Speakers
Read more about C2C 2024's featured speakers and facilitators.
Working Groups
Dr. Derek Armitage
(he/him)
Bio: Derek is a professor and associate director of graduate studies in the School of Environment, Resources and Sustainability (ERS) at the University of Waterloo. He studies the human dimensions of environmental change and emerging forms of environmental governance. He works on projects in Southeast Asia, the Canadian North and the Caribbean, with a particular focus on aquatic systems. His research supports governance arrangements that facilitate opportunities for learning and collaboration, amongst many other outcomes.
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Interdisciplinary Environmental Sustainability: Attendees will learn how interdisciplinarity is useful when considering environmental sustainability by the “theories of change” approach. They will engage in small group activities to further their learning.
Léa Rousseau
(she/her/elle)
Bio: Léa graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Knowledge Integration in 2023 and is now working as a Digital Editor at Rubicon Publishing. Her session is based on her fourth-year KI thesis project. Léa is passionate about collaboration and loves being outdoors.
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Psychological Safety and Team Climate in Collaboration: Attendants will learn about two overlapping concepts, namely, psychological safety and team climate. They will also discuss the notion of "culture" in teams.
Dr. Brianna Wiens and Dr. Shana MacDonald
(she/her) and (she/her)
Bios: Brianna is an assistant professor in the English Language and Literature department at the University of Waterloo. Her research examines how people use media in critical and creative ways to foster community and speak back to power. She explores how we build community through digital technology while negotiating its complex power dimensions. Shana is an associate professor of communication arts at UW. She leads the SSHRC funded project ‘Feminists Do Media’ which mobilizes social media to amplify historical and contemporary feminist media activism to a broader public. She is co-founder of Feminist Think Tank, an intersectional feminist research collective committed to advancing social equity through a critical interrogation of technology and digital cultures.
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Feminist Imagination: Attendees will learn about the techno-imaginaries of feminist media specifically, how desired futures are embedded in our visual culture to create their own posters, stickers, buttons, zines, and memes.
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Susie Brown
(she/her)
Bio: Susie is a Program Development Manager at Let’s Talk Science. Let's Talk Science is committed to preparing youth in Canada for future careers and citizenship demands in a rapidly changing world, driven by innovation in STEM fields. She specializes in science communication and community outreach.
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Science, Learning, and Communication: Attendants will explore, through group discussion, practice, and reflection, the importance of the intersection between science, learning and communication in order to communicate complex ideas to varied audiences.
Barbara Daly
(she/her)
Bio: Barbara is an instructional support educator who has been at the University of Waterloo for over 24 years. A few of the classes she teaches include CS 105, CS 115, CS 200, and more. Barbara is also a Microsoft Office Specialist, with Microsoft applications and Office 2019.
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Applications of Microsoft 365: Attendees will participate in an interactive computer science workshop focusing on the applications of Microsoft 365. They will have the opportunity to understand the fundamentals of operating systems in a collaborative group setting.
Workshops
Dan Beaver
Bio: Dan has managed the ENV Makerspace, located in the Faculty of Environment for the past nine years. He is passionate about providing a nurturing environment where students can explore their ideas, develop practical skills, and bring their academic and research projects to life. He looks forward to supporting C2C once again!
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Coaster Engraving and String Art: Attendees will be invited into the ENV Makerspace, where they will have the chance to engrave coasters and/or make string art to take home.
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John Wager
Bio: John is an Anishinaabe Craftsman from Curve Lake First Nation. His craft journey began eight years ago when he made his first spoon. He's lived in Curve Lake First Nation for most of his life. Making things, selling them and teaching others how is what he does full time.
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Indigenous Spoon Carving: Participants will learn how to carve a wooden spoon. This session will cover respectful sourcing and selecting of wood, splitting wood and axe work, slojd and hook knives technique, and basic sharpening of tools and techniques.
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Karley Babb
(they/them)
Bio: Karley is a Partner Program National Facilitation Lead at St. John's Ambulance. They can be found training community partners to be new facilitators to teach the OPRT curriculum. They bring a mixed of lived and professional experience with them, being a member of their local harm reduction community, and an advocate for regulated supply.
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Naloxone Harm Reduction: Attendees will learn to save lives! Karley’s session will provide a trauma-informed and de-stigmatized approach to opioid poisoning awareness, including information on stigma and harm reduction, how to respond to an opioid poisoning, how to administer nasal naloxone, and self-care after a traumatic event.
Public Lectures
Dr. Rob Gorbet
(he/him)
Bio: Rob is an associate professor in the department of Knowledge Integration at the University of Waterloo. He has a PhD in Electrical Engineering and his research interests include interfaces, interface design, interactive artworks, and human interaction in collaboration, teaching and learning.
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Collaborative Problem Solving: Students will be invited to learn how and why exposure to interdisciplinary collaboration earlier in undergrad leads to better problem solving. Breaking down the "divide and conquer" status quo of collaboration along disciplinary lines achieves integration in addition to bettering communication skills, active listening and increasing empathy and epistemic humility.
Dr. Craig Fortier and Dr. Matt Borland
(they/them) and (he/him)
Bios: Craig is an associate professor in the department of Social Development Studies at the University of Waterloo. Their research interests include settler colonialism, popular culture and radical change, trans-disciplinary social justice pedagogy, Indigenous and settler relationships, and much more. Matt is a lecturer in the Department of Systems Design Engineering at UW. His research interests include music technology, design methods and systems thinking. Together, they will be giving this public lecture.
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Emergent Encounters Action Project: Attendees will explore the creation of communities of justice across social disciplines.
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Knowledge Integration Panel
Dr. Rob Gorbet
(he/him)
Associate Professor
Dr. Katie Plaisance
(she/her)
Associate Professor and Chair
Dr. Mathieu Feagan
(he/him)
Assistant Professor
Dr. Vanessa Schweizer
(she/her)
Associate Professor
Sophia Richardson
(she/her)
Knowledge Integration Alum
Attendees will have a chance to familiarize themselves with the research and teaching of Knowledge Integration faculty and alum. They will gain insights into pertinent challenges and opportunities of working in interdisciplinary spaces.
Interdisciplinary Research Panel
Dr. Nandita Basu
(she/her)
Professor
Dr. Steven Bednarski
(he/him)
Professor
Dr. Kerstin Dautenhahn
(she/her)
Professor
Dr. Brian Ingalls
(he/him)
Professor
Dr. Pooneh Torabian
(she/her)
Lecturer
Attendees will be exposed to a breadth of interdisciplinary research projects and learn about the methodologies that make them possible. The panellists will provide insights into how interested students can get involved in research during their undergrad.