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CIRCLe 2018 Symposium
From June 2017 to May 2018, I was lead organizer of a one-day symposium on the role of e-portfolios in higher education. "Capture, Integrate, Reflect and Connect to Learning ePortfolios" (CIRCLe 2018) was hosted by the UBC Faculty of Arts and the Centre for Teaching, Learning and Technology (CTLT) and took place during UBC's 10th annual Celebrate Learning Week.
Research Project/Residency "Participating with Beuys"
In September 2015, I participated in a week-long intensive residency on digital media concepts for art education at Museum Schloss Moyland in Bedburg-Hau, Germany. I was one of 30 participants chosen from 300 applicants. Participants from Germany, Russia, Switzerland, Poland, Scotland, Serbia, Bosnia, Georgia, Lithuania, and Turkey.
Exhibition Project "QR_U (an open school) ~ Questions, Responses & Unofficial Conversations"
An interactive social practice art and exhibition project I created with fellow artists Lois Klassen, Elisa Yon, and Adam Stenhouse. The project existed as a 10-day school-within-a-school at Emily Carr University of Art & Design in December, 2011 and online at http://qruopenschool.ca/. Participants were presented with a series of questions about their relationships with art, learning and technology.
Book Chapter in 'Routledge Handbook of Intercultural Arts Research' (2016)
I co-wrote a book chapter called "Intercultual Exchange: Interventions and Intraventions of Practice Based Research" published in Routledge Handbook of Intercultural Arts Research by Routledge in the UK.
InSEA Doctoral Research Award in Art Education (2017)
Awarded from the International Society for Education through Art (InSEA). The award recognizes an outstanding doctoral thesis in the field of visual arts education.
Art Courses Taught
Selected art teaching experience spanning 1999 to 2016, including courses from UBC, Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Simon Fraser University, Langara College and Columbus State University.
Design Courses Taught
Selected design teaching experience spanning 2001 to 2016, , Emily Carr University of Art & Design, Langara College and Columbus State University.
MFA (2000)
Projects and skills that are closely related to what I learned during my Master of Fine Arts degree.
PhD (2013)
Projects and skills that are closely related to what I learned during my PhD studies in the Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, Faculty of Education, UBC where I focused in the area of art pedagogy in higher education.