Plenary 3

Professor and Graduate Advisor, University of Victoria, School of Child and Youth Care - Canada

Marie Hoskins is an Associate Professor in the School of Child and Youth Care in the Faculty of Human and Social Development. Her teaching focus has been in the area of human change processes and various modes of interpretive inquiry. Building on her doctoral work which focused on how cultural discourse shapes the self identities of individuals, she continues to publish and research in this area. She has extended this topic to various contexts, including change through mediation, recovery from eating disorders, and transformative learning in educational settings. Most of her research uses qualitative methodologies, such as narrative, poststructural analyses, and hermeneutics. She is a member of the International Advisory Committee for Constructivism and the Human Sciences, and the National Training Institute for Adolescent Health.

Email: mhoskins@uvic.ca
Web: www.cyc.uvic.ca/people/mhoskins/index.php

Student, University of Sussex - United Kingdom

Ella’s life is spent in dedication to fostering a peaceful, harmonious human presence on Earth, one where all can thrive and love permeates. She is studying International Development and hopes to use what she learns to help the move towards a way of life that values the Earth and protects her and all that lives there too. Outside of university she works with a social enterprise looking at young people’s wellbeing in educational and community spaces.

Email: ellarmgregory@gmail.com

Graduate Student, Educational Psychology, California State University, East Bay - USA

Daisy is a first-generation Chicana college student who graduated from San Francisco State University with a double major in Psychology and Spanish. Currently, she is pursuing her master's degree in School Psychology at California State University East Bay, and is very passionate about supporting the English Language Learner and Newcomer Students population within her field.

Email: dguzman14@horizon.csueastbay.edu

12th Grade Student, Xavier Academy - USA

Leo is an exceptional individual and a contributing member of the Xavier community. Even as a high school student, Leo is a teacher intern who works with the Calculus teacher as her teacher assistant. In addition to being a truly awesome individual who is respected by all, Leo can also boast of a perfect Math SAT score.

High School Student, Kenston/Gaitway High School and Auburn Career Center - USA

Connor is a High School Junior attending Kenston/Gaitway High School and Auburn Career Center. He is really excited about being in the Teaching Professions Pathway at Auburn Career Center because he hopes to become either a child psychologist or a school counselor. He really enjoyed his summer experience working on the ranch at Hiram House Camp because it combined his love of animals with his excitement of working with kids.

Email: crmustin@gmail.com

Graduate Student, Educational Psychology, California State University, East Bay - USA

Eik-Noor goes by Noor. She is from a small city called Porterville located in the Central Valley, California. She majored in psychology at UC Merced. She has a passion for soccer and enjoys reading and working out in her free time.

Email: esidhu2@horizon.csueastbay.edu