Doctoral candidate interested in oil painting, phenomenology, phusis, deep time, the more-than-human-world, animism, indifference, relations before relata, mastery.
This paper curates four experiential narratives and poetry by the five co-authors that illustrate... more This paper curates four experiential narratives and poetry by the five co-authors that illustrate epistemic and ontic shift from the Modern Western (ModWest) mindset to a holistic, embodied and animistic mindset. Coming from different cultural backgrounds, yet having been systemically influenced by the dominant ModWest views and values, each author has initiated an ongoing shift in consciousness, demonstrating how such transformations are possible. Affirming that a shift in consciousness is not simply a matter of cognitive change but is a thoroughly holistic process, the authors write in autobiographical narratives and poetry to capture and convey embodied and emplaced, experiential understanding and feelings, or 'felt sense.' Deep changes in the consciousness, such as these epistemic shifts, take the whole ensemble of "body + mind + heart + soul + spirit + the world" as the unit of change for learning. Through these writings, they sensuously and feelingly, existentiallyand-spiritually and discursively explore possibilities of becoming one-bodied with the animate Earth. They call this the re-bonding project through which they address humanity's first-order bonding rupture between Humans and the Earth community.
FOREST TOWNS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA are in the throes of. a profound restructuring (Hayter 2000). Th... more FOREST TOWNS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA are in the throes of. a profound restructuring (Hayter 2000). The most recent turn of the screw, the US imposition of a 27 % import tax on softwood lumber (May 2002), is only the latest twist in a twenty-year history scarred by volatility and industrial downsizing. Persistent job losses due to technological change, corporate rationalization, increased international competition, trade conflicts, and resource deplet ion have progressively undone the fabric of BC forest communities, especially on the coast. But while a plethora of policies, schemes, and programs have been initiated to help those worst affected, little attention has been paid to high school youth who have yet to enter the job market (Hay 1993; Barnes and Hayter 1992,1995a,
FOREST TOWNS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA are in the throes of. a profound restructuring (Hayter 2000). Th... more FOREST TOWNS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA are in the throes of. a profound restructuring (Hayter 2000). The most recent turn of the screw, the US imposition of a 27% import tax on softwood lumber (May 2002), is only the latest twist in a twentyyear history scarred by volatility and industrial downsizing. Persistent job losses due to technological change, corporate rationalization, increased international competition, trade conflicts, and resource deplet ion have progressively undone the fabric of BC forest communities, especially on the coast. But while a plethora of policies, schemes, and programs have been initiated to help those worst affected, little attention has been paid to high school youth who have yet to enter the job market (Hay 1993 ; Barnes and Hayter 1992,1995a, and 1995b; Barnes, Hayter, and Hay 1999; Hayter 2000, 288-320; Egan and Klausen 1998). Historically, high school students'job expectations were directly tied to a buoyant resource economy, which, in turn, helped to ...
This thesis addresses the implications of local restructuring for school-aged youth
in forestry t... more This thesis addresses the implications of local restructuring for school-aged youth in forestry towns, particularly with respect to their choices about education and their labour market expectations. The thesis focuses on Powell River, a classic example of an isolated Canadian resource town with one dominant company producing one commodity, newsprint. In recent years however, the role of the company as an employer in the community has been greatly reduced and prospects for local youth are drastically different from previous generations. Given the context of restructuring in Powell River, this thesis examines the role of institutions, most notably the family and the school, in influencing how secondary school students prepare for work. A conceptual framework is developed which links the labour market segmentation literature with the idea of vocationalism. The empirical analysis uses a multi-method approach which includes a student survey questionnaire and key-informant interviews with students, parents, school staff and community members. The analysis reveals considerable changes in how secondary school students prepare for work. The Iocal secondary school, Max Cameron, has taken a decidedly active role in preparing students for Iabour market demands. This is reflected in changes to the school's curriculum and in its collaboration with other local training and labour market institutions. The value placed on education within the home is found to be an important factor influencing students' choices and expectations. The ways in which students conceptualize the link between school and the labour market appear to be related to family background. As such, the family provides a basis for segmentation within the school and in students' preparation for work.
Canadian universities aim to increase student participation in international learning experiences... more Canadian universities aim to increase student participation in international learning experiences through mobility programs such as international co-op and academic exchange. According to the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), 97% of Canadian universities offer education abroad programs, reflecting a pervasive belief that international experiential learning is good for students as well as their home universities. Contrasting with this international orientation, a relatively small percentage of students actually complete international co-op and exchange. Research into what motivates or prevents students to undertake these somewhat risky ventures and knowledge of how to increase students’ participation in these programs is limited. Business students at a single western Canadian university were surveyed to gain insight into what motivates or prevents them from participating in international co-op and exchange. (Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2016, 17(3)...
International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2020
Universities around the world seek to increase their students’ learning abroad in forms like inte... more Universities around the world seek to increase their students’ learning abroad in forms like international co-op and exchange. The authors build on findings in a 2016 publication by Behrisch in this journal to focus on the correlation of perceived risk with students’ completion of a learning abroad experience. Using binary logistic regression analysis, findings suggest that students’ perceived risk is negatively correlated with their likelihood of completing a learning abroad experience. Drawing on approach/inhibition theory and sensation seeking literature, the authors form a picture of how risk perception interacts with other factors to influence students’ completion of learning abroad. Risk is typically regarded at the institutional and student levels as something negative to avoid. Reframing risk within the university as a conversation about learning, opportunity, and cognitive processing is recommended, since learning and teaching are essential elements of universities. The goal is to increase student engagement in learning abroad.
The practice of oil painting landforms, rocks and sea water in Jervis Inlet, British Columbia (BC... more The practice of oil painting landforms, rocks and sea water in Jervis Inlet, British Columbia (BC) puts me in dialogue with land’s resistant alterity. By closely attuning to landforms, and by stepping back and blurring my focus at regular intervals while practicing oil painting of landforms, I experience phusis of land and of my painting. Through self-concealment and emergence, land alternates between revealing and enfolding its character, resisting my human comprehension but speaking to more-than-human elements in myself. The slow accretive process of oil painting lends itself to phenomenological research, taking days and weeks for paint to dry before new layers can be applied. This slowness produces phusis within me as an artist, as I am forced to withdraw from the painting while its layers dry and we reassume an unfamiliarity with one another as dual subjects. Through oil painting, landforms’ alterity shifts towards familiarity. Earth’s elements originate in deep time, pre-...
Through direct encounters with the more-than-human world (MTHW) I encounter otherness. Practices ... more Through direct encounters with the more-than-human world (MTHW) I encounter otherness. Practices of oil painting, slowing down, shapeless listening, and gazing afford distinct ways of seeing that resist comprehension, naming, or control. This research affirms that much of the planet remains mysterious and likely indifferent to me. Respecting enduring mystery runs counter to empirical research doctrine, which through seeking to understand, quantify, and name, often entails destroying the source of wonder. Eschewing enclosure and control, I accept unknowability. Themes of coherence, complexity, mattering, and indifference emerge. This inquiry offers loose prescriptions for encountering otherness and invites researchers to practice humility.
The Slow Movement offers feminist scholars permission to inhabit multiple identities and recogniz... more The Slow Movement offers feminist scholars permission to inhabit multiple identities and recognizes the inherent value of care work as work. Against an intimate living backdrop of pancreatic cancer, COVID-19, and overwork, I practice Slow scholarship by embodied caring for three elders while experiencing powerful anxiety. Identifying as a daughter, mother, carer, student, friend, leader, and scholar, I look to a variety of wisdom sources outside universal concepts of value and time to ground myself in the present. Zen, Taoism, and existentialism suggest staying with anxiety as a viable means to live in an uncomfortable present.
This paper curates four experiential narratives and poetry by the five co-authors that illustrate... more This paper curates four experiential narratives and poetry by the five co-authors that illustrate epistemic and ontic shift from the Modern Western (ModWest) mindset to a holistic, embodied and animistic mindset. Coming from different cultural backgrounds, yet having been systemically influenced by the dominant ModWest views and values, each author has initiated an ongoing shift in consciousness, demonstrating how such transformations are possible. Affirming that a shift in consciousness is not simply a matter of cognitive change but is a thoroughly holistic process, the authors write in autobiographical narratives and poetry to capture and convey embodied and emplaced, experiential understanding and feelings, or 'felt sense.' Deep changes in the consciousness, such as these epistemic shifts, take the whole ensemble of "body + mind + heart + soul + spirit + the world" as the unit of change for learning. Through these writings, they sensuously and feelingly, existentiallyand-spiritually and discursively explore possibilities of becoming one-bodied with the animate Earth. They call this the re-bonding project through which they address humanity's first-order bonding rupture between Humans and the Earth community.
FOREST TOWNS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA are in the throes of. a profound restructuring (Hayter 2000). Th... more FOREST TOWNS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA are in the throes of. a profound restructuring (Hayter 2000). The most recent turn of the screw, the US imposition of a 27 % import tax on softwood lumber (May 2002), is only the latest twist in a twenty-year history scarred by volatility and industrial downsizing. Persistent job losses due to technological change, corporate rationalization, increased international competition, trade conflicts, and resource deplet ion have progressively undone the fabric of BC forest communities, especially on the coast. But while a plethora of policies, schemes, and programs have been initiated to help those worst affected, little attention has been paid to high school youth who have yet to enter the job market (Hay 1993; Barnes and Hayter 1992,1995a,
FOREST TOWNS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA are in the throes of. a profound restructuring (Hayter 2000). Th... more FOREST TOWNS IN BRITISH COLUMBIA are in the throes of. a profound restructuring (Hayter 2000). The most recent turn of the screw, the US imposition of a 27% import tax on softwood lumber (May 2002), is only the latest twist in a twentyyear history scarred by volatility and industrial downsizing. Persistent job losses due to technological change, corporate rationalization, increased international competition, trade conflicts, and resource deplet ion have progressively undone the fabric of BC forest communities, especially on the coast. But while a plethora of policies, schemes, and programs have been initiated to help those worst affected, little attention has been paid to high school youth who have yet to enter the job market (Hay 1993 ; Barnes and Hayter 1992,1995a, and 1995b; Barnes, Hayter, and Hay 1999; Hayter 2000, 288-320; Egan and Klausen 1998). Historically, high school students'job expectations were directly tied to a buoyant resource economy, which, in turn, helped to ...
This thesis addresses the implications of local restructuring for school-aged youth
in forestry t... more This thesis addresses the implications of local restructuring for school-aged youth in forestry towns, particularly with respect to their choices about education and their labour market expectations. The thesis focuses on Powell River, a classic example of an isolated Canadian resource town with one dominant company producing one commodity, newsprint. In recent years however, the role of the company as an employer in the community has been greatly reduced and prospects for local youth are drastically different from previous generations. Given the context of restructuring in Powell River, this thesis examines the role of institutions, most notably the family and the school, in influencing how secondary school students prepare for work. A conceptual framework is developed which links the labour market segmentation literature with the idea of vocationalism. The empirical analysis uses a multi-method approach which includes a student survey questionnaire and key-informant interviews with students, parents, school staff and community members. The analysis reveals considerable changes in how secondary school students prepare for work. The Iocal secondary school, Max Cameron, has taken a decidedly active role in preparing students for Iabour market demands. This is reflected in changes to the school's curriculum and in its collaboration with other local training and labour market institutions. The value placed on education within the home is found to be an important factor influencing students' choices and expectations. The ways in which students conceptualize the link between school and the labour market appear to be related to family background. As such, the family provides a basis for segmentation within the school and in students' preparation for work.
Canadian universities aim to increase student participation in international learning experiences... more Canadian universities aim to increase student participation in international learning experiences through mobility programs such as international co-op and academic exchange. According to the Canadian Bureau for International Education (CBIE), 97% of Canadian universities offer education abroad programs, reflecting a pervasive belief that international experiential learning is good for students as well as their home universities. Contrasting with this international orientation, a relatively small percentage of students actually complete international co-op and exchange. Research into what motivates or prevents students to undertake these somewhat risky ventures and knowledge of how to increase students’ participation in these programs is limited. Business students at a single western Canadian university were surveyed to gain insight into what motivates or prevents them from participating in international co-op and exchange. (Asia-Pacific Journal of Cooperative Education, 2016, 17(3)...
International Journal of Work-Integrated Learning, 2020
Universities around the world seek to increase their students’ learning abroad in forms like inte... more Universities around the world seek to increase their students’ learning abroad in forms like international co-op and exchange. The authors build on findings in a 2016 publication by Behrisch in this journal to focus on the correlation of perceived risk with students’ completion of a learning abroad experience. Using binary logistic regression analysis, findings suggest that students’ perceived risk is negatively correlated with their likelihood of completing a learning abroad experience. Drawing on approach/inhibition theory and sensation seeking literature, the authors form a picture of how risk perception interacts with other factors to influence students’ completion of learning abroad. Risk is typically regarded at the institutional and student levels as something negative to avoid. Reframing risk within the university as a conversation about learning, opportunity, and cognitive processing is recommended, since learning and teaching are essential elements of universities. The goal is to increase student engagement in learning abroad.
The practice of oil painting landforms, rocks and sea water in Jervis Inlet, British Columbia (BC... more The practice of oil painting landforms, rocks and sea water in Jervis Inlet, British Columbia (BC) puts me in dialogue with land’s resistant alterity. By closely attuning to landforms, and by stepping back and blurring my focus at regular intervals while practicing oil painting of landforms, I experience phusis of land and of my painting. Through self-concealment and emergence, land alternates between revealing and enfolding its character, resisting my human comprehension but speaking to more-than-human elements in myself. The slow accretive process of oil painting lends itself to phenomenological research, taking days and weeks for paint to dry before new layers can be applied. This slowness produces phusis within me as an artist, as I am forced to withdraw from the painting while its layers dry and we reassume an unfamiliarity with one another as dual subjects. Through oil painting, landforms’ alterity shifts towards familiarity. Earth’s elements originate in deep time, pre-...
Through direct encounters with the more-than-human world (MTHW) I encounter otherness. Practices ... more Through direct encounters with the more-than-human world (MTHW) I encounter otherness. Practices of oil painting, slowing down, shapeless listening, and gazing afford distinct ways of seeing that resist comprehension, naming, or control. This research affirms that much of the planet remains mysterious and likely indifferent to me. Respecting enduring mystery runs counter to empirical research doctrine, which through seeking to understand, quantify, and name, often entails destroying the source of wonder. Eschewing enclosure and control, I accept unknowability. Themes of coherence, complexity, mattering, and indifference emerge. This inquiry offers loose prescriptions for encountering otherness and invites researchers to practice humility.
The Slow Movement offers feminist scholars permission to inhabit multiple identities and recogniz... more The Slow Movement offers feminist scholars permission to inhabit multiple identities and recognizes the inherent value of care work as work. Against an intimate living backdrop of pancreatic cancer, COVID-19, and overwork, I practice Slow scholarship by embodied caring for three elders while experiencing powerful anxiety. Identifying as a daughter, mother, carer, student, friend, leader, and scholar, I look to a variety of wisdom sources outside universal concepts of value and time to ground myself in the present. Zen, Taoism, and existentialism suggest staying with anxiety as a viable means to live in an uncomfortable present.
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in forestry towns, particularly with respect to their choices about education and their labour market expectations. The thesis focuses on Powell River, a classic example of an isolated Canadian resource town with one dominant company producing one commodity, newsprint. In recent years however, the role of the company as an employer in the community has been greatly reduced and prospects for local youth are drastically different from previous generations. Given the context of restructuring in Powell River, this thesis examines the role of institutions, most notably the family and the school, in influencing how secondary school students prepare for work. A conceptual framework is developed which links the labour market segmentation literature with the idea of vocationalism. The empirical analysis uses a
multi-method approach which includes a student survey questionnaire and key-informant interviews with students, parents, school staff and community members.
The analysis reveals considerable changes in how secondary school students
prepare for work. The Iocal secondary school, Max Cameron, has taken a decidedly active role in preparing students for Iabour market demands. This is reflected in changes to the school's curriculum and in its collaboration with other local training and labour market institutions. The value placed on education within the home is found to be an important factor influencing students' choices and expectations. The ways in which students conceptualize the link between school and the labour market appear to be related to family background. As such, the family provides a basis for segmentation within the school and in students' preparation for work.
Reframing risk within the university as a conversation about learning, opportunity, and cognitive processing is recommended, since learning and teaching are essential elements of universities. The goal is to increase student engagement in learning abroad.
in forestry towns, particularly with respect to their choices about education and their labour market expectations. The thesis focuses on Powell River, a classic example of an isolated Canadian resource town with one dominant company producing one commodity, newsprint. In recent years however, the role of the company as an employer in the community has been greatly reduced and prospects for local youth are drastically different from previous generations. Given the context of restructuring in Powell River, this thesis examines the role of institutions, most notably the family and the school, in influencing how secondary school students prepare for work. A conceptual framework is developed which links the labour market segmentation literature with the idea of vocationalism. The empirical analysis uses a
multi-method approach which includes a student survey questionnaire and key-informant interviews with students, parents, school staff and community members.
The analysis reveals considerable changes in how secondary school students
prepare for work. The Iocal secondary school, Max Cameron, has taken a decidedly active role in preparing students for Iabour market demands. This is reflected in changes to the school's curriculum and in its collaboration with other local training and labour market institutions. The value placed on education within the home is found to be an important factor influencing students' choices and expectations. The ways in which students conceptualize the link between school and the labour market appear to be related to family background. As such, the family provides a basis for segmentation within the school and in students' preparation for work.
Reframing risk within the university as a conversation about learning, opportunity, and cognitive processing is recommended, since learning and teaching are essential elements of universities. The goal is to increase student engagement in learning abroad.