Recent Awards

2021 - 2024 Lakehead University Research Chair in Environmental Education

2023 Canadian Network for Environmental Education and Communication (EECOM) Award of Excellence, Outstanding Post-Secondary Institution (given to Faculty of Education in recognition of the faculty members working in environmental education)

2022 Teaching Innovation Award, Lakehead University for the Lake Superior Living Lab Networks' Climate Action Field School (led by Dr. Lindsay Galway and Dr. Charles Levkoe; Dr. Russell was one of the facilitators)

2022 American Educational Studies Association (AESA) "Critics’ Choice Award" for The Sage Handbook of Critical Pedagogies (S. Steinberg & B. Down, editors, 2020; Dr. Russell was a chapter author)

2021 Association of College and Research Librarians’ "Choice Outstanding Academic Title" for The Routledge International Handbook of Fat Studies (C. Pausé & S. R. Taylor, editors; Dr. Russell was a chapter co-author)

2017  Outstanding Contributions to Research in Environmental Education Award, North American Association for Environmental Education

2017  Contribution to Teaching Award, Lakehead University

2017  Society of Professors of Education "Outstanding Book Award" for The Fat Pedagogy Reader: Challenging Weight-Based Oppression Through Critical Education (E. Cameron & C. Russell, editors)

2016  American Educational Studies Association (AESA) "Critics’ Choice Award" for The Fat Pedagogy Reader: Challenging Weight-Based Oppression Through Critical Education (E. Cameron & C. Russell, editors)