Research Projects & Awards

Research Projects (since 2021 – in Rank as Associate Professor)

Principal Investigator Co-Investigator
·       Developing teacher identity in tomorrow’s teachers (with Dr. Alysha Farrell)

·       Stronger together: Examining rural roots/routes of homelessness (with Jan Marie Graham and Dr. Michelle Lam)

·       The rural teacher educator: Identity, pedagogy and capital in action

·       Building thinking classrooms in mathematics/sciences

·       Rurality, reconciliation and arithmetic: Considering culture and place in mathematics education

·       Menopausal powerhouses: Stories of women academic approaching their third act of life and career (with Dr. Alysha Farrell)

 ·       Developing capacity for leading change in rural educational contexts through simulation (with Dr. Cathryn Smith)

·       Impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on marginalized genders at Brandon University (with BU scholars on SWRC)

·       Context and climate change: Examining the impacts of teacher decisions to teach about climate change in rural schools (with Will Burton from University of Winnipeg)

Research Funding

Jones, C. L. Rurality Reconciliation and Arithmetic: Considering Culture and Place in Mathematics Education. Funded by a Brandon University Knowledge Mobilization Grant (Mar. 12, 2025). Amount $2000. Role: Principal Investigator.

Jones, C. L. Building Thinking Classrooms in Mathematics/Sciences. Funded by a Brandon University Research Grant (Dec. 16, 2022). Amount $5000. Role: Principal Investigator.

Skyhar, C. L., Graham, J. M., & Lam, M. Stronger together: Examining rural roots/routes of rural homelessness. Funded by The Brandon Neighborhood Renewal Corporation (Feb. 3, 2020). Amount $117,539.00 (revised to $68,286.80 due to pandemic-related changes to research project) Role: Principal Investigator

Smith, C. A., & Skyhar, C. L. Developing capacity for leading change in rural educational contexts through simulation.  Funded by a Brandon University Research Grant (Dec. 2018). Amount $3944. Role: Co-Investigator

Skyhar, C. L., & Farrell, A.  Developing teacher identity in tomorrow’s teachers. Funded by a BU New Faculty Research Grant (Jan. 2018) – Amount $4407.86 and a BU Knowledge Mobilization Grant (Dec. 2019) – Amount $2000. Role: Principal Investigator

Nantais, M., Valloton, T., & Skyhar, C. L. Increasing numeracy awareness and skills for community and parents. In partnership with Brandon School Division (BSD). Funded by a Brandon University Outreach Grant (plus support from BSD & BU PD Unit). Amount $3000. Role: Co-Investigator

Research Awards

  • Award for Theses and Dissertations on Teacher Education Recognition (June, 2019) – Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE)
  • Outstanding Conference Submission (April, 2019) – American Educational Research Association (AERA) – Constructivist Theory, Research, and Practice SIG #25