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SERENDIPITY Department of Adult Education StFX University

Fall, 2015 Message from Carole Roy

Greetings! We hope this finds you well as the heat of summer has changed into fall colours! Autumn is a great season in Antigonish with sunny days and brisk air. Since our last edition of Serendipity, a lot has happened in our department. We had 16 graduates at the May Convocation (see p.12) and, as usual, we took pleasure in the proud smiles of graduates and their families. It is always inspiring to see people reach their goal. On the other hand, we were also very pleased to welcome those entering the program and beginning their own journey. We had three new cohorts: one in April 2015 and two in July 2015 (see pps. 9&10). Foundations Institutes are exciting for us as we get to meet people face to face and this year again we had wonderful groups. Students coming into our program always bring a wide range of backgrounds and experiences. This year’s FI groups were no different. Some of the students who joined us this year work in the field of dietetics while others are in information technology or in employment support. Still others work in health care related fields from paramedics to nursing, or with women’s centers, youth groups or with persons with disabilities. A fair number worked in educational settings such as community colleges, adult high schools, or community settings. They attended from nearby communities, including the Indigenous community of Eskasoni First Nation. They also came from further away places including Newfoundland, the Magdalen Islands, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, British Columbia, and the Northwest Territories. They brought supportive approaches, which made for thought-provoking and enriching exchanges in and out of the classroom. Now that

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Welcome Back Erin … … … … … … … p.3

Hello from Nancy Peters .. … … … … p.4

Sabbatical News from Maureen . … p.5

Thrilling Journey-D. Harrison … … … p.6

Reflections of Grad Student … … … p.7

New Book … … … … … … … … … … … p.8

Welcome Spring Students … … … … p.9

Welcome Summer Students … … … p.10

Congratulations Spring Grads . … … p.12

From & About You … … … … … … … p.13

Condolences … … … … … … … … … p.14

Important Dates … ... … … … … … … p.15

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students have returned home with their reading lists, we hope they find a way to connect with students already engaged in our program who may live in the same geographical area. In fact, we invite everyone to look at the list of new students in this edition and if someone lives nearby or is interested in a similar topic, we hope you will reach out to initiate contact through email to further build our learning community! To support these connections and the opportunity to “meet” others from different cohorts, this year we continue to offer Moodle workshops in critical reading and annotations, and research methods. One of the purposes of the Moodles is to provide an online presence that we hope will foster connections and learning communities.

As we are a small department changes in our staffing complement are not unusual, and this year is no exception. Our current Chair, Dr. Maureen Coady, just returned from her productive sabbatical with her usual goodwill and friendliness. We are very honoured that Dr. Leona English was invited to be the Director of Research and Publications at UNESCO in Hamburg, Germany, so she has taken a leave of absence. We miss her wisdom, humour, and encyclopedic knowledge but are thrilled that she has such a wonderful opportunity to further the cause of adult education at such a global level. Dr. Nancy Peters joined us in July to work with Leona’s students. Dr. Paula Cameron, a sabbatical replacement for two years, is on parental leave until she resumes her contract in the spring 2016 - congratulations Paula! We are happy to welcome back Erin Careless who will be advising students working with Paula during her leave. And Angie is back after spending part of the summer in Ontario enjoying her grandchildren. In June, most of our faculty presented papers at the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education (CASAE) conference in Montreal and at the World Assembly of the International Council for Adult Education conference, held immediately after CASAE also in Montreal, the first time this conference took place in Canada. Next year, the CASAE conference will take place in Calgary and those of you who have completed your research project should consider presenting your findings at the conference. Watch for the call for proposals in October 2015 which we will post to our listserv. There is usually a pre-conference for graduate students in adult education, an excellent opportunity to meet others and have rich exchanges of ideas. We encourage all students and graduates to attend the next CASAE conference as you will meet many people who share your interests as well as some of the authors of the books and articles you have been reading! Conferences in adult education have the reputation of being friendly. We have also been busy with research and writing. Leona and Catherine Irving just published a new book, Feminism in Community (see p. 10). Leona and Carole wrote an article that discusses the impact of social class in graduate studies which will be published later this year. Maureen is the editor of a special collection on professional learning and continuing professional education and published a critical literature review on professional learning. Nancy wrote articles on decolonization, reconciliation, and Mi’kmaq curriculum in Nova Scotia which will be published later this year. Erin has recently published three articles on career shifts and the impact on families, and the role of social media in social justice. I am writing a book on documentary film festivals as well as co-editing, with Shauna Butterwick, a book that presents various community arts-based projects with people often considered on the margins and Paula is contributing a chapter on the use of zines with young women who experienced depression.

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As for community involvement, Maureen is volunteering for the Positive Action for Keppoch Society, a nearby mountain site for outdoor activities. Nancy is involved with various groups including Mi’kmaq History Month and other projects with nearby Mi’kmaq communities. Erin continues to volunteer at a women’s center. I am still involved with the Antigonish International Film Festival (October 23-24 www.antigonishfilmfest.org). Earlier this year we nominate Palagummi Sainath, a photojournalist from India, as the Coady Chair in Social Justice and we are now expecting him to be at StFX for a few weeks in October and in November. Sainath has received more than 40 national and international awards for his lifelong work on the reality and contributions of communities in rural India. He is known as an expert on rural poverty and has been a member of a commission looking into poverty and the suicide of farmers in India. His book, Everybody loves a good drought: Stories from India’s poorest districts, is in its 43rd printing; needless to say we anticipate a highly stimulating visit in which he will discuss media and democracy (October 14), food justice (Nov 18), and rural predicament and development models (Nov 24). Feel free to join us and attend any of these events if you are in Antigonish during those times. Finally, we want to draw your attention to the Alumni section of our website where we have added profiles from graduates. We wish you a productive year and look forward to seeing you at the CASAE conference in the spring 2016 if you can make it. Carole Roy Note: For graduates of the M.Ad Ed: we are developing a collection of profiles of graduates and if you are reading this, please send Angie (aesecret@stfx.ca) a short resume of your achievements, publications, new positions, promotions, or further studies, along with a few sentences of what the M.Ad.Ed has meant to you and to your career or to your life in general.

Welcome back Erin!

Erin Careless has just returned to the Adult Education department here at StFX with a six- month contract. She is very happy to be back, having spent fourteen-months working with the faculty and students from April 2014 to July 2015. A doctoral candidate in the Inter-University Doctoral program in Educational Studies (Nova Scotia), Erin’s research centers around family formation and digital technology as she explores the use of social media by Canadian stepmothers as they learn their way into this role and navigate its complexities. With two book chapters coming out this year and three articles recently published in Canadian Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, New Horizons in Adult Education & Human Resource Development, Journal of Teaching and Learning, Erin’s academic participation also includes the elected position of Secretary for the Canadian Association for the Study of Adult Education. She is looking forward to again working with the diverse group of students in the Adult Education program at StFX, and to supporting them in their research endeavors.

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Hello from Nancy Peters

Kwe! Hello. My name is Nancy Peters and I’m delighted to have this opportunity to work with the Department of Adult Education while Leona English is on leave. I’m a graduate of the Master of Adult Education program - way back in 1998. I’ve lived in Antigonish since 1996 and so have had the pleasure of getting to know other faculty members through community events and projects. I started in July and was delighted to have a chance to participate in the summer Foundations Institute. The best part of the this job is getting to know participants from coast to coast who are living, learning and educating in so many diverse communities and contexts. Having names and faces in mind brings the breadth and scope of adult education in Canada to life!

Although I started my career in education as an elementary school teacher in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities, I’ve been working with adults since the mid 1980’s. As a English as a Second Language Instructor, I became involved in community development programming and a chance meeting with a program participant brought me to the Coady International Institute in 1992. I later enrolled in the Master of Adult Education program here at StFX and was fortunate to receive funding support to carry out research on transformative gender education in collaboration with a network of non-governmental organizations in Thailand. (Fortunately, I love both spicy food and hot weather!) As a Program Associate with the Coady International Institute, I’ve facilitated training on gender mainstreaming and supported the design and delivery of programming focused on women’s leadership, including the Indigenous Women in Community Leadership.

Drawing from my previous experience in Thailand, I served as the Academic Coordinator for Trent University’s Indigenous Studies Thailand Year Abroad Program from 2002-2007. This eye-opening experience of resilience and collective empowerment not only made me realize the urgent need for reconciliation between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal people in this country, it also propelled me back to school. I completed my PhD at the University of Saskatchewan this spring. My research looked which factors enabled white, “settler” Nova Scotians to become strong allies and stand in solidarity with the Mi’kmaq in a range of contexts. Throughout my time in Antigonish, I’ve been fortunate to work with diverse groups both in the community and on-campus, designing and delivering programming in violence prevention, health promotion, LGBTQ equity, and more recently, treaty rights and reconciliation with Aboriginal Peoples. My research interests seem varied, but are all tied together in a web of social justice. I describe myself as a facilitator and a community based adult educator, and I enjoy using non-formal and popular educational approaches as a way to open hearts to new perspectives; for instance, I can sometimes be spotted wearing a highly colourful “granny hat”, but I’m not a biological granny! When I’m not typing at my computer, I’m an avid reader of fiction (including mystery novels set in foreign countries – please don’t give away my secret.) My partner and I live in a 1970’s ‘hippy’ house in Antigonish County which seems to require constant repair but is surrounded by trees, and, sometimes, a few too many wild animals that love to eat garden produce. As part of my contribution towards reconciliation, I attempt to learn to speak at least a little of the Mi’kmaw language. So “nmu’ltes” for now; looking forward to meeting you again soon.

We welcome Nancy to our department!

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Maureen’s Sabbatical Highlights

Maureen reports an interesting sabbatical leave with a good blend of leisure and academic activities. This time last year she was beginning a 2 1/2 week adventure in northern Quebec walking and paddling 500 km (total!) from Témiscaming (Innu Territory) in Northern Quebec to Akwesasne (Mohawk Territory). The walks are organized by Dr. Stanley Vollant, the first Aboriginal surgeon in Quebec. Dr. Vollant is currently pursuing a journey of 6,000 kilometers on foot and by canoe to go meet of Aboriginal youth. He wants to talk to them about healthy lifestyles, academic perseverance, native culture and the importance of having dreams. Maureen appreciated the opportunity to travel with the largely native group and reports a highlight of the trip was joining a protest on the steps of Parliament Hill on October 4, 2014 to draw attention to inaction on the issue of missing and murdered Aboriginal women in Canada. Find out more about Dr. Vollant’s Innu Meshkenu project here: http://www.innu-meshkenu.com/en/welcome-to-innu-meshkenu/ Maureen spent the remainder of the year studying, writing and publishing. One of the main projects was an extensive study of historic debates within adult education on professional learning and continuing professional education. This historical study resulted in a critical literature review published in June 2015 edition of the Canadian Journal for Studies in Adult Education, which is freely available because of the journal’s status as an open access journal. See here: http://journals.msvu.ca/index.php/cjsae/article/view/3900 Based on this study Maureen is currently editing a special collection of New Directions for Adult & Continuing Education entitled: Contexts, Practices, and Challenges: Critical Insights from Continuing Professional Education which will be released in the spring of 2016. The collection will feature current North American scholars writing in this area, including Ronald Cervero, Barbara Daley, Libby Tisdell, Laura Bierema, Catherine Hansman, Kathleen King and others. Maureen has returned to work renewed and regenerated and so appreciative for the privilege of a sabbatical.

We are happy to have Maureen back with us!

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A Thrilling Journey Debbie Harrison, Grad Spring 2015

It was a great honour this spring to receive the Audrey Fenwick Memorial Award for academic excellence as I completed my four-year journey in the Master of Adult Education program. I appreciate the support of the faculty team in selecting me, and offer a special thanks to my advisor Dr. Carole Roy who guided me through all the rigorous steps of completing a thesis. I have since used the award to participate in the 2015 CASAE conference in May, a very rewarding experience that I encourage other students to consider. Ten years ago, I left my career in community development and started a new job as a human rights educator in the post-secondary system. As I was educating adults about social issues like homophobia and racism, I began reflecting on how I came to develop consciousness about race and racism. I work in a college in Peterborough, Ontario, a small city of 80,000+ people that supports a large surrounding rural population, much like many of the small towns and cities that act as cultural and commercial hubs for 6 million rural Canadians (Bollman & Clemenson, 2008). In Peterborough, the appearance of cultural and racial homogeneity can silence or conceal everyday experiences of race and racism, and make it difficult to discuss. Graduate studies provided me with a structure for my self-reflection, and the narrative inquiry I carried out helped me to explore anti-racism learning approaches and teaching methods for use with rural White learners like myself. I was surprised when I started my readings by how much the field of adult education was engaged in discussion about racism. I started with an amazing volume by renowned American adult educators, The handbook of race and adult education: A resource for dialogue on racism (Sheared, Johnson-Bailey, Colin III, Peterson, Brookfield, eds., 2010). I highly recommend it, particularly the article by Doug Paxton. My thesis, Transforming White racial consciousness: Learning from anti-racist narratives in rural Canada, focused on the rural Canadian context, and I attempted to draw attention to some of the historical and cultural factors that might distinguish transformative learning in these contexts. In the past year, Illeris (2014) has published an illuminating article on transformative learning that helped me situate my own experience. He argues that “identity” is the best term to describe the target area of transformative learning, better than “learner,” “self” or “person.” A shifting identity is definitely part of the learning journey for White people as they begin to understand how their privilege has differentiated their life experience, and rural identities certainly add further layers of complexity. It has been a fascinating reflection, one that has both enriched my self-understanding and deepened my ability to promote social justice. I wish all the new students an equally thrilling journey! Bollman, R. D., & Clemenson, H. A. (2008). Structure and change in Canada's rural demography: An

update to 2006 with provincial detail. Statistics Canada. Retrieved June 11th, 2014 from http://www.statcan.gc.ca/pub/21-601-m/2008090/hl-fs-eng.htm

Illeris, K. (2014). Transformative learning and identity. Journal of Transformative Education 12(2), 148-163. doi 10.1177/1541344614548423

Paxton, D. (2010). Transforming White consciousness. In V. Sheared, J. Johnson-Bailey, S. A. J. Colin III, E. Peterson, S. D. Brookfield, & Associates (Eds.), The handbook of race and adult education: A resource for dialogue on racism (pp. 119−131). San Francisco, CA: Jossey-Bass.

Thank you Debbie.

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June 2015 CASAE Conference in Montreal: Reflections of a Graduate Student

It was like the first day of school all over again. I arrived at the registration table with butterflies in my stomach. A mixture of both nervousness and excitement. The nervousness disappeared once I saw the familiar faces of four professors. It had been almost a year since they saw me in person, and yet each of them greeted me with enthusiasm and made a point of introducing me to other delegates. It wasn’t long before I ventured off on my own to meet other graduate students – at the kick-off reception, lunch times and evening banquet. These connections were further fostered with a specific session for graduate students. To my pleasant surprise, many of the graduate students were speakers in the break-out sessions. I was able to download their papers from the CASAE website ahead of time, then listen to each of them share details about their current research. I found this inspiring as an up-and-coming researcher myself. Initially, my motivation for attending conference was to hear from the “experts.” I was looking forward to attending sessions with many of the authors whose works I have been reading. I must admit that I viewed them as celebrities at first. I had built them up in my mind to immortal status. However, the break-out sessions are so intimate in size that I quickly realized these scholars are not only human beings, but are on a learning journey too. They have questions, concerns and curiosities just like the rest of us. The small group format of the break-out sessions allowed for information sharing, and also dialogue between speakers and delegates. I learned just as much from the comments and questions of audience members as I did from the presentations by these experts. My feelings of intimidation melted away as I allowed myself to take it all in. The most amazing feature of the conference was the range of topics, which highlighted the vast array of adult education issues being explored across the country and internationally. The program was so diverse and intriguing that it was difficult to choose what sessions to attend. I quickly learned that you really can’t go wrong with your selection because every session has something to offer. Even topics quite distant from my own studies made me rethink my assumptions and perceptions, providing a new lens for viewing my research project and my work as a practitioner. What resonates with me from this conference experience is relationships - the equitable and respectful peer sharing and networking. From entry-level scholars like myself to well-recognized scholars represented in the literature, delegates engaged passionately in dialogue with one another. The whole atmosphere fostered a sense of belonging. I did not feel like a ‘newbie’ CASAE member trying to fit in, as I had expected. I was fully welcomed and respected. What a wonderful feeling. I am already looking forward to next year’s conference in Calgary. Hope to see you there!

Thank you to Kerri Pruden, July 2014 FI

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Feminism in Community: Adult Education for Transformation

By Leona M. English & Catherine J. Irving Published by Rotterdam: Sense Publishers, 2015.

“The authors draw upon their earlier research examining how feminists have negotiated identity and learning in international contexts or multisector environments. Feminism in Community focuses on feminist challenges to lead, learn, and participate in nonprofit organizations, as well as their efforts to enact feminist pedagogy through arts processes, internet fora, and critical community engagement. The authors bring a focused energy to the topic of women and adult learning, integrating insights of pedagogy and theory-informed practice in the fields of social movement learning, transformative learning, and community development. The social determinants of health, spirituality, research partnerships, and policy engagement are among the contexts in which such learning occurs. In drawing attention to the identity and practice of the adult educator teaching and learning with women in the community, the authors respond to gender mainstreaming processes that have obscured

women as a discernible category in many areas of practice.” Publisher link: https://www.sensepublishers.com/catalogs/bookseries/international-issues-in-adult-education/feminism-in-community/ To buy: http://www.amazon.ca/gp/product/9463002006?psc=1&redirect=true&ref_=ox_sc_sfl_title_11&smid=A3DWYIK6Y9EEQB

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Welcome to our Spring 2015 StudentS…

Mayoh-Bauche, Jamie Radville, SK jamiebauche@yahoo.ca Philosophy of Ad.Ed. Design Thinking Community Education Higher Education Clark, Nancy Grosse-Ile, QC nancyellen_clark@hotmail.com Adult Ed. Linguistic Minority Communities Access & Participation Resource Based Communities Delorey, Denise Heatherton, NS ddelorey@stfx.ca Generational Differences In Classroom & Clinical Teaching

Vickie Gray Crouses Settlement, NS gray.vickie@gmail.com Community Development Entrepreneurship Adult Education Marshall, George (Tex) Eskasoni, NS tex@kinu.ca Sports & Recreation Provost, Kathleen Antigonish, NS kaprovost@hotmail.com Prior Learning Culture Influences on Adult Learners Assessing Assets of Fundraising

“In an effective classroom students should not only know what they are doing, they should also know why and how.”

---Harry Wong

Serendipity is designed and produced by Angela Stewart & posted to the website by Denise Morrow. The next issue will be in the Spring, 2016. Contributions to the newsletter are always welcome, please send to Angela at aesecret@stfx.ca or fax to 902-867-3765. Thank you.

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Welcome to our Summer 2015 cd StudentS…

Anonuevo, Christine S. Hazelton, BC canonuevo@gmail.com Decolonization, Settler & Aboriginal Dialogue Anti-Oppression/Equity Issues Beaudry, Jean-Luc Winnipeg, MB beaudry.beaudry@gmail.com Adult Ed as Social Justice Movement, Decolonizing post-secondary Education Clarke, Lisa Peterborough, ON lisajhclarke@gmail.com Violence Against Women Community Development Prevention/Social Justice Coyne, Bronwyn Port McNeill, BC bronwyn.coyne@gmail.com Nutrition & Health and their Social Context Flegg, Carol Calgary, AB caflegg@shaw.ca Community Development Health Promotion Lavery, Hal Winnipeg, MB hallavery@yahoo.ca Community Development Disability Issues

Melanson, Mary Anne Waterloo, ON mamelanson@rogers.com Community Development Inclusion, Post Secondary Community Transition Miller, Nikita London, ON nmille27@gmail.com Community Development Leadership Board Governance Morris, Tricia Port Perry, ON tricia.morris@sympatico.ca Self-care in Healing Work Abuse – Domestic Community Development Nass, Janet Red Deer, AB rinness64@yahoo.ca Transformation Learning for Nurses related to Oppression in the Traditional Patriarchal Health Care System Thibault, Michelle Truro, NS thibault_myshell@hotmail.com Creativity, Empowerment, Social Justice Sheppard Thibeau, Paula Mount Moriah, NL cnpthibeau@nl.rogers.com Gender Equality, Trauma, Self-Care & Community Development

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Welcome to our Summer rp 2015 StudentS… April, Judith Dawson Creek, BC X2014lcj@stfx.ca Using the Creative in Health Education Dwornick, Dennis Selkirk, MB X2015kub@stfx.ca Identity & Motivation Gilday-Flynn, Eileen Glace Bay, NS X2010mjq@stfx.ca Adult Learning, Multiple Intelligences & Impact for Older learners Houze, Amanda Tillsonburg, ON ahouze8@gmail.com Leadership Development Innes, Dennis N. Vancouver, BC X2015lvo@stfx.ca Vocational Education Morrison, Sharon Yellowknife, NT morrisoneducation@theedge.ca Adult Success, Workplace Personally

New, Cathy Regina, SK X2015kla@stfx.ca Facilitator/Workshops Ageism/Healthcare Providers Pilgrim, Brad St. Anthony, NL X95wxk@stfx.ca Rural NL Development & Adult Education Renders, Micky Peterborough, ON mickyrenders@gmail.ca Art and Transformation to Joy & Peace Rosati, Doriana London, ON X2014ijt@stfx.ca Organizational & Staff Development In Schools VanTassel, Daniel Thornhill, ON X2015lgb@stfx.ca Online Learning Wood, Susan Havre Boucher, NS swood@stfx.ca Student NSG Supports Self-Care/Challenges

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Congratulations to our spring 2015 graduateS… ACHESON, L. (2015). Reciprocal risk: A case study of community-university partnership. (Advisor: Coady, M.) BOYD, P. (2015). Mapping the pillars of sustainability: Building capacity for integrated coastal and marine planning on Cape Breton Island’s Gulf Coast. (Advisor: Careless, E.) CAVANAUGH, L. (2015). Transformative transition from clinical nurse to nurse educator: A self

study. (Advisor: Coady, M.)

ERICKSON, J. (2015). A maple leaf flies away: My story of professional identity formation as an

ESL Instructor abroad. (Advisor: Coady, M.)

FRANCE, P. (2015). The impact of mentors on student retention in a post-secondary environment. (Advisor: Lange, E./Careless, E.) CAMERON-GILES, K. (2015). Learning her way out: A case study of the transformative learning experiences of recovered third age women alcoholics. (Advisor: Lange, E./Careless, E.) HARRISON, D. (2015). Transforming white racial consciousness: Learning from anti-racist narratives in rural Canada. (Advisor: Roy, C.) JOUN, P. (2015). Caught in the crossfire: Working in South Korea as an English teacher. (Advisor: Roy, C.) LETOURNEAU, S. (2015). Defining safety for women learners impacted by abuse: Healing trauma through literacy and the arts. (Advisor: Roy, C.) LODGE, A. (2015). Health education and Aboriginal Peoples: A Non-Aboriginal practitioner's self-

study. (Advisor: Coady, M.)

LOWRIE, D. (2015). Knowledge sharing through mentoring by third age professionals: A case study of adult learning. (Advisor: Careless, E.) RUSSELL, C. (2015). Women and learning: How they experience and learn entrepreneurship.

(Advisor: Coady, M.)

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TUCKER RUSSELL, V. (2015). The Grenfell Mission and informal/formal learning in Newfoundland and Labrador: A historical case study. (Advisor: English, L.) TAYLOR, M. (2015). Social media as an instructional tool: Generation X and baby boom literacy instructors working with millennial students. (Advisor: English, L.)

THERIAULT, H. (2015) Learning about transformative learning strategies. (Advisor: English, L.) WRIGHT, C. (2015). Solidarity, allies, and social movement learning: Exploring the learning of delegates to northwestern Ontario. (Advisor: English, L.)

From & About You… Congratulations to Mark Morrissey, Summer, 2010 who out of 157 candidates this year, was chosen as a rising star in the economic development field by the Development Counsellors International (DCI). They are based out of New York and have the only 40 Under 40 award recognizing rising stars in the economic development field. Mark is a 10 year veteran in the field and his time in the North had him working in multiple industries, including aerospace. Congratulations to Joram Tarusarira, Fall 2012 Grad who is now Assistant Professor, Religion, Conflict & Peacebuilding at Groningen University, The Netherlands. Congratulations to Samantha Letourneau, Spring 2015 Grad, who received the Marie A. Gillen Award. Samantha’s research report is entitled Defining safety for women learners impacted by abuse: Healing trauma through literacy and the arts. Congratulations to Charles Wright, Spring, 2015 Grad who received the John Dobson Memorial Award and he was also the winner of the University Outstanding Graduate Student Research Award. Charles’ research report is entitled Solidarity, allies, and social movement learning: Exploring the learning of delegates to northwestern Ontario. Congratulations to Debbie Harrison, Spring 2015 Grad who received the Audrey Fenwick Memorial Award for academic excellence. Congratulations to Jane Lee, Summer ’13 FI, who has recently started a full time job as the Administrative Director for the Peter Lougheed Leadership College at the University of Alberta. Best wishes on the new job Jane!

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~Condolences~

Dr. Thomas Turay

We were very saddened to hear of the sudden death of a former faculty member, Dr. Thomas Turay. A memorial service will be held on October 3rd at 1:00 pm at St. Ninian’s Cathedral in Antigonish for Thomas. “Dr. Peace”, as he was known to his friends and colleagues, was elected as a Member of Parliament in Sierra Leone, West Africa in 2012. Thomas joined the Coady Institute in 2000, bringing with him more than 20 years of experience in the field of adult education and community-based development. In 2005, Thomas received a cross appointment to the Department of Adult Education at St. Francis Xavier University to join the faculty offering the Master of Adult Education. The primary focus of his work was in the areas of peacebuilding, human rights, advocacy, development education and indigenous African knowledge systems. He worked closely with the Institute’s overseas partners in Egypt, Guyana, Jamaica and Sierra Leone, and with Canadian NGOs including Canadian Friends of Sierra Leone, Partnership Africa Canada, Peacefund Canada, Peaceful Schools International, the International Centre for Conflict Resolution and Mediation, and the Tatamagouche Training Centre. Thomas stepped down as senior program staff at the Coady and as a faculty member in the Department of Adult Education in 2008. He returned to Sierra Leone to focus on his work with the Center of Development and Peace Education, an organization he directed and co-founded even before coming to the Coady. Over the past year Thomas and his wife Mary, a StFX Master of Adult Education graduate, gave much of their time and energy helping communities respond to the Ebola crisis in their country. Prior to his work with the Coady Institute, Thomas was also the Director of Caritas Makeni, an NGO which provides relief and development support for community-based organizations in the Northern Province of Sierra Leone. Our condolences go out to Thomas’ family.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dr. Donna Chovanec We were also saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Donna Chovanec, Associate Professor, Ed Policy Studies, University of Alberta. Dr. Chovanec passed away in March. Her friends and colleagues comments included “what a wonderful spirit; such a committed scholar; her feminist passion fuelled our work”. Dr. Chovanec specialized in adult education with a particular interest in political learning in social movements with a focus on women. Some of you would have participated in a Webinar that our department offered last year that Dr. Chovanec led entitled “Social Movement Learning: Intergenerational Political Learning”. Our condolences to Donna’s family.

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~~Important Dates~~

FOUNDATIONS INSTITUTES

April 3-21, 2016 July 3-21, 2016

{2 running simultaneously in July}

See list of annual important dates on our webpage: http://sites.stfx.ca/adult_education_graduate_studies/

Christmas Break for University

The Administrative Offices, University Bookstore and Campus Post Office will observe the following Christmas holiday period for 2015.

The last working day before the Christmas break will be Tuesday, December 22nd, 2015. Closed Beginning: Wednesday, December 23rd, 2015 Open Beginning: Monday, January 4th, 2016 We wish you all a very Happy and Safe Holiday Season.

Atlantic Regional Conference Exploring the Spirit of Learning

October 16 (12-5pm) & October 17 (9am – 5pm) Mount Saint Vincent University - McCain Centre

Halifax, Nova Scotia For more information contact:

sheri.landry@rci.rogers.com

http://sites.stfx.ca/adult_education_graduate_studies/http://www.casae-aceea.ca/?q=welcomemailto:sheri.landry@rci.rogers.com