9:30 – 11:00 keynote by julia ostertag bl 2030 · friday, february 3, 2017 9:30 – 11:00 keynote...

FacultyofEducationGraduateStudents’Conference2017Friday,February3,2017

9:30 – 11:00 Keynote by Julia Ostertag BL2030

Teaching, Researching, and Tripping in the School Garden:Stories from an Arts-Based Research Metissage

11:00 - 11:15 Coffee Break BL2030 11:15 - 12:15 Student Paper Presentations Session 1 BL2034 Gemma Romano, Sustainable happiness: Exploring the impacts of sustainable living on individual happiness Melissa Twance, Lessons from land and water: Indigenous connections to the mazinaabikinigan at Agawa Rock Elizabeth Boileau, Understanding children’s relationship to insects

12:15 - 1:00 Lunch & Student Poster BL2030Anna Heaps, Return to learning in the classroom: Knowledge and experience of in-service, secondary teachers on mild traumatic brain injuries 1:00 - 2:00 Student Paper Presentations Session 2 BL2034 Varainja Stock, A transformative pedagogy rooted in place: What can we learn from artists in the community? Alison Whately-Doucet, How might an examination of the influence of marketplace ideology on schooling lead to strategies to ameliorate contentious parent/teacher interactions? Antonio Redfern-Pucci, Diplomas for sale: The implications of how universities recruit students 2:00 – 2:15 Coffee Break BL2030 2:15 - 3:45 Student Paper Presentations Session 3 BL2034 Muga Miyakawa, Mindfulness in education: Some ethical considerationsKeri-Lyn Durant, What about death education?Laxmi Pathak, Tensions of dwelling between two worlds: A personal journey Holly Tsun Haggarty, What is taken to be real?

Compelledbytheideathata“teacher”neednotbethefamiliarsolitaryhumanfigureinthefrontofaclassroombutcouldbevarioushumanandmore-than-humanentanglements,JuliaworkedwithstudentteachersandagardenontheUBCcampustocreateconditionsfor“becomingteacherstogether.”Thearts-basedresearchprojectpositionedthegardenandtheteachereducationbuildingasgenerativespacesforaseriesofsite-specificartinstallationsthatsheentitled“Threadssown,grown&given.”Inthispresentation,shewillsharegleaningsfromtheplantandnonhumananimalteachersthatfiguredintheresearchproject(specifically:flax,fireweed,andspiders)anddelveintothedifficultknowledgethatwasknottedintothematerialpracticesofteachingwithgardens,namelythedifficulthistoryofschoolgardens,struggleswithfailure,andrelationshipswithlandinthecontextofsettlercolonialismandtheincreasinglyneoliberalacademy.JuliaOstertaglivesandgardensontheshoresoftheKichisìpi(OttawaRiver)wheresheisraisingtwoyoungchildren,writing,andteachingcoursesrelatedtoteachereducation,garden-basededucation,environmentaleducation,foodeducation,andarts-basedresearch.SheiscurrentlyworkingonacollaborativeresearchprojectwiththeUniversityofOttawa,theOttawa-CarletonDistrictSchoolBoard,andtheOttawaForestandNatureSchool.Shewonthe2016CanadianAssociationforCurriculumStudiesDissertationAward.