Greg Lowan-Trudeau
Positions
Associate Professor
Werklund School of Education, Specialization, Curriculum and Learning
Contact information
Phone number
Office: 403.220.7922
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Clayton MacGillivray
Content and Media Specialist
Email: clmacgil@ucalgary.ca
Twitter: @UCalgaryEduc
Background
Educational Background
PhD Educational Contexts, University of Calgary,
MEd Educational Studies (Thesis-Based), Lakehead University,
BEd Environmental Science Education (via OE3), Lakehead University,
BKin Kinesiology, University of Calgary,
Biography
Associate Professor
Academic Program Coordinator, MEd Specialist: Contextualizing Curriculum, Pedagogy & Learning
*Available to supervise graduate students in Curriculum & Learning MA, PhD & EdD programs and BEd Honours projects in research areas listed below
Affiliations
- International Review Board, Journal of Environmental Education
- Editorial Board, Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences
- Association for Environmental Studies and Sciences
- North American Environmental Education Association
- American Educational Research Association - Environmental Education SIG
- Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies
Research
Areas of Research
- Environmental Education; Science, Technology & Society
- Critical media literacy
- Critical energy literacy
- Digital technologies
- Climate change
- Environmental politics
- Outdoor & experiential approaches
- Intersectional environmental justice
- Content, Discourse & Framing Analyses
Courses
| Course number | Course title | Semester |
|---|---|---|
| EDER 600 | Research Methodology in Education | |
| EDER 606 | Writing Educational Research | |
| EDER 712 | Adv Research Methodologies II |
Projects
PI: Sociocritical Renewable Energy Education in Alberta and Beyond
- SSHRC Insight Grant (2019-25)
Co-I: Canadian Environmental Educators' Uses of Humour
PI: Dr. Connie Russell, Lakehead University (2024-Present)
Awards
- Experiential Learning (Team) Sustainability Award (2020), University of Calgary.
- Fulbright Canada Visiting Research Chair (2019-20), UC Santa Barbara, Environmental Studies.
Publications
- Climate activism in K-12 schools.. In S. Von Mering et al. (Eds.) The Routledge handbook of grassroots climate activism. Field, E., Stapleton, S., Lowan-Trudeau, G. & Harris, C., Puttur, A., & Nguyen, C.. Routledge. 574-585. (2024)
- Museums, climate change and energy education : A digital discourse analysis. Patten, F. & Lowan-Trudeau, G.. Australian Journal of Environmental Education, 40(4). 676-692. (2024)
- Special issue: Digital technologies and environmental education.. Lowan-Trudeau, G. (Ed.) . The Journal of Environmental Education, 54(1). (2023)
- “A good hell”: Absurdist insights for environmental education & research. Lowan-Trudeau, G.. Environmental Education Research. 29(4), 649-658. (2023)
- Climate change curricula in Alberta, Canada: An intersectional framing analysis . Lowan-Trudeau, G.. Northwest Journal of Teacher Education. 17(3), Article 10, 1-14. (2022)
- Towards a theory of critical energy literacy: The Youth Strike for Climate, renewable energy, and beyond. Lowan-Trudeau, G. & Fowler, T.A. . Australian Journal of Environmental Education. 38(1), 58-68. (2022)
- Special issue: Revisiting justice in environmental and sustainability education: What pandemics (can) reveal about the politics of global environmental issues. . Rodrigues, C. & Lowan-Trudeau, G. (Eds.) . The Journal of Environmental Education, 52(5). (2021)
In the News
- School strike for climate: Why are students still striking? . University of Sydney News. (2022)
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