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Emily Ashton joined the Faculty of Education as a Lecturer in Early Childhood Education . Ashton is a certified teacher from New Brunswick and was involved in writing and implementing the province ’ s first early childhood curriculum , the New Brunswick Curriculum Framework for Early Learning and Child Care .
She is currently completing her Ph . D . from the University of Victoria . Her dissertation grapples with how ideas about the Anthropocene and childhood form , deform , and reform around each other . More specifically , she looks at child-figures in speculative texts engaging with the end of the world and how anti-black racism and settler colonialism impact imaginaries of survival amidst ecological destruction .
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Before joining the Faculty , Ashton worked on early childhood education projects in Tanzania , South Africa , and Malawi , in both teaching and research capacities . As a settler on Treaty 4 lands , Ashton looks forward to learning the Indigenous histories of this place and building respectful relations with nêhiyawak , Anihšināpēk , Dakota , Lakota , Nakoda , and Métis Peoples and their more than human kin . |
Kyle Robinson joined the Faculty in July 2019 . He is currently completing his Ph . D . in Education ( Special Education ) at Queen ’ s University under the supervision of Dr . Derek Berg and Dr . Nancy Hutchinson , which he hopes to defend by April 2020 . Robinson is certified as a secondary school teacher with teachables in English and History , but has also worked in elementary school settings .
Robinson currently teaches in Inclusive Education , where his courses focus on understanding how to best support students with exceptionalities in the regular classroom , understanding formal psychological assessment , and collaborating with others to create inclusive classrooms .
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Among other interests in inclusive education , Robinson ' s research focuses on the educational advocacy by parents of students with exceptionalities and examining non-academic supports for students with high-incidence hidden exceptionalities ( e . g . learning disabilities , attention-deficit / hyperactivity disorder ). |
Audrey Aamodt is grateful for the opportunity to work more closely with the Elementary Education Program , as a Lecturer . While working on her doctoral thesis , Aamodt has been a sessional instructor for a variety of undergraduate education courses . She is an undergraduate alumni of the Faculty of Education , University of Regina ( 2003 ), holds a Master of Arts in Environmental Education and Communication from Royal Roads University ( 2010 ), and is actively working towards completing her Ph . D . in Curriculum and Instruction ( Faculty of Education , University of Regina ).
As a White-settler descendent of great-grandparents who benefited from treaty-making between First Nations and the Crown , specifically through the Dominion Land Act as homesteaders in Treaty 6 and Treaty 4 , Aamodt is interested in and committed to living treaty relationships and responsibilities . She grapples with embodied and storied tensions of becomingsunsettled , -ethical , and -humble in the contexts of indigenization , decolonization , reconciliation , and treaty education .
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Jill Young-Lee joined the Faculty of Education as the manager of Student Placements and Field Experiences in August 2019 . She completed her B . A . ( Specialized Honors ) in Psychology and Sociology at Guelph University , her B . Ed . at Ottawa University , and her M . Ed . at Capella University in Minnesota .
Young-Lee is a certified Elementary and Secondary school teacher . She began her career in education working primarily in Ontario and Nova Scotia , with multiple other experiences before moving to Saskatchewan with her husband and three children . She joined Prairie Valley School Division as a classroom teacher and Learning Support Teacher before becoming a Curriculum Consultant , Coordinator of Special Projects , and then returning to the school setting as a Vice Principal and Principal .
During her time as a Coordinator , Young-Lee participated in a research project which resulted in her lead of the redesign and development of the Teacher Performance Management Processes for PVSD .
Young-Lee is excited to join the Faculty at the University of Regina and collaborate with colleagues , as well as students who are beginning their journey into education .
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