Research Projects

2022-2023

Responsibilities and reconciliatory praxis: Taking up the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s Educational Calls to Action in Teacher Education in Quebec.

Principal Investigator. Co-Investigators: Sheryl Smith-Gilman, Claudia Mitchell, Lisa Starr. Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEES) grant for Teacher Education.  $220,000


2022-2023

Rehearsals for Change: Research based theatre and Equity diversity and inclusion.

Principal Investigator. Co-Investigators: Claudia Mitchell, Dayna McLeod, Sabi Hinkson. Ministry of Education and Higher Education (MEES) grant for Teacher Education.  $97,956


2021-2023

Peer to peer relationships: Participatory action research.

Co-Investigator.  Hala Mreiwed, Principal Investigator. SSHRC Partnership Engage Grant.  $19,334


2021-2023

Exploring the influence of a creative ecology framework on creative agency.

Principal Investigator. Co-Investigator Layal Shuman. SSHRC Insight Development Grant.  $65,952


2020

Research Based Theatre.

Collaborator. George Belliveau, Principal Investigator. SSHRC Connections Grant.  $25,000


2019-2022

Imagining the possibilities and potentials for pedagogies of reconciliation in Canada.

Principal Investigator. Collaborators are Claudia Mitchell, Sandrina de Finney, Teresa Strong-Wilson, Ying Huang, Dawn Wiseman. SSHRC Connections Grant.  $20,108


2019-2023

More than words: Studying the impact of arts-based survivor engagement on families and communities.

Co-Investigator.  Claudia Mitchell, Principal Investigator. Department for Women and Gender Equality (formerly Status of Women Canada) / Government of Canada.  $740,000


2018

Indigenous Research Capacity and Reconciliation.

SSHRC Connections Grant, Special Call.

Co-Investigator with Janine Metallic, Bronwen Low, and Mela Sarkar.  $39,762


2017-2020

Mapping drama and theatre strategies and the impact of play building with in-service teachers exploring Aboriginal issues.

SSHRC Insight Development Grant.

Principal Investigator. Collaborators are George Belliveau, Monica Prendergast, Diane Conrad, Claudia Mitchell, Joe Norris and Francine Chaîné.  $57,300


2016-2023

A Multi-Sector Partnership to Investigate and Develop Policy and Practice Models to Dismantle “Rape Culture” in Universities.

SSHRC Partnership Grant.

Co-investigator. Shaheen Shariff, Principal Investigator.  $2,500,000

  • Carter, M., Nyariro, M., Escurra, M., Beavis, L. & Mitchell, C. (accepted, Spring 2018). Arts based methodologies in addressing rape culture on University campuses. Sexual violence and rape culture on University campuses. McGill-Queens Press.
  • For further information, see Define the Line/iMPACTS

2016-2021

Reconceptualizing teachers' roles for Canada's creative economy.

SSHRC Insight Grant.

Co-applicant & Montreal Lead Investigator.  Sean Wiebe, Principal Investigator. Other Co-applicants are Kathryn Ricketts, Pamela Richardson, Patrick Howard and Peter Gouzouasis.  $275,078


2015-2018

SSHRC Partnership Development Grant.

Co-applicant. Bronwen Low, Principal Investigator. Other Co-applicants, Elizabeth Wood and Claudia Mitchell.  $199,887

Low, B., Carter, M., Wood. E., Mitchell, C., Proietti, M. & Friedmann, D. (2016). Building an urban arts partnership between school, community based artists and university. Learning landscapes (10) 1., 153-172.


2015-2018

Établissement de nouveaux professeurs-chercheurs qui s’intitule Monologues d’enseignants

Étudier les expériences d’enseignants en formation initiale du Québec envers des problématiques vécues par les autochtones.

Fonds de recherche du Québec - Société et culture (FRQSC) Grant.

Principal Investigator.  $49,590

  • Shabtay, A., Carter, M., Mreiwed, H. (2019, August 8). A dramatic collage: Becoming pedagogical through collaborative playbuilding, Qualitative Research Journal.
  • Carter, M. & Mreiwed, H. (2017, August 23).  Review of “Sing the brave song! This isn’t over”. Art/Research International: A Transdisciplinary Journal, 2 (2): 153-157
  • Mreiwed, H., Carter, M., Shabtay, A. (2017, May 28). Building classroom community through drama education. NJ: Drama Australia Journal, 41 (1): 44-57.
  • For further information on Sing the brave song: This isn't over, see promotional poster & information from the McGill Reporter
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