Development of Short Scenes for Reader’s Theater and Accompanying Animation Videos
Project Name Development of Short Scenes for Reader’s Theater and Accompanying Animation Videos Team Members Dr. Ryuko Kubota Dr. Meghan Corella Project Summary This project will develop two short scenes for Reader’s Theater, and two accompanying 20-minute animation videos—one on the experiences of students, staff and faculty from racialized and Indigenous backgrounds, and another on […]
Integration of a Social Justice Pedagogy in the School and Applied Child Psychology Program at UBC
Project Name Integration of a Social Justice Pedagogy in the School and Applied Child Psychology (SACP) Program at UBC Team Members Dr. Laurie Ford Dr. Anusha Kassan Dr. Thomas Schanding Linnea Kalchos Melanie Nelson Harris Wong Project Summary The purpose of this project is co-creation in the redesign of seven core courses in the SACP […]
Enhancing Indigenous Themes in a Teacher Education STEAM Course
Project Name Enhancing Indigenous Themes in a Teacher Education STEAM Course Team Members Dr. Robert Campbell Dr. Sumer Seiki Desiree Marshall-Peer Project Summary This grant funding will be used to support the inclusion of Indigenous themes into a STEAM course (Science, Technology, Engineering, Art, and Math) in UBCO’s Teacher Education program. A portion of funding […]
Black Healthcare & Wellness Career Panel during Black History Month
Project Name Black Healthcare & Wellness Career Panel during Black History Month Team Members Cindy Sha Irene Yang Zoë Balbosa Project Summary In celebration of Black History Month, this one-hour-long professional career development event features four Black speakers in health and wellness: two physicians, a personal trainer and yoga teacher. The Professional Development Panel event […]
Celebrate Food and Fitness: In-roads to Equity and Diversity
Project Name Celebrate Food and Fitness: In-roads to Equity and Diversity Team Members Karin Wiebe Yukie Ueda Prapti Mallhi Project Summary The IDEA Module for Foods and Fitness uses an appreciative inquiry approach and backwards design methods in an asynchronous Canvas learning module focused on diversity and equity in foods and fitness for international university […]
Barriers and Facilitators to UBC Sexual and Gender Minority Students
Project Name Barriers and Facilitators to UBC Sexual and Gender Minority Students Team Members Benjamin Hives Naomi Maldonado-Rodriguez Project Summary The project will examine sexual and gender minority (e.g., lesbian, gay, queer, bi, transgender, non-binary, two-spirited) university students’ perceptions of, and experiences with, physical activity. The project team will conduct focus groups with 20 sexual […]
Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in Schools—Taking a Cultural Lens
Project Name Social and Emotional Learning (SEL) in Schools—Taking a Cultural Lens Team Members Alex Gist Sylvia King Project Summary SEL in Schools—Taking a Cultural Lens is a two-part webinar series. As one way to address the impacts of systemic racism and discrimination on the mental health and academic outcomes of their students, pre-service and […]
Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization Speaker Series
Project Name Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Decolonization Speaker Series Team Members Leor Elizur Alejandra Botia Project Summary The Counselling Psychology Social Justice Committee created a survey to understand students’ experiences of social justice, equity, diversity and inclusion within the department, and to identify areas of improvement for the committee to address. Many students expressed a […]
Our Next Act: Theatre, Research, and Social Justice
Project Name Our Next Act: Theatre, Research, and Social Justice Team Members Christina Cook Janice Valdez Simangele Mabena Project Summary Our Next Act: Theatre, Research, and Social Justice is a podcast series showcasing conversations between graduate students exploring Research-based Theatre (RbT), and professional theatre artists specializing in creating theatre with diverse communities. The episodes allow […]
Decolonization, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI), and Teacher Identity: Bachelor of Education Self-Reflective Writing Project
Project Name Decolonization, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity (SOGI), and Teacher Identity: Bachelor of Education Self-Reflective Writing Project Team Members Lisa Brunner Samantha Larder Carmen Lockhart Kristen Sevick Arshdeep Jagdeo Project Website blogs.ubc.ca/teacherwritingproject Project Summary This project creates space for Bachelor of Education teacher candidates to consider the complexities of EDID initiatives—in particular, Indigenous Education […]
