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UofT News Article about Kensington Market Research Project
UofT News has written an article about the Ethnography Lab’s Kensington Market Research project. Click below to read the full article! https://www.utoronto.ca/news/change-and-resistance-kensington-market-u-t-lab-tells-community-s-story Featured image by Romi Levine Continue reading
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Video: Ethnography Lab Summer High School Program 2016
This video introduces the 2016 Ethnography Lab Summer High School Program. The founder and director of the program, Prof. Joshua Barker from the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto, is featured welcoming 13 high school students from the GTA to the program. The ELSHSP, which aims to introduce high school students from grades 10-12 to … Continue reading
Visual Ethnography: Exploring Kensington Market (Video Update #3)
As part of a larger ongoing research project about Toronto’s Kensington Market, a group of students and film-makers are working together to produce an ethnographic film about this dynamic neighbourhood. Bronwyn Frey, a Master’s student at the University of Toronto, has chosen to share her video updates about the process of creating this film. Following … Continue reading
The Visual Ethnography Group is having its first meeting
The Visual Ethnography Group, coordinated by Bronwyn Frey, a graduate student in Anthropology at the University of Toronto, will be having its first meeting on Friday, September 9th, 2016 from 2-4pm. Come join us in Room AP330 in the anthropology building at 19 Russell Street, Toronto. We will be introducing ourselves and brainstorming activities and … Continue reading
Visual Ethnography: Exploring Kensington Market (Video Update #2)
As part of a larger ongoing research project about Toronto’s Kensington Market, a group of students and film-makers are working together to produce an ethnographic film about this dynamic neighbourhood. Bronwyn Frey, a Master’s student at the University of Toronto, has chosen to share her video updates about the process of creating this film. Click … Continue reading
Visual Ethnography: Exploring Kensington Market (Video Update #1)
As part of a larger ongoing research project about Toronto’s Kensington Market, a group of students and film-makers are working together to produce an ethnographic film about this dynamic neighbourhood. Bronwyn Frey, a Master’s student at the University of Toronto, has chosen to share her video updates about the process of creating this film. Click below … Continue reading
The Summer High School Program (2016) is Under Way!
The 2016 Ethnography Lab Summer High School Program is officially under way! The program, which aims to introduce high school students from grades 10-12 to the practice of ethnography, kicked off on Monday, July 4th and will run until Friday July 8th. During the course of the program, the students will be exposed to lectures, … Continue reading
CREST News Bulletin (January – April 2016)
Click on the link below to read the most recent CREST News Bulletin, which features the latest news from the Centre for Research and Education for Social Transformation located in Kerala, India. This year, four undergraduate students from the University of Toronto will be undertaking 2 month internships with CREST. Stay tuned for more updates … Continue reading
Ethnography in Canada – Conference Program
The program and speaker lineup for the Ethnography in Canada 2016 conference have now been finalized. Please CLICK HERE to download the complete program booklet, including speaker bios and abstract, as a PDF. As a reminder, the conference location is: Centre for Social Innovation (CSI) – Annex 720 Bathurst St, Toronto, ON M5S 2R4 On Bathurst, a … Continue reading
Ethnography of the University / Ethnography of the University: Focus on Power 2015 / Undergraduate Ethnography
What’s in a Rank? Universities and Student Satisfaction: The Role of Student Services Practitioners in Creating Successful Students (Ethnography of the University 2015: Focus on Power)
This is a research paper by Shannon McKechnie, produced as part of the Ethnography of the University 2015: Focus on Power course. Download PDF here Abstract Increasingly, students attending post-secondary education are not pursuing higher academic knowledge. Instead, the experience of University, including gaining new friends, relationships, memories, and prospective careers has become paramount. This is … Continue reading
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