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Dr. Kathy Sanford
Dr. Kathy Sanford
Dr. Kathy Sanford is a Professor in the Faculty of Education at the University of Victoria. Her research interests include teacher education, ePortfolios as alternative forms of learning and assessment, nonformal and informal adult education, gender pedagogy, and multiliteracies. She is currently working on research focused on learning in professional programs, ePortfolio development in three professional programs to support students’ learning and growth, video games and youth civic engagement, and museum/library education.
ORCID: orcid.org/0000-0002-7375-7667
Dr. Tim Hopper
Dr. Tim Hopper
Dr. Hopper is an associate professor in the Faculty of Education, University of Victoria, BC. He received his PhD from the University of Alberta. His scholarly work focuses on teacher education, physical education, and applications of complexity theory in teaching and learning. Dr. Hopper has taught at all levels of the school curriculum both in Canada and the UK. His current SSHRC sponsored research focuses on the use of digital-portfolios in local schools to develop assessment for learning approaches in curriculum development.
Nabila Kazmi
Nabila Kazmi
Nabila Kazmi is a PhD Candidate in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Victoria. Her research interests include intersectional feminism, space and placemaking, gender justice, feminist exhibitions, curation and adult education. Nabila has worked in informal and adult education spaces in India and Canada which includes working with non-profit and community organizations that work with youth on issues related to gender and class intersectionality. She is currently engaged in research projects pertaining to the use of digital portfolio in mathematics classrooms and climate justice education programs for higher education.
Tahmineh Farnoud
Tahmineh Farnoud
Tahmineh is an educator, trainer, and researcher with over 15 years of experience in higher education and adult education. She has taught ESL and translation studies, led tutor training programs, and currently coordinates CORE (Center for Outreach Education) at the University of Victoria, where she also serves as a sessional instructor. Her doctoral research explores women’s narratives through the lenses of feminism, critical pedagogy, and exhibition as an informal educational space. Inspired by Paulo Freire and bell hooks, she is dedicated to fostering inclusive, democratic, and empowering learning environments. Her current research and teaching interests include decolonizing pedagogy, denialism and its impact on education, and exploring how freedom, democracy, and anti-oppression can be practiced in classrooms. She is especially passionate about storytelling as a tool for learning, teaching, and research. In all her work, Tahmineh emphasizes the political nature of education, the role of resistance in teaching, and the possibilities of education as a space for social justice and transformation. Alongside her academic commitments, she is the proud mother of an eight-year-old daughter.
Sharan Srinivasa Gopalan
Sharan Srinivasa Gopalan
Sharan is a PhD candidate in the School of Exercise Science, Physical and Health Education (EPHE) at the University of Victoria. His research takes a feminist approach to exploring the interactions of the menstrual cycle with sport and physical activity from a sociological perspective. He teaches as a sessional lecturer in EPHE while also engaged in digital portfolio research and development in higher education.
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Dr. Hong Fu
Dr. Hong Fu
Dr. Hong Fu is currently a Research Associate and Instructor in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Victoria. Her research interests and experience in teacher identity, educational assessment, digital portfolio and technology, and preparing teacher candidates to teach English language learners. She is also involved in Education Leadership programs for school teachers and administrators outside Canada.
Thiago Hinkel
Thiago Hinkel
Thiago Hinkel is a PhD Candidate and Sessional Instructor with the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, University of Victoria. His research interests include digital literacies and pedagogical hacking in the field of teacher education. Thiago has taught for over fifteen years, initially as an EAL teacher and more recently as as instructor at a post-secondary level. Thiago has benefitted from using technology in his own learning trajectory and is today enthusiastic about creative and critical uses of digital technologies in education.
ORCID number: https://orcid.org/0000-0001-7992-6575
Denneisha Griffin
Denneisha Griffin
Denneisha Griffin's professional experience spans kindergarten through to adult education. Her teaching career began in Jamaica, where she earned a B. Ed from the University of the West Indies. She subsequently earned an M. Ed in Teacher Leadership (Walden University) and an MA in Educational Studies (UBC). She is currently pursuing a PhD in Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Victoria, where her research focus is on culturally responsive assessments, which explore the use of alternative but inclusive modes of assessment in multicultural and multilingual spaces.
Faraz Forghan
Faraz Forghan
Faraz Forghan-Parast is a PhD student in Education, Curriculum and Instruction at the University of Victoria, where he also instructs sessional courses.. He holds an MA in Translation Studies and a BEng in Computer Software, coupled with over three decades of experience in educational administration, teaching, translation, and engineering. At the UVic Electronic Textual Cultures Lab, as a Digital Scholarship Fellow, his research focuses on the application of Generative AI in learning, education, and cognitive tools, along with AI-assisted learning, art and linguistics.
ORCID number: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-9422-0150
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