RESEARCH AND OTHER FUNDING
2014-2018
Joint Higher Education in Northern Tourism, High North Programme
Co-Applicant with The Arctic University of Norway (NO-UiT) and 4 other Arctic universities
Key words: Collaborative graduate curriculum development and program delivery, Arctic tourism development
2016
Adäka Arts and Culture Festival – Audience Development Survey
VIU – VIURAC CEAG
Faculty of Management, Vancouver Island University
Key words: Cultural festival, audience development survey
2016
Creative Yukon: Shifting Economies and Celebrating Cultures
VIU Summer Work Op – Student Research Assistant
Faculty of Management, Vancouver Island University
Keywords: Community economic development, cultural industries, remote locations
2015
Creative Sector in the Pacific Northwest
VIU Summer Work Op – Student Research Assistant
Faculty of Management, Vancouver Island University
Keywords: Community economic development, cultural industries, remote locations
2014
Faculty of Management, Vancouver Island University
Project title: Project development funds, Prince Rupert, BC
Support: Internal FOM competitive fund
Keywords: Community economic development, cultural industries, remote locations, resource extraction economies
2010 to 2013
Swedish Environmental Foundation, MISTRA
Project title: From Resource Hinterland to Global Pleasure Periphery? Assessing the Role of Tourism for Sustainable Development in Arctic Communities
Support: MISTRA Arctic Futures
Project lead: Dieter Müller, Umeå University
Keywords: Arctic, community economic development, mining, tourism
2012
Yukon Research Centre, Whitehorse, Yukon
Project title: Yukon economic development, mining and tourism
Support: Research fellowship
Keywords : Community economic development, mining, tourism, Yukon
SCHOLARSHIPS AND AWARDS
2007-2008 Queen Elizabeth II, University of Alberta
2006-2007 Queen Elizabeth II, University of Alberta
2006-2007 Award for Sustainable Tourism Research, Tourism Cares for Tomorrow
2006-2007 Northern Research Endowment Fund, Yukon Research Centre
2005-2006 Northern Resident Scholarship, ACUNS
2005-2006 Northern Science Training Program, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada
2004-2005 Kennett Y. Spencer Memorial Scholarship, Canadian Circumpolar Institute
2004-2005 Northern Science Training Program, Indian and Northern Affairs Canada