Our two guest speakers for our Feb. 27 class!

Here are the bios supplied by our wonderful guest speakers for our Feb. 27 class:

Diana Ihnatovych is a PhD student in Cross-Faculty Inquiry in Education. Her academic career in music performance and pedagogy, choreography, and literature, combined with her passion for nature, sustainability, holistic medicine and nutrition led her to pursue inter-disciplinary research in music and sustainability. Volunteering with the UBC Intergenerational Landed Learning on the Farm and witnessing the challenges that children experience in relation to nature became the driving force behind her research question: ‘How will the integration of music into elementary environmental education enhance the process of learning about nature and sustainable living, and influence students’ perceptions and attitudes toward our planet’s eco-system?’ Examining the connections between music and nature to advance practices in environmental education through the lenses of a/r/tography and autoethnography will facilitate exploration and discovery of new connections and prospects between music and nature.