Awards and Scholarships | Faculty of Education | Memorial University of Newfoundland

Awards and Scholarships

President's Award for Exceptional Community Service, Memorial University (2022)

YWCA Women of Distinction Award Nominee--NL (2016)

Red Cross Humanitarian Award, Edge 2013 Conference: At the Edge: Creating Direction for Peace and Justice (2014)

Into the Deep: Memorial University Featured Researecher (2013)

Excellence in Teaching Award, Memorial University Student Union (MUNSU) (2012-2013)

Doctoral Fellowship, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) (2007-2009)

Graduate Thesis Research Award, University of Western Ontario (2006)

Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2006)

Faculty of Education Townsend Award for Academic Excellence, University of Western Ontario (2005)

Research Grants:

Accelerator Grant ($9819) Principal Applicant/Investigator: Hubs of Hope: A Project to Initiate Systemic Transformation for Well-being. External Partner—Valley Restorative Justice, NL.
The impact of Parent Involvement in the implementation of restorative justice education in an elementary school. $6364.50 SSHRC Explored Grant-Funded, December 2018-2021 Principal Investigator; Co-investigator: Alice Hunt (graduate student).
Open Access Fund-$600 for article: Vaandering, d. & Reimer K., (2021). Relational critical discourse analysis: A methodology to challenge researcher assumptions, International Journal of Qualitative Research.
SSHRC Connection Grant (PI) Learning from Indigenous Experience: Making Relational Restorative Justice Real in NL: $22 893 SSHRC Connection Grant. April 2019. Principal Applicant. [completed December 2021]
Learning from Indigenous Experience: Making Relational Restorative Justice Real in NL: $22 893 SSHRC Connection Grant. April 2019. Principal Applicant.
Learning from Indigenous Experience: Making Relational Restorative Justice Real in NL: $10 000 MUN Public Engagement Accelerator Grant. August 2020. Principle Applicant.

Relationships First Organization Grants:

Department of Education—NL Provincial Government 2025-2026. $285 000.
Department of Justice and Public Safety—NL Provincial Government-2022-2025. $600 000;
Anti-Racism Education and Mediation Project Antiracism Action Program: Canadian HeritagePrinciple Applicant: NL Human Rights Commission; Partner Applicant: Relationships First: Restorative Justice in Education Consortium of NL (D. Vaandering-director). October 2020. $165,000