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Active Learning

Application of learning; Understanding how new information could be used to solve current and future problems in making decisions.

Active Listening

Giving full attention to what other people are saying, taking time to understand the points being made, asking questions as appropriate, and not interrupting at inappropriate times.

Archival Research

This refers to primary source research especially with regards to historical items kept in repositories such as the UBC Rare Books and Special Collections and the Library and Archives Canada. Research may be textual, photographic, cartographic, etc.

Camtasia

Video production and editing in Techsmith's Camtasia screen recorder and video editor. This includes audio mixing, green screen editing, and video captioning.

Canva

Creating graphics, especially promotional images and posters, with the website Canva.

Coordination

The organization of the different elements of a complex initiative or activity so as to enable items, tasks and people to work together effectively.

Critical Thinking

Using logic and reasoning to identify the strengths and weaknesses of alternative solutions, conclusions or approaches to problems.

Curriculum Design

Refers to the systematic organization of curriculum or instructional blocks within a class or course.

Data Visualisation

Visualising data through charts, diagrams, or infographics.

Editing

Skill involving choosing, ordering or correcting content, and removing any unnecessary material. This refers to both video and textual content.

Group Work

Work done in a team environment: planning, coordinating, delegating, editing, and communicating with others to complete a project.

Illustration

Creating and editing vector and/or raster images in software including Serif's Affinity Designer, Inkscape, and FireAlpaca as well as traditional mediums.

Instruction

Teaching, writing instructions, and like activities.

Interview

Conducting interviews with a subject. This skill involves asking clear and often thought-provoking questions, as well as presenting the subject as respectfully as possible (e.g. in a video setting, making sure they look good on camera).

Judgment and Decision Making

Considering the relative costs and benefits of potential actions to choose the most appropriate one.

Knowledge Organization

Understanding and demonstrating principles of knowledge organization such as classification, controlled vocabulary, and content schemas.

Mentoring and Coaching

Working one-on-one or in group settings to support others, often either highlighting their strengths or demonstrating helpful skills to learn. Most experience done in a peer-to-peer context.

Monitoring

Keeping track of and assessing your performance, other individuals, or organizations to make improvements or take corrective action.

Peer Review

Communicating with peers to explore or correct work in a meaningful and productive fashion, showing understandings and competencies as they relate to learning.

Public Speaking

Speaking in a public environment, especially as an expert, facilitator, or commentator in front of a crowd.

Publishing Design

Designing and editing documents in publishing programs such as Serif's Affinity Publisher and Microsoft Publisher.

Qualtrics

Survey creation, editing, and distribution with Qualtrics.

Time Management

The ability to prioritize and organize tasks to be completed for projects and deadlines.

Video Production

The production of video content at any stage including storyboarding, filming, and/or editing.

Writing

Written communication done in a clear manner appropriate to the context the writing is in.

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ACAM390A

ACAM390A Asian Migrations in a Global Context taken Summer 2019. A global seminar taking place in Vancouver's Chinatown, Hong Kong, Singapore, and Penang, Malaysia. We explored multi-disciplinary perspectives on Cantonese migration. The course culminated in a group video project that was showcased to the local Chinatown community at the Dr. Sun Yat-Sen Classical Chinese Garden. My group focused on cultural heritage and preservation.

ENGL480B

Asian Canadian and/or Asian Transnational Studies taken Fall 2018. English literature course covering a variety of topics including Chinese Canadians, Japanese internment in Canada, the Korean War, and Filipinx Canadians. Assignments included archival research and essay writing, digital media production, and a creative assignment or essay.

HIST485

HIST485 Asian Migrant Communities in Vancouver taken Spring 2019. Course included topics such as defining "Asian," histories of Asian presence in North America, and representation in media. Assignments included two video-based group projects, one of which was based on a local restaurant, as well as a creative group or individual project.

LIBR506

LIBR506 Human-Information Interaction taken Spring 2024. A foundational course providing information interaction models and theories related to understanding the needs of information users and communities. The final course project centres on evaluating needs for a specific user group and designing a prototype information product or service to address those needs.

LIBR507

LIBR507 Methods of Research and Evaluation in Information Organizations taken Spring 2024. Introductory course exploring the theory and practice of social science research methods, focusing on the use of these methods in Library and Information Science research. The course is built around in-class labs on data collection and analysis methods, emphasizing practical skills relating to research planning and implementation. The central group project involves writing a study protocol for evaluating an existing information service or product.

LIBR508

LIBR508 Information Practices in Contemporary Society taken Spring 2024. This core course explores the social, political and cultural situations and tensions surrounding contemporary information practices. Critical engagement of theoretical approaches, ethical groundings, methodological frameworks and technical skills were encouraged through small seminar groups and lecture discussions. For my final project, I wrote a topic briefing on disability representation in LIS education.

LIBR509

LIBR509 Foundations of Bibliographic Control taken Spring 2024. An introduction to organization of information with topics including: theory of classification, including semantic relationships and facet analysis; controlled vocabularies; and, analysis and description of intellectual and physical characteristics of documents. This course is centered on self-assessment, peer-to-peer feedback, and using the creation of low-fidelity prototypes to understand principles and systems.

SOCI433A

SOCI433A Directed Studies: Telling Asian Canadian Stories with Unconventional Archives taken Spring 2020. Self-directed course supervised by Dr. Renisa Mawani. Coursework included reflective assignments, an annotated bibliography, and a final essay. The essay, "Producing the Record," is an autoethnographic analysis of ACAM 350 and its impacts and significance as a community archive.