Dr. Aubrey Hanson, BA, BEd, MEd, PhD
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Associate Professor
Werklund School of Education
Media contacts
Clayton MacGillivray
Content and Media Specialist
Email: clmacgil@ucalgary.ca
Twitter: @UCalgaryEduc
Location
Office: EDT708
Background
Educational Background
Doctor of Philosophy Educational Studies in Curriculum and Learning, University of Calgary, 2017
M.Ed. Sociology and Equity Studies in Education / Women's and Gender Studies, University of Toronto, 2008
Bachelor of Education Secondary Education, University of Toronto, 2004
Bachelor of Arts English, Honours, University of Victoria, 2001
Biography
Aubrey Jean Hanson is a member of the Métis Nation of Alberta and grew up in Calgary. Her ancestors trace back to Métis, German, Icelandic, French, Scottish, and English communities. Aubrey earned a BA (Honours) in English from the University of Victoria. She graduated from her BEd at OISE/UT and subsequently taught for the Toronto District School Board while completing her MEd at OISE/UT. After returning to Calgary, Aubrey taught in the Calgary Board of Education and then completed a PhD in Curriculum and Learning here at the University of Calgary. She joined the Werklund School of Education as a faculty member in 2015. Aubrey’s research spans Indigenous literary studies, curriculum studies, and Indigenous education, looking in particular at how Indigenous literary arts can precipitate relationships between non-Indigenous learners and Indigenous resurgence.
Professional & Community Affiliations
Dr. Aubrey Hanson is Métis and is the Director of Indigenous Education for the Werklund School of Education. She Co-Coordinates the MEd Interdisciplinary Option Indigenous Education: A Call to Action. She has served as an Executive member of the Indigenous Literary Studies Association (ILSA), on the Alberta Métis Education Council, and as the President of the Canadian Association for the Study of Indigenous Education (CASIE), a constituent association of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE).
Research
Areas of Research
Aubrey Hanson’s research focuses on the relationships between Indigenous literatures, education, and the resurgence of Indigenous communities. She investigates how the imaginative work of the Indigenous literary arts matters to Indigenous peoples' ongoing efforts to sustain healthy communities. In this work, she focuses on gender, sexuality, resilience, and urban space in relation to Indigenous literary arts.
- Anti-oppression education
- Cultural studies
- Curriculum studies
- First Nations, Metis and Inuit education
- Gender studies
- Indigenous studies
- Interpretive research
- Language arts
- Lesbian, gay, bisexual transgender and queer studies
- Social justice and equity in education
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| EDER 78304 LEC 01 01 | Adv Topics Curriculum & Learn | 2021 |
| EDUC 435 SEC 09 S09 | Literacy, Language and Culture | 2021 |
| EDUC 530 SEC 32 S32 | Indigenous Education | 2020 |
| EDER 69320 LEC 02 02 | Interpretive Study of Curric | 2021 |
| EDUC 530 SEC 01 S01 | Indigenous Education | 2020 |
Projects
- Indigenous Creativity and Presence in the City: Unsettling and Reframing Calgary (SSHRC Insight Development Grant)
- Books to Build On: Indigenous Literatures for Learning (Indigenous Strategy Grant & WSE Intercultural Capacity Grant)
- Oo’mahn’istay Iikakimaaks: You’ve Got a Story - Next Steps to a New Beginning (Werklund School of Education, Welcoming Indigenous Students to Campus)
- Investigating Student Experiences Learning in Indigenous Education with and through the Land (Teaching and Learning Grant)
Awards
- Experiential Learning Project in Sustainability Award, University of Calgary Sustainability Awards. 2020
- F.E.L. Priestley Prize, Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English (ACCUTE). 2019
- Award for Teaching in Online Environments, University of Calgary Teaching Awards. 2018
- Top 40 Under 40, Avenue Magazine. 2017
- Award for Indigenous Ways of Knowing, University of Calgary Teaching Awards. 2022
Publications
- Teaching Indigenous literatures for decolonization: Challenging learning, learning to challenge. Hanson, A.. Alberta Journal of Educational Research. 66(2), 207-222. (2020)
- Indigenous instructors’ perspectives on pre-service teacher education: Poetic responses to “difficult” learning and teaching . Poitras Pratt, Y., & Hanson, A. . Race, Ethnicity and Education.. (2020)
- Remembrance across borders: A dialogue on one educator’s experience of studying Indigenous education in Germany. Morris, M., & Hanson, A.J.. Seminar: A Journal of Germanic Studies. 55(4), 360-378. (2019)
- Holding home together: Katherena Vermette’s The Break. Hanson, A. . Canadian Literature. 237, 27-45. (2019)
- Relational encounters with Indigenous literatures. Hanson, A. . McGill Journal of Education. 53(2), 312-330. (2018)
- On teaching queer Indigenous literatures. Hanson, A. . English in Australia: Journal of the Australian Association for the Teaching of English. 53(2), 68-72. (2018)
- Indigenous education and decolonization. Poitras Pratt, Y., Louie, D.L., Hanson, A.J., & Ottmann, J.. Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Education, Oxford University Press. (2018)
- Reading for reconciliation? Indigenous literatures in a post-TRC Canada. Hanson, A.J.. English Studies in Canada. 43(2-3), 69-90. (2017)
- Applying Indigenizing principles of decolonizing methodologies in university classrooms. Louie, D.L., Poitras Pratt, Y., Hanson, A.J., & Ottmann, J.. Canadian Journal of Higher Education. 47(3), 16-33. (2017)
- Gathering stories, gathering pedagogies: Animating Indigenous knowledges through story. Hanson, A., King, A.-L., Phipps, H., & Spring, E.. Studies in American Indian Literatures, 32(3-4). 63-87. (2020)
- Sovereign histories, gathering bones, embodying land: Visiting with contributors. Coupal, M., Hanson, A., & Henzi, S. . Studies in American Indian Literatures, 32(3-4). vii-xv. (2020)
- Indigenous studies in the United States and Canada. Hanson, A. & McKegney, S. . Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Literature. (2021)
- Talking circles as Indigenous pedagogy in online learning. . Hanson, A. & Danyluk, P.. Teaching and Teacher Education, 115. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.tate.2022.103715 . (2022)
- Literatures, communities, and learning: Conversations with Indigenous writers. Hanson, A.. Wilfrid Laurier University Press. (2020)
- Reading Chrystos for feminisms that honour two-spirit erotics. . Hanson, A.. In S. Nickel & A. Fehr (Eds.), In good relation: History, gender, and kinship in Indigenous feminisms. University of Manitoba Press. . 123-135. (2020)
- Exploring duoethnography in graduate research courses. Lund, D.L., Holmes, K., Hanson, A., Sitter, K., Scott, D., & Grain, K.. In J. Norris & R.D. Sawyer (Eds.), Theorizing curriculum studies, teacher education, and research through duoethnographic pedagogy, New York, NY: Palgrave Macmillan. 111-129. (2017)
- Learning behind the screen: Adapting a mandatory Indigenous Education course to an online environment.. Lacerda-Vandenborn, E., Markides, J., Fowler, T.A., Hanson, A., MacDonald, J., Poitras Pratt, Y., & Danyluk, P.. In X. M. Woodley & M. F. Rice (Eds.), Designing intersectional online Education: Critical teaching and learning practices (pp. 177-196). Routledge.. (2022)
- Responding to the TRC Calls to Action: Indigenizing a graduate program. Poitras Pratt, Y., Lalonde, S., Hanson, A., & Danyluk, P.. In P. Preciado Babb, L. Yeworiew, S. Sabbaghan, & J. Lock (Eds.), Selected proceedings of the IDEAS conference: Leading educational change, Calgary, Canada: Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary. 104-112. (2017)
- If these walls could talk: The physical traces of residential schools. The Walrus, [Visual essay: Photography by Lana Šlezić.]. 12(7), 24-33. (2015)
In the News
- Student learning enhanced by experiencing the land. University of Calgary. (2020)
- New UCalgary resource helps Canadian K-12 teachers bring Indigenous storytelling into the classroom. UCalgary News. (2021)
- Aubrey Jean Hanson explores the impact of Indigenous literature in her new book. Open Book. (2020)
- Book launch: Literatures, Communities, and Learning: Conversations with Indigenous Writers. 49th Shelf. (2020)
More Information
Media:
- Book Launch for Literatures, Communities, and Learning with Wilfrid Laurier University Press—Recorded Event
- Book Feature: Aubrey Jean Hanson explores the impact of Indigenous literature in her new book (2020, July 15)—Open Book
- Book Launch, Literatures, Communities, and Learning: Conversations with Indigenous Writers.—Clare, K. (2020, June 25)—49th Shelf
- Book Launch Buzz—Banff Centre (2020, June 24)—Twitter
- Author Spotlight, Canadian Literature Issue 237—Twitter
- International Tweed Day (2018, Winter)—Werklund Media Feature
- Reading for Resurgence (2017, Spring)—Research @ Werklund Story
- Interviewed for The Calgary Journal (2017, April 26)—Properly Acknowledging Treaty 7 territory
- Co-organized Indigenous Learning Event (2016, December 3)—Eyes Open, Eyes High: Inspiring Visions in the Midst of Difficult Teaching and Learning