Dr. Jennifer Markides
Positions
Assistant Professor
Werklund School of Education, Specialization, Curriculum and Learning
Assistant Professor
Faculty of Social Work
Child Health & Wellness Researcher
Alberta Children's Hospital Research Institute
One Child Every Child Indigenous Ways of Knowing Co-lead
University of Calgary
Contact information
Phone number
office: 403.220.7750
Background
Educational Background
Doctoral Degree Educational Research, University of Calgary, 2020
Master of Education Mathematics-for-Teaching, University of Calgary, 2013
Bachelor of Education With Distinction, University of Victoria, 2005
Biography
Dr. Jennifer Markides is a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta and an Assistant Professor in Curriculum and Learning with the Werklund School of Education and the Faculty of Social Work at the University of Calgary. She received the Dissertation Award for 2021 from the Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies for her doctoral study, titled “Wisdom and Well-being Post-Disaster: Stories Told by Youth,” and was given an Outstanding Indigenous Scholar/Researcher Award 2021 from the Indigenous Inquiries Circle. Jennifer’s research focuses on the holistic wellbeing of youth and Indigenous education, towards systemic change and reconciliatory action. She prioritizes community-engaged partnerships where the research is responsive to the needs, interests, and knowledges of communities. She utilizes Indigenous research methodologies, emancipatory pedagogies, and arts-based approaches in her scholarship. Jennifer is also the series editor of the Community Wisdom series with DIO Press, featuring Indigenous scholarship in myriad forms.
Research
Participation in university strategic initiatives
Projects
Alberta Education and WSE Grant for Welcoming Indigenous Students to Campus
Strengthening the Educational Experiences of Indigenous Students in Northern Alberta Schools.
Alberta Education and WSE Grant for Welcoming Indigenous Students to Campus
Scholarship of Teaching and Learning – Development and Innovation Grant
Awards
- Outstanding Dissertation Award 2021, Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies (CACS) . 2021
- Emerging Voices in Indigenous Scholarship/Researcher Award 2021, Indigenous Inquiries Circle (IIC), International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, Urbana Champagne. 2021
- Eyes High Postdoctoral Match-Funding Fellowship Award, University of Calgary – Calgary, Alberta. 2021
- Curriculum Inquiry Writing Fellowship and Writers’ Retreat , Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto. 2021
- ii'taa'poh'to'p Graduate Scholarship, University of Calgary – Calgary, Alberta. 2021
- SSHRC Graduate Fellowship , SSHRC Graduate Fellowship . 2019
- Queen Elizabeth II Graduate Scholarship , University of Calgary – Calgary, Alberta. 2018
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