11/03/2021
Meet our Associate Dean, Andrew:
I am new to the role of Associate Dean of Arts and Foundational Programs August 2021), but I’ve worked at Okanagan College in the Adult Upgrading Department for a number of years, both in Penticton and Kelowna.
In my research and at work, I am excited by theorizing and deliberative action that attempts to create educational justice. Specifically, I am interested in the ways that conceptualizing post-secondary as an education for adults—recognizing the overlapping interests and values they hold and the equal dignity and respect that their status in society ought to confer—can help societies envision and create more a just system of education. I think such a framework overrides mere labour market justifications for the policies, pro-grams, and practices of learning and of-fers a liberatory alternative premised on what is worthwhile to students, their com-munities, and society.
Beyond work, I am fortunate to be a part of a close group of friends and family, for whom neither descriptor on its own is ac-curate, and they very much shape who I am. Together, we climb and hike and bike and camp and travel and share our lives. I cherish the connection to place and each other that our experiences bring.
