Awards, Grants, and Scholarships

Certificate of Honour, Tribhuvan Secondary School Diamond Jubilee and Reunion
Ceremony, Baglung, Nepal, January 15, 2026

BY GEORGE BRWON POLYTECHNIC (GBP)

2025 George Brown College Ignite Fund & the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (SSHRC) Institutional Grant (SIG) Explore Fund
Research Project: Exploring Reading Strategy Use Among Students in English for Academic Purposes and Discipline-Specific Academic Programs: Survey Research
2023 GBC SoTL Scholar Award
2023 SSHRC Institutional Grant (SIG) Conference Award
Research Project: Exploring Faculty’s UDL Mindset, Practices, and Barriers to UDL
Implementation in the Centre for Preparatory and Liberal Studies
2022 GBC Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Champion

 

BY TESOL INTERNATIONAL, BRITISH COLUMBIA TEAL, & STLHE

2022 The STLHE Annual Conference Student Bursary, STLHE 2022, Ottawa, ON
2018 The Betty Azar Travel Grant for Practising ESL-EFL Teacher, TESOL,
Alexandria, VA
2017 The TESOL Professional Development Scholarship, TESOL, Alexandria, VA
2017 The Mary Ashworth Scholarship, BC TEAL, Vancouver, BC
2016 BC TEAL Conference Bursary Award, BC TEAL, Vancouver, BC
2015 BC TEAL Conference Bursary Award, BC TEAL, Vancouver, BC
2015 The TESOL Award Tourism Toronto Travel Grant, TESOL, Alexandria, VA

 

BY THE UNIVERSITY OF VICTORIA (UVic), VICTORIA, BRITISH COLUMBIA

2022 The UVic Graduate Student Travel Grant (Presentation at STLHE Conference)
2018 The UVic CUPE (Canadian Union of Public Employees) Conference Award
(Presentation at the 2018 TESOL)
2018 The UVic Department of Linguistics TA Travel Grant (Presentation at the
2018 TESOL)
2017 The President’s Beyond Borders Student International Activities Fund (SIAF) Award, Office of Global Engagement [Presentation at the JALT 2017 PanSIG (The Japan Association for Language Teaching), Japan]
2017 The Student International Activities Asia Supplement Award, Office of Global
Engagement (Presentation at the JALT 2017 PanSIG)
2017 The UVic Graduate Student Travel Grant
2017 The UVic Department of Linguistics TA Travel Grant
2017 The UVic CUPE Conference Award
2016 The UVic Department of Linguistics TA Travel Grant
2015 The Geoffrey & Alix O’Grady Award for Academic Excellent in Linguistics
2014 The UVic Graduate Student Travel Grant
2019 The University of Victoria Graduate Awards (2015 – 2019)
2014 The University of Victoria PhD Fellowship

 

BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA (UCO) & OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY (OCU), OKLAHOMA

2008 Summa Cum Laude (M. ED), UCO
2008 UCO College of Education and Professional Studies-Letter of Appreciation: National
Council of Accreditation for Teacher Education Interview Participation
2008 Brad Henry, Governor, State of Oklahoma: Letter of Appreciation
2008 President’s Honor Roll: Spring 2008, UCO
2008 Sigma Tau Delta: International English Honor Society Membership Award, UCO
2007 Gamma Beta Phi Society Membership Award, UCO Chapter, UCO
2007 Brad Henry, Governor, State of Oklahoma: Letter of Appreciation

 

BY THE UNIVERSITY OF CENTRAL OKLAHOMA (UCO) & OKLAHOMA CITY UNIVERSITY (OCU), OKLAHOMA

2007 President’s Honor Roll: Spring and Fall 2007, UCO
2006 President’s Honor Roll: Fall 2006, UCO
2006 Graduate Assistantship Award, OCU
2006 Arts and Sciences Graduate Scholarship

 

BY COMMUNITY SERVICE PROVIDERS AND INSTITUTIONS, NEPAL

2026 Certificate of Honour, Tribhuvan Secondary School Diamond Jubilee and Reunion
Ceremony, Baglung, Nepal (presented in the presence of the President of Nepal
Ram Chandra Paudel), January 15, 2026
2024 Appreciation Letter, Balewa Paiyunpata Multiple Campus, Baglung (Mentor: ELT
colleagues in research endeavors from 2021 until 2024)
2017 Education for All Recognition, Nepal, Baglung, NP
2017 Community Service Award, “Because I am a Girl,” Makawanpur, NP

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