Dr. Bryson is a Professor in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, Faculty of Education. Their research and teaching interests include medical humanities, critical literary theory, academic freedom and collegial governance, queer and trans theory and critical digital literacies.

Heather Joan Tam is an interdisciplinary artist, and a researcher for documentary films on history in British Columbia and Canada, including All Our Father’s Relations (dir. Alejandro Yoshizawa, 2016), the story of the Grant siblings who journey to rediscover their father’s roots in China and understand his relationship with their Musqueam mother, and Incorrigible: The Story of Velma Demerson (dir. Karin Lee, 2022), based on Demerson’s memoir about her illegal incarceration, while pregnant in 1939 under Ontario’s Female Refuges Act for living with her Chinese fiancé as a white woman, and her lifelong quest for justice. Heather was Curator at the Bowen Island Museum & Archives from 2007 to 2013.

Stanley provides logistical, financial, event, and administrative support for the Public Humanities Hub’s various programs and outreach. He has a UBC Master of Arts in History (2021) with a keen interest in public history, community stories, and museum work. His MA thesis primarily used oral history interviews to examine the 1969 riots in Kuala Lumpur. Stanley is engaged with his local community through badminton, freelance translation work, occasional piano performances, and volunteering for various non-profit initiatives.

Serikbolsyn Tastanbek (he/him) is a PhD candidate in Teaching English as a Second Language (TESL) at the University of British Columbia. He has taught English as an additional language and courses on applied linguistics and TESOL in Qazaqstan and Canada. His scholarship explores translanguaging pedagogy, language ideologies, intersectional identities, aiming to make language and literacy education more socially just. Some of his work has appeared in TESOL Quarterly and the Journal of Second Language Writing. He also collaborates with TESOL professionals to promote critical multilingual praxis and supports aspiring graduate applicants and current graduate students through various outreach initiatives.