PhD Cohort 2025
Zakaria Aghja
Shawn Darby
- Queer and Critical Pedagogies
- Trauma, Identity, and Schooling
- Transformative Educational Leadership
- Autoethnography and Narrative Inquiry
Nicole Graham
Ashley Guenette
Shawna Partridge
- Teaching English as a Second Language (ESL)
- Second Language Acquisition
- Linguistic Creativity
- Creative Pedagogy
- Higher Education
Rebecca Poff
Micaella Riche
PhD Cohort 2024
Amanda Coombs
Amy Dickerson
- Place-based Pedagogy
- Environmental Education
- Holistic Education & Sustainable Practices
- Autoethnography
- Arts-based research methods
Thomas Doherty
- First Nation Land-based Delivery Programming
- Etuaptmumk/Two Eyed Seeing
- Social Constructivism
- Narrative Inquiry
- Ethnography
Laura Franks
- Indwelling
- Regenerative Sustainability
- Phenomenology
- Indigenous Ways of Knowing
Michelle Graham
- Archaeological pottery and ceramic analysis
- Ethnoarchaeology and the use of time and space in anthropological praxis
- Academic migration and the use of ethnography and autoethnography in educational research
- Decolonial and feminist theory and qualitative research methods
- Postsecondary teaching within the fields of Anthropology, Ethnic Studies, Gender Studies, and Education
Felicia Yong
PhD Cohort 2023
Jeannie Cameron
Christopher Donaldson
Jennifer Downing
Hiba Kassab
Erin Reid
- Métis Ways of Knowing
- Métis educators
- Critical theory
- Narrative inquiry as Métissage
- Sustainability
Daniel Ryan
Brett Tomlinson
PhD Cohort 2022
Sarah Boddy
Joseph Boivin
Robyn Drodge
- Autoethnography and Biographies
- Learning Methods and the Scholastic Trivium
- Worldview and Androgogy
- Connections between Literacy, Self-Directed Learning Methods, and Resilience
Corina Irwin
Kathleen Jessup
Natalia Ritz
- Nature-based interventions
- Teacher Mental Health
- Early Years Education
- Outdoor Classrooms
Gregory Santarelli
- Qualitative Research
- Critical Disability Studies
- Accessibility and Inclusive Education
- Education and Social Policy
- Special Education Leadership
Christopher Stevens
Lindsay Woodman
PhD Cohort 2021
Alain Carlson
Ann Meghan Hachkowski
KJ Hills
Sally Holdsworth
Dr. Rupinder Kaur Kahlon
Graduated October 2025
- Endarkened ethnographic narrative inquiry
- Post-structural feminist and postcolonial theory
- South Asian diaspora gender studies
- Embodied counter-storytelling
Kieran Peltier
Clara Ryan
PhD Cohort 2020
Dennis Barrow
- Narrative inquiry
- Sexual minorities
- Gender Roles
- Anti-oppressive Education
- Critical literacy and social justice
- Autoethnography
Lynn Cummings
- Equity and inclusion in education
- Educational policy
- Critical pedagogy
- Integrated curriculum
Christopher Godfrey
- Educational Technology & Classroom Integration
- Professional Learning Experiences
- Participatory Action Research
- Qualitative Studies
Jamie Jackson
- Mental health of educators
- Student well-being
- Canadian education
- Critical Theory
- Gender Theory
Rebecca Kasperavicius
- Information Literacy
- Embedded Librarianship
- Phenomenology
- Critical Theory
- Perceptions of Academic Librarians
Jerome Kroetsch
- Holistic leadership
- Educational administration
- Managerial competency development
- Indigenous ways of knowing
- Actor-Network Theory
Christopher Peters
- Neurodiversity
- STEAM education
- Critical theory
- Long-term impacts of bullying
- Mixed methods
Dr. Vuong Tran
Graduated October 2024
- Financial literacy
- Social justice
- Equity in education
- Equity for LGBTQ+
Tessa Troughton
- TBA
PhD Cohort 2019
Dr. Leila Kharazmi
Graduated February 2025
- Narrative inquiry
- Literature and education
- Second language education
- Illustration books and learning
- Technology in education
Read Dr. Kharazmi's Dissertation
Michelle McMartin
- Dialogic pedagogy
- Critical literacy
- Building learning communities for equity and wellbeing
- Empowering and valuing the voices of children
Deborah Michaud
- Participatory action research
- Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorder
- Developmental assets
- Child welfare training
Dr. Christina Page
Graduated May 2023
- Internationally-educated learners in post-secondary institutions
- Educational experiences of refugee-background youth and adults
- Culturally relevant pedagogies
- Adult education
- Critical pedagogies
Dr. Deborah Yawney
Graduated May 2023
- Critical theory
- Narrative inquiry
- Food literacy
- Sustainability
PhD Cohort 2018
Dr. Kari Janz
Graduated February 2023
- Student mental health
- Guided mindfulness meditation
- Holistic therapy
- Psychology
- Quantitative methodology
Dr. Jeff Thornborrow
Graduated October 2024
- Children's mental health
- Attachment based education
- Social work leadership
- Social constructivism
- Humanist perspective
- Mixed methodology
Read Dr. Thornborrow's Dissertation
Dr. Melanie Manitowabi
Graduated May 2023
- Indigenous methodologies and its impact on profession learning
- Critical race theory
- Mentorship and its impact on student learning
- Anishaabemowin and land based learning and its impact on well-being
Read Dr. Manitowabi's Dissertation
Dr. Jessica Poff
Graduated May 2024
- Alternative schooling (unschooling, homeschooling, free schooling)
- Risk-aversion and resilience
- Critical theory
Dr. Betty Jo McCabe
Graduated May 2022
- Workplace learning
- Leadership and change
Read Dr. McCabe's Dissertation
Angie Bruce
- Indigenous leadership, governance and political structures
- Indigenous methodologies
- Relationship dynamics and empowerment
Dina Moati
- Equity and inclusion
- Adult learning
- Faculty vitality
- Learner-centred teaching
- Learners as partners
- Identities and intersectionalities
- Universal design for learning
Dr. Allison Tucker - Graduated February 2022
PhD Cohort 2017
Dr. Susan Picard
Graduated October 2020
- Special education with a focus on gifted education
- Perspectives on inclusion
- Theory of positive disintegration and emotional development
- Ecopedagogy and sustainability
- Qualitative inquiry: appreciative and narrative
Read Dr. Picard's Dissertation
Dr. Deva Balan Moorthy
Graduated May 2024
- Truth and reconciliation
- Indigenous principles of learning in schools
- Social constructs of race and race relations
- Ethics of care in school systems
- Creating equitable learning spaces
Read Dr. Moorthy's Dissertation
Dr. Dany Dias
Graduated June 2021
- Critical pedagogy/critical theory
- Adolescent literacy
- Critical literacy and social justice
- Mental health issues in education
- Qualitative research methodology
Dr. Vivian Papaiz
Graduated October 2023
- Palliative care nursing education
- Experiential learning, reflexive learning, adult learning
- Humanism and the ethic of care, ways of knowing
- Nursing competencies in hospice palliative care
PhD Cohort 2016
Patricia Chabbert
- TBA
Dr. Michael Crant
Graduated June 2020
- Inclusive educational values and practices for non-traditional learners
- Identity and student development
- Universal design
- Global and holistic education
Dr. Nicole Enns Gardner
Graduated June 2025
- Values-based pedagogy
- Sustainable living
- Self-directed, life-long learning
- Holistic education
- Psychology
Read Dr. Enns Gardner's Dissertation
Richard Kennelly
- Education leadership
- Ethical decision-making
- Boys achievement
- Equity
Dr. Dave Kydd
Graduated May 2023
- Social work education
- Field placement in social work education
- The intersection of class and field education
- Qualitative research methodology
- Principles of praxis in post-secondary education
Dr. Randi Ray
Graduated May 2023
- First Nations policies
- First Nations governance
- Sustainable education funding for PSE for First Nations
- Indigenous knowledge and pedagogy
PhD Cohort 2015
Dr. Daniel Brant
Graduated October 2021
- First Nations governance
Dr. Sandra Browne-Kealey
Graduated May 2019
- Mental health
- Inclusive education
- At-risk learners
- Educational leadership
Read Dr. Browne-Kealey's Dissertation
Dr. Erin Horvath
Graduated October 2024
- Change-orientated leadership
- Experiential and adventure-based teaching/learning
- Indigenous rights and worldviews
- Arts-based research and learning methodologies
- Resilience and skill development in traumatized populations
Read Dr. Horvath's Dissertation
Dr. Sarah Hunter
Graduated February 2021
- Universal design for learning
- Mindfulness and the post-secondary learner
- Student development and post-secondary persistence
PhD Cohort 2014
Dr. Michelle Brunette
Graduated May 2018
- International students; cross-cultural transitions
- Sport and physical activity as an educational tool
- Public private partnerships; sport and education marketing
- Leadership and cross-cultural competency skill building
Read Dr. Brunette's Dissertation
Dr. Amanda Carvalho
Graduated May 2018
- Vocational education
- Critical narrative research
- Feminist epistemology
Read Dr. Carvalho's Dissertation
Dr. Sarah Driessens
Graduated October 2018
- Student engagement
- Higher education
- Critical pedagogy
- Holistic education
- Social inequality in higher education
Read Dr. Driessens' Dissertation
Dr. Kathryn Ewers
Graduated October 2021
- Nursing curriculum and evaluation models
- Nursing preceptor education
Dr. Laurie Peachey
Graduated October 2018
- The use of maternal child simulation in nursing education
- Self-efficacy and self-regulated learning
- Maternal confidence in childbirth experiences
- Preparation for entry-level nursing competencies
Read Dr. Peachey's Dissertation
Dr. Adam Podolski
Graduated May 2018
- Student resiliency
- Critical theory
- Narrative inquiry
- Ethnography
Read Dr. Podolski's Dissertation
Dr. Sunaina Sharma
Graduated August 2018
- Student engagement
- Technology use in the classroom
- Understanding the 21st century learner
- Experiential learning
Read Dr. Sharma's Dissertation
Dr. Kerry Surman
Graduated June 2017
- Critical theory
- Educational policy analysis
- College curriculum and pedagogy
- Critical narrative
- Institutional ethnography
PhD Cohort 2013
Dr. Melissa Corrente
Graduated June 2020
- Teacher attrition
- Childhood obesity
- Teacher education
- Narrative inquiry
Read Dr. Corrente's Dissertation
Dr. Glenn Hanna
Graduated June 2016
- University/college partnerships
- Post-graduation student success
- "Practical reason"
Dr. Brooke Growden
Graduated May 2018
- Homeschooling
- Unschooling
- Early literacy
- Narrative inquiry
- Willed curriculum
Read Dr. Growden's Dissertation
Dr. Betty Ann Martin
Graduated June 2017
- Narrative
- Holistic education
- Gender studies
- Cultural studies
- Birth and mothering
- Identity; depressive illness
Dr. Christine McIntosh
Graduated June 2017
- Healthcare education (systemic)
- Health literacy
- Patient-centred learning
- Healthcare provider education
- Patient self-management
Read Dr. McIntosh's Dissertation
Dr. Anna-Liisa Mottonen
Graduated May 2019
- Gender stereotyping
- Gender difference in education
- Reading and literacy
- Mental health issues in education
Read Dr. Mottonen's Dissertation
Dr. Olga Shugurova
Graduated June 2017
- Experiential Learning
- Educational Leadership
- Cultural-Historical Context of Learning
- Qualitative Arts-Based Research
Read Dr. Shugurova's Dissertation
Dr. Lisa Taylor
Graduated May 2019
- Math
- Financial literacy
- Non-experimental research
Read Dr. Taylor's Dissertation
Dr. Taunya Wideman-Johnston
Graduated June 2016
- Chronic illness
- Holistic education
- Willed curriculum
- Resilience
- Special education
- Pre-service teacher education
- Psychology
PhD Cohort 2012
Dr. Jeff Adams
Graduated May 2019
- Arts-based research
- Poetic inquiry
- Narrative inquiry
Dr. Jeremy Bisson
Graduated February 2020
- Ethical reasoning
- Authentic identity
- Narrative inquiry
Read Dr. Bisson's Dissertation
Dr. Elizabeth Campbell
Graduated February 2019
- Living educational theory
- Action research
- Alternative ways of knowing, researching, and representing
- Holistic, democratic, student-directed learning
- Values-based pedagogy
- Contemplative pedagogy
Read Dr. Campbell's Dissertation
Dr. Lorna Carol Corzine
Graduated June 2016
- Narrative
- Mental health, depression, anxiety
- Adolescents
- Workplace
Read Dr. Corzine's Dissertation
Dr. Tara McGoey
Graduated October 2016
- Physical activity and cognitive development in children
Read Dr. McGoey's Dissertation
Dr. Casey Phillips
Graduated December 2016
- Secondary traumatic stress
- Student engagement
- Student leadership
- Student success
- Self-authorship
- Higher education
- Mental health
Read Dr. Phillips' Dissertation
Dr. Tiffany Roberts
Graduated June 2017
- Adolescent literacy
- Differentiated instruction
- Authentic assessment
- Safe schools
- Ethical leadership
Read Dr. Roberts' Dissertation
Dr. Carmen Schlamb
Graduated June 2016
- Ecological identity
- Nature-deficit disorder
- Narrative inquiry
Read Dr. Schlamb's Dissertation
Dr. Erin Truswell
Graduated October 2020
- Student success
- Vulnerable school populations
- Technology in schools