Decolonizing Evaluation Interview Series: Elsie Achugbue & Lucy Buchanan-Parker
We wanted to reconnect with Elsie and Lucy to hear more about the development of the StEAR evaluation framework and to explore their reflections on the challenges and possibilities of implementing and evaluating large-scale institutional change at UBC.
AI Reflections: Faculty Spotlight on Daisy Rosenblum – Part 2
Welcome back to our interview with Dr. Daisy Rosenblum, Assistant Professor cross-appointed in the First Nations and Endangered Languages Program within the Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies, and the Department of Anthropology. We highly recommend reviewing the footnotes, Daisy shared lots of great resources for expanding on what she discusses below.
AI Reflections: Faculty Spotlight on Tricia Logan
We recently had the opportunity to have a conversation with Dr. Tricia Logan where she shared her insights on how AI is impacting her teaching and research at UBC.
AI Reflections: Faculty Spotlight on Daisy Rosenblum – Part 1
Earlier this spring, we had the pleasure of sitting down with Dr. Daisy Rosenblum to talk about AI and its impacts on teaching and learning at UBC and on community-based language work. This is part 1 of 2.
AI Reflections: Language and Artificial Intelligence
In this post, we’ll look at what happens when AI is used without community consultation, before turning to encouraging examples of communities working with AI to support language revitalization.
Decolonizing Evaluation Interview Series: Warren Cardinal-McTeague
Welcome to the summer edition of our Decolonizing Evaluation Series! In this post, Emily and I share our interview with Dr. Warren Cardinal-McTeague, Assistant Professor in the Department of Forest & Conservation Sciences, where he speaks about his reflections on a graduate level course he developed on Indigenous data sovereignty.
Decolonizing Evaluation Interview Series: Wendy Bond, Asma-na-hi Antoine, Sam Filipenko
Welcome to our very first Indigenous Initiatives interview series exploring decolonizing approaches to evaluation! Across this series, we’ll be speaking with colleagues from across the University of British Columbia who hold different roles and responsibilities, but who are all deeply engaged in research and evaluation work. Together, they help shape how knowledge is gathered, interpreted, and mobilized within the institution and […]
AI Reflections: Faculty Spotlight on Alexander Ross
Alexander Ross He/Him/His Assistant Professor School of Information, Faculty of Arts We recently had the privilege of sitting down with Dr. Alexander Ross from the School of Information to hear his perspectives on AI and its impacts on teaching and learning at UBC. Alex is a critical communications scholar, with a focus on media theory and the political economy of […]
AI Reflections: Perpetuation of Bias
AI uses data to generate content, identify patterns, summarize, and make predictions. This data exists as information firmly located in our past and present, even as it tries to move us into the future. When we consider the systems that produce the most data: education, healthcare, and legal systems, to name a few, we can see their outputs are shaped […]
What would your world look like if racism and oppression did not exist?
When I was first asked this question, my brain could not even fathom the possibilities and others in the room with me could not either! I was in an anti-racism educators’ workshop and the facilitator coyly chuckled and stated, “As a person of colour, it’s okay to give yourself permission to dream.” In shock and awe, I decided to rescind almost to a childlike state and threw myself into the […]