Marcia McKenzie, University of Saskatchewan

Research

climate change education sustainability education education policy comparative and international education

Latest funding

The Influences of Policy Actors on UN Policy Programs on Climate Change Education
SSHRC · 2019 · Principal investigator
$279,170
Connecting education and environment: mobilizing sustainability in education research, policy, and practice
SSHRC · 2015 · Principal investigator
$25,000
Youth identifications with place and sustainability: implications for environment-related education
SSHRC · 2011 · Principal investigator
$112,474

All 4 grants and awards

The Influences of Policy Actors on UN Policy Programs on Climate Change Education

Principal investigatorSSHRC2019Insight Grants

Principal investigators: McKenzie, Marcia D.

Keywords: climate change education; sustainability education; education policy; comparative and international education

$279,170

Connecting education and environment: mobilizing sustainability in education research, policy, and practice

Principal investigatorSSHRC2015Connection Grants

Principal investigators: McKenzie, Marcia D.

Keywords: sustainability; education policy; policy research; policy forum; sustainability education; environmental education; sustainability in higher education; international education research; research collaboration

$25,000

Youth identifications with place and sustainability: implications for environment-related education

Principal investigatorSSHRC2011

Principal investigators: McKenzie, Marcia D.

Keywords: youth identity; Aboriginal; transnational; and settler youth; place and sustainability; educational policy and practice; community-based education and research; digital media; visual research

$112,474

Discursive approaches to teaching and learning about social issues: collaborative research on the experiences of teacher educators and beginning teachers

Principal investigatorSSHRC2005Standard Research Grants

Principal investigators: McKenzie, Marcia D.

Keywords: curriculum theory; poststructuralism; teacher education; social justice education; environmental education; action research; mixed genre research

$44,010

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: climate change education Dear Professor McKenzie, 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 climate change education 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 "The Influences of Policy Actors on UN Policy Programs on Climate Change Education" (2019), 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]