With a 95% return rate on grants written, Dr. Small brings great expertise to her grant writing coaching. Dr. Small has obtained over eighteen million dollars in grants for which she has served as principal researcher, author and content manager or mentor/editor. A partial list of grants received is listed below.

  • Breaking Barriers: A Deaf Artistic Journey, Visual Arts Creation Project, Ontario Arts Council, ($15,000) (Mentor/Editor).
  • National Deaf Arts Festival, Canada Arts Presentation Fund (CAPF), Development Component, Canadian Heritage (2023 – 2025) ($78,000 x 2 years = $156,000) (Co-Witer/ Mentor/ Editor).
  • Deaf Strengths, Strategies and Synergies for an Inclusive Environment, Phase Two.  Operating Funding, Social Development Partnerships Program – Disability (SDPP-D), 2023-2026 ($600,000) (Co-writer/ Mentor and Editor).
  • Training in the Arts, Canada Arts Training Fund (CATF), Canadian Heritage (2023-2026) ($480,000) (Co-Writer/ Mentor/ Editor).
  • Deaf Arts Institute Without Boundaries: Deaf Arts Training Building Capacity, Canada Arts Training Fund (CATF), Canadian Heritage (2023) ($156,500) (Co-Writer/ Mentor/ Editor).
  • Strategic Funds and Initiatives, Access Support Fund, Canada Council for the Arts, ($3,067) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Professional Development: Infusing Signs Through Glass Sculpture Fusion Training and Watercolour Overlay, Deaf and Disability Arts Projects, Ontario Arts Council (2023) ($9,932) (Co-Write/ Mentor/ Editor)
  • Out of the Shadows: Shadow Box Creation with Deaf and Deaf-Blind Communities, Artists in Communities and Schools, Ontario Arts Council (2023) ($10,000) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Deaf Executive Director’s Deaf Arts Professional Development Mentorship and Training, Professional Development for Arts Professionals, Supporting Artistic Practice, Canada Council for the Arts (2022) ($9,600) (Co-Writer/Editor).
  • Accessible Sign Language Animation Prototype with Technical and Pedagogical Guidelines Designed to Benefit Animation Companies and Broadcasters, Broadcasting Accessibility Fund (2022) ($120,000) (Co-Writer/ Editor).
  • Skills and Career Development:  Indigenous Arts Professionals and Arts Professionals of Colour, Ontario Arts Council (2022) ($10,020) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • “MOM”, Concept to Realization Grant, Canada Council for the Arts (2022) ($60,000) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Connecting Bubbles, Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts (2022) ($25,000) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Deaf Arts Institute Without Boundaries: Deaf Arts Training Building Capacity, Canada Arts Training Fund (CATF), Canadian Heritage (2022) ($70,000) (Co-Writer/ Mentor/ Editor).
  • Building Capacity for Sign Languages Employment, Sectoral Initiatives Program – Persons with Disabilities, Employment and Social Development Canada, December 20, 2021 – December 19 2024. (2021) 3 Year Grant ($2,800,000) (Co-Writer/ Mentor/ Editor).
  • New Deaf Arts Deaf Executive Director’s Professional Development Mentorship, Professional Development for Arts Professionals, Supporting Artistic Practice, Canada Council for the Arts (2021) ($9,715) (Co-Writer/Editor).
  • Touch – Don’t Touch!, Visual and Media Arts Projects Grant, Toronto Arts Council (2021) ($15,000)  (Co-Writer/ Mentor/ Editor) and Accessibility Fund ($5,000) (Co-Writer/ Mentor/ Editor).
  • Northern Lights: Deaf Legend Scandinavian/Canadian Signed Musical, Co-Production Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, (2021), ($50,000) (Co-Writer/Mentor/Editor).
  • Shadow Box Exploration for Artists with Disabilities, Artists in Communities and Schools Projects Grant. Ontario Arts Council, 2021 ($9,765.00) (Mentor/Editor).
  • Mother of De’VIA: Seeds from Within, selected to create a featured exhibit for Not Born Yesterday Not Going Away Co-Motion Festival 2022, Harbourfront Centre, 2021 ($1,500 + $500 access) (Mentor/writer/editor).
  • Training with Ottawa Glassblowing Co-op for Professional Development Pairing Watercolour Paintings with Glassblowing Techniques, Deaf and Disability Arts: Professional Development Grant. Ontario Arts Council, 2021 ($9,930.21) (Mentor/Editor) and Accessibility Fund ($4,810) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • “Dancing Hands” Ceramic Jewellery, Deaf and Disability Arts: Research and Creation Grant. Ontario Arts Council, 2021 ($9,890) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Printmaking Techniques at Open Studio, Deaf and Disability Arts: Professional Development Grant. Ontario Arts Council, 2021 ($8,521) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Monologue Playwright Development Mentorship: My Story of Resilience, Deaf and Disability Arts: Professional Development Grant. Ontario Arts Council, 2021 ($4,600) (Mentor/ Editor) and Accessibility Fund ($3,640) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Manga Artist Mentorship to Develop Deaf Superhero Comic Animes and Story, Deaf and Disability Arts: Professional Development Grant. Ontario Arts Council, 2021 ($4,622) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Wingless Angels, Explore and Create: Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts, 2021 ($25,000) (Mentor/Editor).
  • Northern Lights: A Signed Musical Play for Deaf Performers, Explore and Create: Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts, 2021 ($13,000) (Editor).
  • Deaf and Disability Arts: Materials for Visual Artists. Ontario Arts Council 2021 $500/ grant x 4 artist grants ($2,000) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Poetry in Visual Art: A Deaf Retrospective, Visual Arts Projects, Ontario Arts Council, 2020 ($7,500) (Co-writer/ Mentor/ Editor).
  • Ceramic Jewellery and Sculpture Mentorship with Award-Winning Ceramicist, Skills and Career Development: Indigenous Arts Professionals and Arts Professionals of Colour, Ontario Arts Council, 2020 ($9,905) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Acrylic/Oil Painting Class, Cheng Wang Studio. Master Academy of Fine Arts, Skills and Career Development: Indigenous Arts Professionals and Arts Professionals of Colour, Ontario Arts Council, 2020 ($6,345) and Accessibility Fund ($4,920) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Piloting Digital Deaf Arts Space Platform, E-Directory and E-Store, Digital Strategy Fund: Public Access to the Arts and Digital Citizen Engagement: Single-phase Initiatives, Canada Council for the Arts, 2020 ($50,000) (Co-writer, Mentor/ Editor).
  • Walk Through “Unmasked: Revealing Deaf Identity”, Strategic Funds and Initiatives; Digital Originals, Canada Council for the Arts, 2020 ($6,000 + $600 access support) (Mentor/Editor).
  • Inside the Def-T Shop: Live from the DEAF CULTURE CENTRE,  Social Development Partnerships Program – Disability (SDPP-D), COVID-19, 2020 ($40,000) (Co-writer/ Mentor and Editor).
  • Contours of My Life: Art Installation Research and Development, Explore and Create: Research and Creation, Canada Council for the Arts, 2020 ($24,000 + $4,500 access support) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Supporting Deaf Artistic Practices, Artistic Development Activities and Deaf Arts Eco-System, Core Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, 4 year grant, 2020 – 2024 ($47,000 x 4 years) ($188,000) (Co-writer, Mentor and Editor).
  • Deaf and Disability Arts: Professional Development Grant. Ontario Arts Council, 2020 ($8,000) (Co-writer/ Mentor and Editor).
  •  Presenting THE BLACK DRUM Signed Musical on North American Tour, Arts Abroad: Circulation and Touring. Canada Council for the Arts, 2020 ($55,000) (Co-writer/Mentor/Editor).
  • Galvanizing Canada’s Deaf Visual Artists. Arts Across Canada: Travel Grant. Canada Council for the Arts, 2020 ($2,900) (Mentor/Editor).
  • Deaf and Disability Arts: Materials for Visual Artists. Ontario Arts Council, 2020 ($500) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Presenting THE BLACK DRUM, Signed Musical to the World! Arts Abroad: Circulation and Touring. Canada Council for the Arts, 2019 ($30,000) (Co-writer/ Mentor and Editor)
  • Unmasked: Sharing Deaf and Persian Cultural Identity through Linocut Print Design and Story Sharing Workshops. Artists in Communities and Schools Project. Ontario Arts Council 2019 ($12,500) (Mentor/Editor).
  • Can You Read My Face? Production Grant: Deaf and Disability Arts Projects.  Ontario Arts Council, 2019 ($10,000) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Nature and Life: Shapeless Beauty. Creation Grant (Visual Art). Ontario Arts Council, 2019 ($10,000) (Mentor/Editor).
  • Deaf and Disability Arts: Materials for Visual Artists. Ontario Arts Council 2019 $500/ grant x 4 artist grants ($2,000) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Deaf Strengths, Strategies and Synergies for an Inclusive Environment.  Operating Funding, Social Development Partnerships Program – Disability (SDPP-D), Performance and Accountability Framework (PAF), 2018-2021 ($398,000) (Co-writer/ Mentor and Editor).
  • Unmasked: Revealing Deaf Identity - Creation, Exhibition and Presentation. Explore and Create: Concept to Realization, Canada Council for the Arts, 2018 ($45,000) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Ceramics Mentorship to Create Multi-Dimensional Fluid Signing Installation Imagery. Explore and Create: Professional Development for Artists, Canada Council for the Arts, 2018 ($10,000) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Enhance Deaf Filmmaker Short Film Expertise with Mentorship by Experienced Filmmaking Instructor, Skills and Career Development: Indigenous Arts Professionals and Arts Professionals of Colour, Ontario Arts Council, 2018 ($6,000) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Mentorship for Canadian Deaf Artists, Supporting Artistic Practice: Sector Innovation and Development Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, 2018 ($70,000 + $42,000 access support) ($112,000.00) (Co-writer/ Mentor).
  • Supporting Deaf Arts Mandate and Deaf Arts Operations, Supporting Artistic Practice: Support Organizations, Core Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, 3 year grant, 2018 – 2020 ($40,000 x 3 yrs) ($120,000.00) (Co-writer, Mentor and Editor).
  • Sound Within: Deaf defendants’ voice released through deaf script creation, Research and Creation Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, 2017 ($24,677.00) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Dancing Lights and Dancing Deaf Children, Artists in Communities and Schools, Ontario Arts Council, 2017 ($10,000.00) (Co-writer, Mentor and Editor).
  • Forum Theatre Deaf Community Engagement for The Script, “Stories from a Suitcase”, Research and Development Project Grant, Ontario Arts Council, 2017 ($5,000.00) (Consultant/ Editor).
  • The Black Drum: An Extra-ordinary Deaf Musical! New Chapter: Arts Program to Mark the 150th Anniversary of Confederation, Canada Council for the Arts, 2017 ($395,000.00) (Co-writer, Mentor and Editor).
  • Unlocking Culture: Connecting Communities, Social Development Projects for People with Disabilities, Innovations in Social Inclusion Grant, Employment and Social Development Canada (ESDC), 2017 ($375,202.00) (Co-writer and Consultant).
  • Placing Ontarians in the Driver’s Seat: Museum Accessibility, Inclusion and Engagement Collaborative (MAIEC) Research, Seed Grant, Ontario Trillium Foundation, 2016 ($75,000.00) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Filmmaking Visual Effects (VFX), Cultivate: Professional Development Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, 2016 ($2,500.00) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Wash Your Eyes, Cultivate: Creative Development Grant, Canada Council for the Arts, 2016 ($10,000.00) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Stories from a Suitcase, Artists in the Community/ Workplace, Ontario Arts Council, 2015 ($10,000.00) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • The Social Mystics’ Collaborative Recording Project, Artists in the Community/ Workplace, Ontario Arts Council, 2015 ($10,000.00) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • ASL Hosts and Media Literacy for Deaf Youth, Community Investments Program, Ontario Trillium Foundation, 2014 ($150,000.00) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Deaf View Image Art Pilot Resource Project for Canadian Deaf Professional Artists, Capacity Building Initiative, Canada Council for the Arts, 2014 ($19, 320.00) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Signed Music: An Emerging Inter-performative Art, (Documentary), Canada Council for the Arts (2014) ($25,000.00) (Mentor/ Editor).
  • Defty Youth Awards for Excellence in the Arts, TD Bank Group 2013 – 2015 ($45,000.00).
  • Deaf Youth Awards for Excellence in the Arts, ArtsVest, Business for the Arts 2013 ($5,000.00).
  • Research Dissemination and Training: Cultural Space and Identity Knowledge Network for Applied Education Research (KNAER) 2013 ($10,000.00).
  • Research Dissemination and Training: Cultural Space and Identity Knowledge Network for Applied Education Research (KNAER) 2012 ($40,000.00).
  • Capacity Building Initiative Canada Council for the Arts 2012 – 2015 ($94,800.00).
  • Interactive Animated Dictionary for Children Canadian Heritage, Canada Interactive Fund 2011 ($500,000.00).
  • Minority Identity Development Among Deaf Children and Youth Ministry of Children and Youth Services, Research synthesis 2010 ($47,509.00).
  • Vibe Music Collaborative Debut Performance Toronto Arts Council 2010 ($3,000.00).
  • Animated Dictionary Prototype Launch TD Bank 2009 ($5,000.00).
    • ASL Animated Children’s Dictionary Prototype Inukshuk Wireless Fund 2008-2009 ($147,700.00).
    • Deaf Filmmakers De’VIA Workshop Canada Arts Council 2009 ($20,000.00).
    • “No History, No Future”: Deaf History International Conference, Stockholm, Sweden attendance grant, Canadian Deaf artist promotion and exchange, Equity Office, Canada Council for the Arts   2009 ($4,530.00).
    • “No History, No Future”: Deaf History International Conference, Stockholm, Sweden, bursary, Canadian Museum Association 2009 ($1,200.00).
    • Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations – Interpreter Intern, 2008 – 2009.
    • Deaf Filmmakers Exhibit: Take One Toronto Arts Council, 2008 ($4,500.00).
    • Deaf Heritage Collections and Virtual Museum Website Canada Heritage, Partnerships   Fund, Canada Culture On-line, 2007 – 2008 ($335,000.00).
    • Beauty and Beast: The Art of Igor Kolombatovic, Canada Day Celebration Toronto Arts Council 2008 ($4,000).
    • Young Canada Works, Canadian Museum Association, Program Community Liaison, 2008.
    • Luminato Deaf Culture Centre – Distillery Historic District Event Fund 2008.
    • Young Canada Works, Curator position extension, Program Liaison position extension, Student Interpreter position extension – 2007.
    • Ontario Arts Foundation Endowment Matching Grant 2007 ($30,672.00).
    • Young Canada Works, Curator Intern position (17 weeks) Archivist 2007 ($8,000.00).
    • Heritage Canada Foundation. Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations, 2007 ($2,021.00).
    • Deaf Culture Centre City of Toronto Special Events, Scotiabank Nuit Blanche – Partner Project 2006-2012.
    • Canadian Museum Association, Young Canada Works in Heritage Organizations, ($1,729.00).
    • Ontario Trillium Foundation, Community Program Grant, 2006 – 2008 ($225,000.00).
    • Canadian Heritage, Cultural Spaces Program, 2006 ($175,000.00).
    • Community Deaf Arts Festival, Toronto Arts Council, 2006 ($2,800.00).
    • Deafplanet.com: Sports Village, Partnerships Fund, Canadian Culture Online Program, 2004 – 2005 ($486,806.00).
    • Deafplanet.com: Earth Buzz, Partnerships Fund, Canadian Culture Online Program, 2003 – 2004 ($679,335.00).
    • Intergenerational Deaf Community Story Swap Project, National Literacy Secretariat, Human Resources Development Canada, 2002 – 2005, ($150,000).
    • Early Years Deaf Resource Consulting Service, Early Years Challenge Fund, 2002 – 2005 ($114,000).
    • Deafplanet DVD American Sign Language (ASL) Encyclopaedia, Ronald McDonald Children’s Charities, 2002 – 2003 ($20,000).
    • Canadian Deaf Heritage Interactive Internet Project: Deafplanet.com, GE Fund International Grants, 2002 – 2005 ($150,000. US).
    • Interactive Digital Project: Deaf planet.com, Canadian Independent Film and Video Fund, 2002 – 2003 ($15,000).
    • Sharing American Sign Language and Deaf Heritage Literature Across Ontario, The Ontario Trillium Foundation, 2000 – 2003 ($304,000).
    • Canadian Deaf Heritage Project Continuation Proposal, Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf, 2000 – 2002 ($150,000 annually and $70,000 for broadcasting contribution).
    • Expanding ASL and Deaf Literature Across Canada, Canadian Cultural Society of the Deaf, 1998 – 2000 ($160,000 annually).
    • Preservation of Deaf Literature, Human Resources Development Canada, 1999 ($346,600.00).
    • ASL/LSQ Proficiency Tool, Ontario Ministry of Education and Training, 1997 – 1999 ($20,000).
    • ASL Poetry Training Grant, Professional Development Committee, E. C. Drury School for the Deaf, 1996 – 1998 ($4,000.00).
    • Parent Education Videotape Grant, Ontario Ministry of Education and Training, 1995 – 1996 ($10,000.00).
    • Bilingual Bicultural Research Grant, Ontario Ministry of Education and Training, 1994 – 1996 ($10,000.00).
    • Language as an Art Grant, Frances R. Dewing Foundation, 1990 – 1993. ($14,735.00).
    • Bilingual Bicultural English Program Development, P.L. 89-313 Grant, Massachusetts Department of Education, 1992 – 1993 ($88,450.00).
    • Bilingual Bicultural Development, P.L. 89-313 Grant, Massachusetts Department of Education, 1991 – 1992 ($87,750.00).
    • Bilingual Bicultural Development, P.L. 89-313 Grant, Massachusetts Department of Education, 1990 – 1991 ($87,100.00).
    • Empowerment In School Culture, Commonwealth Inservice Institute Grant, Massachusetts Department of Education, 1991 – 1992 ($4,488.00).
    • Collaborative Techniques for Teachers of Deaf Students, Commonwealth Inservice Institute Grant, Massachusetts Department of Education, 1990 – 1991 ($2,455.00).
    • Bilingual Bicultural Development, P.L. 89-313 Grant, Massachusetts Department of Education, 1989 – 1990 ($83,125.00).
    • Inservice Training in Bilingual Bicultural Techniques for Teachers of Deaf Students, Commonwealth Inservice Institute Grant, Massachusetts Department of Education, 1989 – 1990 ($2,405.00).