Diane Patricia Watt, PhD

About Me

I am a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Werklund Foundation Centre for Youth Leadership Education, in the Faculty of Education, at the University of Calgary. 





ACADEMIC HONOURS:



2012   Doctoral Dissertation Award for Excellence in Scholarship

            Curriculum and Pedagogy Group
            New Orleans, Louisiana. November 8

            (Click HERE to see announcement on U Ottawa web site)



2012  Outstanding Doctoral Dissertation Award

           Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies
           University of Waterloo, Ontario. May 29

          (Click HERE to see announcement on U Ottawa web site)
 

2012   Doctoral Dissertation Award, Honourable Mention
            American Educational Research Association.

            Division B, Curriculum Studies
            Vancouver, B. C., April 14



2011  Distinguished Graduate Student Paper

           Bergamo Conference on Curriculum Theory and Classroom Practice
           Dayton, Ohio           
           
2004   Support Staff Graduate Prize for Outstanding Academic  

            Achievement (Master’s Program)
            Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa





ACADEMIC SCHOLARSHIPS & FELLOWSHIPS:

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2010, 2011 SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship. Recommended for Funding



2005–2008 SSHRC Doctoral Scholarship ($60,000 over 3 years)

2005  University of Ottawa Excellence Scholarship 

2005  Fonds de Recherche de Québec, Doctoral Scholarship

          ($6,666 over 8 terms), Declined
 

2005  Ontario Government Doctoral Scholarship

          ($15,000 for 1 year), Declined
 

2004  University of Ottawa Admission Scholarship (tuition for 4 years)





EDUCATION:



Ph.D. in Education.

Concentration: Society, Culture, and Literacies
Faculty of Education
The University of Ottawa, 2011

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M.Ed. in Education.

Concentration: Second Language Teaching and Learning
Faculty of Education
The University of Ottawa, 2004



B.A. (Hons) in English Literature
Faculty of Arts
Simon Fraser University, 1987



Teacher Education Program (B.Ed. equivalent)
Faculty of Education
Simon Fraser University, 1983