Marika Yeo
Education BFA, University of Regina (2015) Biography Marika Yeo is a ceramic artist who focuses on connection, art, justice and the Caribbean diaspora. Marika uses her practice and research to think through the possibilities that the arts hold to bring about new rhythms and patterns of interaction that allow space for justice. Research Race the […]
Aliyah Ali
Education MA, Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice (2023) B.A.H., Criminology, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (2020) Thesis: “The Experiences of Black LGBQ Canadians within the Workplace” (2020). Supervisor: Dr. Tara Lyons About Aliyah Ali (she/her/they/them/Mx.) B.A.H., Criminology, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (2020). Aliyah identifies as a Disabled Queer of Colour, whose ancestors are migrants from Suva, Fiji […]
Taq Bhandal
PhD, Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, UBC (2022) MA, Health, Policy & Equity, York University (2014) BSc Hon, Biology, Dalhousie University (2012) Biography My name is Taqdir (Taq) Kaur Bhandal (English) ਤਕਦੀਰਕੌਰਭੰਡਾਲ(Gurmukhi-Punjabi). I am a researcher in the field of health professions education and menstrual health. My ancestors are from the Punjab region of […]
Jenn Clark
Education BA, Psychology, Kwantlen Polytechnic University (2013) MA, Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, University of British Columbia (2021) Biography Jenn Clark is a first year MA student at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice. Her primary research interests include: the distinct differences between sexual orientation and gender; homophobic humor and its implications; and […]
Jules Koostachin
Contact Information Supervisor: Dr. Jan Hare visjuelles@gmail.com www.juleskoostachin.com Education PhD in Gender, Race, Sexuality, and Social Justice, University of British Columbia (2021) MA in Documentary Media Program, Ryerson University (2010) BA in Fine Arts, Major Theatre Program, Concordia University (1996) Biography Born in Moose Factory Ontario, and a band member of Attawapiskat First Nation, the Ancestral […]
A.J. Lowik
Bio Dr. A.J. Lowik (they/them) is the Gender Equity Advisor with the Centre for Gender and Sexual Health Equity. They are a trans scholar and trans health researcher, having earned their PhD from the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia. Dr. Lowik’s work is primarily focused on trans and non-binary people’s reproductive […]
Manuela Valle
Contact Information manola.valle@gmail.com Biography Manuela Valle’s research interests include the gendered and sexual narratives of neoliberalism, militarism and imperialism, and the intersections between gender and nationalism. Her research project aims to explore how in Latin American post-dictatorship societies such as the Chilean, the continued legacy of an authoritarian culture limits the exercise of citizenship and […]
Sejin Um
Contact Information Supervisors: Dr. Leila Harris/Dr. Gillian Creese sejinum@alumni.ubc.ca Biography Sejin Um graduated from the MA program at the Social Justice Institute in May 2019. Sejin is currently a PhD student at the Department of Sociology at New York University. She is interested in gender; work; organizations; family; and social inequality. She holds a BA […]
Khaldah Salih
Contact Information Supervisor: Dr. Gillian Creese khaldah.salih@gmail.com Biography Khaldah Salih is a Master’s student at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice. She is from Sudan and grew up largely in the Diaspora. She is interested in humanitarian work, specifically in Sudan and in Africa generally, while also emphasizing and debating its ethics […]