FacultyofEducationGraduateStudents’Conference2017
Friday,February3,2017
9:30 – 11:00
Keynote by Julia Ostertag
BL2030
Teaching, Researching, and Tripping in the School Garden:Stories from an Arts-Based Research Metissage
Compelledbytheideathata“teacher”neednotbethefamiliarsolitaryhumanfigureinthefrontofaclassroom
butcouldbevarioushumanandmore-than-humanentanglements,Juliaworkedwithstudentteachersanda
gardenontheUBCcampustocreateconditionsfor“becomingteacherstogether.”Thearts-basedresearchproject
positionedthegardenandtheteachereducationbuildingasgenerativespacesforaseriesofsite-specificart
installationsthatsheentitled“Threadssown,grown&given.”Inthispresentation,shewillsharegleaningsfrom
theplantandnonhumananimalteachersthatfiguredintheresearchproject(specifically:flax,fireweed,and
spiders)anddelveintothedifficultknowledgethatwasknottedintothematerialpracticesofteachingwith
gardens,namelythedifficulthistoryofschoolgardens,struggleswithfailure,andrelationshipswithlandinthe
contextofsettlercolonialismandtheincreasinglyneoliberalacademy.
JuliaOstertaglivesandgardensontheshoresoftheKichisìpi(OttawaRiver)wheresheisraisingtwoyoung
children,writing,andteachingcoursesrelatedtoteachereducation,garden-basededucation,environmental
education,foodeducation,andarts-basedresearch.Sheiscurrentlyworkingonacollaborativeresearchproject
withtheUniversityofOttawa,theOttawa-CarletonDistrictSchoolBoard,andtheOttawaForestandNature
School.Shewonthe2016CanadianAssociationforCurriculumStudiesDissertationAward.
11:00 - 11:15
BL2030
Coffee Break
11:15 - 12:15
Student Paper Presentations Session 1 BL2034
Gemma Romano, Sustainable happiness: Exploring the impacts of sustainable living on individual happiness
Melissa Twance, Lessons from land and water: Indigenous connections to the mazinaabikinigan at Agawa Rock
Elizabeth Boileau, Understanding children’s relationship to insects
12:15 - 1:00
Lunch & Student Poster
BL2030
Anna Heaps, Return to learning in the classroom: Knowledge and experience of in-service, secondary teachers on mild
traumatic brain injuries
1:00 - 2:00
Student Paper Presentations Session 2 BL2034
Varainja Stock, A transformative pedagogy rooted in place: What can we learn from artists in the community?
Alison Whately-Doucet, How might an examination of the influence of marketplace ideology on schooling lead to strategies to
ameliorate contentious parent/teacher interactions?
Antonio Redfern-Pucci, Diplomas for sale: The implications of how universities recruit students
2:00 – 2:15
Coffee Break BL2030
2:15 - 3:45
Student Paper Presentations Session 3 BL2034
Muga Miyakawa, Mindfulness in education: Some ethical considerations
Keri-Lyn Durant, What about death education?
Laxmi Pathak, Tensions of dwelling between two worlds: A personal journey
Holly Tsun Haggarty, What is taken to be real?