Childhood and Youth Studies student Glenisha Austin-Clarke got the unique opportunity to complete her practicum at her alma mater Elmwood School – who were so delighted to have her back, they featured her in the school newsletter! 

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A group of �Ӱ�ԭ�� students took home top awards at CityStudio’s 2024 Event on April 12.

Held at the end of each academic year, HUBBUB is a networking event and exhibit showcasing a curated selection of student projects from each of the participating institutions.

At the event, students with top projects from each institution pitched their project or spoke about their CityStudio experience. Submitted projects are judged by a committee of one professor or faculty member from each institution and one City staff representative. The projects are scored for innovation, impact, scalability and problem-solving.

Childhood and Youth Studies students in the Critical Approaches to Child Development course taught by Prof. Alexandra Arraiz Matute (Interdisciplinary Studies)  produced resources for Ottawa Public Health’s youth engagement strategy, and some of the groups submitted their work to a city-wide competition.

Students from the course won the top �Ӱ�ԭ�� award and also placed in the top 12 groups amongst submissions from �Ӱ�ԭ�� University, University of Ottawa, and Algonquin College.

Project The SATURN Method: Self Advocacy for Children and Youth in the Healthcare Setting, led by �Ӱ�ԭ�� students Chloe Sykes, Will Bordeleau, Jemma Woschitz, and Natasha Kislev were among the winning groups.

Group member Chloe Sykes says the experience helped her realize her aspirations to positively impact the youth healthcare system.

Kate Belanger, a student in the group recognized as one of the top 12 city-wide, says the experience inspired her to continue her community efforts.

Mayor Sutcliffe congratulated all participants noting that CityStudio is a platform to share ideas, bring together different perceptions, and build meaningful relationships across organizations for mutual benefit. 

is a partnership between the �Ӱ�ԭ�� University, City of Ottawa, Algonquin College of Applied Arts and Technology, and the University of Ottawa. It aims to explore municipal challenges from different perspectives by bringing together students, faculty and City staff.

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The Institute of Interdisciplinary Studies — Child Studies Presents

Reconfiguring Childhood at a Time of Climate Crisis by Guest Lecturer Dr. Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw

The has emerged as a figure of uncertain and precarious futures, requiring new kinds of thought and action. Yet, childhood studies has not engaged deeply with the Anthropocene. Dr. Pacini-Ketchabaw will engage with responses to the Anthropocene within childhood studies and argue that we need to be attentive to place, to engage with educators and children, to adopt a critical response to address the social and environmental legacies of settler colonialism. “In this talk, I will introduce ‘common world pedagogies’ as an alternative perspective to neocolonial environmental stewardship approaches, and aspire to reconfigure colonial relations between childhood and nature,” explains Dr. Pacini-Ketchabaw.

is a professor in early childhood education at .  Her academic background in early childhood education and her current work as a pedagogista are combined with insights from feminist theory, environmental humanities, Indigenous studies, and cultural geography. Her interdisciplinary research with educators and young children explores the possibilities of common world pedagogies. These pedagogies support children to pay close attention to place, to other species, and to how we all got to be in the space we share. Dr. Pacini-Ketchabaw is interested in how we might learn with other species in the colonial spaces we co-inhabit. She can be contacted at: vpacinik@uwo.ca

Tuesday, January 30^th, 7:00 – 9:00 pm

Azrieli Theatre 102

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