CRCF member Elizabeth Fast, Assistant Professor in the department of Applied Human Sciences at Concordia University, received the Emerging and Outstanding Indigenous Scholar Award from the Indigenous Inquiries Circle of the International Congress of Quality Inquiry, at the University of Illinois. Dr. Fast, pictured here with Patrick Lewis, University of Regina and Roe Bubar, Colorado State University, was presented an eagle feather in a box casing designed by artist Leo Yahyahkeekoot that will remain at the University of Illinois for award winners in future years.