Pat
O'Riley, Ph.D. (The Ohio State University), Instructor
poriley@oise.utorontoca
(416)923-6641, x2248
Pat has taught
at universities in the US, Aotearoa/New Zealand and Canada. In her former
life, she was a housing designer, building inspector, provincial factory
inspector, Canada safety officer, labour relations officer, and human rights
officer. Much of her current work is done with her husband Peter Cole of
the In-SHUCK-ch Nation of British Columbia. Pat's teaching and research
interests include:
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decolonizing research methodologies
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technology education as an intercultural conversation
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aboriginal education designed by and for
Aboriginal communities
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environmental education as more than a Western academic
discourse
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curriculum informed by poststructural and narrative
theory