Anita Prest, University of Victoria

Research

Read how they describe their research on their University of Victoria profile.

Latest papers

Listening with 'Big Ears': Accountability in cross-cultural music education research with Indigenous partners.
Research studies in music education · 2023 · first author
On Embedding Indigenous Musics in Schools: Examining the Applicability of Possible Models to One School District's Approach.
Update (Music Educators National Conference (U.S.)) · 2023 · first author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

"Going up north": the expansion and movement of urban-based drug trafficking groups into smaller Canadian communities
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$49,448
Our Research Futures: Indigenous Pathways for Research in Higher Education
SSHRC · 2025 · Co-investigator
$499,993
Indigenous solidarity for sustainable futures: Dialogues across Yugambeh/Gadigal/Dharug Countries (Australia), Coast Salish/Kwakwaka'wakw Territories (Canada), and the Huasteca region (Mexico)
SSHRC · 2024 · Co-investigator
$54,938

All 9 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Listening with 'Big Ears': Accountability in cross-cultural music education research with Indigenous partners.

Prest A

Research studies in music education2023First author

DOI: 10.1177/1321103x221140988 PMID: 37868093

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On Embedding Indigenous Musics in Schools: Examining the Applicability of Possible Models to One School District's Approach.

Prest A, Goble JS, Vazquez-Cordoba H

Update (Music Educators National Conference (U.S.))2023First author

DOI: 10.1177/87551233221085739 PMID: 36748067

"Going up north": the expansion and movement of urban-based drug trafficking groups into smaller Canadian communities

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Urbanik, Marta-Marika

Keywords: drug trafficking; neighbourhoods; violence; ethnography

$49,448

Our Research Futures: Indigenous Pathways for Research in Higher Education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2025Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Ostashewski, Marcia M.

$499,993

Indigenous solidarity for sustainable futures: Dialogues across Yugambeh/Gadigal/Dharug Countries (Australia), Coast Salish/Kwakwaka'wakw Territories (Canada), and the Huasteca region (Mexico)

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Vazquez Cordoba, Hector M.

Keywords: Indigenous methodologies; music making; Indigenous language revitalization; sustainability; Indigenous perspectives

$54,938

Examining community-responsive approaches to whole-school wellbeing

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Cherkowski, Sabre L.

Keywords: whole school wellbeing; community-responsive school improvement; positive organizational research in schools

$54,037

Facing Colonial Complicity and Mobilizing Reparations in Canadian Higher Education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2024Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Logan, Tricia E.

Keywords: settler colonialism; genocide; higher education; reparations; restitution; Indigenous resurgence

$46,198

Advancing Indigenous representation in music education spaces on Turtle Island/Anahuac

Principal investigatorSSHRC2022Connection Grants

Principal investigators: Prest, Anita L.

Keywords: music education; Indigenous; decolonization; Indigenization; North America

$24,974

From policy to practice in decolonizing and Indigenizing music education: Ensuring teacher understanding of Indigenous worldviews

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Partnership Development Grants

Principal investigators: Prest, Anita L.

Keywords: music education; Indigenous education; policy; decolonizing; Indigenizing; Indigenous research methods; British Columbia; education

$199,884

Indigenizing choral music education: Towards an ethos of resurgence, reconciliation, and bridging

Principal investigatorSSHRC2018Partnership Engage Grants

Principal investigators: Prest, Anita L.

Keywords: music education; choral music education; Indigenous education; reconciliation; Indigenous knowledge

$24,581

Culturally responsive music education: Integrating Indigenous knowledge, pedagogy, and cultural practices in rural British Columbian public schools

Principal investigatorSSHRC2016Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Prest, Anita

Keywords: (1) music education; (2) culturally responsive education; (3) Indigenous knowledge; (4) rural education; (5) curriculum; (6) Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action; (7) British Columbia

$67,608

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

Frequent collaborators

Hector Vazquez-Cordoba

Curriculum

1 shared papers, latest 2023

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Subject: Prospective PhD student Dear Professor Prest, 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]. I read your paper "Listening with 'Big Ears': Accountability in cross-cultural music education research with Indigenous partners." (2023), and it 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 "Advancing Indigenous representation in music education spaces on Turtle Island/Anahuac" (2022), 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]