Gabriela Alonso Yanez

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Funding:

• Promoting Cross-Context Cultural Learning in Children Through Situated Augmented Reality Application - SSHRC Insight Development Grant (Co-Applicant 2026 - 2028)
• Transdisciplinary Curriculum Development Grant - (Co-PI - 2022- 2025)
• Advancing Intercultural Capacity Grant - "Democratic and Intercultural Dialogue: Transdisciplinary Learning in the Chilean Constitutional Process" (PI- 2021-2022).
• Rethinking Latin American Studies from the South - Calgary Institute for the Humanities- Working Group. (2020-2022).
• Emerging Leaders in the Americas, Faculty Mobility Program – Government of Canada. “Advancing Methods for Transdisciplinary Collaborations and Social Learning: Calgary-Uruguay Mobility Program.” (PI- 2020)
• Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research. "Incorporating Local and Traditional Knowledge Systems: New Insights for Ecosystem Services and Transdisciplinary Collaborations” (PI- 2019 - 2022).
• Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research: “Exploring Professional Development: Transdisciplinary Approaches to Integrating Policy and Science for Sustainability.” (PI-2017).
• Inter-American Institute for Global Change Research TISG-“Strengthening Teamwork to Confront Socio-Ecological Challenges: Generating New Knowledge for Effective Action in the Americas.” (Co-PI- 2014-2016).
• Vice Provost University International Grants Committee (UIGC): “Capacity Building for Global Collaboration in the Americas.” (PI-2017).
• International Research Collaboration Seed Grant (University of Calgary): “Pathways for Convergence and Cross-Sector Collaboration: Towards a Research Program for Actionable Socio-Environmental Science”. (PI)
• Critical Ecosystem Partnership Fund - Promoting environmental education in Southern Mesoamerica Hotspot (Archipiélago Bocas del Toro)  

Student Supervision:

• Laura Mann - Curriculum and Learning (EdD) - Creative Math Education.
• Abdullah Al Mamun Bhuiyan - Curriculum and Learning (PhD) - Indigenous Language Education.
• Karishma Samra - Adult Learning (EdD) - Racialized and Immigrant Women’s Experience of Patient Education in Rare Disease Contexts.
• Steven Sheppard - Curriculum and Learning (EdD) - Steven's research focuses on the access of individuals with disabilities to sports, utilizing the framework of critical disability studies.
• Tara Vanderbeer - Tara's research critically explores policies and interventions advancing indigenization strategies and reconciliation in higher education in Canada.
• Brian Gilbert (PhD) - Brian's study explores how online communities empower learners to develop scientific literacy skills outside of formal learning environments.
• Héctor Turra (PhD) – (graduated December, 2024) is interested in exploring the learning processes happening in spaces of democratic participation in the current Constitution revisions in the Chilean context.
• Chloe Burnett (graduated April 2024)- Chloe's research focuses on improving Continuing Medical Education & Professional Development.
• Danilo Borja (graduated April 2024)- Department of Geography (PhD) - Danilo explores the roles of informal social networks and social learning in shaping political arguments and land use policies in Yasuni, Ecuador.
• Ana Watson (graduated June 2022) - Department of Geography (PhD) -  Ana's study explores the ways in which the social constructions of environmental concerns and power relationships influence land use decision-making and natural gas extraction in Camisea, Peru, through the analysis of key historical discourses, social learning and environmental politics.
• Chandra Lebenhagen (graduated December, 2020) - Curriculum and Learning (EdD) - Chandra explores questions about inclusive settings, learning and the experiences of students with autism spectrum disorder (ASD).
• Harrison Campbell (graduated June, 2019) - Curriculum and Learning (MA) - Harrison's research focuses on understanding student experiences of multiliteracies through dramatization, embodied literacy, and visual literacy.