Overview

Over the last number of years, Professor Walker and several of his colleagues and students have received over 2 million dollars to fund research in a number of areas of inquiry. Most of the funding has come through the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and, in some cases through philanthropic organizations. The areas of inquiry include the following:

  • Positive School Leadership

  • Flourishing Congregations Institute Research

  • Flourishing School Research

  • Pan-Canadian Teacher Mentorship, Recruitment and Retention Study

  • The Best Interests of the Child

  • Dissemination of a Promising Model for Mentorship (Adaptive Mentorship)

  • Interdisciplinary Practicum Education in Professional Undergraduate Programs

  • Leadership in the New Economy

  • Trust-Brokering and Moral Agency of School Principals

  • Learning Community and Capacity Building

  • Comparative Adult Literacy Policy and Practice Between Canada and Sweden

 
With colleagues or as single author, Keith has published over 38 books, nearly 50 chapters in edited books, over 86 refereed articles, over 23 non-refereed articles, and almost 100 technical reports. These are enumerated on his academic- university …

With colleagues or as single author, Keith has published over 38 books, nearly 50 chapters in edited books, over 86 refereed articles, over 23 non-refereed articles, and almost 100 technical reports. These are enumerated on his academic- university websites, along with other material produced in the course of his university-based work.