muhajarine, & K. Waygood.  It takes a child to raise a village:  Building the social ecology of an inclusive community, a grant to fund the development of a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Community University Research Alliance (CURA) Letter Of Intent (LOI), $4,620, Facilitation of Groups and Collaborative Grants Award, Office of the Vice-President Research, University of Saskatchewan, April – May, 2006.

St. Francis Xavier University

D. Pushor (PI). Parents’ Positioning in Relation to the Landscape of Schools, research into parents’ current positioning in schools in a local context and their desires for their participation in their children’s schooling, $3,000, St. Francis Xavier University, 2001 – 2002.

D. Pushor (PI). Parents’ Positioning in Relation to the Landscape of Schools, research into parents’ current positioning in schools in a local context and their desires for their participation in their children’s schooling, $2,000, St. Francis Xavier University, 2002 – 2003.