Partnerships between academic researchers and schools/communities can lay the foundation for long-term mutually beneficial collaborations producing outcomes that translate well in real world settings.
Whether you are just getting started in community-engaged research or looking for new ideas and additional support, we invite you to participate in this interactive workshop hosted by the Office of Research in Education (ORE) on establishing and nurturing school/community partnerships.
What makes community partnerships successful? How do you reach populations traditionally excluded from research? What are some strategies for building trust? These are just some of the questions we’ll explore through a set of panel presentations, round table discussions, and general Q&A.
Workshop Details
This workshop is intended for faculty members and postdoctoral fellows in the Faculty of Education. The workshop consists of brief presentations by panelists followed by round table discussions and an opportunity to ask questions. We invite attendees to submit their questions to the panelists beforehand or raise them during the Q&A.
Attendees have the option of attending an in-person session which includes a light lunch, or an online session held over Zoom. The same content will be covered on both days.
Registration
Please register for the session format that suits you best. Please contact educ.ore@ubc.ca should you have any questions.
Date
May 29, 2024, Wednesday
Time
12:00 to 2:00 pm
Lunch will be served at 12 pm and the session will begin at 12:30 pm.
Location
Neville Scarfe Building, Room 1007 (Basement level)
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Date
May 27, 2024, Monday
Time
11 to 12:30 pm
Attending Online?
A zoom link will be sent to registrants closer to the date.
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Meet your Panelists
Dr. Johanna Sam, Assistant Professor (ECPS/NITEP)
Hunelhyad? Sid Dr. Johanna Sam sets’edinh. Sid Tŝilhqot’in xaghiyah. Sid Musqueam nen ŝidah as. Dr. Johanna Sam is a Michael Smith Health Research BC Scholar and Assistant Professor in the University of British Columbia’s Faculty of Education in the Department of Educational and Counselling Psychology, and Special Education as well as NITEP – Indigenous Teacher Education Program. Her training is in developmental and educational psychology from a public health approach to develop upstream and downstream child and youth wellness supports, especially in online spaces.
Dr. Kerry Renwick, Associate Professor (EDCP)
Dr. Kerry Renwick has experience working with partnerships that have included a diverse range of organisations such as schools, government departments and non-profit organisations. While at Victoria University (Melbourne, Australia) developing partnerships was a key component of the Bachelor of Education program including placing recently graduated teachers in hard to staff schools. Currently, Kerry is the PI for a SSHRC Partnership Development Grant that includes partners from Australia, Sweden and US. Within this partnership finding a shared purpose that could be refined into a grant application and developing working relationships to achieve agreed to outcomes has been a key feature.
Dr. Leyton Schnellert, Associate Professor (EDCP)
Dr. Leyton Schnellert is an Associate Professor in the faculty’s Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy and Eleanor Rix Professor in Rural Teacher Education. He is Pedagogy and Participation research lead in UBC’s Institute for Community Engaged Research and Inclusive Education research lead for the Canadian Institute for Inclusion and Citizenship. His community-based collaborative work contributes a counterargument to top-down approaches that operate from deficit models, instead drawing from communities’ funds of knowledge to build participatory, place-conscious, and culturally sustaining practices.
Dr. Jessica Chan, Assistant Professor (OSE)
Dr. Jessica Chan (she/her) is an Assistant Professor of Language Arts and Literacy Education in the Okanagan School of Education. Dr. Chan directs the Reading, Language, and Mathematics (ReaLM) lab. The goal of her research program is to understand how language and literacy develops among diverse learners including children from different cultural and linguistic backgrounds, and children with and without learning disabilities. Her research considers the cognitive, linguistic, and social factors that impact academic learning. Dr. Chan partnered with community leaders in the Okanagan Regional Library to co-develop literacy initiatives focused on enhancing family literacy at home.
Dr. Liv Yoon, Assistant Professor (KIN)
Dr. Liv Yoon is an Assistant Professor in the School of Kinesiology. Her research is at the intersection of climate change, social inequities, and health, with a focus on community engagement and participatory methods. Her PhD training in socio-cultural kinesiology informs her to think about bodies in sociopolitical contexts, provoking thought about how some bodies are considered more ‘dispensable’, and in turn, rendered more vulnerable to climate-related risks and pollution. Her research considers taking climate change as an opportunity to challenge the status quo and promote structural changes that alleviate social inequities that both led to, and are exacerbated by, the climate crisis.