Cher Hill, Simon Fraser University

Research

post-humanism ecological education post-colonial futures post-human action-research relational ontologies wholism transdisciplinary knowledge trans-corporeal methodologies

Latest papers

Working in a 'community-engaged' university during an era of reconciliation.
Australian educational researcher · 2022 · first author
The educational impact of the Covid-19 rapid response on teachers, students, and families: Insights from British Columbia, Canada.
Prospects · 2022 · senior author

All 2 publications

Latest funding

Re-storying community: Arts-based digital storytelling for community inquiry
SSHRC · 2022 · Co-investigator
$249,972
Learning to care for salmon, our communities and ourselves: Towards a posthuman ecological action-research methodology
SSHRC · 2021 · Principal investigator
$74,998
Developing place and nature-based experiential education practices in public schools and teacher education
SSHRC · 2020 · Co-investigator
$157,389

All 4 grants and awards

2 publications.

01

Working in a 'community-engaged' university during an era of reconciliation.

Hill C, MacDonald M

Australian educational researcher2022First author

DOI: 10.1007/s13384-022-00531-6 PMID: 35702374

02

The educational impact of the Covid-19 rapid response on teachers, students, and families: Insights from British Columbia, Canada.

MacDonald M, Hill C

Prospects2022Senior author

DOI: 10.1007/s11125-020-09527-5 PMID: 33487759

Re-storying community: Arts-based digital storytelling for community inquiry

Co-investigatorSSHRC2022New Frontiers in Research Fund - Special Calls

Principal investigators: Lin, Ching-Chiu

Keywords: Community inquiry; Arts-based research methodologies; Digital storytelling; Community arts education; Community practice; Knowledge production; Inquiry based learning; Curriculum and pedagogy; Artistic citizenship; Digital media

$249,972

Learning to care for salmon, our communities and ourselves: Towards a posthuman ecological action-research methodology

Principal investigatorSSHRC2021Insight Development Grant

Principal investigators: Hill, Cher

Keywords: post-humanism; ecological education; post-colonial futures; post-human action-research; relational ontologies; wholism; transdisciplinary knowledge; trans-corporeal methodologies; caring for salmon; creek restoration

$74,998

Developing place and nature-based experiential education practices in public schools and teacher education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Blenkinsop, Sean

Keywords: environmental; place-based; education; ethnography; community-based; eco-portraiture; teacher education

$157,389

Developing place and nature-based experiential education practices in public schools and teacher education

Co-investigatorSSHRC2020Insight Grants

Principal investigators: Blenkinsop, Sean

Keywords: environmental; place-based; education; ethnography; community-based; eco-portraiture; teacher education

$73,533

From CIHR, NSERC and SSHRC funding decisions: CIHR since 2008, NSERC since 1991 and SSHRC since 1998, including their latest published competition results.

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Subject: Prospective PhD student: post-humanism Dear Professor Hill, My name is [your name], and I am a [your current degree or role] at [your institution]. I am applying for a PhD position starting in [term and year]. I read your paper "Working in a 'community-engaged' university during an era of reconciliation." (2022), and it connects closely to my own work on [your research topic]. [One or two sentences on what you did and what you learned.] I also saw your SSHRC-funded project "Learning to care for salmon, our communities and ourselves: Towards a posthuman ecological action-research methodology" (2021), and I would be glad to contribute to work in that direction. Are you accepting new PhD students for [term and year]? I have attached my CV and transcripts, and I would be glad to talk at a time that suits you. Thank you for your time. Kind regards, [your name]