Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

Faculty of Education

Dr. Jeannie A. Kerr

Dr. Jeannie A. Kerr / Teaching and Supervision

Teaching and Supervision

Courses

Future courses may be subject to change.

Student Support/Supervision/Examination

Research Related

Shakti Baker (Simon Fraser University) – Supervision on First Nations Journeys of Justice SSHRC Explore Grant – May 2024 – September 2024.

Urbashi Raha (Simon Fraser University) – Supervision on First Nations Journeys of Justice SSHRC Explore Grant – May 2024 – July 2024.

Carol Bob (University of British Columbia) – Supervision on First Nations Journeys of Justice SSHRC Explore Grant via University of Winnipeg – March 2022 – July 2022.

Meagan Malcolm (UWinnipeg) – Supervision and mentorship through the Indigenous Summer Scholars Program at UWinnipeg. May-August, 2020 for data analysis and background research on a project studying the Indigenous Course Requirement at UWinnipeg as a student-led decolonial movement.

Katherine Adamov Ferguson (University of Manitoba) – Supervision and mentorship. Research Associate January, 2019 to June, 2020 for the data analysis of my SSHRC grant, as well as mentorship in accordance with SSHRC requirements for her emerging research agenda.

Alois Baleni Sibanda (University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa). March, 2019 – February, 2020, Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Fellowship for the South African/Canadian study – fellowship supervision for PhD Student.

Karen Swan (UWinnipeg) – Supervision and mentorship. Sr. Research Assistant June, 2019 to December, 2019 funded through UWinnipeg Major Research Grant for the South African/Canadian comparative decolonial study.

Sofia Medina Vazquez (Universidad Iberoamericana, Mexico) – Supervision and mentorship.  MITACS intern Summer, 2019 on my SSHRC Insight Development Grant funded research project.

Vanessa Van Bewer (University of Manitoba) – Supervision and mentorship. Senior Research Assistant for the data collection and preliminary analysis of data on my SSHRC project, as well as mentorship in accordance with SSHRC requirements for her emerging research agenda. June, 2017 to December, 2018.

Master of Arts in Indigenous Governance Cohort – Provided a session in November, 2018 on graduate funding opportunities and strategies for crafting grant applications for graduate students in the Master of Arts in Indigenous Governance program.

Dissertation – External Examiner

Chas Desjarlais (University of British Columbia) - External Examiner for PhD Dissertation at University of British Columbia. Report – October 27, 2024, Dissertation Title: Iskotew: Fire—Keeping the Fire Lit: Indigenous Iskotwew (Women) Leading in Decolonizing Education Systems, supervisor Fei Wang.

Daniela Bascunan (University of Toronto) – External Examiner for PhD Dissertation at University of Toronto, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Report – August 11, 2023 and Defence September 8, 2023. Attended virtually. Dissertation Title: How Elementary Students Contest Historical Asymmetries and Grow Relational Knowledge About Land/land through Origin Stories, supervisor Rubén Gaztambide-Fernandez.

Jody Dlouhy-Nelson (University of British Columbia) External Examiner for PhD Dissertation at UBC Okanagan Campus. Report June 13, 2023 and Defence June 30, 2023. Attended virtually. Dissertation title: Illuminating Beginning Teachers’ Ways of Being and Thinking to Create Decolonizing and Indigenizing Learning Spaces, supervisor Margaret Macintyre Latta.

Kristy Dellebuur O’Connor (Simon Fraser University) – External Examiner for PhD Dissertation at Simon Fraser University. Report April 20, 2022 and Defence May 4, 2022. Attended in person. Dissertation Title: Ethical Wayfinding in Decolonizing Child and Youth Care Education, supervisor Ann Chinnery.

Audrey Aamodt (University of Regina) – External Examiner for PhD dissertation at University of Regina. Report February, 2020, and Defence March, 2020. Attended virtually. Dissertation Title: Becomings-Unsettled? (Un) Braiding Settler-Treaty Life Writing, supervisor Jesse Bazzul.

Robin Heaslip (University of Victoria) – External Examiner for PhD dissertation at the University of Victoria, Indigenous Governance program. Report and defence November, 2017. Attended virtually. Dissertation Title: From Xwelítem Ways Towards Practices of Ethical Being in Stó:lō Téméxw: A Narrative Approach to Transforming Intergenerational White Settler Subjectivities, supervisor Taiaiake Alfred.

Internal Examiner – Simon Fraser University

Greg Sutherland (SFU) – Internal Examiner for Ed.D dissertation at SFU. Defence April 18, 2024 Attended in person. Title: Investigating Practitioner Navigation of Institutionalized Social Justice Education in British Columbia Secondary Schools. Supervisor: Suzanne Smythe

Dvorah Silverman (SFU) – Internal Examiner for MA thesis at SFU. Defence July 31, 2023. Attended in person. Thesis Title: The Settler Feminist Problem: Reconciliation Workshops in Feminist Non-Profit Organizations. Supervisor: Dr. Amy Parent.

2nd Reader – MEd. Comprehensive Exams

Urbashi Raha – Title: Challenging Anthropocentrism in English Language Teaching: Creating Eco-Responsibility through Indigenous Perspectives. Paper: July 30, 2024; Oral: August 11, 2024.

Supervision

Current Senior Supervisor Role

  • Larissa Chubenko – PhD supervisor. Working on proposal
  • Fadi Ennab – PhD supervisor (via UManitoba)
  • Kelsey Keller – PhD supervisor. Currently achieved candidacy
  • Lisa Wolgram – PhD supervisor. Working on proposal

MEd students:

  • Judah Kong (Equity Studies); Levian Ong (Equity Studies),

Graduated Students:

  • Tsandlia Van Ry – MA Co-Supervisor with Dr. Amy Parent. Indigenous Knowledges as Education: Critically Responding to British Columbia’s K-12 Indigenous Graduation Requirements. Defended December, 2024.
  • Rene Suša (University of Oulu) – PhD Co-Supervisor with Lynn-Mario T.M. de Souza, University of Oulu. Dissertation Title: Social Cartographies of Internationalization of Higher Education in Canada: A Study of Exceptionalist Tendencies and Articulations. Defended December, 2016,
  • Alexis Sutherland (University of British Columbia) – MA Committee Member, University of British Columbia, Thesis Title: Exploring the Possibilities of a Post-Critical Approach to Student North-South Mobility Experiences: A Case Study of the Social Innovation and Community Development Program in Fortaleza, Brazil. Defended February, 2018.
  • Catherine Draper (University of Manitoba) – MA committee member, University of Manitoba. Engaging discourse analysis of various school boards in Manitoba regarding the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s ‘Calls to Action’ in Education. Defended December, 2022.