Education News | Page 7 migration and settlement in the prairies . Another project involves exploring the concept of social support of 2SLGBTQ + faculty and staff at the University of Regina to contribute to the development of EDI related programs . Fritz is working on a manuscript about global transfeminisms , and the experiences of Filipino trans women during COVID-19 pandemic . She is also developing a graduate level course called Critical Social Work Practice with 2SLGBTQ + communities , to be taught Winter 2024 with the Faculty of Social Work . Another area of her research involves 2SLGBTQ + poverty and healthcare services .
Dr . Christie Schultz is currently the dean of the Centre for Continuing Education and an associate professor in the Faculty of Education . Since the early 2000s , Christie has participated in panel conversations , primarily in university classrooms , that have focused on gender and sexual diversity . In her work as a professional and an academic serving in a leadership role at the University , Christie works on being visible . " I think it is important to be who I am at work , to be a positive example of an out queer woman , especially for the next generation of scholars and leaders in higher education ," she says .
Dr . j wallace skelton is an assistant professor in queer studies in education . j has been addressing matters of sexual orientation and gender identity for 20 years , though as a queer and trans person , j has been engaging in systems of education for much longer . j ' s work has included supporting and training students and staff teams , policy writing , research , piloting a high school gender course , conference organizing , planning for organizational change , mentoring teachers , running groups for trans and nonbinary children , human rights investigations , and assessing external partnerships .
j ' s master ' s thesis examined trans and nonbinary characters in children ' s picture books . The findings led j to launch a press to publish the books that j and j ' s husband wanted to see . With the understanding of the importance of listening to children and believing them , j ' s PhD research invited gender independent and trans , nonbinary ( GIaNT ) children to show and tell what learning would be like if they were able to create it .
As a new faculty member , j says , " I ' m currently very engaged in thinking about what it might mean for us to be a Faculty that celebrates sexual and gender diversity , and how to do that . There is a lot of faculty support for this , and I ' m doing it with others , and it feels like an exciting place of possibility . We ' ve not provided the support people need ; we ' ve not