FACULTY SUCCESSFUL DEFENCES
Dr . Emily Ashton
EVENTS
El Jones Presentation
When Dr . Patrick Lewis attended the virtual
Scholars Strike Canada in September , he attended a panel discussion that included El Jones , a
Dr . Emily Ashton , lecturer ( Early Childhood Education ) has successfully completed her Ph . D . from the University of Victoria . Dr . Ashton ' s research explores how the cultural connections of childhood are being rewritten under conditions of ecological destruction and political uncertainty . Her research seeks to better understand how child figures of public and popular culture entangle with early childhood imaginaries to create particular worlds .
Dr . Audrey Aamodt
spoken word poet , educator , journalist and community activist living in African Nova Scotia . Lewis says , " El ' s comments and insights during that panel session resonated with me . So I followed up with her and asked if she was interested in giving a talk at the U of R , weaving her poetry and scholarship into the session and then doing a follow-up question and answer session . I thought her work could help broaden educators ' understanding of all the moving parts of colonization and racism that are at work in our institutions , structures and practices ."
Dr . Audrey Aamodt , lecturer Elementary Education ) has successfully completed her PhD from the University of Regina . Dr . Aamodt ’ s research explores “ Becomings- Unsettled ? ( Un ) Braiding Settler-Treaty Life Writing .” Aamodt ' s research illustrates White settler-Canadian treaty responsibilities to land , water , air , and treaty partners — both human and more-than-human kin and disrupts White , settler-colonial systems of supremacy and individual settler-Canadian good intentions .
Lewis arranged for El Jones to present " No Life Left Behind : Abolition in the Age of the Woke Industrial Complex " on October 26 , 2020 . Faculty , staff and students of the University of Regina were invited to attend .
" I believe that the arts can be so powerful in the context of politics . Art is political . It is also open . And even though El was dealing with some really difficult and troublesome ideas and events that had happened in the past , the powerful poetry made it easier for White folks to enter into it and hear it ," says Lewis .
Indigenous Graduate Research
Graduate Program Town Hall
Dr . Angelina Weenie Dr . Abu Bockarie Dr . Jerome Cranston Dr . Twyla Salm
In November , Dr . Twyla Salm , Associate Dean of Research & Graduate Programs , hosted a virtual Town Hall for students to share experiences in our graduate program as Indigenous , Black and People of Color .
The third annual Indigenous Graduate Research Event , cohosted by the University of Regina , Faculty of Education and First Nations University of Canada , was held virtually September 30 , 2020 .
Knowledge Keeper Joseph Naytowhow opened the event . Coralee Starlight Cappo ( PhD student ), Sharon Kennedy ( Master ' s student ), and Bill Cook ( Master ' s student ) shared their research .
Salm says , " My hope was that Indigenous , Black , and Students of Colour might engage in a productive dialogue about ways we can support them in the graduate program as well as help us to challenge systemic racism and transform oppressive policies , practices and programs ."
Panel guests Dr . Angelina Weenie , ( nēhiýaw iskwēw , Sweetgrass First Nation ), Dr . Abu Bockarie ( Associate Professor ), Dr . Jerome Cranston ( Dean / Professor ) and two students , Uwakwe Kalu and Peter Turner , were invited to share a few comments about their experiences as Indigenous , Black and People of Colour in the academy . Dr . Weenie says , “ When we talk about race it is to know that we are all part of the circle of life . This is what the Elders tell us … Talking about racism is never easy but it does need to be talked about .”
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