Humanities and the arts

This division comprises research and experimental development in humanities and the arts. Humanities and the arts refer to disciplines concerned with the study of human actions and conditions and the social, economic and institutional mechanisms affecting humans, in the fields of humanities and the arts, which include history, archaelogy and related studies; languages and literature; philosophy (including ethics and religion); arts (including arts and history of arts, performing arts and music), architecture and design; and other humanities. Research consists of systematic investigation carried by means of experiment or analysis to achieve a scientific or technological advance such as acquiring new knowledge of the underlying foundation of phenomena and observable facts. Experimental development consists of new or substantially improved goods, services, systems, methods or processes.

Sub-Categories

Doctor of Musical Arts in Composition (DMA)

The D.M.A. program is designed for composers who have already reached a high level of proficiency and artistry in their fields and who may wish to teach at the university level. This program offers an opportunity to bring creative and performance achievement to a high level while enriching…

Doctor of Musical Arts in Orchestral Instrument (DMA)

The D.M.A. program is designed for performers who have already reached a high level of proficiency and artistry in their fields and who may wish to teach at the university level. This program offers an opportunity to bring creative and performance achievement to a high level while enriching…

Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano (DMA)

The DMA program is designed for performers who have already reached a high level of proficiency and artistry in their fields and who may wish to teach at the university level. This program offers an opportunity to bring creative and performance achievement to a high level while enriching individual…

Doctor of Musical Arts in Voice (DMA)

The D.M.A. program is designed for performers who have already reached a high level of proficiency and artistry in their fields and who may wish to teach at the university level. This program offers an opportunity to bring creative and performance achievement to a high level while enriching…

Doctor of Philosophy in Art History (PhD)

Students in the PhD in Art History program are encouraged to situate art in its historical context, to analyze its impact on the world around us, and to develop theoretical frameworks that contribute to critical thinking and engage with debates in the field. The program involves coursework, two…

Doctor of Philosophy in Asian Studies (PhD)

UBC's Asian Studies Department is the flagship Asian Studies department in Canada and is widely acknowledged as one of the finest in North America. The Department awards a PhD in Asian Studies to students working in a variety of regions and disciplines. The department boasts over 20 graduate…

Doctor of Philosophy in Classics (PhD)

Classicists study the languages, literature, material culture, and history of Ancient Greece and Rome. The Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies offers a PhD Classics with the option of three streams: Classics (language-based program), Ancient History, or Classical…

Doctor of Philosophy in English (PhD)

The UBC English Graduate Program, one of the most vibrant and wide-ranging in Canada, has been awarding the M.A. degree since 1919. Students may earn the degree in each of two areas: English Literature and English Language. Indeed, the UBC English Department is one of the few departments in North…

Doctor of Philosophy in French (PhD)

The Graduate Program in French Studies offers a dynamic curriculum that focuses on a contextualized understanding of the languages, literatures, and cultures of France, Québec, and the Francophone world. Students may specialize in literature or linguistics, or propose a research program combining…

Doctor of Philosophy in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice (PhD)

The PhD in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice is an interdisciplinary program which allows students to explore their interests in diverse areas while employing feminist, intersectional, and decolonizing methodologies. It is intended to be flexible and to accommodate the needs of individual…

Doctor of Philosophy in Germanic Studies (PhD)

The Graduate Program in Germanic Studies at UBC integrates a large scope of thematic and theoretical research areas. Students are guided by faculty whose teaching and research cover a wide range of German literature, film, culture, and media. Course offerings feature approaches grounded in varied…

Doctor of Philosophy in Hispanic Studies (PhD)

The Graduate Program in Hispanic Studies offers a dynamic curriculum focusing on a contextualized knowledge of the languages, literatures, and cultures of Latin America, Spain, and other Spanish-speaking communities within the US and Canada.

Doctor of Philosophy in History (PhD)

Historians study the past to better understand the present. They analyze the forces and influences that have affected human experiences and shaped different societies over time. For more than 80 years, our graduate program has promoted this analysis from social, cultural, political, and…

Doctor of Philosophy in Human Development, Learning, and Culture (PhD)

The Human Development, Learning, and Culture (HDLC) program at UBC advances research and practice in education through the application of theoretical models and concepts to real world educational issues. Investigations of learning and developing, including the unique contributions of culture to…

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Doctoral students focus on critical and contemporary issues at the intersections of language and literacy learning and cultural and societal transformation. Students in our programs are teachers and other professional educators who engage in courses, conversations and research addressing a broad…

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Frank, Adam

Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

American literature and media, affect theory, modernism, science and technology studies; American literature and media, affect theory, modernism, science and technology studies

Frelick, Nancy

Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

16th century literature, theory &criticism, genre studies, women's writing &gender studies, early modern medicine

Frelick, Nancy

Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

16th century literature, theory &criticism, genre studies, women's writing &gender studies, early modern medicine

Fung, David

School of Music, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

performing arts, music, piano, piano performance, intersections between music and visual arts; historically informed performance,; performing arts, music, piano, piano performance, intersections between music and visual arts , historically informed performance,

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Gaertner, David

Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Indigenous Literature ; Digital storytelling ; Digital Humanities; Speculative fiction ; Reconciliation ; New Media; Indigenous Cyberspace ; Indigenous Literature , Digital storytelling , Digital Humanities, Speculative fiction , Reconciliation , New Media, Indigenous Cyberspace

Gelinas-Lemaire, Vincent

Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Arts, Literature and Subjectivity; Comparative Literature; Creative Writing; French Literature (1945 to the present); Québec and French-Canadian Literature and Culture; Spatial Poetics; Visual Culture; Arts, Literature and Subjectivity, Comparative Literature, Creative Writing, French Literature (1945 to the present), Québec and French-Canadian Literature and Culture, Spatial Poetics, Visual Culture

Georgopulos, Nicole

Department of Art History, Visual Art & Theory, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

French art; nineteenth-century art and visual culture; art and science; gender and early feminism; French art, nineteenth-century art and visual culture, art and science, gender and early feminism

Gladwin, Derek

Department of Language & Literacy Education, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

environmental and ecological literacy; energy literacy and transition; systems literacy and complexity education; transdisciplinary and collaborative education; philosophy and theory of education (ontology, environmental, Asian, phenomenology); textual literacies (through media, literary, and visual culture); narrative inquiry and storytelling; Arts-based research; environmental and ecological literacy, energy literacy and transition, systems literacy and complexity education, transdisciplinary and collaborative education, philosophy and theory of education (ontology, environmental, Asian, phenomenology) , textual literacies (through media, literary, and visual culture), narrative inquiry and storytelling, arts-based research

Glassheim, Eagle

Department of History, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

History of Central and Eastern Europe; Environmental History; History of Central and Eastern Europe, Environmental History

Gleason, Mona

Department of Educational Studies, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

history of childhood; history of education, history of children’s medical treatment in Canada; history of women in Canada, history of gender and sexuality, History of children and youth and the history of education, critical approaches to children and youth, gender and sexuality, the body, race and nation, research methods in education, and schooling and the familyautobiographical approaches to the history of family, and schooling, mothering and language learning, Indigenous priorities in schooling, gender culture in kindergarten, sexuality and HIV prevention education in the context of South Africa, and educational leadership as a key concept in Early Childhood Education

Gramling, David

Department of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

multilingualism / monolingualism; Literary Theory; lgbtq queer studies; labour migration; applied linguistics; health communication; translation; Turkish literature; German studies; multilingualism / monolingualism, literary theory, lgbtq queer studies, labour migration, applied linguistics, health communication, translation, Turkish literature, German studies

Gunderson, Lee Paul

Department of Language & Literacy Education, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

reading-research; immigrant-achievement; home literacy environment; reading-research , immigrant-achievement, home literacy environment

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Hall, Kathleen

Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Phonology; Phonetics; Laboratory Phonology; Sign Languages; Phonology, Phonetics, Laboratory Phonology, Sign Languages

Hallensleben, Markus

Department of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

German Language Cultures and Literatures; Transnational Literatures; Visual Arts and Literature; European Studies; Literature and Sciences; Literature and Migration; Narratives of Belonging; Decolonization and Indigenization; German Language Cultures and Literatures, Transnational Literatures, Visual Arts and Literature, European Studies, Literature and Sciences, Literature and Migration, Narratives of Belonging, Decolonization and Indigenization

Hansson, Gunnar

Department of Linguistics, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

theoretical phonology; morphology-phonology interface; phonological typology; historical linguistics (language change); locality relations; Icelandic; theoretical phonology, morphology-phonology interface, phonological typology, historical linguistics (language change), locality relations, Icelandic

Harris, Douglas

Peter A. Allard School of Law

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

property law; condominium law; legal history; Law & Cities; property law , condominium law, legal history, law & cities

Harris, Leila

Institute for Gender, Race, Sex and Social Justice, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Africa; Development Policies; Drinking Water; Environmental justice; equity and social justice; Ethics and Fundamental Issues of Law and Justice; Fresh Water; Gender Relationship; gender and social difference; Ghana; International development; participatory resource management; Resources Management; Social Contract and Social Justice; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; South Africa; Turkey and Middle East; Water; water governance; water politics; Africa, Development Policies, Drinking Water, Environmental justice, Equity and social justice, Ethics and Fundamental Issues of Law and Justice, Fresh Water, Gender Relationship, Gender and social difference, Ghana, International Development, Participatory resource management, Resources Management, Social Contract and Social Justice, Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection, South Africa, Turkey and Middle East, Water, Water governance, Water politics

Harris, Leila

Institute for Resources, Environment & Sustainability, Faculty of Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Africa; Development Policies; Drinking Water; Environmental justice; equity and social justice; Ethics and Fundamental Issues of Law and Justice; Fresh Water; Gender Relationship; gender and social difference; Ghana; International development; participatory resource management; Resources Management; Social Contract and Social Justice; Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection; South Africa; Turkey and Middle East; Water; water governance; water politics; Africa, Development Policies, Drinking Water, Environmental justice, Equity and social justice, Ethics and Fundamental Issues of Law and Justice, Fresh Water, Gender Relationship, Gender and social difference, Ghana, International Development, Participatory resource management, Resources Management, Social Contract and Social Justice, Social and Cultural Factors of Environmental Protection, South Africa, Turkey and Middle East, Water, Water governance, Water politics

Heatherington, Tracey

Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Environmental anthropology; Critique of neoliberalism; Critical approaches to energy transition; Sustainable food systems; Human and cultural perspectives on the climate and nature emergency; Political ecology of nature conservation; Multispecies ethnography; Anthropocene studies; Ethnographic writing and reflexivity; Environmental anthropology, Critique of neoliberalism, Critical approaches to energy transition, Sustainable food systems, Human and cultural perspectives on the climate and nature emergency, Political ecology of nature conservation, Multispecies ethnography, Anthropocene studies, Ethnographic writing and reflexivity

Hermiston, Nancy Jane

School of Music, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

opera, voice, theatre, interdisciplinary work with a diversity of fields and opera; Opera training and its effect on sculpting the brain - Wall Opera Project, Hermiston/L/Boyd/J Werker; opera, voice, theatre, interdisciplinary work with a diversity of fields and opera, Opera training and its effect on sculpting the brain - Wall Opera Project, Hermiston/L/Boyd/J Werker

Hesselink, Nathan

School of Music, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

ethnomusicology; music analysis; entrainment; rhythmic play and social meaning; Anglo-American rock music; African American popular music; Afrofuturism; ethnomusicology, music analysis, entrainment, rhythmic play and social meaning, Anglo-American rock music, African American popular music, Afrofuturism

Ho, Janice

Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

twentieth- and twenty-first century British literature and culture; British and transnational modernisms; postcolonial and world Anglophone literatures; contemporary fiction; histories and theories of the novel; human rights studies; infrastructure studies; twentieth- and twenty-first century British literature and culture, British and transnational modernisms, postcolonial and world Anglophone literatures, contemporary fiction, histories and theories of the novel, human rights studies, infrastructure studies

Hoffmann, Alexandra

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Classical Persian Literature; Classical Persian Literature

Hopkinson, Nalo

School of Creative Writing, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Creative Writing: Speculative Ficton, Fantasy, Science Fiction, especially Other Voices; Creative Writing: Speculative Ficton, Fantasy, Science Fiction, especially Other Voices

Hopson, Jim

Faculty of Arts

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Music Performance; Jazz Improvisation; Brass Pedagogy; Music Composition; Art education; Swiss Alphorn; :label

Huberman, Isabella

Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Indigenous Literature; Cinema of Quebec; Francophone Indigenous narrative arts; Environmental Humanities; Archives and cinema studies; Quebec-Indigenous studies; Decolonial and anticolonial theory; Research creation; Indigenous literature, Cinema of Quebec, Francophone Indigenous narrative arts, Environmental Humanities, Archives and cinema studies, Quebec-Indigenous studies, Decolonial and anticolonial theory, Research creation

Hudson, Peter

Department of Geography, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Pan-Africanism and the Black radicalism; Political Economy, capitalism, imperialism; Historical Studies; Social and Economic Geography; Pan-Africanism and the Black radicalism, Political Economy, capitalism, imperialism, Historical Studies, Social and Economic Geography

Huemoeller, Katharine

Department of Ancient Mediterranean and Near Eastern Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Ancient law (in theory and in practice); Documentary texts; gender and sexuality; Non-urban life in antiquity; Roman social history; Slavery (ancient and comparative); Ancient law (in theory and in practice), Documentary texts, Gender and sexuality, Non-urban life in antiquity, Roman social history, Slavery (ancient and comparative)

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Ichikawa, Jonathan

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

epistemology; ethics; Philosophy of Language; feminist philosophy; ethics of belief; knowledge; skepticism; context-sensitivity; consent; ethics of sex; rape culture; epistemology, ethics, philosophy of language, feminist philosophy, ethics of belief, knowledge, skepticism, context-sensitivity, consent, ethics of sex, rape culture

Iurascu, Ilinca

Department of Central, Eastern & Northern European Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

German literature; Comparative Literature; Cultural Studies; media theory; Media history; critical theory; film studies; German literature, Comparative literature, Cultural studies, Media theory, Media history, Critical theory, Film studies

J

Jenkins, Carrie

Department of Philosophy, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies; Creative scholarship; Creative Writing; epistemology; Language and meaning; Metaphysics; Philosophy; Philosophy of love; Romantic love; Fiction; Poetry; Philosophy, History and Comparative Studies, Creative scholarship, Creative writing, Epistemology, Language and meaning, Metaphysics, Philosophy, Philosophy of love, Romantic love, Fiction, Poetry

Jenson, Jennifer

Department of Language & Literacy Education, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Digital Cultures and Education; Digital Games; Game-based Learning; Gender; Online Learning; technology; Technology Implementation and integration; Digital Cultures and Education, Digital Games, Game-based Learning, Gender, Online Learning, Technology, Technology Implementation and integration

Jing, Zhichun

Department of Anthropology, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Archaeology; Anthropology; Early China; Shang Civilization; Archaeological Science; Early Urbanism; Geoarchaeology; Data Science in Archaeology; Ceramic Petrography; Jade; AI and Archaeology; social sustainability; Archaeology, Anthropology, Early China, Shang Civilization, Archaeological Science, Early Urbanism, Geoarchaeology, Data Science in Archaeology, Ceramic Petrography, Jade, AI and Archaeology, Social Sustainability

Jun, Hyejung

School of Music, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

choral; choral

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Kamizaki, Kuni

School of Community and Regional Planning, Faculty of Applied Science

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Community development / social planning; Displacement; EDI perspectives and practice; housing; Planning theory; Community development / social planning, Displacement, EDI perspectives and practice, Housing, Planning theory

Kim, Christine

Department of English Language and Literatures, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Asian North American literature and theory; Canadian Literature; Cultural Studies; Diaspora Studies; Asian North American literature and theory, Canadian literature, Cultural studies, Diaspora studies

King, Ross

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Korean philology; history of Korean literary culture; Korean historical linguistics; Korean dialectology; history of the Sinographic Cosmopolis; Korean philology, history of Korean literary culture, Korean historical linguistics, Korean dialectology, history of the Sinographic Cosmopolis

Komparic, Ana

School of Population and Public Health, Faculty of Medicine

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Public Health Ethics; Applied Ethics; Professional Ethics; Ethics and Policy; Empirical Approaches to Bioethics; Philosophy of Medicine and Public Health; Pharmacare; Health Insurance; Health Policy; Health Technology Assessment (HTA); Codes of Ethics; Solidarity; Public Health Ethics, Applied Ethics, Professional Ethics , Ethics and Policy , Empirical Approaches to Bioethics, Philosophy of Medicine and Public Health, Pharmacare, Health Insurance, Health Policy , Health Technology Assessment (HTA), Codes of Ethics , Solidarity

Koncan, Frances

School of Creative Writing, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Theatre; Playwriting; Screenwriting; film; Television; Directing (Theatre, Film); Producing (Theatre, Film); Artistic Direction; Dramaturgy; Cultural Consulting; Consulting; Theatre, Playwriting, Screenwriting, Film, Television, Directing (Theatre, Film), Producing (Theatre, Film), Artistic Direction, Dramaturgy, Cultural Consulting, Consulting

Kroft, Edwin

Peter A. Allard School of Law

Faculty (non-G+PS member)

Other humanities; Tax law

Kumpulainen, Kristiina

Department of Language & Literacy Education, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Critical literacies/pedagogies; Digital Literacies; Arts-based research; Multiliteracy and multimodality; Place-based literacies; Storytelling/narrative inquiry; Imagination; Critical literacies/pedagogies, Digital literacies, Arts-based research, Multiliteracy and multimodality, Place-based literacies, Storytelling/narrative inquiry, Imagination

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Laffin, Christina

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

premodern Japanese literature; medieval Japanese history; women's writing; Japanese women's history; travel writing; autobiography; Japanese poetry; Literacy; socialization; wet nursing; narratology; premodern Japanese literature, medieval Japanese history, women's writing, Japanese women's history, travel writing, autobiography, Japanese poetry, literacy, socialization, wet nursing, narratology

Lagresa-González, Elizabeth

Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Early modern Literature and Culture; Early Modern Drama; Early modern Visual and Material culture; Queer, Gender and Sexuality studies; Cross-cultural and Comparative studies; Early modern Literature and Culture, Early modern Drama, Early modern Visual and Material culture, Queer, Gender and Sexuality studies, Cross-cultural and Comparative studies

Laird, Colleen

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Japanese cinema; Gendered image production, gendered reception, and women in film industries; Videographic criticism; Japanese cinema, Gendered image production, gendered reception, and women in film industries, Videographic criticism

Laroussi, Farid

Department of French, Hispanic & Italian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Literatures and Cultures in French; Literatures and Cultures in French

Law, Hedy

School of Music, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

eighteenth-century French music; the French Enlightenment; music and signs; ; global music history; gender and sexuality; music and race; music with Cantonese lyrics; global Cantonese music; eighteenth-century French music; the French Enlightenment; music and signs; , global music history, gender and sexuality; music and race, music with Cantonese lyrics; global Cantonese music

Leddy, Shannon

Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, Faculty of Education

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Art education; Indigenous Education; Indigenous ways of knowing; curriculum; Pedagogy; art as public pedagogy; bio-cultural diversity and sustainability education; art education, Indigenous education, Indigenous ways of knowing, curriculum, pedagogy, art as public pedagogy, bio-cultural diversity and sustainability education

Lemieux, Victoria

School of Information, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

Blockchain technology and Ecosystems; Trust and Records; Privacy; security; Risk management; Transparency and the public interest (in public sector and financial contexts); Blockchain technology and Ecosystems, Trust and Records, Privacy, Security, Risk management, Transparency and the public interest (in public sector and financial contexts)

Lynn, Hyung Gu

Department of Asian Studies, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

popular culture, migration, colonialism, globalization, development; popular culture, migration, colonialism, globalization, development

Lyon, Annabel

School of Creative Writing, Faculty of Arts

Faculty (G+PS eligible/member)

50th Anniversary of Creative Writing, fiction, creative writing

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Holly Bergeron-Dumaine

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Music, Emphasis Theory (PhD)

Critical music theory pedagogy
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Katherine Marchant

Student

Master of Arts in French (MA)

Métafiction, métanarration et indices de fictionnalité dans la représentation de la Seconde guerre mondiale chez Modiano et Binet

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Erika Gavenus

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Interrogating Crown-imposed governance of First Nations’ fisheries through the lens of food justice
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Jasper Heaton

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (PhD)

Gender Identity in Feminist and Transfeminist Theory
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Emily Lawson

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (PhD)

Life's Painful Beauty: Open Empathy, Rasa Theory, and Deathbed Aesthetics
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Emma Betz

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Geological Sciences (PhD)

Developing a new inorganic proxy to explore trophic dynamics in the past

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Natasha Parent

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Human Development, Learning, and Culture (PhD)

Adolescent Technology Engagement and Mental Health and Well-Being
Jafar Iqbal

Jafar Iqbal

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Educational Studies (PhD)

Social Justice Education for Workers: The Lives Behind the Clothes We Wear
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Terri-Lynn Williams-Davidson, KC

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Law (PhD)

Kil ‘yahda sing.Ga suu | Haida laws ceremony
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Roger Yu-Hsiang Lo

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics (PhD)

From annotation to assessment: Tools for sign language phonetic and phonological research
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John Harvey O'Hara

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Germanic Studies (PhD)

Lives of transgender people in the 19th century
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Georgia Landgraf

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Classics (PhD)

Athenian depictions of Thracian women in art, and how such depictions communicate Athenian attitudes towards this resident alien population.
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Fiana Kawane

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in English (PhD)

Toward lyric disunities: Late modern political ecologies of South Asian diasporic poetry, 1970s to 2000s
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Michelle Gagnon

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Nursing (PhD)

Psychedelic-Assisted Therapy as Experienced by Patients and Providers in Canada: A Narrative Inquiry
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Rivkah Gardner-Frolick

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Mechanical Engineering (PhD)

Quantitative evaluation of local air pollution in collaboration with the Strathcona community to inform environmental injustice concerns.
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Laen Hershler

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Exploring Holocaust Survivor Reflections Through Community-Based Performative Inquiry
Person with a beard and glasses standing outside with snow in the background

Sean O'Rourke

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Forestry (PhD)

zuminstm e tmíxw kt ƛ̓əq̓ƛ̓áq̓tn̓ (“We care for the land of T’eqt’aqtn”): Rebuilding ƛ̓əq̓ƛ̓áq̓tn̓mx (Kanaka Bar Band) Governance and Stewardship through an Indigenous Protected and Conserved Area
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Chloe Grant

Student

Master of Arts in Children's Literature (MA)

Children's Literature featuring representations of Indian Residential schools
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Marsha Masseau

Student

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA)

Culture
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Lindsey Paskulin

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Anthropology (PhD)

The search for ancient chocolate: Using proteomics to identify cacao in archaeological ceramic vessels
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Alyssa Izatt

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (PhD)

The Ethics of Regret
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Jessica Koski

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Resources, Environment and Sustainability (PhD)

Implementation of Indigenous rights to lands & resources
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Risa Tonita

Student

Doctor of Musical Arts in Piano (DMA)

The pianist's self: Political action in piano performance as a relational practice
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Xaanja Free

Student

Master of Library and Information Studies (MLIS)

Indigenous Canadian identity in children's literature --How can Indigenous voices reclaim identity when it has been formed by 'others' who have publicized and educated the world with derogatory stereotypes and rumours?
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Paula Pinzón Hernández

Student

Reducing women’s mortality through knowledge translation: closing the gaps between abortion care and public policy.
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Kayla McIntyre

Student

Master of Arts in Theatre (MA)

Role for Initiative: Roll Playing & Playing a Role

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Zeba Khan

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Women+ and Children's Health Sciences (PhD)

Choices for Alleviating Menstruation-Related Pelvic Pain Study - CrAMPPS
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Jennie Pearson

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Building "Communities of care" under sex work criminalization and beyond: exploring how digital mutual aid supports the health, safety and wellbeing of sex workers in Vancouver, Canada
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Rivkah Gillian Glass

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Religious Studies (PhD)

Epiphany, Conversion, and Women in Second Temple Judaism and Early Christianity
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Darryl Gray

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Social Work (PhD)

Residential schools

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Jay Hilsden

Student

Master of Arts in Anthropology (MA)

Using ancient proteins to identify archaeologically underrepresented fish on the Pacific Northwest Coast
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Addye Susnick

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Political Science (PhD)

Trans Joy and Trans-Formative Justice: Imagining and Enacting Radical Futures
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Samuel He

Student

Master of Music in Orchestral Instrument (MMUS)
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Rachel Vivian Helmer

Student

Master of Arts in Germanic Studies (MA)

Racism and residential school participation in German-language Mennonite literature
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Dante Prado

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Germanic Studies (PhD)

Laughter amidst wars and crises in German modernism
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Fiona Revill

Student

Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing (MFA)
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Madeleine Ransom

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Philosophy (PhD)

Perceptual learning for expertise

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Ritwik Bhattacharjee

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

A critical psychosocial analysis of the Canadian settler-colonial society
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Michelle Chang

Student

Master of Arts in Art History (MA)

Shipwrecked Art Histories, Wet Globalization and Ecocriticism within the Early Modern Period
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Callista Ottoni

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Interdisciplinary Studies (PhD)

Loneliness and social connection: A community-engaged study with older adults during the COVID-19 pandemic using visual and traditional methods
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Veronika Larsen

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in English (PhD)

Studying language surrounding eating disorder treatment resources for recovery

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Chinenye Eze

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Law (PhD)

More Than a Number: The Effect of Human Gene Patents on Medical Research in the United States of America and Nigeria
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Michelle Kamigaki-Baron

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Linguistics (PhD)

Investigating the psycholinguistic connections between Pidgin and ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi
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Eshantha Peiris

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Music, Emphasis Ethnomusicology (PhD)

Up-country Drumming in 20th-century Sri Lanka: a Social History of an Evolving Musical Vocabulary
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Braden Russell

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Germanic Studies (PhD)

Intersections of belonging and identity in queer Jewish German cultural products

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Teilhard Paradela

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in History (PhD)

Audiences Exposed: Communication and Discipline in the Philippines in the late 20th Century
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Nicholas Bartlett

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in French (PhD)

Queer Philology and Medieval Travel Literature: Cultures and Bodies Outside the Heteronormative in Jean de Mandeville's "Livre des Merveilles"
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Nicole Davies

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Integrated Studies in Land and Food Systems (PhD)

Revitalizing Indigenous agricultural food systems through a community-led restorative research model
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Titilope Salami

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Art History (PhD)

Power and Policy in West African Museums: A Comparative Analysis of Nigeria and Senegal
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Oluwaseun Ajaja

Vancouver Coastal Health

LLM - Master of Laws (LLM)

Deliberative democracy and problems of democratic governance in Nigeria

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Laura Brass

Student

Doctor of Philosophy in Language and Literacy Education (PhD)

Immigrant women language teachers’ identities

French Name

Sciences humaines et arts

French Description

Cette division comprend la recherche et le développement expérimental en sciences humaines et arts. Les sciences humaines et arts réfèrent aux disciplines relevant de l'étude des actions et des situations humaines, ainsi que les mécanismes sociaux, économiques et institutionnels touchant l'être humain, dans les domaines des sciences humaines et arts, lesquels incluent l'histoire et l'archéologie et les études connexes; les langues et lettres; la philosophie (y compris l'éthique et la religion); les arts (y compris les arts et l'histoire de l’art, les arts de la scène et la musique), l'architecture et le design; et les autres sciences humaines. La recherche consiste en l'investigation systématique par l'expérimentation ou l'analyse, afin de réaliser un progrès scientifique ou technologique, comme l'acquisition de nouvelles connaissances sur les fondements des phénomènes et des faits observables. Le développement expérimental consiste à réaliser de nouveaux biens, services, systèmes, méthodes ou procédés, ou d'améliorer substantiellement les biens, services, systèmes, méthodes ou procédés existants.