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Join us online Tuesday, May 13 at 1:30 p.m. as we welcome Dr. John Paul Catungal, assistant professor in the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia, for a special presentation in honour of Asian Heritage Month.
In this free, public event, Dr. Catungal will draw from his interdisciplinary Asian Canadian research, teaching and public engagement practice to articulate the value of critical scholarship "for our communities, by our communities". Such engaged scholarly practices, in direct partnership with equity-deserving communities, has much to contribute to how we understand the public role of the university today, including what our responsibilities are as institutional actors and how we might forge more ethical and meaningful relationships with broader publics.
Dr. John Paul (JP) Catungal
Dr. JP Catungal (he/him) is an assistant professor in the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice, and co-director of the Centre for Asian Canadian Research and Engagement at the University of British Columbia. A queer, first generation, Filipinx Canadian scholar of Pangasinense descent, Catungal's research, teaching and public facing work are informed by critical geography and feminist and queer of colour theories and methods. His work is informed by an interest in how migrant, racialized and LGBTQ+ communities address their experiences of marginalization in the fields of sexual health, education and social services. He has co-edited special journal issues for ACME: International Journal of Critical Geographies; TOPIA: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies; and Alon: Journal for Filipino American and Diasporic Studies. His co-edited book Filipinos in Canada: Disturbing Invisibility was published by the University of Toronto in 2012. He is a recipient, this year, of the Killam Teaching Prize at UBC.
Find more resources, events and voices on our Asian Heritage Month webpage.
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