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New Faculty and Staff
Shauneen Pete
Lee Schaefer
Valerie Triggs
Dr . Pete received her B . Ed . from the University of Saskatchewan ’ s ITEP program in 1989 , her M . Ed . from the U of S in 1998 , and her Ph . D . in 2001 from the University of Arizona . Her dissertation explored the experiences of Aboriginal faculty members in the Academy . Dr . Pete has worked in the Faculty of Education at the U of S , and the U of R , as well as in the Department of Women and Gender Studies at the U of R . She was Vice President Academic at the First Nations University of Canada from 2007-2009 , and interim President at FNUC from 2010-2011 . In 2010 and 2011 Dr . Pete was nominated as one of Canada ’ s Top 100 most powerful women . She has extensive teaching experience in the K-12 system , has supported graduate students through committee work , and is a sought after keynote speaker and story-teller in Saskatchewan and throughout Canada . Currently , Shauneen is teaching ECS 350 and EC & I 804 in support of pre-service and in-service teachers . We are delighted to welcome Dr . Pete back to our Faculty to teach and research in the field of Indigenous Education , and Core Studies .
Lee completed his dissertation defense at the University of Alberta on September 14 th , 2012 . His dissertation titled Shifting from Stories to Live By to Stories to Leave By : Conceptualizing Early Career Teacher Attrition as a Question of Shifting Identities focused on the experiences of early career leavers . Lee also completed his Masters at the University of Alberta in which he narratively inquired into the experiences of early career physical education teachers . Lee was a graduate of the University of Regina , Faculty of Education and has experience teaching middle years health , physical education , outdoor education , and social studies . He has also taught Secondary Physical Education Curriculum and Instruction courses at the U of A . He was a recent SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship recipient and has published numerous refereed articles , both sole and co-authored , and presented his work at many national , provincial and international conferences . It is a pleasure to have a graduate of our B . Ed . program return to our Faculty as an accomplished university scholar and teacher . Lee will be working in the H . O . P . E . and Core Studies area .
Valerie is completing her doctoral dissertation at UBC . Using an interdisciplinary and environmental lens , she has examined the significance of art in schools and in teacher education by exploring ecologically activist art education . She completed her M . Ed . in Curriculum Studies at UBC in 2003 . As a mature student , she completed the Middle Years B . Ed . program in the Faculty of Education here at the University of Regina in 1993 . She has 5 years of experience as a classroom teacher in Manitoba and Alberta and served for 8 years as the K-12 Curriculum Co-ordinator for Southwest Saskatchewan School Divisions , now amalgamated as the Chinook School Division . During this time , she collaborated with the Saskatchewan Arts Board , Nekaneet First Nation and the Office of the Treaty Commissioner . While at UBC , she has been a Teaching Assistant , a Research Assistant , and project manager and writer on several large-scale SSHRC funded research initiatives . While doing her doctoral work , she has published five sole authored articles , five collaborative articles and two book chapters and made dozens of refereed conference presentations nationally and internationally . We welcome Valerie back to the Faculty of Education .
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