Design Anthropology Community Engaged Research – Pedagogy Intern

In January 2024, students from MacEwan’s 4 year applied anthropology class will embark on the final stage of community engaged research with our community partner, the John L. Haar Library. Amber Shergill is a fourth-year student with expertise in ethnographic research methods, community engaged research, and field studies. 

The evolution of undergraduate economics education and the use of flipped classroom pedagogy.

The project is about the evolution of undergraduate economics teaching and the use of flipped classroom pedagogy. As the title states, the project has two parts. One is the study of the evolution of undergraduate economics, from the origin of the discipline of economics to the modern content and pedagogy. This needs an extensive study of the review of literature from the inception of the discipline of economics to modern-day economics. The other is to evaluate the flipped classroom technique on its successes, failures, and adaptations. We also plan to figure out how modern artificial intelligence (Chat GPT, Viso Suite Platform, Jupyter Notebooks, Google Cloud AI Platform, Azure Machine Learning Studio, Infosys Nia, Salesforce Einstein, etc.) and pedagogical software (blackboard, moodle, etc.) can affect the flipped classroom pedagogy. Our particular interests are twofold: from students' perspectives and from learning effectiveness. 

LevelUP - Literature Review, Phase 2

To complete the literature review for an ongoing research project. This project uses mixed methods approach to explore systemic barriers faced by precariously employed racialized groups in Edmonton. Our interdisciplinary research team collaborates with the Community Social Workers at the City of Edmonton.

Spatial Documentation of Fraser Lake Fur Trade Post

The main goal of this project is to spatially document information on changes in the position and lay-out of the fur trade post called Fraser Lake Post, British Columbia (AKA Fort Fraser). As is typical of fur trade posts, Fraser Lake Post underwent cycles in its operation, periodically closing and reopening in a different location, as well as being frequently remodeled and repaired. The faculty researcher has various nineteenth and early twentieth century maps, photographs and written descriptions of the layout of the fort, as well as historical and modern aerial images of the vicinity of its locations. The student research assistant will georeference images of the fort and help the researcher to relate the images to descriptions of changes in the fort’s location.