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BIOGRAPHY OF DR. MARY YOUNG
BIOGRAPHY OF DR. MARY YOUNG
The late Dr. Mary Isabelle Young was Anishinabe Kwe from Bloodvein First Nation. She received her early education (grades one to eight) in Bloodvein, attended Residential School for three years, and graduated from Kelvin High School. She obtained her Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Winnipeg and her Post-Baccalaureate in Education and Master of Education from the University of Manitoba. Passionate about preserving the Anishinabe language, she completed her Ph.D. in First Nations Education from the University of Alberta. Her dissertation was published as a book (Pemmican Publishing, 2005): Pimatisiwin: Walking in a Good Way – A narrative inquiry into language and identity.
Mary worked at the University of Winnipeg for over 26 years, as a Native Student Advisor, Counsellor, as the Director of Aboriginal Student Services, and Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Education. Her work was recognized by the University of Winnipeg’s Marsha Hanen Award for Excellence in Community Awareness (2007) and she was nominated for the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award under the category of Education and Leadership (2006). Her impressive publication record includes co-authoring the book Warrior Women: Remaking Post-secondary Places Through Relational Narrative Inquiry (Emerald, 2012), which foregrounds the experiences of six Aboriginal post-secondary students as they were becoming teachers and researchers. Based on a long-term narrative inquiry deeply shaped and guided by two Elders, the study makes visible the significant need for change in post-secondary education, and for understanding the indelible connections among the earlier schooling experiences of Aboriginal children and youth and post-secondary education.
Mary worked at the University of Winnipeg for over 26 years, as a Native Student Advisor, Counsellor, as the Director of Aboriginal Student Services, and Assistant Professor with the Faculty of Education. Her work was recognized by the University of Winnipeg’s Marsha Hanen Award for Excellence in Community Awareness (2007) and she was nominated for the YWCA Woman of Distinction Award under the category of Education and Leadership (2006). Her impressive publication record includes co-authoring the book Warrior Women: Remaking Post-secondary Places Through Relational Narrative Inquiry (Emerald, 2012), which foregrounds the experiences of six Aboriginal post-secondary students as they were becoming teachers and researchers. Based on a long-term narrative inquiry deeply shaped and guided by two Elders, the study makes visible the significant need for change in post-secondary education, and for understanding the indelible connections among the earlier schooling experiences of Aboriginal children and youth and post-secondary education.
Photo Courtesy of the University of Winnipeg
SCHOLARSHIP
SCHOLARSHIP
This award was established to support graduate students in the Faculty of Education to travel to conferences in order to publicly communicate their research. Specifically, this award supports graduate students who are actively engaged in the research and writing phase of their degree programs. As this funding is available only once during a student’s program, the conference should significantly contribute to the student’s research program.
Dr. Mary Young was an active contributor to the life and work or the Centre for Research for Teacher Education and Development (CRTED) in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. Her doctoral dissertation using narrative inquiry was entitled “Pimatisiwin: Walking in a Good Way” and was published as a book by Pemmican Publishing. To honour her contributions to CRTED, preference for this travel award will be given to applicants who are participants at CRTED and whose area of concentration is related to Indigenous Education.
In addition to presenting at the conference supported by this travel award, recipients will be invited to present their research at a CRTED.
Dr. Mary Young was an active contributor to the life and work or the Centre for Research for Teacher Education and Development (CRTED) in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. Her doctoral dissertation using narrative inquiry was entitled “Pimatisiwin: Walking in a Good Way” and was published as a book by Pemmican Publishing. To honour her contributions to CRTED, preference for this travel award will be given to applicants who are participants at CRTED and whose area of concentration is related to Indigenous Education.
In addition to presenting at the conference supported by this travel award, recipients will be invited to present their research at a CRTED.
APPLICATIONS
APPLICATIONS
Value: Two awards valued up to $950 or one award of $1,900.00
Deadline: February 15, 2025
Eligibility: Awarded annually to a student in a graduate degree program in the Faculty of Education who has been accepted to present their research at a conference no later than January, 2026. Applicants should be actively engaged in the research and writing phase of their program. Preference will be given to students who are participants at the Centre for Research for Teacher Education and Development (CRTED). Additional preference will be given to students whose area of concentration is related to Indigenous Education. Prior to or following the conference, the recipient will give a presentation at the CRTED. As funding is available only once during a student’s program, the conference should significantly contribute to the student’s research program.
*Note: This award is open to graduate students whose research is focused on Indigenous studies in education and may not have had a chance to participate in the Centre directly as a result of disruptions to programming due to Covid, or the transition of the Centre.
The application package should include:
● A copy of the presentation proposal, along with notification of acceptance and information about the conference.
● A brief description (100 words) of ways the presentation and participation at the conference will benefit the applicant’s program of research.
● A one-page letter of support from the applicant’s supervisor.
● A sample budget that shows the full cost of travel to (&/or participation in) the conference, as well as information on additional sources of funding and/or decisions made to ensure the entire conference costs are covered (i.e., sharing accommodation, ground transportation, development of proposal/presentation:editors, translation, scribe, etc.).
Adjudication will be conducted as an anonymized review. Those who are successful for the award will be informed via email. Award-holders will have the opportunity to share their work through the CRTED.
Please submit the application electronically as one document to Dr. Farha Shariff at edidedu@ualberta.ca
AWARD LAUREATES
AWARD LAUREATES
2024 Danielle Steele & Lizeth Rocha
2023 Velvalee George
- Awarded to present at Dakota Dunes, September 26 - 28, 2023, in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan
- Celebration & presentation at CRTED Research Issues: TBD
- Presentation title: Indigenous Language growth in K-9 Multilingual contexts, at pē-kiyokētan
2023 Megan Tipler
2023 Megan Tipler
- Awarded to present at CSSE, York University, May 27 - June 1st, 2023, in Toronto, Ontario
- Celebration & presentation at CRTED Research Issues: TBD
- Presentation title: Holistic Approaches to Life and Living: A nêhiyaw-informed Study of Place and Self Under 13 Grandmother Moons
2023 Etienna Moostoos-Lafferty
- Awarded to present at CSSE, York University, May 27 - June 1st, 2023, in Toronto, Ontario
- Celebration & presentation at CRTED Research Issues: TBD
- Presentation title: Holistic Approaches to Life and Living: A nêhiyaw-informed Study of Place and Self Under 13 Grandmother Moons
2023 Janine Chesworth
- Awarded to present at CSSE for CASIE (Canadian Association of Studies Indigenous Education), York University, May 27 - June 1st, 2023, in Toronto, Ontario
- Celebration & presentation at CRTED Research Issues: TBD
- Presentation title: Education reimagined: kakewîtotemahk the story of one community reconnecting to Indigenous roots
2019 Hang Thi Thuy Tran
- Awarded to present at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) conference 2019.
- Celebration & presentation at CRTED Research Issues: May 28, 2019
- Presentation title: Narrative Inquiry into Experiences of Composing Lives in Transition: Vietnamese Newcomer Children and Mothers in Canada
2019 Julie Mooney
- Awarded to present at the 2019 EuroSoTL conference in Bilbao, Basque Country (Spain).
- Celebration & presentation at CRTED Research Issues: Nov. 5, 2019
- Presentation title: Place-based and experiential learning frameworks for academic development: Exploring a tentative theory rooted in professional practice
2019 Kenchera Ingraham
- Presentation pending
2018 Remonia Stoddart-Morrison
- Awarded to present at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) conference 2018.
- Celebration & presentation at CRTED Research Issues: May 22, 2018
- Presentation title: Storying the Evaluation of Teacher Competencies in Jamaica
2017 Zahra Kasamali
- Awarded to present at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) conference 2017.
- Celebration & presentation at CRTED Research Issues: May 23, 2017
- Presentation title: The Curricular and Pedagogical Significance of Wisdom Traditions in Deepening Understandings of Difference
2016 (Inaugural Year) Muna Saleh, Jinny Mennon, and Hiroko Kubota
- Awarded to present at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) conference 2017.
- Celebration & presentation at CRTED Research Issues: Sept. 26, 2017
- Presentation title: Stories to Name and Rename By: Relationally Living and Inquiring within Community
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