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Dr. Amanda Wager

Graduate Program

Expertise
community-engaged research
arts-based research
research-based theatre
Applied theatre
language reawakening
language acquisition
literacies and participatory methodologies such as youth participatory action research

Dr. Marti Harder

Health Sciences and Human Services

Expertise
Nursing
Student retention
Community-based educational programs
Organizational change
Mental health
Intersectionality theory
Identity theft

Dana McFarland

Library

Expertise
Open Access and open scholarly practices; digital stewardship and preservation of information contextualized by user and information rights; non-traditional collections

Dr. Aggie Weighill

Recreation and Tourism Management

Expertise
Women's leisure
rural recreation
Rural tourism
climate change impacts on recreation and leisure
the importance of leisure in health and well-being

Dr. Scott Priestman

Bachelor of Education

Expertise
Educational Ethics
Moral Reasoning
Practical Ethics
Critical Thinking

Sarah Lovegrove

Bachelor of Science in Nursing

Expertise
Toxic Drug Crisis
Harm Reduction
Drug Policy related to the Toxic Drug Crisis
Intersectional social justice and advocacy

Dr. Cameron Gordon

Psychology

Expertise
Psychological disorders and treatments
Mindfulness
Positive psychology (the study of human strengths and virtues)

Dr. Bryn Skibo

English

Expertise
Human-animal relations
animalizing language
dehumanizing rhetoric
Anishinaabe (Ojibwe) worldviews
Indigenous-settler relations and history
narrative structure
critical narrative analysis
expat or immigrant experience

Leif Rasmussen

Education Assistant and Community Support Worker

Expertise
Disability
Disability advocacy
Behaviour support
inclusive education
inclusive post-secondary