Community Engagement Directory
This document lists University of Regina faculty, instructors, and staff who have an interest in working with the wider community in research, teaching, or service.
A. Brenda Anderson Women's & Gender Studies and Religious Studies, Luther College E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (306) 585-5170
My research and community engagement focuses on two main areas. First, I work on issues relating to women in religion and specifically women in Islam. I am engaged in a project of interviewing Muslim women on their practices of veiling and not veiling, and their concerns about identities and security in Canada. I also work on interreligious dialogue from feminist perspectives. The second area I focus on is Stolen and Murdered Aboriginal women in Canada, examining global patterns relating to colonialism and sexualized racism manifested epistemologically as well as physically around the world.
Keywords: women, religion, Islam, violence, race
M. Isabel Azzopardi Literacy Facilitator Campus for All, Faculty of Education Email: [email protected]
Campus for All is a pilot program that provides for 9 audit spaces for students with intellectual disabilities during fall and winter semesters.
The steering committee has representatives from Regina Community Living, People First, and Faculty of Education and Registrar’s Office, students and parents.
The instructors and student mentors volunteer. Mentors provide 15 hours of mentorship outside of class, and receive a letter of reference. A facilitator supports the mentors and keeps in communication with the instructors and the students and helps the students network. http://education.uregina.ca/index.php?q=CampusForAll.html
Keywords: literacy
Angelina Baydala Department of Psychology, Faculty of Arts E-mail: [email protected] 1
Phone: (306) 585-4187
Research Interests: cultural, political, and spiritual issues in psychological health, histories and understandings of psychological healing.
Keywords: health, political, psychology
Gloria DeSantis, PhD Saskatchewan Population Health and Evaluation Research Unit (SPHERU) E-mail: [email protected] Phone: 337-3252
I am currently a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow in the field of socio-health at SPHERU. Before academia, I spent 20 years working and volunteering in non-profit social service organizations. I’m interested in working with: marginalized communities, social determinants of health (e.g., poverty, social connectedness), mixing of qualitative and quantitative methods – including participatory action research approaches – in capacity/needs assessments, connecting governments and funders to communities for enhanced public policy-making, searching for "non-mainstream data" to tell a story, community capacity building and healthy communities frameworks, and the importance of and "how to" involve a variety of marginalized populations in community research and planning processes with a view for social change.
Keywords: health, poverty, community development, community-based research
Frédéric Dupré Directeur adjoint / Manager, Engagement communautaire / Community Engagement Institut français E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (306) 337-2357
The Institut français has a Community Engagement sector and strategy to foster mutually beneficial relationships between the University and the stakeholders and organizations of Saskatchewan’s francophone community.
Our strategy of community engagement is a unique way to reinvent the university's social contributions to the francophone community development. It does so through collaborative and advocacy research, academic and cultural programs and by working on projects and partnerships that contribute to the vitality of the university-community relationship.
Keywords: coordinator, francophone, community development
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Fidji Gendron Assistant Professor of Biology Bachelor of Arts in Resource and Environmental Studies Program Coordinator First Nations University of Canada E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (306) 790-5950 ext. 3335
Dr. Fidji Gendron is interested in traditional uses of native plants. She works in partnership with Elders and has developed several booklets on plant medicines. Her latest project is to look at how plants are used to treat skin infection using bioassays and chemical analyses. She is also in charge of the Shared Garden, a community garden where gardeners give some of their crop to the First Nations University of Canada students.
Keywords: biology, plants, health, First Nations
Hirsch Greenberg Department of Justice Studies, Faculty of Arts E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (306) 585-4038
Areas of interest to me include teaching, research and practice: restorative justice, inter- professional and inter-organizational collaboration; housing and homelessness; victim services; justice; community development; community integration of offenders.
Keywords: justice, housing, victims, offenders
Mary Hampton Department of Psychology, Luther College E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (306) 585-4826
Dr. Hampton is the facilitator of the research team and the supervisor of the academic trainees. She is currently a Professor of Psychology at Luther College, University of Regina, and a registered Clinical Psychologist with the Saskatchewan Psychological Association.
Dr. Hampton received her Ed.M. in Counseling Psychology from Boston University in 1980, and her Ed.D. in Counseling and Consulting Psychology from Harvard University in 1987.
Her research and teaching interests include women's health, adolescent sexual health, cross-cultural community development, community psychology, clinical and community psychology, cross-cultural psychology, and humanistic psychology.
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Keywords: psychology, women, sexual health, community development
Yolanda Hansen Community Research Unit, Faculty of Arts E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (306) 585-4084
My interests and work focus on community-based research, community service-learning and general community-university engagement. The Community Research Unit facilitates connections between the community and University of Regina, primarily but not exclusively through the Faculty of Arts. As Coordinator of the CRU, I help facilitate community-based research projects with community and university partners by connecting researchers with interested community groups and facilitating the process. I am also the primary organizer of the annual Arts CARES; a week-long service-learning program held during the February break for Arts students or any U of R student registered in participating Arts classes.
Keywords: Coordinator, service-learning, community-based research
Cindy Hanson Adult Education, Faculty of Education Email: [email protected] Phone: (306) 585-4513
Cindy Hanson is an educator/academic whose community work initially emerged from her rural, Saskatchewan roots but who has worked internationally in over 15 countries in the past two decades. Her teaching interests fall broadly into the category of adult and transformative education. Her areas of emphasis and research are critical education, feminism, communities of practice and international development. Recently she received funding for research on the Prairie School for Union Women, knowledge-sharing on pedagogical practices toward internationalization, and building collaborations with Indigenous communities of practice.
Keywords: adult education, transformative education, feminism, international development, communities of practice
Larena Hoeber Faculty of Kinesiology & Health Studies E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (306) 585-4363
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Teaching interests: In many of the courses I teach (volunteer management, diversity in kinesiology, sport and recreation), I encourage students to be active participants in the community as a means of understanding the concepts delivered in class, and to serve the community.
Research interests: Community sport organizations, sport and recreation volunteers, in/exclusion in sport and recreation
Keywords: community sport, recreation, volunteer management
Margot Hurlbert Department of Justice Studies and Department of Sociology and Social Studies Fellow, Canadian Plains Research Center E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (306)-585-4232
My research focuses on the reduction of people’s vulnerability to climate change specifically in relation to water and societal decisions respecting water. Globally and locally the water ‘crisis,’ accentuated by climate change, is increasingly recognized as a crisis of water governance, or decision making processes of people, government, and business in respect of activities affecting water. One solution is governance through local water committees.
This research explores the role of local water committees in the Prairie Provinces and identifies bridges assisting and barriers facing the committees in their role in water governance and the reduction of risk and vulnerability surrounding climate change.
Keywords: water, climate change, policy
Hussameldin Ibrahim, Ph.D. Assistant Professor - Process Systems Engineering, University of Regina E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (306) 337-3347
Dr. Ibrahim is one of the lead researchers in our world-renowned International Test Centre for CO2 Capture and is a pioneering developer of one of our most successful technologies – one of the world's most effective processes for converting hydrocarbon fuels (e.g. gasoline and natural gas) and bio-based fuels (e.g. glycerol and ethanol) to renewable hydrogen. His research interests include catalytic bio-hydrogen production and purification, CO2-free hydrogen production and catalytic enhanced CO2 capture processes and CO2 utilization. Dr. Ibrahim is widely travelled and has lived, worked and studied in a number of countries spanning Africa, Asia and North America. He has
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professional affiliations to the Association of Professional Engineers and Geoscientists of Saskatchewan (APEGS) and the Project Management Institute (PMI).
Keywords: energy, technology, climate change, science, environment
Dr. Marion E. Jones Department of Economics, Faculty of Arts E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (306) 585-4463
I have expertise in community and economic development, with experience in community-based social welfare policy research, housing and environmental policy research, education policy, and the social exclusion of indigenous peoples. I have conducted community-based research in rural Saskatchewan, Regina, Calgary, Costa Rica, Chile, Nepal and in numerous places in China - particularly with China's indigenous population in its periphery.
Keywords: environment, economics, community development indigenous, community- based research
Darlene M. Juschka PhD Women's and Gender Studies, and Religious Studies, Faculty of Arts E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (306) 585-5280
Darlene Juschka received her PhD in Religious Studies at the University of Toronto with a specific focus on feminisms. Currently she is the acting Coordinator of Women's and Gender Studies at the University of Regina and is a member of the Religious Studies Department. Her research interests include representation, myth and ritual related to concepts of sexuality, gender/sex, and power, among others. She has worked with local and regional organizations such the RESOLVE, Regina Women's Community Centre and Sexual Assault Line, LEAF, Amnesty International, Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation, Daughters of Africa, and Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission.
Keywords: women, religion, sexuality, human rights, violence
Gail Leibel Engaged Learning Coordinator Campion College, University of Regina E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (306) 359-1238
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Campion College and Campion College Campus Ministry invite you to participate in our new Community Service Learning Program. This enjoyable learning program experience is one which involves our students being partnered with community-based agencies to contribute meaningful volunteer service - locally, nationally, and internationally.
It is Campion's goal to have students participate in a community service learning program alongside and relevant to your classes and career goals. To assist in making connections between your community experiences and your university academic and career goals, students will also participate in ongoing reflection exercises during your participation in the program.
Keywords: Coordinator, service-learning
Dr Charity Marsh Director, Interactive Media and Performance (IMP) Labs Associate Professor, Faculty of Fine Arts E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (306) 337-2623
Along with the community arts-based hip hop and interactive media projects facilitated by Charity and her research team, the IMP Labs are also the major sponsor of the ongoing Flatland Scratch Seminar and Workshop Series, as well as the open community hours. www.interactivemediaandperformance.com
Keywords: media, community-based research, arts
Dena McMartin Faculty of Engineering & Applied Science / Environmental Systems Engineering E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (306) 585-4703
Short Statement: My research focuses on water management and treatment. This includes source water protection planning, chemical-free drinking water treatment, and investigating agricultural impacts on water quality and quantity. I also test and evaluate industrial water remediation technologies and support the building of water-related adaptive capacity to climate change.
Keywords: water, technology, environment, climate change
Dr. Kelvin T. W. Ng Engineering and Applied Science Environmental System Engineering E-mail: [email protected]
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Phone: (306) 337-8487
My principal research interests are in the fields of environmental geotechnics and sustainable solid waste treatment. My research focuses on (i) the beneficial reuse of waste materials in civil and environmental applications and (ii) the design, operation and remediation of municipal solid waste landfills and other solid waste containment systems. One of my research goals is to acquire the necessary knowledge that has valuable impact on geo-environmental practice and regulatory policies. I like to establish the theoretical background and framework for the next-generation waste recycling systems which are reliable, cost-effective and environmental friendly. Traditionally the design principles of solid waste containment system have borrowed heavily on past experience and empirical equations. While this approach was accepted in the past for its simplicity, its unreliable performance failed to keep up with today’s emerging environmental standards. I like to provide engineering solutions that are based on sound scientific principles and are practical to implement.
Keywords: science, environment, technology
Dr. Nuelle Novik Faculty of Social Work Email: [email protected] Phone: (306) 585-4573
Research Interests: Aging; death and dying; palliative care; issues related to women and gender; issues related to rural and remote social work; social work practice issues; issues related to immigration; culture and ethnicity; anti-oppressive social work practice.
Keywords: aging, gender, anti-oppressive social work
Fatima Pirbhai-Illich Language and Literacy Education Faculty of Education E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (306) 585-5603
My instructional and research interests are in the allied fields of language, literacy, and assessment within the framework of critical pedagogy. My work with teacher candidates focuses on disrupting issues (with regard to literacy pedagogy, mainstream curricula and assessment practices) arising from racism and colonialism. Currently, I am working towards developing culturally responsive academic curricula, assessment practices, and multi-modal literacies for minoritized and marginalized adolescent youth. Recent work with Saskatchewan Aboriginal Literacy Network, Regina and District Association for Community Living, and Saskatchewan Deaf and Hard of Hearing Services respectively
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focuses on developing culturally responsive assessment, multi-modal literacies for individuals with intellectual disabilities, and bilingual essential and multi-modal workplace literacy practices for the deaf and hard of hearing.
Keywords: language, literacy, disability
Dr. Roger A. Petry Philosophy, Luther College Email: [email protected] Phone: (306) 585-5295
Roger Petry's interdisciplinary thesis work contrasted university innovation for sustainable development in relation to commercialization and free licensing strategies. He is co-coordinator of the Regional Centre of Expertise on Education for Sustainable Development in Saskatchewan (RCE Saskatchewan
* Ethical treatment of productive equipment as it relates to advancing citizenship and autonomy * Free Software and prairie innovation for sustainability * Processes of transition to new production systems including transformational technologies * Education for sustainable development, sustainable livelihoods, and sustainable consumption and production
Keywords: sustainability, environment, technology
Claire Polster Department of Sociology and Social Studies E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (306) 585-4158
My research focuses on the ongoing transformation of Canadian higher education and its implications for the public interest. I have both written about, and been involved in a variety of campaigns to resist, the corporatization of Canadian universities and their transformation from public serving institutions into knowledge businesses. I am involved in a number of projects to enhance and extend the university's ability to meet a range of community needs and interests. Among other things, I was a cofounder of the Faculty of Arts Community Research Unit (CRU) and the University of Regina's University- Community Engagement Network (UCEN). I currently sit on the CRU board and coordinate the UCEN.
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Keywords: university, community-based research, community development
Twyla Salm, PhD Faculty of Education E-mail: [email protected] Phone: (306) 585-4604
My research focuses on how pre-service and in-service human service professions, particularly teachers, support schools, youth, families and communities to improve health and learning through interprofessional collaboration and social action.
Keywords: school, youth, community development, health
Dominique Sarny Directeur, Centre canadien de recherche sur les francophonies en milieu minoritaire (CRFM) Institut français, Université de Regina Email: [email protected] Phone: (306)585-5130
Mon nom est Dominique Sarny. Je suis professeur adjoint, ethnologue et directeur du Centre canadien de recherche sur les francophonies en milieu minoritaire (CRFM) de l’Institut français. J’ai fondé et dirigé l’Institut français de 2002 à 2009 que j'ai inscrit dans une démarche d’engagement université–communauté auprès de la communauté fransaskoise (francophones de la Saskatchewan).
Je m’intéresse au développement des minorités francophones au Canada, plus particulièrement dans l’Ouest canadien, en mettant l’accent sur leurs pratiques et leurs stratégies émancipatrices. Depuis 2005, en étroite collaboration avec l’Assemblée communautaire fransaskoise (ACF), je travaille sur un projet innovateur et audacieux d’alternative de développement rural qui met l’accent sur une approche terroir en Saskatchewan.
Keywords: francophone, collaboration
David Webster International Studies Program, Faculty of Arts Email: [email protected] Phone: (306) 585-5069
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My research concentrates on Canadian foreign relations (at both state and non-state levels) and on the history of Southeast Asia, with a focus on East Timor. I have worked on international human rights, including as coordinator of the East Timor Alert Network/Canada, and most recently in organizing an International Human Rights Film Festival at the university in conjunction with Amnesty International, the Saskatchewan Council for International Cooperation, and others.
Keywords: political, international, human rights
Updated as of September 22, 2011
Additions or information updates should be directed to: Yolanda Hansen, [email protected], or (306) 585-4084
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