Pictured are 36 PSI scholars from the first and the second cohorts
Now entering its second year, UBC's Public Scholars Initiative (PSI) welcomes 40 new doctoral students to its network, in addition to the 39 from last year. Congratulations to our 2016-17 scholars! Stay tuned for upcoming PSI events in the fall.
| Name | Doctoral Program | Project Title |
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| Yemi Adeyeye | Forestry | Exploring the Multi-Scalar Politics and Production of Knowledge in Forest Governance in Bolivia |
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Interdisciplinary Studies |
Dismantling Voicelessness: Culturally Significant Art as a Tool to Deconstruct Embedded Racism, Inequity, and Poverty |
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Resources, Environment and Sustainability (Science) |
Food Sovereignty, Urban Agriculture and Transformative Food Activism |
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Rehabilitation Science (Medicine) |
Being Blind in a Sighted World |
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Theatre (Arts) |
Beyond Identity Politics: The History of Asian Canadian Theatre (1950-2010) |
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Resources, Environment and Sustainability (Science) |
Agr-"culture" and Biodiversity: Rethinking Payments for Ecosystem Services in Light of Agrarian Values |
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Interdisciplinary Studies |
Hormone Therapy Initiation for Transgender Youth: Ethical and Shared Decision Making Processes in BC |
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Tugce Conger |
Resources, Environment and Sustainability (Science) |
Green Infrastructure as a Resilience Building Tool to Reduce Coastal Flooding Risk |
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Severn Cullis-Suzuki |
Anthropology (Arts) |
Multigenerational Language Acquisition of Xaayda kil: Fluency for Self, Family, and Community |
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Teaching English as a Second Language (Education) |
Investigating Social Class and New Literacies of Migrant Filipino Youth in the Knowledge Economy |
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Anthropology (Arts) |
The Constitution Express and the Making of Indigenous Rights in Canada |
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Botany (Science) |
A Critical Taxonomic and Floristic Review of the Plant Family Asteraceae in BC |
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Anthropology (Arts) |
"We just Wanna Warm some Bellies": Food Not Bombs, Anarchism, and Recycling Wasted Food for Protest |
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Theatre (Arts) |
Western Canadian Evolutions of Decroux and Grotowski in Theatre Pedagogy, Practice and Performance |
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Mining Engineering (Applied Science) |
From Social Risk to Shared Purpose: Can the Mining Sector Transform Social Responsibility? |
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Anthropology (Arts) |
The World in A Suitcase: Experience of Place amongst Transnational Migrants of Russian Emigres |
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Rehabilitation Science (Medicine) |
Using Social Network Analysis to Advance Knowledge Translation in Pediatric Rehabilitation |
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Neuroscience (Medicine) |
Comparison of Pharmacological and Non-Pharamcological Antidepressants in a Rat Model of Postpartum Stress |
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Zoology (Science) |
Understanding the Role of Dispersal and Species Interactions in Bromeliad Macroinvertebrate Communities |
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Electrical and Computer Engineering (Applied Science) |
Artemis: Defending Against Automated Large-Scale Cyber Intrusions by Focusing on the Vulnerable Population |
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Population and Public Health |
Strengthening Healthcare System to Improve Health Outcomes in Rwanda |
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Experimental Medicine (Medicine) |
Communicating the Safety Benefit of Booster Seats |
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Sociology (Arts) |
Institutionalizing Empathy: The Role of Culture in the Representation and Interpretation of Genocide |
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Sociology (Arts) |
Two Case-Studies in the Sociology of Late-Modernity Scientific Fields and Academic Mobility |
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Geography (Arts) |
Making and 'Fixing' Logistical Problems: Experimentation and the Restructuring of Last-Mile Logistics |
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Resources, Environment and Sustainability (Science) |
Indigenous Governance and the Reconcilation Protocol Agreement: Implications for Heiltsuk Nation in Bella Bella, BC |
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Political Science (Arts) |
Women, Peace and Security' in the Twenty-First Century: Armed Groups and Sexual Violence in War |
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Resources, Environment and Sustainability (Science) |
Socio-Ecological Adaptation to Hydrological Change in High Mountains |
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Botany (Science) |
Building a Model of Golgi Processing through Mapping of Xylan Biosynthesis |
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Educational Studies (Education) |
Indigneous Women's Experiences of Supporting Indigenous Student Success in Higher Education |
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Opera (Arts) |
Canadian Opera Aria Anthology for Soprano |
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History (Arts) |
Audiences Exposed: Communication and Discipline in the Philippines in the late 20th Century |
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Nursing |
Developing a Taxonomy of Technology-Mediated Adverse Events |
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Population and Public Health |
Defining Equitable Access to Natural Space as a Mental Health-Promoting Urban Resource |
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Educational and Counselling Psychology (Education) |
Multiple Stakeholder Perspectives on a School-Based Mental Health Literacy Intervention |
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Community and Regional Planning (Applied Science) |
Gentrification and the Resilence of Low Income Neighbourhoods: Disaster, Displacement and Planning |
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Language and Literacy Education (Education) |
Doing Cancer "While Trans*": Biopolitical Intersections of Gendered Embodiment and Cancer Regimes |
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Biomedical Engineering (Applied Science) |
Improving Stroke Therapy through the Use of Robotic Devices and Augmented Feedback |
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Language and Literacy Education (Education) |
#TheRealMe: Phenomenology, New Materialism, and Social Media Self-Imaging |
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Resources, Environment and Sustainability (Science) |
The Splash and the Ripples: Evaluating the Societal Effects of Social Innovation Lab Processes |