Social Justice Beyond Our Borders Series
Hosted by Adler University
LLTD Team Presenters: Dr. Karen Meyer, Dr. Cynthia Nicol, Dr. Samson Nashon, Abdihakin Musse, Abdikhafar Ali and Ahmed Hussein.
Date & Venue: Thursday November 30, 2017 | Adler University Vancouver Campus.
LLTD Presentation with Private Universities & Colleges in BC.
Hosted by Yorkville University
LLTD Team Presenters: Dr. Cynthia Nicol, Dr. Samson Nashon, Abdihakin Musse and Ahmed Hussein.
Date & Venue: Thursday October 26, 2017 | Yorkville University Vancouver Campus.
4th Annual Technology Enhanced Classroom (TEC) Expo
Hosted by the Faculty of Education, The University of British Columbia (UBC)
LLTD Team Presenters: Dr. Karen Meyer, Dr. Cynthia Nicol, Mohamud Olow, Abdikhafar Ali, Hassan Yarrow and Suleiman Aden.
Date & Venue: Wednesday July 12, 2017 | UBC Vancouver Campus, BC.
Click on this link to know more about the TEC Expo http://ets.educ.ubc.ca/tec-expo-2017/
Freirean Dialogue through Social Media in a Refugee Camp: An Educational Experiment
Hosted by the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, The University of British Columbia (UBC)
LLTD Team Presenters: Dr. Karen Meyer, Dr. Cynthia Nicol, Dr. Samson Nashon, Mohamud Olow, Ali Hussein, Siyad Maalim, Abdihakin Musse, Abdikhafar Ali, Ahmed Hussein, Muhammad Hassan, Hassan Yarrow, Mohamed Halane, Philip Kimani, Abdullahi Ismail, Ibrahim Abdi and Suleiman Aden.
Date & Venue: Friday March 24, 2017 | UBC Vancouver Campus, BC.
International Conference on Paulo Freire
Hosted by the Department of Educational Studies, The University of British Columbia (UBC)
LLTD Team Presenters: Dr. Cynthia Nicol, Dr. Karen Meyer, Dr. Samson Nashon,Siyad Maalim, Mohamed Bulle, Ahmed Hussein, Abdikhafar Ali, Ali Hussein, Hassan Hassan, Mohamud Olow, Abdihakin Musse and Philip Kimani.
Date & Venue: May 6th & 7th, 2016 | UBC Vancouver Campus, BC.
Click here to read more about the conference: http://edst.educ.ubc.ca/Freire2016
60th Annual Comparative and International Education Society (CIES) Poster Presentation conference
Poster Title 1: Becoming University Students in a Refugee Camp: Stories of Teaching and Learning in Dadaab, Kenya.
Please click here to view the poster. ‘Becoming University Students in a Refugee Camp’
Poster Title 2: Girls’ Educational Experience in Dadaab Refugee Camp: Challenges and Perseverance.
Please click here to view the poster. Girls Educatinal Experience in Dadaab Refugee Camp’
LLTD Team Presenters: Dr. Cynthia Nicol, Dr. Karen Meyer, Dr. Samson Nashon, Siyad Maalim, Mohamed Bulle, Ahmed Hussein, Abdikhafar Ali, Ali Hussein, Hassan Hassan, Mohamud Olow, Abdihakin Musse and Philip Kimani.
Date & Venue: March 9th, 2016 | Sheraton Vancouver Wall Center Hotel, Vancouver, BC.
Becoming a university student in a refugee camp: This research looked at the experiences of teachers in their teaching practicum, and the impact they have had on their students after taking some teaching courses with UBC and Moi based professors in a Teacher Education Program in Dadaab University Campus. The co-researchers were also former students and teachers in Dadaab as such they shared their teaching and learning stories with LLTD professors so as to better understand and, therefore, improve teaching and learning in Dadaab.
Girls’ educational experience in Dadaab refugee camp: Challenges and perseverance. This research focused on the following issues, among others: Disparity in School performance between boys and girls, imbalance in enrollment rates of boys and girls registered in both primary and secondary schools, participation of girls in classroom lectures and lack of female refugee teachers in high schools.
Click here to read more about the conference: http://www.cies.us/events/EventDetails.aspx?id=598411
2015 Conference of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE)
Hosted by the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Canada.
Presentation Title: Give me a Small Space and I will Create more’: Creating Opportunities for Teacher Learning in a Refugee Camp.
Dr. Cynthia Nicol, Mohamud Olow, Mohamed Bulle, Ahmed Hussein, Abdikhafar Ali, Ali Hussein, Mohamed Hassan, Dr. Karen Meyer, Dr. Samson Nashon, Dr. Rita Irwin and Dr. George Belliveau.
Date & Venue: 1st June 2015 | University of Ottawa.
5th Triennial International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (IAACS) Conference
Hosted by the Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Canada.
Presentation Title: Where is ‘Refugee’ in International Education: Living, Learning and Teaching in Dadaab Refugee Camp.
Dr. Karen Meyer, Dr. Cynthia Nicol, Dr. Samson Nashon, Mohamud Olow, Mohamed Bulle, Ahmed Hussein, Abdikhafar Ali, Ali Hussein, Hassan Hassan, Dr. George Belliveau, and Rita Irwin
Date & Venue: Thursday, 28th May 2015 | University of Ottawa, Ottawa, Canada.
Seventh Biennial Provoking Curriculum Studies Conference
Hosted by the Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy in the Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia & the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies
LLTD Team Presenters: Dr. Cynthia Nicol, Dr. Karen Meyer, Dr. Samson Nashon, Mohamed Bulle, Ahmed Hussein, Abdikhafar Ali, Ali Hussein, Hassan Hassan and Mohamud Olow
Date & Venue: February 20 & 21, 2015 | UBC Vancouver Campus, BC.
In this presentation, the LLTD Research team highlight the changing of places in the context of Dadaab Refugee Camp since members of the team have either lived in Dadaab or have visited more than once. A thorough understanding of the decisions and the considerable factors that can come into play in the “in” and “out” stages were contextualized and formed the basis of the presentation.
The presentation methods included:- story telling e.g. stories of personal experiences such as team member’s journey to Dadaab, various poetry and short lectures about the status of education in the camps, nature of curriculum in refugee schools, refugee student well-being and the living conditions in the camps. The audience was mainly faculty members and students.
2015 Walkabout Launching Event
LLTD Team Presenters: Dr. Samson Nashon, Abdikafar Ali and Mohamed Bulle
Date, Time & Venue: January 14, 2015 12:00 noon-1:30pm | UBC Vancouver Campus, BC.
The aim of this project is to raise awareness about the growing need for higher education in the camps and in particular to solicit donations for the transport of current students, in the Techer Education Program facilitated by UBC and other universities, to the Dadaab Campus where refugee high school teachers receive further education training.
The speakers presented about the status of education in the camps and the demographics of Dadaab.
Colours in Refuge: A Curriculum Story
LLTD Team Presenters: Dr. Karen Meyer
Date, Time & Venue: November 14, 2014 12:30-2:00pm | UBC Vancouver Campus, BC.
Meyer’s bricolage of poetry, narratives and postscripts sketches a story of place and education. AS a co-investigator in LLTD Research project she had the opportunity to visit, teach and see for herself how Dadaab looks like. With her artistic creativity and poetic nature, she delves into the nature of curriculum in Dadaab schools and curriculum related refugee issues.
Please follow this link for a video of her presentation.
LLTD Co-researchers Project Progress Update
LLTD Team Presenters: Ali Hussein and Mohamud Olow
Date, Time & Venue: November 12, 2014 5:30-6:30pm | UBC Vancouver Campus, BC.
The center-piece of this presentation was some of main themes that stood out in the data analysis the entire Research Team have been carrying out for over half a year. Some of the themes presented were: girl-child education, refugee community schools initiatives, student learning and teacher education in the camps.The tentative nature of refugee situation makes education the power, the freedom, the hope and the “only” road to a bright future for the people in Dadaab.