Karen Ragoonaden, University of British Columbia

Research

mindfulness antiracist education privilege marginalization culture identity

Latest funding

Mindfulness and Antiracist Education: Developing Critical Reflection
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$56,863
Mindfulness and Antiracist Education: Developing Critical Reflection
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$29,507
Understanding the Well-being Capacity of Pre-Service Teachers
SSHRC · 2021 · Co-investigator
$72,340

All 7 grants and awards

Mindfulness and Antiracist Education: Developing Critical Reflection

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ragoonaden, Karen 0.

Keywords: mindfulness; antiracist education; privilege; marginalization

$56,863

Mindfulness and Antiracist Education: Developing Critical Reflection

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ragoonaden, Karen O.

Keywords: mindfulness; antiracist education; privilege; marginalization

$29,507

Understanding the Well-being Capacity of Pre-Service Teachers

Co-investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Kutsyuruba, Benjamin

Keywords: well-being; pre-service teachers; teacher education; teacher candidates; pan-Canadian; flourishing

$72,340

Co-Curricular-Making: Honouring Indigenous Connections to Land, Culture, and the Relational Self

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Partnership Grants

Keywords: Indigenization; reconcilliation; curriculum; education; community-based research; narrative inquiry

$644,669

Co-Curricular-Making: Honouring Indigenous Connections to Land, Culture, and the Relational Self

Co-investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Grants

Keywords: Indigenization; reconcilliation; curriculum; education; community-based research; narrative inquiry

$432,144

Mindfulness and Indigenous knowledge: shared narratives about identity well-being

Principal investigatorSSHRC2017Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ragoonaden, Karen 0.

Keywords: mindfulness; culture; identity

$100,151

Re-storying Canadian history: the interdependence of creative and critical thinking

Co-investigatorSSHRC2015Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Macintyre Latta, Margaret A.

Keywords: interdisciplinary curriculum; critical and creative thinking; Canadian history

$162,328

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: mindfulness Dear Professor Ragoonaden, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. Your research on mindfulness connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Mindfulness and Antiracist Education: Developing Critical Reflection" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]