Kate Reid
Contact Information katereid@alumni.ubc.ca http://www.katereid.net/ http://www.twitter.com/katereid Biography Kate Reid is a professional queer-musical-activist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. With rapid-fire wit, a raw and often irreverent delivery, Kate is a guitar-playing, harmonica-slinging, singer-songwriter and bona-fide entertainer. Her lyrics are honest and poignant, sometimes hard-hitting and sometimes hilarious and she is known for her self-deprecating and tongue-in-cheek […]
Jade Pollard-Crowe
Biography Jade Pollard-Crowe has traveled here from the UK to complete her Masters in the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice. She grew up in Cambridge although has strong cultural ties to her Jamaican ancestry. Jade’s research is concerned with evaluating the possibilities and limits of arts-based activism today particularly focusing on queer, […]
Jhonelle Nelson
Contact Information Pro-tem Advisor: Dr. Nora Angeles jmalene.nelson@gmail.com Biography As a language teacher, I know the importance and power of words. As a student, I understand the capacity for great change through education. It is my hope that the passion that I have for listening and for learning can be turned to helping others and […]
Lyra McKee
Contact Information Supervisor: Dr. Sunera Thobani / Dr. Denise Ferreira da Silva lyra.mckee@alumni.ubc.ca https://ubc.academia.edu/LyraMcKee Biography Lyra McKee grew up in Texas and holds an MA in Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice. She is a white settler whose research interests include transgender studies, critical race theory, political philosophy, queer theory, and qualitative geography. She also […]
Tessa MacIntyre
Biography Tessa MacIntyre is a Masters Students in the Gender, Race, and Social Justice Institute. She has a Bachelor of Fine Arts in Film Production and Studies from the University of Regina. While completing her undergraduate program, Tessa developed a strong interest in documentary filmmaking, and looks to filmmakers such as Sarah Polley, Errol Morris, […]
Sarah Leamon
Sarah Leamon obtained her Master of Arts degree from the University of British Columbia in 2010. Prior to that, she had studied law in Australia and earned a Juris Doctor from Bond University. Sarah’s academic studies were focused on miscarriages of justice, popular culture, horror and the macabre. Following her graduation from UBC, Sarah articled […]
Z. Khan
Bio My interest in GRSJ arises from lived experiences. Many people remark that a B.S. in Civil Engineering is not a traditional starting point for the kinds of research I wish to pursue. For a long time my research interests could only exist as hobbies. Being at UBC gives me the chance to explore them […]
Hedda Hakvag
Contact Information hakvag@alumni.ubc.ca Bio Hedda Hakvag graduated with an MA at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice. She holds a BA with distinction in Women’s Studies and Creative Writing from the University of Alberta. Her research interests are diverse and include social discourses of the body/embodiment, consumerism, children’s toys and teen culture, gender […]
Chaya Ocampo Go
Contact Information Supervisor: Dr. Leonora Angeles chaya.go@ubc.ca Awards UBC Arts Graduate Research Awards UBC International Scholars
Serah Gazali
Supervisor: Dr. Gillian Creese Thesis: Digital Burqa or Business Suit: Social Media and the Gender Digital Divide Among Resettled Iraqi Women Awards Arts Graduate Student Research Awards Charlotte Douglas Fee Graduate Award