March 29, 2018
17:35 - 17:40
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Opening and Welcome
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Speaker: Prof. Marta Kobiela
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17:40 - 18:00
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Wielding the double-edged sword: How four graduate students seek to repurpose academic knowledge for emancipation
(Conference Paper Presentation) This symposium addresses the contradictory relationship(s) that four diverse graduate students in education have with the Academy through their personal and political narratives. Their four papers illustrate how qualitative methods/methodologies might be repurposed for emancipatory purposes with social theory: (1) a white Mexican repurposing as relinquishing, (2) a Latina repurposing as resisting, (3) a South-East Asian repurposing as healing, (4) a white neuro-diverse repurposing as revaluing. |
Speakers: Lea Ehret, Daniella D'Amico, Emil Briones and Nelsy Guttierez
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18:00 - 18:15
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Tracking Down Circus Text
(Conference Paper Presentation) Circus arts have glanced through academic study, usually tangentially through histories of performance or cultural studies. Only recently has study into circus arts expanded into more diverse methodological and epistemological questions. This paper describes the challenges of finding academically-recognized text related to circus work based on how circus has been viewed by academics, and how circus has viewed academe in return. |
Speaker: Alisan Funk
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18:15 - 18:30
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Rape culture among gay/queer individuals on dating apps
(Conference Paper Presentation) My research examines sexual violence in LGBTQ+ communities and rape culture on dating apps, focusing on those designed for men who have sex with men (MSM). In a recent qualitative study, I investigated MSM app users’ understandings of and experiences with rape culture online and in person. |
Speaker: Christopher Dietzel
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18:30 - 18:45
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Gallery Walk - Posters Presentation
1. Critical Success Factors of Private Schools Management Practices Quebec secondary four (IV) and five (V) students’ graduation rate is 74% announced (CBC, 2017). To understand what causes students’ dropout and what could be done to increase the secondary students’ graduation rate, a qualitative ethnographic case study methodology will be employed. Data collection tools will be document-analysis, policy-analysis, interview and observations. The key informants will be Schools’ main stakeholders. 2. Integrating Soft Skills to undergraduate business students There is an increasing demand on fresh graduates and prospective employees to be “workplace ready” when transitioning from universities to the labour market. While universities focus on hard-skills readiness, the areas for soft skills development, such as teamwork, initiative, analytical thinking, leadership, work ethics, communication etc., are left untested for new graduates entering the workplace (Beard, Shwieger & Surandran, 2008). The purpose of this research is to investigate how Quebec universities currently support soft skills development and labor market transitions among undergraduate students. A qualitative research will be conducting using semi-structured and focus group interviews for business faculty chairpersons and business undergraduate students. 3. First steps online: learnings from case study The Faculty of Management’s first venture online was recently completed. We examine the case study to distill learnings for the instructor. |
Speakers:
1. Mustafa Ramazan 2. Nada Wehbe 3. Sujata Madan |
18:45 - 19:00
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Break
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19:00 -19:15
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The Research Before the Research: Indigenous Language Revitalization and Community Empowerment
(Community Involvement Presentation) This presentation will discuss my approach to doing community research supporting Indigenous languages revitalization in Kahnawà:ke. I will share the foundational work that needed to take place in order to define my role as a researcher within my own community and the underpinning methodologies guiding my approach. |
Speaker: Kahtehrón:ni Iris Stacey
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19:15 - 19:30
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Excellence, responsiveness, and democratic deliberation: Can the band director have it all?
(Article Presentation) Recent appeals for social justice and democracy in music education are shifting away from traditional instrumental ensembles in order to seek new relevancy. This paper argues that the band room is in fact a vital “rehearsal space” for developing democratic responsiveness, where epistemic standards of excellence are grounded in the social practice of reasoning. |
Speaker: Tessa MacLean
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19:30 - 19:45
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From person-centered care to social justice education in dentistry
(Grant Proposal) Integrating person-centered care into dentistry has been slow. Moreover, the perspectives of patients using free dental clinics regarding dentistry have not been considered. Also, an increase in inappropriate social conduct among dental students has created a need to understand the incorporation of social justice education into dental curricula in Canada. |
Speaker: Nioushah Noushi
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19:45 - 20:00
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Supporting war-affected children
(Conference Paper Presentation) In order to support war affected children we need to understand their contexts and needs. The presentation will provide a theoretical framework (Bioecological Model) as well as main factors that contribute to war-affected children's resilience. |
Speaker: Nagui Demian
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20:00 - 20:15
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A museum-university collaboration to enhance students’ historical consciousness
(Conference Paper Presentation) Museum visits could have a profound impact on formal education, especially implemented within undergraduate history courses. In order to gain knowledge on the potential benefits, this presentation explores the state of research of museum-school collaborations in Canada. Then, it unpacks the questions and objectives of this ongoing doctoral study. |
Speaker: Emmy Côté
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20:15 - 20:25
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Conclusion of Day 1
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Maria-Josée Bran Lopez
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April 12, 2018
17:35 - 17:45
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Opening and Welcome
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Speaker: Prof. Marta Kobiela
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17:45 - 18:00
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An Experimental Study of Learning Etymology: How it Accelerates EFL Learners’ English Vocabulary Expansion
(Article Presentation) This study argues the effectiveness of etymology instruction on vocabulary learning of Japanese learners. Etymology, the study of word origins, has all the attributes of what educational psychologists call meaningful learning. This is a type of learning connected to prior learning making it superior to simple rote learning of vocabulary. |
Speakers: Kensaku Ogata and Nesa Bandarchian Rashti
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18:00 - 18:15
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Native-speakerism and English Education in China’s Higher Education in the Global Context of World Englishes
(Article Presentation) As an ideology obsolete in the global context of World Englishes, native-speakerism has posed challenges to “non-native-English-speaking” Chinese teachers in China and can result in problematic teaching and learning. This paper explores the impact of native-speakerism on post-secondary English education in China, discusses the challenges, and proposes possible solutions. |
Speaker: Lisha Peng
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18:15 - 18:30
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Using Nation Building Calypso to Teach literacy. Educators perspective
(Conference Paper Presentation) This study, using a phenomenological theory approach within the qualitative tradition explores perspectives on the use of calypsos as a pedagogical tool in adult literacy education. The data developed was analysed using Constant Comparative. This approach, using open coding, identified some key themes, which included Responsiveness of Learners; Recollections and Resistance, and Readiness and Reclamation. |
Speaker: Lisa Philip
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18:30 - 18:45
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Mapmaking the Commons: the Approach and Methodology of Paper Places
(Community Involvement Presentation) Paper Places is an introduction to mapmaking from a contemporary art perspective and a discussion about the commons. Paper Places is a conversation and workshop about maps and visual arts where attendees create their own semi-fictional maps that are juxtaposed to real, lived spaces and experiences. |
Speakers: Alex Megelas and Shane Watt
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18:45 - 19:00
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Break
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19:00 - 19:15
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Undergraduate students' perception of extremism
(Grant Proposal) There are many types (e.g. religious, ideological, racial etc.), forms (e.g. violent, non-violent, etc.) and stages (e.g. fundamentalism, radicalism, terrorism) of extremism around the world. Both extremist and counter-extremist groups in Bangladesh are trying to use education, as a soft power, in either promoting or countering extremism. Their concern for using education has made me interested to see how does education play in influencing the students’ perception of extremism. |
Speaker: Helal Hossain Dhali
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19:15 - 19:30
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Rhetoric and Realities in Countering Radicalization in Education: Data from Canada
(Conference Paper Presentation) This paper will discuss the discrepancy between rhetoric in countering radicalization in education and the realities that contradict the aims of the rhetoric. Experiences of youth in Montreal who have joined extremist groups indicate feelings of marginalization in the French school environment pushed them towards radicalization. This is despite Intercultural Education and the Ethics and Religious Culture Programme, which is mandatory for all school children in Quebec. |
Speaker: Xiaoli Jing
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19:30 - 19:45
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Teaching Mathematics to Preterm Children: What are Teachers Doing?
(Conference Paper Presentation) Difficulties in mathematics are one of the educational outcomes of preterm birth. Little is known about how educational professionals position preterm students with mathematical differences or difficulties as learners and doers of mathematics.My talk will discuss existing background research as well as current content and methodological gaps. |
Speaker: Rebecca Pearce
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19:45 - 20:00
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The Aesthetics of Childhood Nostalgia in the Works of Vladimir Nabokov and Wes Anderson
(Conference Paper Presentation) In time for Wes Anderson’s Isle of Dogs, I will revisit my MA work to explore the parallel between Anderson’s meticulous approach to world-creation and that of Vladimir Nabokov. Each having been abruptly severed from a blissful childhood, both auteurs are masters of nostalgia and lament for lost innocence. |
Speaker: Stephanie Pizzuto
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20:00 - 20:15
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A mini-narrative inquiry into graduate student academic identity formation
(Conference Paper Presentation) Graduate students face the challenge of academic identity formation in addition to theoretical framework decisions. Through a mini-narrative inquiry, two novice researchers begin to untangle their own theoretical framework alignments by linking aspects of academic identity to the process. |
Speakers: S. J. Adrienna Joyce and Harini Narayanan
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20:15 - 20:25
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Conclusion of the Symposium
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Sima Sibah
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