Project Leader for the
case study "Women's Alternative and Informal Learning Pathways to
jobs in Information Technology"
Dr. Shauna Butterwick has
her masters and doctoral degrees in Adult Education. She is a faculty
member in the Department of Educational Studies at UBC where she teaches
in and works with graduate students in the Adult Education program, the
Doctoral Program in Leadership and Policy, and the new departmental concentration
in Feminist Approaches to Social Justice in Education. She brings a feminist
socialist/anti-oppression and social justice orientation to her teaching,
research and service. Central to her research activities has been the
examination of policy and practices that shape women’s learning,
particularly the lived experiences of women on the margins of dominant
cultures and economies. Her research has examined government funded training
programs for 're-entry' women, life skills training, welfare to work policy,
women on low income and their learning experiences and needs, and feminist
coalitions as sites of learning. She is also interested in community-based
and popular education and theatre processes (and other arts-based inquiries)
as approaches to teaching, learning and research. Working in partnership
with ACTEW (a women’s advocacy organization in Toronto), her current
research explores women's alternate and informal learning pathways to
acquiring IT (Information Technology) skills and knowledge. She is also
researching the history of adult education organizations within BC.
