Dr. Erin Goheen Glanville
Affiliate with the Centre for Migration Studies and 2021 Public Humanities Hub Public Engagement Award Honorable Mention
“To me, public scholarship is about choosing projects based on relational responsibility, communicating the significance and benefits of our research for people outside our scholarly community, and leveraging the resources of the university to support the work that is already being done in communities. It’s not just about getting our research into public spaces; it’s about serving public conversations with the concrete resources of the university.”
Sessional Lecturer, Linguistics and 2021 Public Humanities Hub Public Engagement Award Winner
“To me as a linguist it means how I can use language to address certain social problems. Imagine using the Swahili language here in BC to create a platform for cross-cultural understanding. Isn’t that cool? I can therefore define public scholarship as intellectual activities that support public good including fueling debates about language, culture, gender disparity and artistic works. That is what I value and believe to be the true meaning of public scholarship.”
Dr. Michelle Stack (EDUC) and Dr. Caroline Shenaz Hossein (U of T) advocate for moving existing educational models from a rankings-based system to a cooperative framework.
