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Dr. Sandy Bonny Ph.D. (University of Alberta) Team Lead, Indigenous Student Achievement Pathways & STEM Access Initiatives

Office
Arts 915

Research Area(s)

  • Post-secondary STEM Access
  • Interdisciplinary Literacies
  • Hands-on and Experiential Pedagogies
  • Multi-vocal STEM Education
  • Earth & Atmospheric Sciences / Geology
  • Assessment Equity
  • Literary and Visual Arts
  • Community Engaged Learning

Publications

ACADEMIC 

Books & Book Chapters 

Bonny, S. 2020. Approaching a Turn; Indigenous Access, Equity, and Belonging in Post-Secondary STEM Spaces, in S’TEṈISTOLW̱Moving forward in Indigenous higher Education, Ormiston, N.T., Green, K.J. and Aguirre, K. Eds., J. Charlton Publishing, Vernon, B.C.

Bonny, S. & Jones, B. 2005. Barite tufa from Flybye Springs, Northwest Territories, Canada. in TRAVERTINE, Ozkul, M., Yagiz, S. & Jones, B. Eds., Kozan Ofset Matbaacilik San. Ve Tic. Ltd. Sti. Ankara, Turkey.

Peer-reviewed Papers

  • Bonny, S. 2018. Effective STEM outreach programming for Indigenous community contexts — getting it right, one community at a time! International Journal of Innovation in Science and Mathematics Education, 26 (2): 14-34.
  • Bonny, S. and Jones, B. 2008. Experimental precipitation of barite (BaSO4) among streamers of sulphur oxidizing bacteria. Journal of Sedimentary Geology 78 (5): 357-365.
  • Bonny, S. and Jones, B. 2008. Controls on the precipitation of barite crystals in calcite travertine at Twitya Spring. Sedimentary Geology 203 (1-2): 36-53.
  • Bonny, S. and Jones, B. 2008. Petrography and textural development of inorganic and biogenic lithotypes in a relict barite (BaSO4) tufa deposit at Flybye Springs, Northwest Territories, Canada. Sedimentology 55 (2): 275-303.
  • Bonny, S. and Jones, B. 2007. Barite (BaSO4) biomineralisation at Flybye Springs, a cold sulphur spring system in Canada’s Northwest Territories. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences. 44: 835-856.
  • Bonny, S. and Jones, B. 2007. Diatom-mediated barite precipitation in microbial mats calcifying at Stinking Springs, a warm sulphur spring system in Northwestern Utah, USA. Sedimentary Geology, 194: 223-244.
  • Bonny, S. and Jones, B. 2003. Relict Tufa at Miette Hot Springs, Jasper National Park, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences, 40: 1459-1481.
  • Bonny, S. and Jones, B. 2003.  Microbes and Mineral Precipitation at Miette Hot Springs, Jasper National Park, Canada. Canadian Journal of Earth Sciences 40: 1483-1500

Other Media

LITERARY 

Books & Anthologies

  • Yes, and Back Again (2015), S. Bonny, Thistledown Press, Saskatoon, SK; novel. ISBN: 978-1-77187-052-8
  • The Sometimes Lake (2012), S. Bonny, Thistledown Press, Saskatoon, SK; collected short stories. ISBN: 978-1-897235-99-7
  • Carys, Nogha & Sense (2011), in Coming Attractions 11, M.A. Jarman, Ed., Oberon Press, Ottawa, ON. ISBN: 978 0 7780 1371 6
  • Frames (2008), in The Shape of Content: An Anthology of Creative Writing in Mathematics and Science, C. Davis, M.W. Senechal and J. Zwicky, Eds., A.K. Peters Publishing, Mass. USA, p. 25-26. ISBN-13: 978-1568814445

Short Fiction & Essays

  • Reflecting on Speculative Geologies, hybrid arts, and the geologic imaginationEASTERN EDGE Essays, 2023: https://easternedge.ca/about/library/online-essay-archive/
  • “Carys.” EVENT Magazine, 40.2. 2011. 8 p.
  • “Nogha.” Prairiefire30.4. 2010. 12 p.
  • “The Jasmine Springs Road.” The Danforth Review 24. 2008. 9 p.
  • “A live flame will start.” Grain Magazine 32.3. 2005. 3 p.
  • “Safrasi’s.” Spring [Regina, SK], v. 3. 2003. 6 p.
  • “mandala.” enRoute Magazine. May 2002. 8 p.
  • “mandala.” Abridged radio transcript; aired on Richardson’s Roundup and Between the Covers, CBC RadioOne, April 2002

Edited Works

  • Website: Saskatchewan Cradleboard Initiative (est. 2014) an online K-8 STEM teaching resource
  • Literary journal: Windscript 30 (2014) youth creative writing anthology published by the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild; Edited with a foreword by S. Bonny (poetry & prose)
  • Literary journal: Spring; emerging writers of Saskatchewan (2013) Edited by S. Bonny (fiction and creative non-fiction) & G. Harding-Russell (poetry), volume 8
  • Book-length manuscript: Through White Noise: Autonarrative Exploration of Racism, Discrimination, and the Doorways to Academic Citizenship in Canada (2012), Khalida Tanvir Syed, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, Netherlands, 146 p.

INVITED PRESENTATIONS / WORKSHOPS

  • Bonny, S. (May 2024) Invisible Ink: Using Elements of Storytelling to Improve Waste Reduction Education, workshop for ReForum 2024 co-conference; Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council and SWANA Northern Lights Chapter
  • Bonny, S. (May 2024) Bridging Worlds: sharing science across generations, cultures, and knowledge ecosystems”, with ZHE Slusar, Cree Longjohn, CJ Woodford, Science Writers and Communicators of Canada National Conference
  • Bonny, S. (January 2027) "Complexities of Care”, Panel conversation with Michael Christie, Kristine Scarrow, Leah Horlick, Writing North 14; literary festival co-hosted by the Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild and USask MFA in Creative Writing Program
  • Bonny, S. (May 2023) "Exploring Trash Fiction”, Keynote address, Waste ReForum 2023, Saskatchewan Waste Reduction Council
  • Bonny, S. (December 2022) Sparks and Silos: Exploring creativity across disciplinary boundaries” First Draft: Conversation on Writing, Saskatchewan Writers’ Guild
    Bonny, S. (May 2022) Storied Canopies, invited talk to celebrate Arbor Week, ReMai Modern and SOS Trees Coalition, Saskatoon
  • Bonny, S. (March 2022) Examining the STEM Equity Gap in Saskatchewan, USASK Education Students Society PD Series, University of Saskatchewan.
  • van de Velde, M., Sawatzky, K. and Bonny, S. (October 2021). Implicit and Assumed Skillsets: exploring strategies to support Indigenous students and mature learners in post-secondary STEM programs. Advisor-Con; Advision Association of Saskatchewan, Zoom.
  • Bonny, S., Bitsuie, A. and Pratt, D. (February 2021). Indigenous STEM Pathways Start in YOUR Classroom, USASK Education Students Society PD Series, University of Saskatchewan, WebEx.
  • Bonny, S. (February 2020). Indigenous Perspectives in STEM; a multi-vocal approach to hands on inquiry learning, USASK Education STudents Society PD Series, University of Saskatchewna.
  • Bonny, S. (April, 2018) Advising cohort-based programs, Beyond Surviving: Thriving as Advisors, Advisor’s conference University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK.
  • Indigenizing STEM Curricula Discussion Leader, Course Design Institute Workshop on Course Indigenization, Gwenna Moss Centre for Teaching (S. Calvez; May 2017)
  • Learning in Partnership; First Nations Administrators’ Short Course, Think Indigenous Education Conference 2017/EADM 984.3 TIEC Conference Course (C. Scribe; March, 2017)
  • How does Indigenous Knowledge Contribute to the Future? Multi-disciplinary panel discussion; Aboriginal Student Achievement Program, Learning Communities (ASAP; November, 2016)
  • Community engaged STEM learning; ECUR 246.3 Secondary Science Methods (T. Molnar; September, 2016)
  • Ways of Knowing in Science; ITEP ECUR 309.3 Literacies of Knowing (C. Gillies; February, 2015)
  • Cultural Perspectives on Mistassini, panel discussion; Operation Big Rock, Dancing Sky Theatre (J. Bernbaum; April 2014)
  • Narrative and Argumentation in Western Science; NS 241.3 Indigenous Science (J. Baker; May, 2014)
  • Collaborative Learning and Culturally-responsive Curricula; NS 298.3 Indigenous Music; Revitalization, Reclamation and Resistance (L. Knight, September 2013)

CONFERENCE PRESENTATIONS

  • Bonny, S. & Martin-Arcand, L. (August 2024). From the "Rise of the Morning Star" to "Saskatoon Berry Jam"; bridging perspectives in Treaty 6 Territory. S’TEṈISTOLW̱ 2024 – Indigenous Adult Education Conference, Camosun College, Victoria, B
  • Bonny, S. (May 2024). Building academic skills through student-directed undergraduate research; stories and experiences from USask Indigenous Student Achievement Pathways. Turtle Island Indigenous Science Conference, First Nations University of Canada, the University of Regina, and the File Hills Qu’Appelle Tribal Council, Regina, SK.
  • Bonny, S. & Gauthier, S. (September 2023). STEM+ | Building assets for Indigenous STEM student success and career readiness. Mine Your Potential Conference, Wim-WIN SK, Saskatoon, SK
  • Bonny, S. (March 2023). Bridging perspectives through action-focused art; anohc kipasikonaw | we rise | niipawi. 5th Annual AISES in Canada National Gathering, Vancouver, BC
  • Bonny, S. & Gauthier, S. (March 2023). Co-curricular programming as an asset for Indigenous STEM Student Success. 5th Annual AISES in Canada National Gathering, Vancouver, BC
  • Bonny, S., van de Velde, M., Sawatzky, K. (October 2021). Implicit and Assumed Skillsets: exploring strategies to support Indigenous students and mature learners in post-secondary STEM programs. Advisor-Con; Advising Association of Saskatchewan.
  • Bonny, S. (February 2020). Takeaways from an IVLP Exchange Program: Models to increase STEM diversity across community, secondary, and post-secondary education. E-kitocik; 3rd annual National Gathering of the Canadian Indigenous Science and Engineering Society, Saskatoon, SK.
  • Bonny, S. & McBeth, J. (May 2019). Examining Assessment Equity­: Connecting MCQ Assessment to Experiential Learning Outcomes. Experience Learning; 15th Annual UBC Okanagan Learning Conference, Kelowna, BC.
  • Bonny, S., Merasty, M. & Ducette-Garr, J. (March 2019) Navigating Motivation and Supporting Persistence in Post-Secondary STEM. TEWATSENTÓNTHO - We Add More Wood to the Fire; 2nd Annual .caISES Gathering, Montreal, QC.
  • Bonny, S. (May 2018) STEM Pathways and First-Year Gates; Supporting Indigenous Student Success in Post-secondary STEM Programs. CSC 2018, the 101st Canadian Chemistry Conference and Exhibition, Edmonton, AB
  • Bonny, S. (May 2018) Building STEM Pathways in the Aboriginal Student Achievement Program… Everybody In! Teaching & Learning Today Conference, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
  • Bonny, S. & Tuttreon, A. (March, 2018) Indigenous Perspectives in STEM; Paving Post-Secondary Pathways. Think Indigenous Conference, Indian Teacher Education Program, Saskatoon, SK
  • Bonny, S. (February 2018) Reconciliation in STEM; K-12 and Post-secondary Perspectives. .caISES Gathering 2018; MAANOMATTAPOYAH: First Steps, Calgary, AB
  • Bonny, S. & Bidwell, K. (October, 2017) K-12 STEM Transitions; Building Effective Pathways to Indigenous Participation in STEM. SACNAS: The National Diversity in STEM Conference, SACNAS2017, Salt Lake City, UT.
  • Bonny, S. (August, 2017) Access vs. Accessibility - Indigenous Participation in Post-Secondary STEM Programs. S’TEṈISTOLW̱ 2017 – Indigenous Adult Education Conference, Camosun College, Victoria, BC
  • Bonny, S. & Harper, V. (March 2017) Pathways to Post-secondary Science – Setting Students up for Success! Think Indigenous Conference, Indian Teacher Education Program, Saskatoon, SK
  • Bonny, S. (April 2016) Geopoetic Discovery and the Narratives of Earth Science. Yukon Science Institute, Whitehorse, YT
  • Bonny, S. (September 2015) Fostering Collaborative Learning through Community-based STEM Outreach: Insights from the University of Saskatchewan’s Science Ambassador Program. STEMfest 2015; 2nd International Festival of Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics, Education Stream ‘Skilling a Nation’, Saskatoon, SK
  • Bonny, S. & Dmytryshyn, K. (May 2015) The Saskatchewan Cradleboard Initiative; multi-vocal science makes sense! ScieMatics 2015, Saskatchewan Science Teachers´ Society, Regina, SK
  • Bonny, S. (March 2015) Saskatchewan Cradleboard Initiative, multi-vocal science resources and activities. Think Indigenous, Indian Teacher Education Program, Saskatoon, SK
  • Bonny, S. & Datta, R. (September 2014) Community-based science outreach as a site of collaborative cross-cultural learning. Whahtokowin; Indigenizing Practice in Post-secondary Education, Linking Kindred Spirits, Saskatoon, SK
  • Bonny, S. (September 2014) The Saskatchewan Cradleboard Initiative – a progress report on the development of multi-vocal K-8 STEM resources through University-led experiential learning projects. Whahtokowin; Indigenizing Practice in Post-secondary Education, Linking Kindred Spirits, Saskatoon, SK
  • Bonny, S. (July 2014) Kiskiaumatowin (two-way learning) in support of multi-vocal science curricula. STEM 2014 Our Planet; Making Connections across Contexts, College of Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC  
  • Bonny, S. (May 2014) Multi-vocal science resources developed through two-way learning, presentation and activities workshop, AWASIS Aboriginal Education Conference, Saskatoon, SK
  • Bonny, S. (March 2014) Saskatchewan Cradleboard Initiative, multi-vocal science unit workshop, Education Students Society Workshop Series, College of Education, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, SK
  • Bonny, S. (November 2013) Creative Readings in Math & Science, Banff International Research Centre/Banff Centre for the Arts, Banff, AB
  • Bonny, S. (June 2013) Two-way learning: The Science Ambassador Program, Native American and Indigenous Studies Association Conference, Saskatoon, SK
  • Bonny, S. (March 2012) Science-Fiction Intersections, Coordinates of Comparison—Conference of Comparative Literature, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB
  • Bonny, S. (September 2011) ‘What is Story?’ Writer’s Forum, Bedford Road Collegiate Institute, Saskatoon, SK
  • Bonny, S. (July, 2007) Textural convergence in chemical sediments: carbonate travertine lithotypes in barite from Flybye Springs, NWT, Canada. Bathurst Conference 13, University of East Anglia, Norwich, UK
  • Bonny, S. (October 2006) Barite Tufa at Flybye Springs, NWT, Canada.  1st International Travertine Symposium, Pamukkale University, Denizli, Turkey

Teaching & Supervision

  • GEOL 121: Understanding Earth Processes
  • INTS 102: Studying Science, Essential Skills & Strategies for Success
  • INTS 100: Learning to Learn, Skills for Academic Success
  • Team Lead, Indigenous Student Achievement Pathways & STEM Access Initiatives 
  • Community Mentor, MFA Creative Writing 
  • Staff Mentor USASK Student Chapter of AISES Canada
  • Coordinator, USASK Science Ambassador Program (2012-2017)
  • Project Lead, Saskatchewan Cradleboard Initiative (2012-2015)

Research

Sandy Marie Bonny has an interdisciplinary background in the academic earth sciences (PhD 2007) and literary and visual arts; she teaches, coordinates, researches and creates at intersections of narrative understanding. 

Education & Training

 

  • PhD, Earth & Atmospheric Science, University of Alberta  (2007) Physiochemical and biological controls on barite precipitation and petrography - insights from subaerial barite-precipitating spring
  • MSc, Earth & Atmospheric Science, University of Alberta (2002) Recent and fossil spring deposits at Miette Hot Springs, Jasper National Park, A
  • BSc (Hons.), Earth & Ocean Science, University of British Columbia (2000) Sediment surface area and particulate organic carbon preservation in trans-glacial cores, Saanich Inlet, BC
  • The Inclusive STEM Teaching Project - EdX, Boston University, July-September 2021
  • International Visitor Leadership Program; Providing STEM Education to Underserved and Vulnerable Populations, United States Congress, USA, 2019