Dr. Yi Chien Jade Ho 何宜謙 (she/they) defended her Education PhD at Simon Fraser University in November 2023. In her time as a grad student at SFU, Jade was a community-based researcher at the Environmental School Project, which is a public outdoor elementary school where learning happens entirely outdoors. Jade has also taught various courses including social and educational issues, curriculum theories and implementation, philosophy of education, and issues related to Asian and Asian diaspora communities. Outside of academia, Jade has been a housing-justice organizer for over a decade, working primarily in Vancouver’s Chinatown fighting against gentrification and racism and with the Vancouver Tenants Union. While at SFU, she was also a labour organizer with the Teaching Support Staff Union and Contract Worker Justice @SFU, a coalition of workers, students and larger SFU community members fighting to end outsourcing practice at the University. Her doctoral work focused on developing a radical pedagogy of place and discussing decolonization responsibility and accountability specifically focusing on immigrant settlers and their connection to place, land and identity. Growing up in both coastal Taiwan and the Caribbeans, Jade finds home in water and loves to dance her heart out.
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