Jennifer Tupper

Dean, Faculty of Education University of Regina

  • Regina SK

Associate Professor and Dean of Education at the University of Regina specializing in anti-oppressive teaching and learning.

Contact

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Biography

Jennifer received her B.Ed. from the University of Alberta in 1994, her M.Ed. from the University of British Columbia in 1998 and her PhD from the U of A in 2004. She has been a high school teacher, curriculum consultant, teacher educator, associate dean and now Dean of a Faculty of Education. Her research in citizenship education, treaty education, and anti-colonial education has been funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada and the Stirling McDowell Foundation. Her current interests include Faculties of Education responses to the TRC Calls to Action, and how schools can be sites of reconciliation. She has two daughters, Alise (8 years old) and Ayla (14 years old) both of whom have strong social justice orientations.

Industry Expertise

Education/Learning

Areas of Expertise

Education and social justice

Accomplishments

Outstanding Publication Award - Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies

2009-06-01

Award for her co-authored article with Michael Cappello, Teaching Treaties as (Un)Usual Narratives: Disrupting the
Curricular Commonsense. Curriculum Inquiry 38(5), pp. 559-578.

University of Alberta Graduate Student Teaching Award

2002-02-25

Award for undergraduate teaching in the Department of Secondary Education.

Education

University of Alberta

Bachelor of Education

Education

1994

University of British Columbia

Master of Arts

Curriculum Studies; Education

1998

University of Alberta

PhD

Education

2005

Doctoral Studies were supported by a Killam Fellowship and a University of Alberta Doctoral Award

Languages

  • English

Media Appearances

Four women in provincial cabinet not nearly enough say critics

Regina Leader-Post  online

2016-08-24

“I think that there’s some progress in terms of women willing to put their names out and run for public office, but at the end of the day, the electorate makes the decision as to who their representative is going to be and unfortunately this time it was a very small number of women,” said Jennifer Tupper, dean of the faculty of education at the U of R.

Tupper tweeted her displeasure about the cabinet Tuesday: “So much for gender balance in the Wall cabinet. 4 women of 17! #BecauseIts2016 Shame on SK.”

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Nothing to Cheer About

CBC  radio

2014-03-19

A photo of University of Regina cheerleaders dressed as cowboys and Indians raised questions about stereotypes and racism. Jennifer Tupper, the Associate Dean from the university's Education Faculty, joins Garth to talk with listeners about what happened.

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Event Appearances

Keynote: Citizenship Education in a time of Truth and Reconciliaiton

CERN Annual Meeting  University of Calgary

2016-05-30

"Since Time Immemorial": Unpacking the Canadian Colonial Narrative Through Treaty Education

Dr. Ottilia Chareka Memorial Lecture in Education and Social Justice  University of New Brunswick

2015-02-19

Research Grants

Aboriginal Perspectives at the Cultural Interface: Researching the Interventions,

Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada

2016-04-01

Co-Investigator of this four year study.

High School Teachers Working Towards Reconciliation: Examining the Teaching and Learning of Residential Schools

Stirling McDowell Foundation

2016-05-01

This study explores how high school history / social studies teachers are teaching about the history and legacy of Residential Schools. Collaborative project with Dr. Tana Mitchell.

Storying Treaties and the Treaty Relationship: Digital Storytelling to Enhance Treaty Education

Social Science and Humanities Research Council of Canada

2011-06-01

Co-researcher with Dr. Alec Couros (PI), Dr. Ken Montgomery, & Dr. Patrick Lewis.

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Articles

Digital Storytelling for Historical Understanding: Treaty Education for Reconciliation

Journal of Social Science Education, 15(1),

2016-08-18

Hildebrandt, K., Lewis, P., Kreuger, C., Naytowhow, J., Tupper, J., Couros, A., & Montgomery,
K. (2016). Digital Storytelling for Historical Understanding: Treaty Education for Reconciliation. Journal of Social Science Education, 15(1), 7-16. DOI 10.4119/UNIBI/jsse-v15-i1-1432

The possibilities of reconciliation through difficult dialogues: Treaty education as peacebuilding

Curriculum Inquiry

2014-12-01

Tupper, J. (2014). The possibilities of reconciliation through difficult dialogues: Treaty
education as peacebuilding. Curriculum Inquiry, 44(4), 469-488.

Social Media and the Idle No More Movement: Citizenship, Activism and Dissent in Canada.

Journal of Social Science Research

2014-12-01

Tupper, J. (2014). Social Media and the Idle No More Movement: Citizenship, Activism and
Dissent in Canada. Journal of Social Science Research..13(4), 87-94.

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