Cate May Inver
Graduate Student Group
Education
BA, Contemporary Studies and Spanish, University of King’s College (Halifax) (2013)
MA, Women and Gender Studies, Mount Saint Vincent University (2016)
Bachelor of Education, University of British Columbia (2020)
Certificate in Restorative Justice from Simon Fraser University (2024)
About
Cate Inver is a PhD candidate at the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at UBC. She is passionate about social justice education, where she attends to the intersectional pedagogical aims of anti-racism education, decolonial education, and environmental education. She works as a K-12 educator at the not-for-profit environmental organization, Elements Society.
Research
In her research, Cate deploys Critical Counter-narrative in education studies while incorporating arts-based methods. She asks how K-12 teachers can deepen their anti-racism, decolonial, and environmental education pedagogies by engaging in creative reflection. This research considers the many challenges educators experience and their emotional journeys when seeking to disrupt hegemonic colonial and capitalist norms in their field.
Publications
Selected Publications
Zandvliet, D.; Leddy, S.; Inver, C.; Elderton, V.; Townrow, B.; York, L. Approaches to Bio-Cultural Diversity in British Columbia. Sustainability 2023, 15, 6422. https://doi.org/10.3390/su15086422. https://www.mdpi.com/2239502
Awards
Graduate Student Research Award, University of British Columbia|Canada Graduate Scholarships Master’s Award