KEY JOB COMPETENCIES

RESEARCH

• 8 years’ experience as a principal researcher.
• Experienced at using multiple methodologies (e.g., narrative inquiry, content analysis, discourse analysis, CBPR) and methods (e.g., interviews, conversations, case studies, focus groups, integrated knowledge mobilization and translation iKM/KT, systematic literature reviews).
• Experienced in working with marginalized populations.
• Respected for my commitment to open access.

PROJECT MANAGEMENT

• Known for using project management to juggle multiple projects and conflicting diverse priorities.
• Designed project management systems to complete my MA and PhD programs on time.
• 20+ years’ experience in profit and non-profit settings coping with multiple demands that required priority setting and conflict resolution while working under budget constraints and deadlines.
• Experienced in all project management phases from initiation to closure.

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT

• Respected community builder who respectfully engages with diverse stakeholders.
• 10+ years’ experience with facilitation, community building and trauma-informed engagement.
• Demonstrated ability to be resilient, flexible, and creative in approaching complex problems.
• Known as an inclusive leader who successfully collaborates on day-to-day and strategic levels.
• Designed and given 30+ presentations, guest lectures, workshops, and courses.
• Created a free webinar series to engage communities in advancing EDI and social class diversity in Canadian universities.

KNOWLEDGE TRANSLATION

• 7+ years’ experience designing and implementing knowledge mobilization strategies.
• Known for drawing on my communications and research background to engage with audiences.
• Recognized for my community-based doctoral research that had regional, national, and international impact.
• Portfolio: www.echoesofpoverty.com

EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMMING

• 10+ years’ experience developing education initiatives including courses, seminars, and webinars.
• Developed feedback models integral to learning experiences.
• Known for utilizing multiple methods to enhance learning from storyboarding to lesson plans and which meet organizational objectives.
• Respected as an engaging educator who creates programming and spaces that are inclusive and create a sense of belonging.
• 8+ years focused on advancing EDI and inclusion in private and public organizations.
• Ensure research and education frameworks are grounded in anti-discrimination and intersectionality frameworks.

PEOPLE LEADERSHIP

• Successful record of advancing equity, diversity, inclusion, and decolonization.
• Appreciated for my leadership style that focuses on meeting organizational strategic visions and goals.
• 10+ years of experience in recruiting, managing, and retaining staff and volunteers

ADMINISTRATION AND PLANNING

• Planned, organized, and promoted special events and conferences that met institutional goals and objectives.
• Respected for designing and managing systems from financial analysis to collaborations between stakeholder groups.
• Oversaw substantive budgets and developed financial tracking systems to ensure the effective utilization of finances.
• Created program reports for boards, committees, and external project partners.

EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION & BELONGING (EDIB)

Central to my community-based, action-oriented education-equity, research and knowledge mobilization is a beyond acronyms approach that connects human rights, decolonization, intercultural connectedness, and belonging to EDIB.

RELEVANT CAREER HIGHLIGHTS

Roles:

• Engage in trauma-informed and peer-engaged practices.
• Represent MtS and LivEx at local and national events.
• Develop and equity-based bursary policies and procedures.
• Manage the education programming budget.
• Develop and implement plans to help students with lived experience of homelessness advance their scholarship.

09/2013-Present — Teacher and Facilitator

Universities, non-profits, public organizations

• Develop and teach in-person and online courses, guest lectures, presentations on topics ranging from poverty discrimination, gender, social class stratification, research methodologies and methods, knowledge democracy, sales, collaboration and developing careers.

09/2013-2021— Principle Researcher

University of Alberta (Edmonton) & University of Victoria (Victoria)

Roles: Oversaw the initiation, planning, execution, and completion of qualitative research projects focused on systemic inequality and inequity based on the intersection of Indigenous discrimination, racism, sexism, ageism, ableism, and classism.

Results:

• Created research ethics protocols and impactful recruitment strategies and materials.
• Ensured research frameworks are grounded in anti-discrimination, Gender Based Plus Analysis (GBA+) and intersectionality.
• Won substantial scholarships and awards for excellence and contributions to EDI in higher education and communities.
• Appreciated for building relationships based on collaboration, respect and mutual trust in research.
• Respected for my training initiatives to advance EDI.
• Educated myself on the Canadian Human Rights Act, Federal Employment Equity Act and other legislation as it pertains to equity for marginalized populations/
• Known for my research knowledge mobilization, dissemination, and translation to academic and non-academic communities.

1998-2014 — Communications Director

Jam Inc. (Edmonton)

Roles: Creative direction, communications, writing, marketing, budgeting, sales, client relations, project management, conference marketing and communications.

Results:

• Won graphic design and business development awards.
• Developed a reputation for delivering results that led to referral and repeat business.
• Generated sales that built and sustained the business.
• Maintained an environment that fostered creativity and collegiality.
• Developed and managed business and project budgets.

1995-1998 — Communications Coordinator

Merit Contractors Association (Edmonton)

Roles: Communications. Project management. Budgeting. Graphic design. Writing. Organizing workshops, training sessions and conferences. Participating on committees.

Results:

• Actively engaged in membership recruitment and retention.
• Supported the Association to achieve financial stablility.
• Developed communications and marketing strategies to increase the cost-effective utilization of the benefit plan.
• Branded Merit as a leader in the industry.
• Successfully promoted educational programs and diverse services.
• Respected by the Board of Directors for consistently achieving results.
• Appreciated for organizing and promoting sold-out international conferences.
• Respected by the Board of Directors for consistently achieving results.
• Developed a communications plan for the new Employee and Family Assistant Program for construction workers and families that resulted in unprecedented usage and destigmatized mental health in a male dominated construction industry.

1992-1995 — Accountant       

Merit Contractors Association                    Edmonton, AB

Roles: Developed GAAP accounting and financial tracking systems for the Association and two other interrelated associations.

Results:

• Respected for my accounting and financial skills in developing and designing systems to effectively utilize limited resources and balance budgets.
• Known for systems developed to mitigate potential fraud and misuse of membership funds.
• Respected for my ability to develop relationships with vendors and negotiate contracts for the benefit of the membership.
• Financial analysis led to substantive cost savings allowing the Association to create an arm’s-length association to take over the benefit plan administration.
• Appreciated for designing and implementing database systems that streamlined processes, identified bottlenecks, and helped achieve strategic plans and goals.
• Consistently recognized by auditors for having exemplar accounting systems and reporting.

POLICY CONTRIBUTIONS

• Faculty of Education, University of Victoria (2022). Advancing social class diversity and addressing poverty discrimination contribution to equity, diversity, inclusion and decolonization (EDID) policy(https://www.uvic.ca/education/assets/docs/edid_fullstatement.pdf.):

“The Faculty of Education also commits to approaching EDID from an intersectional lens. As such, advancing […] social class diversity (inclusive of poverty discrimination) […] aligns with our EDI mission of working together to address all forms of discrimination.”

• Criteria for the assessment of department graduate associate dean candidates. Faculty of Education, University of Victoria (2020).
• Criteria for the assessment of department chair candidates. Department of Sociology, University of Victoria (2018).
• Criteria for the assessment of vice-provost candidates. University of Victoria (2018).

EDUCATION

2021      Doctor of Philosophy: Education — University of Victoria

2017      Master of Arts: Sociology — University of Alberta

2015      Bachelor of Arts: Sociology — University of Alberta

2012      Bachelor of Arts: Theatre/English — Dalhousie University

1992      Diploma: Information Systems Design & Analysis — Lethbridge Community College

1985      Diploma: Accounting — Grant MacEwan Community College

FELLOWSHIPS

2021 – 2022 — Collaborative Housing Research Network Emerging Housing Scholar

McMaster University

2020 — Open Knowledge Fellowship

Electronic Textual Cultures Lab, University of Victoria

2019 — Open Knowledge Practicum

Electronic Textual Cultures Lab, University of Victoria

CERTIFICATIONS

2022 — Change it Up (CiUP) facilitator certification

2022 — MobilizeYU: Introduction to Knowledge Mobilization (KM)

York University

2021 — Communicating and Relating More Effectively Across Social Class Barriers

The California Training Institute

2017 — Teaching Assistant certification

Learning and Teaching Centre, University of Victoria

2008                      

Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW) Facilitator

Instructional Skills Workshop (ISW)

Centre for the Advancement of Faculty Excellence, MacEwan University

RESEARCH PROJECTS

2013 – 2021 — Principal Researcher                                 

University of Alberta & University of Victoria

Oversaw the initiation, planning, execution, and closure of qualitative research projects focused on systemic inequality and inequity based on the intersection of Indigenous discrimination, racism, sexism, ageism, ableism and classism.

Results:

• Created research ethics protocols and impactful recruitment strategies and materials.
• Ensured research frameworks are grounded in anti-discrimination, Gender Based Plus Analysis (GBA+) and intersectionality.
• Won substantial scholarships and awards for excellence and contributions to EDI in higher education and communities.
• Appreciated for building relationships based on collaboration, respect and mutual trust in research.
• Respected for my training initiatives to advance EDI.
• Educated myself on the Canadian Human Rights Act, Federal Employment Equity Act and other legislation as it pertains to equity for marginalized populations.
• Known for my research knowledge mobilization, and translation to academic and non-academic communities.
• Experienced in multiple qualitative and quantitative methodologies and methods: narrative inquiry, discourse analysis, content analysis, CBPR, semi-structured and structured question, focus groups.

2017–2021 — CBPR (case studies, autoethnography, research conversations, focus groups, integrated knowledge mobilization and transltion iKMb/KT) Pushing privileged pillars in Canadian universities

2019 — Jurisdictional scan (academic and grey literature reviews) Funding approaches with Indigenous partners providing Indigenous Early Years Service (research for the British Columbia Ministry of Children and Family Development)

2016–2017 — Narrative inquiry (ongoing research conversations, autoethnography, narrative analysis) Echoes of poverty: Composing lives in higher education

2016 — Visual anthropology (co-created a micro-documentary with Dallas Hauck) Move along: Outsiders telling the stories of Others https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OzBe2oCOxEU

2016 — Quantitative (PISA data, analysis using R) I’m too stupid to learn math: Math anxiety and the relationship to socioeconomic factors in adolescent learners

2014 — Qualitative exploratory project (semi-structured interviews, literature review) Barriers and challenges low socioeconomic status students face as they transition into and through Canadian universities

2014 — Online discourse analysis Media portrayals of White Trash: Welfare Queens, pregnant teens and unclean scenes—the “Honey Boo Boo” phenomenon

2013 — Narrative analysis (academic and grey literature reviews) The search for subversive class-based humour

2020-2021 — Research Assistant                                      

Athabasca University

Project: Sustainability in Higher Education Institutions (content analysis)

Principal Investigator (Canada): Dr. Eduardo Ordonez-Ponce

This research explores how Canadian and Australian business and management schools in higher education institutions are integrating sustainability and the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals into their teaching and research agendas.

Roles:

• Conduct a scoping review of selected business and management schools’ UN sustainability reports.
• Take project team meeting minutes.
• Create a citation management system using Zotero.

2020-2021 — Research Assistant                                      

University of Victoria

Project: Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Resources for Research Plans (scoping review, KMb graphic design, develop intersectional EDI models)

Research Organizers: Office of Research Services

EDI is becoming a central component of all federal Tri-Agency funding. Phase one of this project includes the development of a survey to understand the university’s current EDI climate and researchers’ needs followed by online focus groups and workshops. Based on collected information, needs-based resources will be created so that researchers can develop fulsome EDI plans in their funding proposals.

Roles:

• Conduct a scoping review of local EDI resources, policies, procedures and strategic plans.
• Share my research and EDI literature reviews.
• Collaborate to define and implement intersectionality theories and lenses.
• Graphic design of communication materials.
• Collaborate in developing EDI-based resource protocols and tools.

2016 — Research Assistant                                      

Athabasca University

Project: Undocumented Migrant Workers in Alberta: Experiences and Consequences (CBPAR, interviews, focus groups)

Principal Investigator: Dr. Jason Foster, Assistant Professor

Roles:

• Contacted key advocates and community groups working with undocumented workers.
• Participated in advocacy groups’ roundtable meetings.
• Assisted in organizing workshops with advocates to establish research questions and processes.
• Determined ways to find and approach undocumented workers, how to develop relationships between researchers and advocates and how to utilize grant funding to benefit project partners.
• Prepared workshop summary reports for advocacy participants.
• Conducted literature reviews and produced annotated bibliographies.

SPECIAL INTERESTS

2021-Present — Emerging Housing Scholar

Collaborative Housing Research Network (CHRN)

2018-Present — Founder & Mentor

www.ShoestringInitiative.com

This is the first-of-its-kind grassroots solidarity movement creating communities of mentorship, belonging, support, intercultural connectedness, and advocacy for poverty-class university students.

EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP PHILOSOPHY

The essence of my educational leadership philosophy lies in a relational, community-based way of being where a leader is willing to stand on shaky ground so they can imagine otherwise. That is, I actively seek possibilities and knowledge beyond the world and position I inhabit, with a goal of contributing to shaping socially just and inclusive post-secondary landscapes. I practice servant leadership; that is, being in service to others.

Educational leadership from this framework embodies a coming alongside, not imposing upon, community members. As such, the foundation of my educational leadership philosophy is grounded in decolonizing education and understandings of what constitutes formal and experiential learning. This definition of leadership offers all higher education members an environment to realize their dreams without erasing their identities. I honour lives in the making and the rich mosaic of knowledges that exist but are too often excluded. Within this framework of leadership, education is by and for community.

TEACHING HOLISTICALLY: ACADEMIC TEACHING EXPERIENCE

WORKSHOP DEVELOPMENT & FACILITATION

Laberge, E. J., Potts, S., & Annan, J. (2022, February 7). Coming home to class. Emerging Scholars Conversation, Collaborative Housing Research Network (CHRN) [Online].

GUEST LECTURES

Laberge, E. J. (2022, July 18). Tattoos, Starbucks, avocado toast, and other baloney [Guest lecture]. EDCI 490: Transformative Inquiry, Faculty of Education, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2022, June 9). Considerations of Poverty and Social Class [Guest lecture]. Inclusive Worldviews: Teaching fairly in an unfair world. Secondary Summer Institute, Faculty of Education, Department of Curriculum & Instruction, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Laberge, E. J., & Christou, A. (2022, January 19). Un/Doing Social Justice: Engaging in an ethical academic practice as a doctoral researcher [Guest lecture online]. Middlesex University, UK.

Laberge, E. J. (2021, August 11). Knowledge democracy: Community engagement with the Other 99% [Guest lecture]. Community Engagement Foundations for Graduate Students, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada [Guest lecture online].

Laberge, E. J. (2020, June 1). The underclass sisterhood of solidarity pedagogies of hope [Guest lecture (Virtual)]. Pedagogies of Hope, Middlesex University, UK.

Laberge, E. J., & Thomas, C. (2020, December 17). Sifting through your perspectives to radical imagination [Guest lecture]. Community Engagement Foundations for Graduate Students, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada [Guest lecture online].

Laberge, E. J. (2020, August 7). Classing community engagement. Community Engagement Foundations for Graduate Students, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada [Guest lecture online].

Laberge, E. J. (2018, October 1). Homeless deterrence technology and … [Guest lecture for NDP MP Laurel Collins, ABD]. Social class and inequality (SOCI 215), Department of Sociology, University of Victoria. BC, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2016, August 3). Media portrayals of social class [Guest lecture for Susan Cake, ABD]. Introductory Sociology (SOC 100), Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2016, May 31). Global Inequality: Poverty on international and national stages [Guest lecture for Dr. Jeff Brassard]. Introduction to the Sociology of Globalization (SOC 269), Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2016, March 22). Understanding the experiences of university students: Beyond statistics, fairy tales, and neoliberal ideologies [Guest lecture for Dr. Michelle Maroto]. Social Inequality and Stratification (SOC 260), Department of Sociology, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

TEACHING ASSISTANTSHIPS

2018, Winter — Self, Identity, and Society (SOCI 204)

Dr. André Smith, Department of Sociology, University of Victoria

2018, Fall — Introduction to Professional Practice (COM 204)

2017, Fall — Peter B. Gustavson School of Business, University of Victoria

Results: Used my business, marketing, and career experience to provide concrete examples for students on how to refine their personal branding materials. Encouraged students to craft results-orientated resumes and profiles. Delivered grading per the short turnaround timelines.

2017, Fall — Introduction to Sociology (SOCI 100)

Dr. Bruce Ravelli, Department of Sociology, University of Victoria

Roles: Taught three sections of tutorials per week (95% attendance rate), developed and taught tutorial subject matter complementary to the core course (e.g., systemic inequality, media portrayals of social issues, globalization, qualitative methods), taught students the foundations of academic writing, guided students in exam preparation and writing, mentored students, supported marginalized students and created an engaging learning environment.

Results:

• Over 95 percent student attendance at non-mandatory tutorials.
• Developed and taught student-centred classes that engaged students in exploring key sociological in contemporary times.
• Used creative methods to ensure classroom inclusivity.
• Created and facilitated opportunities for students to individually and collectively explore lived experiences, wonders, intersectional frameworks, sociological interests, knowledge, and research paper topics.

2017, Winter — Sociology of Gender (SOC 301)

Dr. Robyn Lee, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta.

Roles: Supported students, graded essays, marked multiple choice, short-answer and long-answer exams, attended classes and taught students how to write papers.

2016, Fall — Sociology of Aging (SOC 375)

Dr. Herb Northcott, Department of Sociology, University of Alberta

Roles: Supported students, proctored exams, attended classes, taught students how to write papers and managed course e-class website

Results:

• Supported precarious academic-standing-students in writing papers, learning study skills, developing note taking strategies, and gaining confidence.
• In particular, I mentored five socioeconomically marginalized students who successfully completed the course, excelled on their essays and raised their GPA.
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2017 — Introductory Sociology

TYP, Aboriginal Student Services, University of Alberta

Roles: Mentored Indigenous students to learn sociological concepts, terminology, theories, and qualitative and quantitative research methods; supported students in learning note taking and multiple-choice exam strategies; taught students how to write papers.

SESSIONAL INSTRUCTOR

2006 – 2008 — Project Lead–The Business of Writing

Professional Writing Program, Grant MacEwan College

• Developed a curriculum, with three main components, unique to North America, and adopted by the department: communications, graphic design, and sales.
• Created a student-responsible and introspective learning experience.
• Developed an instructor manual and student website.
• Developed unique feedback and class review models that were an integral learning component of the curriculum.
• Ensured a safe and respectful learning environment for students from diverse backgrounds.

ADVANCING EQUITY, DIVERSITY, INCLUSION & BELONGING IN CANADIAN UNIVERSITIES AND SOCIETY

INTERNATIONAL COLLABORATIONS

2020–2021 — International Online Working Class Academics Conferences

Co-organized and promoted the conference in conjunction with academics from the UK, USA, Australia and Canada. The conference is a celebration of people from poverty- and working-class heritages through multiple forms of engagement. The 2021 conference was the first time that Canada had a delegation at the conference that focused on social class. Our conference theme was “Canadians Working in Class.” This conference was by donation to ensure that no one was excluded from participating as presenters or attendees.

SHOESTRING INITIATIVE

In 2017, based on my master’s research, created this initiative. This is the first-of-its-kind grassroots solidarity movement creating communities of mentorship, belonging, support, intercultural connectedness, and advocacy for Canadian university students from a poverty-class heritage.

2020–Present: String it Together: Finding togetherness in community on the education digi-scape

Free webinar series that explores higher education and societal issues. Recordings are at http://www.shoestringinitiative.com

Dental Care Beyond a Hope and a Prayer

Dr. Rafael Bustamante, DDS, Signature Dental, Edmonton, AB: October 2021

Poverty through Poetry

Dr. Carmen Rodriguez de France, Faculty of Education, Social Justice Studies, Latin American Studies, Indigenous education, University of Victoria: Apr, 2021

Creating a Culture of Care in Community Colleges

Dr. Russell Lowrey-Hart, President, Amarillo College, Texas: Apr, 2021

Class Matters

Dr. Andrew Sayer, Professor Emeritus, Lancaster University, UK: Mar 1, 2021

Yes, we want and we can. Roma/Gypsies in Spanish Universities. Sí, queremos y podemos. Gitanos y gitanas en las universidades españolas.

CampusRom, Catalonia, Spain: Feb 11, 2021

Ragged University: The Means to Organise Education Beyond Money

Alex Dunedin, Director, The Ragged University, Scotland: Jan 15, 2021

Knowledge Democracy and Higher Education

Dr. Budd L Hall, Co-Chair of the UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education; Professor Emeritus, School of Public Administration, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada: December 4, 2020

The Peasant Academic

Danuta Charland, PhD Candidate, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA: Nov 5, 2020

The Yo-Yo Method of Advocacy – Class Consciousness Edition

Akanksha Bhatnaga, Canadian Association of College and University Student Services, Ottawa, ON, Canada: Oct 27, 2020

String it Together: Finding Togetherness in Community on the New Education Digi-scape

Student (re)orientation : Sep 8

Keynote Speaker: Sarah Potts (BA, UVic), City of Victoria Councillor

Special Guests:

• Charity Slobod (MA, BA), Community Connect Lead & Professional Development Coordinator, Faculty of Graduate Studies, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada
• Lisa McKenzie (PhD), Durham University, Durham, England, UK. Author: “Getting By: Estates, class and culture in austerity Britain” (2015, Bristol University Press) and “Class Cleansing: Grieving for London” (2019, Policy Press)
• Alexandra Ages (BA, UVic), Master’s student, Max Bell School of Public Policy, McGill University, Montréal, Québec, Canada

2019 — Living in the Margins of Post-Secondary Education interactive exhibit

5 Days of Action, Equity & Human Rights, University of Victoria: Nov 5 & 8

Event Designer and Organizer: Elaine J Laberge, Shoestring Initiative Founder

Event Description: To understand inequality and inequity, this interactive exhibit provided an opportunity to engage in conversations about the oppressive role of social class. “Living in the Margins of Post-Secondary Education” facilitated space to participate and reflect on the experiences of students who are living or have lived in poverty actively or reflexively. This was an opportunity to learn about students who invisibly continue to exist, grow, and create their own space within the margins of Canadian universities.

2020, 2019 — Magic Happens When You Learn with a Librarian

University of Victoria Library: Jan 7, 2020 & Oct 22, 2019

Event Designer and Organizer: Elaine J Laberge, Shoestring Initiative founder

Event Description: Pia Russell (MA, BA, UVic Librarian) and Elaine J Laberge designed these special library sessions for UVic and Camosun College “poverty-class” students. Pia covered a wide-range of topics to inform, shape, and guide students’ research, paper writing and overall school work. She guided students in using the library and its many resources. Pia shared why libraries and librarians are essential to learning.

2019 — Weeks-of-Welcome student orientations

University of Victoria: Aug 30 (mature, transfer and graduate), Sep 3 (undergraduate)

Baked and handed out 600 double chocolate chip “Dewey” cookies to students, professors, instructors, administrators and support workers to raise awareness of the need for a community of mentorship, support, belonging and advocacy for people at UVic with lived experiences of persistent poverty.

2019 — Grassroots Picnic on the Quad

University of Victoria: Apr 24

This was an opportunity to occupy the quad, support folks with lived experiences of poverty and raise awareness.

2019 — Indigenous Academic & Community Engagement luncheon

Event Description: Was invited to host a lunch with 200+ non-Indigenous and Indigenous students at the First Peoples House located on the Songhees, Esquimalt and WSÁNEC peoples’ sacred territory. Cooked homemade food for Elders, students, professors and staff to connect with non-Indigenous UVic community members. Goals included learning about decolonization, Indigenous ways of being and the Shoestring Initiative. Sep 25

PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS

Laberge, E. (2021, November 10). Using community-based research to carve out your career path [Virtual Presentation]. Invest in Your Future Career Symposium 2021, University of Alberta, Faculty of Graduate Studies & Research, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

KNOWLEDGE MOBILIZATION AND TRANSLATION

SPECIAL EVENT PRESENTATIONS

Laberge, E. (2022, October 14). Bracketing [Community] in community-based participatory research [Virtual Workshop Presentation & Facilitation]. Communities of Practice, Community Based Research Canada, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Laberge, E. (2022, June 27). Radical research poster design [Virtual Workshop Presentation]. unBoring Knowledge Mobilization, Making the Shift Scholars with Lived Experience Network, Victoria, BC, Canada.

ACADEMIC CONFERENCE PRESENTTIONS

Laberge, E. (2021, June 2). Fad or fetish?: The curious case of “distressed” jeans [Virtual Conference Presentation]. Canadian Sociological Association Annual Conference, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2020, May 7). Stringing together a community of belonging [Virtual Conference Presentation]. Fostering Community, Democracy and Dialogue through Adult Lifelong Education, Centenary Commission Adult Education – Research Circle (UK).

Laberge, E. J. (2021, April 28-29). Trickle down poverty discrimination in Canadian universities [Virtual Conference Presentation]. Poverty and the Sustainable Development Goals: From the Local to the Global. The Sixth Peter Townsend Memorial Conference, Bristol, UK.

Laberge, E. J., & Thomas, C. (2021, February 19). We’re trying to work in poverty-class in Canada [Virtual Conference Presentation]. The Texas Center for Working-Class Studies Seventh Annual Conference, McKinney, Texas. (Cancelled due to the storm in Texas).

Laberge, E. J. (2021, April 28). Trickle down poverty discrimination in Canadian universities [Virtual Conference Presentation]. Poverty and the Sustainable Development Goals: From the Local to the Global. The Sixth Peter Townsend Memorial Conference, Bristol, UK.

Laberge, E. J. (2020, October 2). From utterly devoid of imagination to radical imagination [Conference Session]. #CHEN2020: Creative ecologies, creative futures, Australia (Virtual).

Laberge, E. J. (2020, July 16). No landscape for a good underclass woman [Virtual conference session]. First International Online Working Class Academics Conference, Zoom. https://echoesofpoverty.com/blog/

Laberge, E. J. (2019). Coming out of the social underclass closet [Conference session]. 15th International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, IL, USA.

Laberge, E. J. (2019, June). How do you know it’s not fiction?: Interrupting dominant poverty-classed narratives through fictionalization [Conference session]. International Society for the Study of Narrative, University of Navarra, Pamplona, Spain. (I could not attend due to a lack of social and financial support).

Laberge, E. J. (2018, November 19). #Neoliberal occupy movement: Bunkering down on homeless deterrence technology [Conference session]. The Pacific Housing Research Network (Housing Central 2018: BC’s Affordable Housing Conference), Vancouver, BC, Canada. (I could not attend due to a lack of social and financial support).

Laberge, E. J. (2018, August 12). The echoes of childhood poverty: Composing lives in higher education [Conference session]. Society for the Study of Social Problems 68th AGM Abolitionist Approaches to Social Problems, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Laberge, E. J. (2018, August 11). #Neoliberal occupy movement: Bunkering down on homeless deterrence technology [Conference Session]. Society for the Study of Social Problems 68th AGM, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Laberge, E. J. (2018, August 11). The echoes of childhood poverty: Composing lives in higher education [Conference session]. Society for the Study of Social Problems 68th AGM, Philadelphia, PA, USA.

Laberge, E. J. (2017, August 11). Echoes of poverty: Understanding poverty through narrative retelling [Conference Session]. Society for the Study of Social Problems 67th Annual Meeting, Montréal, QC, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2017, August 11). Narratively understanding the echoes of childhood poverty [Conference Session]. American Sociological Association 2017 Annual Meeting, Montréal, QC, Canada.

Foster, J., & Laberge, E. J. (2017, June 2). Faint hope vs. Nothing: Experiences of “undocumented” TFWs and their advocates [Conference session]. Canadian Association for Work & Labour Studies Conference, Ryerson University, Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (I could not attend due to a lack of social and financial support).

Laberge, E. J. (2017, February 14). (Re)imagining higher education landscapes as sites for social justice and equity [Interactive workshop]. Educational Developers’ Caucus 2018 Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2016, June 3). Caste in a box: Silencing poverty-class higher education policies [Conference session]. 51st Annual Canadian Sociology Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.

Adair, V., Barry, J., Gentry, M., Jones, C., Lacsamana, A., Laberge, E. J., & Okazawa-Rey, M. (2016, November 11). Experience as knowledge in and out of the feminist classroom [Conference session]. National Women’s Studies Association Annual Conference: Decoloniality, Montréal, QC, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2015, October 20). They called me “White Trash”: Interrupting pejorative class-based language and dominate social class narratives on higher educational landscapes [Conference session]. Western Region Research Conference on the Education of Adults, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2015, June 1). The stain of poverty; Silenced stories: Experiences of students from poverty seeking higher education [Conference session]. Undergraduate Voice Session, 50th Annual Canadian Sociology Conference, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2015, March 5). Coming from poverty: An exploratory study into the barriers and struggles that students from low socioeconomic families face as they transition through university [Conference session]. 11th Annual Graduate Student Research Symposium, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.

DOCTORAL DISSERTATION

Laberge, E. J. (2021). Pushing privileged pillars in Canadian universities [Unpublished Dissertation, University of Victoria, Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education]. www echoesofpoverty.com

Supervisors: Dr. Kathy Sanford (Curriculum Studies), University of Victoria & Dr. Budd L Hall (Co-Chair UNESCO Chair in Community-Based Research and Social Responsibility in Higher Education; Centre for Global Studies, Emeritus Professor, Faculty of Human and Social Development, University of Victoria)

Committee: Dr. Darlene Clover (Educational Psychology & Leadership, University of Victoria)

External Examiner: Dr. Marjorie Mayo (Emeritus Professor of Community Development, Goldsmiths University, London, UK)

MASTERS THESIS

Laberge, E. J. (2017). The reverberations of childhood poverty: Composing lives in higher education [Master of Arts]. University of Alberta, Department of Sociology. This narrative inquiry unfolded alongside three undergraduate students at a large, research-intensive Canadian university to understand how the echoes of persistent childhood poverty shaped their university experiences. https://echoesofpoverty.com/ma-research-echoes-of-poverty/

Supervisor: Dr. Herb Northcott (Department of Sociology, University of Alberta)

Committee: Dr. Janice Huber (Education, University of Alberta)

External Examiner: Dr. Jana Grekul (Department of Criminology/Sociology, University of Alberta)

REFERRED PUBLICATIONS

Laberge, E. J. (2023). Red Worn Hands. In J. Barry (Ed.), We Were Never Meant To Be Here: Student Voices, Activism, and Canadian Universities (Forthcoming 2023). TBA.

Laberge, E.J. (2019). A Comparative Analysis of Indigenous Early Years Services Government Funding Models. Victoria, BC: University of Victoria. http://dspace.library.uvic.ca/handle/1828/13134

Laberge, E. J. (2018). Oh, White man! Anthology of Social Justice and Intersectional Feminisms, 1, 38–40. https:// humanitiesnetwork.wixsite.com/anthology

Laberge, E. J. (2018). Returning to the barnyard. Anthology of Social Justice and Intersectional Feminisms, 1, 79. https://humanitiesnetwork.wixsite.com/anthology

IN THE NEWS

Coles, K. (2019, January 28). UVic advocacy group builds resources for students living in poverty: Shoestring Initiative is working to advance socioeconomic diversity in universities. Sooke News Mirror.

Coles, K. (2019, February 26). Ideafest session addresses living in the margins of higher education. Sooke News Mirror.

Fagan, E. (2018, November 19). New campus group asks why UVic isn’t talking about generational poverty. The Martlet (University of Victoria).

Jean Paetkau. (2019, March 5). Living in the margins of higher education (Ideafest 2019). In All Points West. CBC Radio Victoria.

Laberge, E. (2019, April 8). Canada was colonized based on racism and classism. The Martlet, University of Victoria. https://www.martlet.ca/letter-international-student- tuition-fee-hikes-do-not-create-class-divisions/

TALKING TO COMMUNITIES

Laberge, E. J. (2022, June 8). Fantastic communities [Virtual]. On the Edge: Emerging Scholars – Edmonton Public Libraries (EPL) and University of Alberta Faculty of Graduate Studies & Research, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Laberge, E. J., & Thomas, C. (2020, October 1). Tier pressure [Panel Discussion]. Faculty of Education Graduate Student Orientation, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2020, January 6). We should talk: The Shoestring Initiative and advancing social class in Canadian universities [Presentation]. University of Victoria – Term 6 Transition Week, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (TBD). Dangerous intersections: Excluding social class from intersectionality [Civic presentation]. City of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2016). Echoes of poverty: Understanding poverty through narrative retelling [Community Presentation]. Edmonton Public Library: On The Edge Lecture Series, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2017, March 8). Exploring how systemic childhood poverty shapes graduate students’ experiences [Education presentation]. Faculty of Graduate Research & Studies Council, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2020, April 15). Social class is real! You don’t say?! [Community Presentation]. Virtual Nerd Nite Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada (Online).

Potts, S., Laberge, E. J., Nicols-Watters, M., & Stremel, E. (2018). Women and poverty [Panel Discussion]. Women’s March Victoria Symposium, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.

PICTURE STORIES

Laberge, E. J. (2020, March 15). (Re)imaging the graduate research experience by sharing from here to there [Poster presentation]. Bridging Connections – AGES 2020 Research Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada. (Conference canceled)

Laberge, E. J. (2019, March 16). Caste in a box: Silencing poverty-class university diversity policies [Poster presentation]. Association of Graduate Education Students (AGES) Weaving connections: Collaboration & Mentorship Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2019, March 16). Echoes of childhood poverty: Composing lives in higher education [Poster presentation]. Association of Graduate Education Students (AGES) Weaving connections: Collaboration & Mentorship Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2019, March 16). Media portrayals of White Trash: Welfare queens, pregnant teens, and unclean scenes— The Honey Boo Boo phenomenon [Poster presentation]. Association of Graduate Education Students (AGES) Weaving connections: Collaboration & Mentorship Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2019, March 16). Social class narratives or the stories we (don’t) tell [Poster presentation]. Association of Graduate Education Students (AGES) Weaving connections: Collaboration & Mentorship Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2018, February 14). Caste in a box: Silencing poverty-class university diversity policies [Poster presentation]. Educational Developers’ Caucus 2018 Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2018, February 14). Echoes of poverty: Composing lives in higher education [Poster presentation]. Educational Developers’ Caucus 2018 Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2017, August 31). Caste in a box: Silencing poverty-class higher education diversity policies [Poster presentation]. Teaching and Learning Centre Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2017, August 31). Echoes of poverty: Composing lives in higher education [Poster presentation]. Teaching and Learning Centre Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada.

Laberge, E. J. (2017, March 3). Caste in a box: Silencing poverty-class higher education diversity policies [Poster presentation]. 33rd Annual Student Advisors’ Conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

PODCASTS

Afolabi, T., & Laberge, E. J. (2020). Beyond the Jargon with Elaine Laberge (S7: E3) [Podcast released Jan 2021]. http://cfuv.uvic.ca/cms/?podcast=beyond-the-jargon

Ogden, M., Laberge, E. J., & Neubauer, J. (8, May, 2019). (Dis)ability and mental health from an intersectional lens (No. 7) [Podcast]. http://cfuvpodcasts.com/taking-up-space/2018/5/9/07-disability-mental-health. Victoria, BC, Canada.

SOCIAL JUSTICE CAMPAIGNS

2020–Present — Destigmatizing and Educational Poverty campaign. Poverty-based discrimination and exclusion remains the most pressing issue in this country. This campaign, which draws on research and lived experiences, makes visible dominant poverty discourses and creates opportunities to engage with the structural reasons for systemic poverty in Canada.

2012 — Dandelion. Department of Theatre, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada. Wrote this play that is an exploration of the effects of generational poverty and class-based inequality on children. This play also explores the role of welfare in shaping “poverty-class” children’s lives.

2011 — You Don’t Have to be an Actor to Have a Voice in Theatre. Dalhousie University, Halifax, NS, Canada. Developed a community-based marketing campaign to promote theatre to at-risk youth in rural and inner-city areas.

Laberge, E. J. (Writer & Director). (2010, March 12). Cashier confessional. Live performance at the Dalhousie Arts Centre, Halifax, NS, Canada.

Wrote and directed this play that explores the experiences of working as a cashier for a Canadian grocery chain to make visible how corporations contribute to persistent and generational poverty of their staff and communities. Second, this play speaks to how public perceptions of low-income, minimum wage grocery store workers translate into mistreatment rather than engaging with structural reasons for community members making a subsistence wage.

career workshop design and organization

2022 — unBoring Knowledge Mobilization. Making the Shift Scholars with Lived Experience Network. Virtual Session: June 27, 2022.

academic conference session organization        

2021 — Poverty-class Students Persist, Together. World Access to Higher Education Day. Virtual Session: November 17, 2021.

2021 — Canadians Working in Class. Second International Online Working Class Academics Conference. Virtual Session: July 13, 2021.

2021 — Identity Politics Needs Some Class (sessions I & II). Conference Theme: Resisting Racism and Colonialism. Canadian Sociological Association Annual Conference. Virtual Session: Jun 2, 2021. Co-Organizer: Jes Annan, University of Victoria.

2021 — Revolutionizing and Radicalizing Poverty Definitions. Virtual Session: Aug 2021. Poverty, Class & Inequality Division, Society for the Study of Social Problems. Conference Theme: Revolutionary Sociology: Truth, Healing, Reparations & Reconstruction. Co-Organizer: Annette Mackay, West Virginia University.

2021 — Global Radical Imagination, Social Change and Empowerment in Higher Education. Virtual Session: August 2021. Educational Problems Division, Society for the Study of Social Problems. Theme: Revolutionary Sociology: Truth, Healing, Reparations & Reconstruction.

2017 — Narrative Understandings of Social Inequality: Bringing Participants’ Experiences and Knowledges to the Centre. 52nd Annual Canadian Sociology Conference. Canadian Federation of the Humanities and Social Sciences’ Congress. Ryerson University, Toronto: Friday, Jun 2, 2017. Facilitator: Aleena Hafeez, University of Alberta.

academic event organization and promotion

2021 — Human Research Ethics webinar. Sponsors: University of Victoria Faculty of Education, Research Office. Association of Education Graduate Students (AGES), Victoria, BC, Canada: Jan 14, 2021.

2020 — Poetry for Change. IdeaFest, University of Victoria, Victoria, BC, Canada: Mar 3, 2020. Host: Social Movement Poets Collective. Sponsors: Faculty of Education, School of Public Administration, Faculty of Graduate Studies, UNESCO, Learning and Teaching Institute. Emcées: Sarah Potts (Victoria City Councilor) & Stefanie Hardman (Candidate, Victoria City Councilor). Spoken Word Poets: Jeremy Loveday, K.P. Dennis University of Victoria Faculty Poets: Christine Sy, Monica Pendergrast. Graduate Student Poets: Serap Brown, Dorothea Harris, Elaine J Laberge, Malena Rose, Antoine Rose, Lee Wilson.

2019 — The World is on Fire poetry event. Facilitator: Maya Borhani. Imagine Studio & Café, Victoria, BC, Canada: Nov 23, 2019. Graduate Student Poets: Emily Boyes, Serap Brown, Emma Edmunds, Hannah Gelderman, Dorothea Harris, Elaine J Laberge, Siqi Li, Malena Rose, Antoine Rose, Lee Wilson with special guest Dr. Budd L Hall

2019 — Living in the Margins of Higher Education. IdeaFest, University of Victoria: Mar 5, 2019. Facilitator: Sarah Potts, City of Victoria Councilor. Presenters: Jamie Dopp (English), Elaine J Laberge (Sociology), Catherine Léger (French), Sarah Potts (City of Victoria Councilor), Colette Smart (Psychology), Su Urbanczyk (Linguistics)

2015 — W. David Pierce Research Colloquium. Department of Sociology, University of Alberta: Oct 29, 2015.

Roles: Branded the event to create engagement, connection and community: Developed a new slogan: Discover research being conducted by faculty and students. Explore how diverse research interests intersect. Contribute to research conversations. Participate in shaping our community. Commit sociology.

Results:

• 19 speakers including undergraduate and graduate students and professors.
• Encouraged undergraduate and new graduate students to present their research interests.
• Supported students in developing research presentations.

contributing to education and community

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2017–2021 — Undergraduate and graduate student mentor. Multiple faculties, graduate students in other countries.

2019–2021 — Associate Dean’s Equity, Diversity & Belonging Committee. Faculty of Education.

2019–2021 — Graduate Representative. Faculty of Graduate Studies Council.

2020–2021 — Graduate Representative. Associate Dean Graduate Programs and Research hiring committee.

2019–2020 — Board Member. Association of Graduate Education Students (AGES).

2019–2020 — Vice-President, Communications. CUPE 4163, Component 2 (teaching assistants).

2019–2020 — Director, Communications. Graduate Students’ Society.

2020–2021 — Graduate Representative. Vice-Provost hiring committee.

2019 — A Human Library “Book”: Understanding how Poverty Shapes Lives. Equity and Human Rights 5 Days of Action: Nov 6, 2019.

2019 — Contributor. Undergraduate Student Retention and Success Implementation Committee Graduate Student Retention and Success Implementation Committee Strategic Enrolment Management Committee.

2019 — Academic Program Review Participant. Department of Sociology.

2018 — Conference Volunteer. Educational Developers’ Caucus 2018 Conference. Educational Developers Gaining an Edge University of Victoria: Feb 14-16, 2018.

2017 — Conference Volunteer. Victoria Forum 2017: Diversity and Inclusion. Organizers: University of Victoria and Global Affairs Canada Victoria, BC, Canada: Nov 17-19, 2017 http://www.victoriaforum.ca/.

university of alberta, edmonton, alberta, canada

2016 – 2017 — Senior Peer Advisor. First-Year International Graduate Students. International Student Services, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Roles:

• Supported my assigned peers (8) prior to arriving in Edmonton.
• Helped peers find accommodations and set up their new homes.
• Organized special learning opportunities (e.g., access funding, navigate the university’s online research portal, utilize the Faculty of Graduate Students’ education resources; budgets).
• Provided ongoing advice and information about life at the University of Alberta and Edmonton.
• Provided social support, assistance, and guidance through one-on-one and group meetings and social activities.
• Connected former and new international graduate students to support one another.
• Helped ease the transition to university for first-year, international graduate students from a diverse range of disciplines.

2015–2017 — Undergraduate Mentor. Sociology Undergraduate Students’ Association

Roles:

• Worked with students considering graduate school to become aware of opportunities while an undergrad that can help them explore: potential research areas of interest, getting into and through graduate school, ethics procedures, writing graduate, scholarship, and conference proposals, and graduate school funding options.
• Supported students in exploring their research interests through supervised independent studies.
• Encouraged students to present their undergraduate papers at conference sessions and department research days.

2016 — Facilitator: Bringing Social Class into the Classroom. Graduate Teaching Learning Roundtable. Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research: Sep 2, 2016.

Roles: Facilitate roundtable discussions on how social class, both the graduate student TA and their students, shape classroom and learning experiences in order to foster greater diversity, equity and inclusivity.

2016–2017 — Graduate Peer Teaching Observer. Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research.

Roles: Attend guest lectures conducted by graduate students, who are completing the Graduate Teaching Learning Practicum Course (Level II), in order to provide effective—and supportive— feedback in a timely manner; provide constructive feedback that becomes part of graduate students’ teaching portfolios.

2015 – 2016 — Vice President – Research and Pedagogy. Sociology Graduate Students’ Association.

2016 — Facilitator: Connecting our Futures. Building Reconciliation Today. Café Pracademique, Winspear Centre, Edmonton: Apr 28, 2016.

Roles: Facilitated a roundtable discussion on Residential Schools and reconciliation challenges.

2016 — A Human Library “Book”: A Human from Generational Poverty. Equity Diversity Inclusion Week: Mar 16, 2016. Organized by the University of Alberta Human Resources Department

Roles: Conduct one-on-one and group session discussions regarding how poverty shapes students’ and teachers’ lives.

2015 — Presenter and Facilitator: The ‘Othered’ Diversity Story: Making Class Visible in the Classroom and on the University Landscape. Equity Diversity Inclusion Week. Organizer: University of Alberta Human Resources Department: Mar 25, 2015.

Roles: Facilitate discussions with undergraduate, graduate, professors, instructors, and administrators on how poverty shapes lives and experiences in higher education.

2016, 2013 — Student Representative. Department of Sociology.

Roles: Attend Sociology Department Council meetings; participate in open houses to promote the university’s sociology department to prospective students.

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2008 — Workshop Facilitator: Finding your dream career. Dreamcatcher Aboriginal Youth Conference.

Roles: Developed and facilitated workshops to help young people imagine and explore potential dream careers storytelling and art.

2007 – 2008 — Facilitator: Instructional Skills Workshops (three- and four-day workshops)

Roles:

• Taught instructional skills model components.
• Co-facilitated participant learning sessions and feedback circle.
• Created and presented value-added sessions (e.g., giving and receiving effective feedback).

graduate student representation

university of victoria

2020 – 2021 — Graduate Student Representative, Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Research. Appointment Committee, Faculty of Education.

2020 — Appointment Committee for the Associate Dean. Faculty of Graduate Studies.

2018 – 2021 — Graduate Student Representative, Faculty of Graduate Studies Council

2019 – 2020 — Graduate Student Representative, Appointment Committee for the Vice-Provost

2019 — Graduate Student Representative, Appointment Committee for the Associate Dean. Faculty of Social Sciences

2018 — Graduate Student Representative, Department Chair Hiring Committee. Department of Sociology

Roles:

• Researched university strategic frameworks, goals, and strategies.
• Conducted academic and grey literature on university trends and challenges.
• Synthesized and presented findings to the Committee.
• Rewrote the Chair hiring criteria to address departmental challenges, industry shifts and ensure accountability and an EDI framework.
• Developed interview questions.
• Ensured graduate student representation on the Chair hiring committee.

professional development

housing

2021 — Housing 101, McMaster University

decolonization

2020 – 2021 — Decolonising Social Research, South West Doctoral Training Partnership (UK)

knowledge mobilization

2019 — Innovative Knowledge Translation Strategies (online). Centre on Knowledge Translation for Disability & Rehabilitation Research conference. University of Victoria, Office of Research Services: Oct 28 – Nov 1

2019 — Communicating Your Research through Storytelling. University of Victoria: Feb 16

2019 — Clear Language Writing and Design. Knowledge Mobilization Strategy Building. University of Victoria and York University: Feb 8

mitacs

2019 — Skills of Communication: Mar 24

2019 — Networking: Feb 28

2019 — Designing a Personal and Realistic Career Plan: Nov 29-30

2018 — Foundations of Project Management II: Mar 19-20

2018 — Foundations of Project Management I: Feb 2-3

graduate research, teaching and education training

2020 — TCPS 2: CORE Certificate. University of Victoria

2016 — Graduate Ethics Certification. University of Alberta

2017 — Graduate Student Writers’ Thesis Retreat. Student Success Centre & Graduate Students’ Association. University of Alberta

2015 – 2017 — Graduate Student Workshops. Department of Sociology & Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research. University of Alberta. Navigating and reviewing academic literature; ethics; working successfully with supervisors and committee members; navigating library resources; developing SSHRC proposals; research poster presentations; resolving conflict; pedagogical practices; blended-learning practices; creating mindful classrooms; creating an impactful day-one in the classroom; concepts in course design: mapping out a learner-centred course; teaching persona; developing a teaching philosophy.

course development

2016 — Social Inequality and Stratification. (3-credit undergraduate level)

This course focuses on social stratification, particularly in Canada, with comparisons to other industrialized countries. This course addresses how stratification has varied throughout history and questions why members of certain groups advance while others do not. This course is designed to delve into, as much as time permits, crippling social inequality problems plaguing Canada and other countries on a global scale. Inequality and stratification are framed within an intersectional lens that seeks to decolonize dominant approaches to exploring these topics. This course focuses on how lived experiences, theories, and forms of knowledge can help us understand the impacts of inequality. Students will have multiple opportunities to engage in diverse ways with, and apply, the course material to their own sociological orientation.

2006 – 2008 — Project Lead–The Business of Writing. Professional Writing Program. Grant MacEwan College, Edmonton, AB, Canada

Developed a curriculum, with three main components that was adopted by the department: communications, graphic design, and sales; created a student-responsible and introspective learning experience; developed an instructor manual and student website; developed unique feedback and class review models that were an integral learning component of the curriculum; ensured a safe and respectful learning environment for students from diverse backgrounds.

teacher training

2014 – 2017 — The Narrative Inquiry Research Issues Table. Centre for Research for Teacher Education and Development. University of Alberta

2016 — Graduate Teaching Learning Practicum. Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta

Three-month practicum to develop a syllabus and learn teaching practices to create participatory and inclusive learning environments; developed a plan for 200-level, introductory social inequality and stratification course.

2015 – 2016 — Graduate Teaching and Learning Program – Levels 1, 2, 3. Faculty of Graduate Studies and Research, University of Alberta

major scholarships

university of victoria

2021 — Sir James Lougheed Award of Distinction (doctoral level)

This award is for Alberta students who are doing their graduate studies outside of the province. It recognizes academic and research excellence and contributions to society.

2018–2021 — Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship

This scholarship reflects my leadership skills both within academia and the business world, my community involvement, mentoring marginalized students, taking a leading role in disseminating my research in diverse ways to wide-ranging academic and non-academic audiences, and connecting with social justice scholars and advocates world-wide.

2020–2021 — Graduate Award

Faculty of Graduate Studies, nominated by the Department of Curriculum & Instruction

university of alberta

2017 — Master’s Graduate Student Scholarship. Student Aid Alberta, Province of Alberta, Canada

2017 — City of Edmonton Social Justice Fellowship

One scholarship is awarded to a University of Alberta graduate student whose research is engaged in social justice. I received this award because of my work with “poverty-class” students and advocating for addressing class elitism in Canadian universities and structural poverty in the wider community.

2016 — Master’s Queen Elizabeth II

2015 — Master’s Queen Elizabeth II

2015–2016 — Master’s SSHRC

2015 — Canada Graduate Scholarship to honour Nelson Mandela (nominated)

2015 — Walter H. Johns Graduate Fellowship

2015 — Undergraduate Research Initiative Scholarship

graduate funding

university of victoria

2021 — Faculty of Education

2018 — Shoestring Initiative Funding

2018 — CUPE 4163 Social Justice Fund

2019, 2018 — CUPE 4163 Education Workers Graduate Conference Travel Funding

2017 – 2018 — Department of Sociology Doctoral Fellowship

2017 – 2018 — Department of Sociology Teaching Assistantship

university of alberta

2016 – 2017 — Department of Sociology Teaching Assistantship

2016 — Sociology Graduate Student Travel Grant – MA Level

2016 — Faculty of Graduate Studies & Research Student Travel Award – MA Level

2016 — Graduate Students’ Association Travel Grant – MA Level

2015 — Mahatma Gandhi Summer Institute Tuition Award

other funding

2018 — Graduate Conference Travel Funding $300. The Society for the Study of Social Problems, University of Tennessee, USA

doctoral award

2022 — Outstanding Dissertation in Action Research Award. Canadian Association for Action Research in Education (CAARE)

To learn what Elaine brings to organizations and community contact her:

elaberge@uvic.ca

250 686 2214

Twitter: @ShoestringCdn

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/groups/shoestringinitiative

Learn about her initiative: www.shoestringinitiative.com