Dawn Johnston
Biographic Data
| ID | 4220084 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Dawn Johnston |
| GIVEN NAMES | Dawn |
| FAMILY NAME | Johnston |
| SIGNATURE | JOHNSTON D |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Calgary |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 4 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 8 |
| WORKS AS AUTHOR | 4 |
| WORKS AS EDITOR | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2008 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2026 |
| H-INDEX | 2 |
Small Teaching Meets Experiential Learning
Many post-secondary institutions have mandates to ensure access to high-quality experiential learning (EL) for all undergraduate students. Historically, EL initiatives have focused on immersive, high-impact practices like co-op and internship placements, honours research theses, and global exchanges, which are time- and resource-intensive for both students and institutions. While there are many benefits to participating in these experiences, not …
Public Pedagogy as Border-Crossing
This article discusses a research project about the pedagogical function of popular culture for adult audience members. We used the medical drama Grey’s Anatomy to investigate how American cultural texts cross the national border with Canada to inform what is seen as a distinctly Canadian social policy framework. Using Grey’s Anatomy as exemplar, we posed three policy-related questions that are raised in the show: Who is seen as the good or deser…
Linking occupation and place in community health
Although the links between occupation and health have been studied historically for some time, little attention has been paid to the links between occupation and place. This article examines links between occupation and place: we argue that to promote inclusive social participation in all occupations, not limited to work, communities need to organize health services with a policy mandate and funding for addressing what people do and the social de…
Reconciling Voices in Writing an Autoethnographic Thesis
The authors consider writing and supervising an autoethnographic thesis as a process of reconciling voices while finding one's own academic and personal voice. They draw from notions of polyphony to speak about how we negotiated with different voices (the voices of experts, research participants, personal affiliations, those used in our supervisory discussions) our way forward in the supervisory relationship, as well as in the thesis itself. They…
Reconciling Voices in Writing an Autoethnographic Thesis
The authors consider writing and supervising an autoethnographic thesis as a process of reconciling voices while finding one's own academic and personal voice. They draw from notions of polyphony to speak about how we negotiated with different voices (the voices of experts, research participants, personal affiliations, those used in our supervisory discussions) our way forward in the supervisory relationship, as well as in the thesis itself. They…
Public Pedagogy as Border-Crossing
This article discusses a research project about the pedagogical function of popular culture for adult audience members. We used the medical drama Grey’s Anatomy to investigate how American cultural texts cross the national border with Canada to inform what is seen as a distinctly Canadian social policy framework. Using Grey’s Anatomy as exemplar, we posed three policy-related questions that are raised in the show: Who is seen as the good or deser…
Reconciling Voices in Writing an Autoethnographic Thesis
The authors consider writing and supervising an autoethnographic thesis as a process of reconciling voices while finding one's own academic and personal voice. They draw from notions of polyphony to speak about how we negotiated with different voices (the voices of experts, research participants, personal affiliations, those used in our supervisory discussions) our way forward in the supervisory relationship, as well as in the thesis itself. They…
Linking occupation and place in community health
Although the links between occupation and health have been studied historically for some time, little attention has been paid to the links between occupation and place. This article examines links between occupation and place: we argue that to promote inclusive social participation in all occupations, not limited to work, communities need to organize health services with a policy mandate and funding for addressing what people do and the social de…
Public Pedagogy as Border-Crossing
This article discusses a research project about the pedagogical function of popular culture for adult audience members. We used the medical drama Grey’s Anatomy to investigate how American cultural texts cross the national border with Canada to inform what is seen as a distinctly Canadian social policy framework. Using Grey’s Anatomy as exemplar, we posed three policy-related questions that are raised in the show: Who is seen as the good or deser…
Small Teaching Meets Experiential Learning
Many post-secondary institutions have mandates to ensure access to high-quality experiential learning (EL) for all undergraduate students. Historically, EL initiatives have focused on immersive, high-impact practices like co-op and internship placements, honours research theses, and global exchanges, which are time- and resource-intensive for both students and institutions. While there are many benefits to participating in these experiences, not …
Sociology (3 works) · Health care (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Law (2 works) · Political science (2 works) · Psychology (2 works) · Public relations (2 works) · Academic writing (1 work) · Adult and Continuing Education Topics (1 work) · Autoethnography (1 work)