{"id":110,"date":"2022-06-20T12:18:43","date_gmt":"2022-06-20T19:18:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/easeil\/?page_id=110"},"modified":"2025-08-29T10:41:26","modified_gmt":"2025-08-29T17:41:26","slug":"about-us","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/easeil\/about-us\/","title":{"rendered":"ABOUT US"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

About Us<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The EaSEIL initiative is a combined effort between faculty, staff, students, and UBC partnering offices across departments and disciplines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our Story <\/h2>
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EaSEIL\u2019s story \u2013 Graphic recording by Carina Nilsson (January 20, 2025)
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Guiding Principles<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Broadly speaking, we take inspiration from the advocacy by Syilx elders (Christina Marchand, Eric Mitchell)<\/mark><\/span><\/a> and aim to move forward together to reimagine and improve student learning experiences in UBC science and engineering courses that engage students with the Land. In this initiative, we strive towards equitable partnerships, trusting relationships, and transparency in our intentions and activities. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

These principles guide our work and activity outputs:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022FAIR<\/strong>: Findable, Accessible, Interoperable, Reusable (Wilkinson at al., 2016<\/mark><\/span><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022CARE<\/strong>: Collective Benefit, Authority to Control, Responsibility, Ethics (Carroll et. al., 2020<\/mark><\/span><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2022TRUST<\/strong>: Transparency, Responsibility, User focus, Sustainability, Technology (Lin et al., 2020<\/mark><\/span><\/a>)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

As such, we amplify good practices and work already happening. We meet people where they are. We collaborate and consult. We pause, reflect, and aim to do no harm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Community Guidelines <\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Within the Community of Practice we aimed to create a learning environment where respect for one another and collaboration to enhance understanding or produce resources\/ideas were at the forefront. Every member was invited to participate as a partner in knowledge building. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

We co-constructed community guidelines for collaboration and learning together with instructors and partners<\/strong> and revisited these in every meeting:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Team and Partners<\/strong><\/h2>
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The EaSEIL initiative is a combined effort between faculty, staff, students, and UBC partnering offices across departments and disciplines. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Leadership Team<\/h3>
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Laura Lukes<\/mark><\/span><\/strong><\/a>
PI, Project Manager,
Community of Practice Design, Lead Research & Evaluation<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Shandin Pete<\/mark><\/span><\/strong><\/a>
Co-PI, Place-based Indigenous Communities’ Partnerships, Culturally Congruent Pedagogies<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Silvia Mazabel<\/mark><\/span><\/strong>
Community of Practice
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Sarah Bean Sherman<\/mark><\/span><\/strong><\/a>
Students as Partners<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Brett Gilley<\/mark><\/span><\/strong><\/a>
Inclusion & Accessibility<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n
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Wylee Fitz-Gerald<\/mark><\/strong>
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EaSEIL Community of Practice Instructors<\/strong><\/h3>
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Twenty-nine faculty members have participated in the EaSEIL Community of Practice meetings and activities over time. They belong to the Departments of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences (19); Integrated Sciences (1), Geography (1), Mining Engineering (1), Botany (2); and to the Faculty of Forestry (3) in the UBC Vancouver Campus. Two members joined EaSEIL remotely from the Department of Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences in UBC-Okanagan Campus. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Department of Earth, Ocean and Atmospheric Sciences<\/strong>
Hal Bradbury<\/mark><\/span><\/a>5<\/sup>
Roger Beckie<\/mark><\/span><\/a>1<\/sup>
Brett Gilley<\/mark><\/span><\/a>1<\/sup>
Lee Groat<\/mark><\/span><\/a>1<\/sup>
Lindsey Heagy<\/mark><\/span><\/a>1<\/sup>
Ken Hickey<\/mark><\/span><\/a>1<\/sup>
Mitch D’Arcy<\/mark><\/span><\/a>4<\/sup>
Tara Ivanochko<\/mark><\/span><\/a>1<\/sup>
Maite Maldonado<\/mark><\/span><\/a>1<\/sup>
Scott McDougall<\/mark><\/span><\/a>3<\/sup>
Michael Lipsen<\/mark><\/span><\/a>2<\/sup>
Simon Peacock<\/mark><\/span><\/a>1<\/sup>
Lucy Porritt<\/mark><\/span><\/a>1<\/sup>
Joel Saylor<\/mark><\/span><\/a>1<\/sup>
James Scoates<\/mark><\/span><\/a>1<\/sup>
Shandin Pete<\/mark><\/span><\/a>1<\/sup>
Matthew Tarling<\/mark><\/span><\/a>5<\/sup>
Jason Yeung<\/mark><\/span><\/a>1<\/sup>
Jason Young5<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Geography<\/strong>
Brett Eaton<\/mark><\/span><\/a>6<\/sup>
Nina Hewitt<\/mark><\/span><\/a>1<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Integrated Sciences<\/strong>
Denise Gabriel2<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Faculty of Forestry<\/strong>
Nolan Bett<\/mark><\/span><\/a>2<\/sup>
Warren Cardinal-McTeague<\/mark><\/span><\/a>2<\/sup>
Suzie Lavallee<\/mark><\/span><\/a>4<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Mining Engineering<\/strong>
Tonia Welch<\/mark><\/span><\/a>2<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Botany<\/strong>
Jaclyn Dee<\/mark><\/span><\/a>4<\/sup>
Abel Rosado<\/mark><\/span><\/a>4<\/sup>

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Earth, Environmental and Geographic Sciences<\/strong>
(UBC-Okanagan)<\/strong>
Saoirse MacKinnon<\/mark><\/span><\/a>2<\/sup>
Craig Nichol<\/mark><\/span><\/span><\/a>2<\/sup><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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  1. 2022-2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  2. 2023-2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  3. 2022-2024<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  4. 2022-2023<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  5. 2024-2025<\/li>\n\n\n\n
  6. April 2022, Summer 23\/24<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n

    Student Partners<\/h3>
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