SCARP PhD Forum presents Keisha Maloney

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SCARP's PhD students run a research forum where our PhD students share and invite questions about their emerging research findings. Some of these students welcome attendees from beyond SCARP. 

Feel free to join us for the next PhD Forum at SCARP:

Keisha Maloney presents:

Rehearsals for Transformation: What Have Students Taught Us, so Far?

With data collection and analysis in full swing for the Rehearsals for Transformation project, this presentation will report and seek feedback on emerging findings, and share outstanding questions that will direct the final months of data collection. Students who have participated in the research study are especially welcome to attend to hear how their insights are being mobilized and provide feedback (during or after the session) on emerging findings. The research project seeks to identify ‘threshold concepts’ enabled by community-engaged learning components delivered in urban studies courses. Threshold concepts represent a fundamental shift in one’s understanding of the field, and thus may signal how, and to what degree we are preparing students to address urban challenges in ways that advance transformative outcomes. For planning students and educators, this presentation will a) demystify some of the complexity associated with the community-engaged learning journey and b) connect pedagogical experiences to the possibilities for transformative planning praxis. 

Light snacks and coffee will be provided, but feel free to bring your lunch!

More about Keisha Maloney

Keisha probes research questions that consider engagement and consultation practices that foreground planning for equity and inclusivity, particularly for Indigenous peoples who are the first caretakers of now settler-colonial lands. As Indigenous peoples have been disenfranchised by urban planning (and other colonial) implements, her research considers the process of implementing the UNDRIP in the City of Toronto. She applies collaborative research methods including walking-ethnographic interviews, producing counter-cartographies, and focus groups to bridge the divide between Indigenous planning principles and municipal planning institutions.

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