Carla Peck, University of Alberta

Research

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Latest funding

Democracy in Transition: Strengthening how citizenship is learned and practiced in "the city".
SSHRC · 2016 · Co-investigator
$70,388
Religion and social studies in Alberta public schools
SSHRC · 2015 · Co-investigator
$36,464
Teachers' and students' understandings of ethnic diversity: implications for multicultural education in Canada
SSHRC · 2010 · Principal investigator
$173,755

All 4 grants and awards

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Democracy in Transition: Strengthening how citizenship is learned and practiced in "the city".

Co-investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Shultz, Lynette

Keywords: (1) Citizenship; (2) Democracy; (3) Social Cartography; (4) Digital Mapping; (5) Right to the City; (6) Deliberative; (7) Alberta

$70,388

Religion and social studies in Alberta public schools

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Patrick, Margaretta

Keywords: (1) Religious diversity; (2) Religious education; (3) Multiculturalism; (4) Religious illiteracy; (5) Religious minorities; (6) Social studies

$36,464

Teachers' and students' understandings of ethnic diversity: implications for multicultural education in Canada

Principal investigatorSSHRC2010Standard Research Grants program

Principal investigators: Peck, Carla L.

Keywords: teachers; students; multiculturalism; multicultural education; diversity; ethnic diversity; identity; phenomenography

$173,755

Youth and democratic participation in Canada and Australia

Co-investigatorSSHRC2008Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: Sears, Alan M.

Keywords: civics; citizenship education; democratic participation; educational policy

$99,000

From public funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998 with their latest competition results, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Genome Canada, the Canadian Space Agency, Canada Research Chairs, the Fonds de recherche du Québec, Ontario research funding, Michael Smith Health Research BC, the Canadian Cancer Society, Heart & Stroke and Brain Canada.

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