{"id":13,"date":"2011-01-09T16:11:42","date_gmt":"2011-01-10T00:11:42","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/froharddourlent\/"},"modified":"2015-05-05T09:17:57","modified_gmt":"2015-05-05T17:17:57","slug":"community","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/froharddourlent\/community\/","title":{"rendered":"Community"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I was involved in community organizing well before I decided to enter the world of academia, and this aspect remains central to my life. Activism not only informs my work, but I also see being active in my community as a great opportunity to make connections between research and practice. I also just enjoy it! Being involved in my community(ies) has always been an energizing force in my life.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Current positions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Volunteer at <a href=\"http:\/\/www.qmunity.ca\/youth\/gab-youth-services\/\">Gab Youth<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Member of the <a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcsocigrads\/\">Graduate Student Council of Sociology<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Member of the Vancouver School Board&#8217;s Pride Advisory Committee<\/li>\n<li>Member of the LGBTQ2+ Advisory Committee at the City of Vancouver<\/li>\n<li>Reviewer for <em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.watcherjunior.tv\/\">Watcher Junior<\/a><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div><\/div>\n<p><strong>Previous positions:<\/strong><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Conference organizing<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Organizing Committee for Slayage 5, an biannual academic conference organized by the Whedon Studies Association<\/li>\n<li>Organizing Committee for 5th annual UBC Sociology Graduate Conference<\/li>\n<li>Organizing Committee for\u00a0Queer U, an academic panel for Outweek (UBC&#8217;s queer-themed week) which showcases research on gender(s) and sexuality(ies) at UBC (Feb 2012)<\/li>\n<li>Organizing Committee of 4th annual UBC Sociology Graduate Conference (Beyond The Norm: Changing and Challenging Perspectives on Social Research) (May 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Organizer of Queer U, an academic panel for Outweek (UBC&#8217;s queer-themed week) which showcases research on gender(s) and sexuality(ies) at UBC (Feb 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Organizing Committee of 3rd annual UBC Sociology Graduate Conference (March 2010)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Academic service\u00a0<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>President of the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/ubcsocigrads\/\">Graduate Student Council of Sociology<\/a>\u00a0(2010-2012)<\/li>\n<li>Member of Student Editorial Board of\u00a0<em><a href=\"http:\/\/ucpressjournals.com\/journal.asp?j=sp\">Social Problems<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>(2011-2012)<\/li>\n<li>Vice-President Administration of the Graduate Student Council of Sociology (2009-2010)<\/li>\n<li>Secretary of Pride UBC (2009-2010) and On The QT coordinator for Pride UBC (2008-2009)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<ul>\n<li><em>Community volunteering<\/em>\n<ul>\n<li>Foster home for the Vancouver Orphan Kitten Rescue Association (2008-2013)<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer on Organizing Committee for The Network: Queer Grads Students at UBC (2010-2012)<\/li>\n<li>Pridespeak Leader for Gab Youth (2008-2010)<\/li>\n<li>Volunteer at the Vancouver Folk Festival (2010, 2011)<\/li>\n<li>Education Coordinator for MAG &#8211; Jeunes Gais, Lesbiennes, Bis et Trans (2005-2007)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I was involved in community organizing well before I decided to enter the world of academia, and this aspect remains central to my life. Activism not only informs my work, but I also see being active in my community as a great opportunity to make connections between research and practice. I also just enjoy it! [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4320,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-13","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/froharddourlent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/froharddourlent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/froharddourlent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/froharddourlent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4320"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/froharddourlent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=13"}],"version-history":[{"count":12,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/froharddourlent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":110,"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/froharddourlent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/13\/revisions\/110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/froharddourlent\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=13"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}