Paulina Semenec

Evaluation Consultant 
She/Her

I am a first-generation immigrant of European (Czech) ancestry and came to Canada in the late 1980’s with my family at the age of 6. I grew up in various places in Ontario but spent the majority of my childhood living in Mississauga, Ontario. After completing my B.A, I decided that a change of scenery was needed, so I drove across Canada to BC, where I now work and live with my family. I currently live in Squamish (located on the ancestral and unceded territory of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh Nations.

Ask Me About

• Evaluation and research  
• ISP engagement work across campus  
• Teaching at UBC  

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I joined the Indigenous Initiatives team in July 2022 as an Educational and Evaluation Consultant but have been working at CTLT since 2016. Before coming to UBC in 2012 to start my PhD, I taught English as an Additional Language in Vancouver for over 8 years before deciding I was ready for school again. I’m passionate about teaching and learning and have taught and TA’d for many years at UBC. I recently completed a certificate in Evaluation for Social Change and Transformational Learning through SFU and am currently on the lookout for my next learning challenge! 

I Love

• Spending time with my family in the great outdoors 
• Anything related to interior design (dream job in my next life) 
• Pottery! I just started learning and I’m hooked!