We successfully presented at the Intercultural U Pecha Kucha Night last Friday, Mar. 22, 2013. We were well-received and pleasantly surprised with the amount of audience participation during the activity portion. More information about the presentation are below:

Event Information:

• What: Intercultural U: Colloqium and Pecha Kucha
• When:
  • Colloquium | 1:00-5:15pm
  • Dinner | 5:15-6:00pm
  • PechaKucha | 6:00pm-8:00pm
• Where: Liu Institute for Global Issues, UBC Campus (Pt Grey)
• Website: http://diversity.ubc.ca/intercultural-u-colloquium-and-pechakucha-on-march-22-2013/

Presentation Information:

• Name: Intentional Learning Space as an Alternative Model of Education
• Presenters:
  • Hanae Tsukada
  • Amy Perreault
  • Judy Chan
  • Zack Lee
  • Shaya Golparian
• Description: We will question some of the institutional debates on intercultural understanding at UBC and propose the creation of an “intentional learning space” as an alterna- tive approach. Based on our experience, we will illustrate how we design and facilitate the learning space to engage students in discussing socially contentious issues.
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The other files associated with the presentation are available in the Media Gallery.