Beyond the Local: Stories of Place in Environmental Learning
SCAN Research Talk
How do young adults with significant immigration experiences and active roles in campus environmental and climate advocacy characterize their relationships to place? In this session, PhD candidate Sarah Urquhart shares a participatory photovoice research project exploring global and relational connections to place and co-researcher desires for their environmental learning. This session encourages reflection on how diverse stories of place can expand possibilities in place-based environmental learning and leadership. This talk is part of the SCAN Research talk series, highlighting studies by OISE researchers. Register in advance
About the Speaker
Sarah Urquhart
Sarah Urquhart is a PhD student in curriculum and pedagogy the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto. Her research is exploring environmental justice education as experienced by newcomer youth in Toronto. Before continuing her education, she was a secondary teacher working internationally in Mexico, Hong Kong, and Japan. Sarah supports teacher education as an environmental education instructor with Queen’s University’s Faculty of Education, and is a research assistant for the partnership in Climate Education between OISE and the Toronto District School Board. Sarah’s interests are in developing community engaged, place-based, and justice-oriented learning in K-12 and teacher education contexts.
