Faculty Publications & Projects | September 2023

Arts & Integrated Studies

Arts and Integrated Studies Assistant Professor Dr. Candy Ho was awarded the BCIT Distinguished Alumni Award 2023.

Criminology Associate Professors Dr. Amanda McCormick and Dr. Irwin Cohen produced a report on managing intimate partner violence. McCormick, A. V., Cohen, I. M., & Johnston, S. (2023, July). Interagency Case Assessment Teams (ICATS): Best Practices in Managing Highest Risk Cases of Intimate Partner Violence. Abbotsford, BC: Centre for Public Safety and Criminal Justice Research.

History Sessional Instructor Dr. Sharanjit Kaur has been named one of the three new EDI Scholar-in-Residence with the UBC Library for the 2023-2024 term. UBC Library’s vision is leading and partnering with the University and communities in the creation, stewardship, exploration, and discovery of knowledge that values openness, belonging, connection, and curiosity.
- Kaur has also received the Drishti Magazine Inspiring Women Award which was presented at their July golf event.
- She also contributed to a publication titled “Challenging Racisms Past and Present” on the Challenging Racism BC project. She and the co-author Denise Fong were featured in an interview on CBC Early Edition to discuss their publication.

Halq’eméylem Assistant Professor Mary Stewart assisted in the process of Kwantlen First Nations Band attaining B.C. Post Secondary partnership funding from the First Nation Steering Committee, to offer the three UFV courses, Halq’emeylem 202, 301 and 302.

Peter Raabe, Professor Emeritus of Philosophy, recently participated in a virtual conference hosted in Japan. At the event, he conducted a workshop and introduced a publication titled “On Self-Defeating ‘Mental Viruses.'”
- In addition, Dr. Raabe has contributed two articles to the Journal of American Philosophical Practitioners Association. The first article, titled “Not if, but when,” was featured in Volume 17, Number 3, released in November 2022. His second publication, titled “Approaching Elsewhere: On Fear of ‘The After-Life’,” can be found in Volume 18, Number 2, published in July 2023.

Political Science Assistant Professor Dr. Noah S. Schwartz co-authored a policy paper for the MacDonald-Laurier Institute entitled “Aiming Off Target: Gun Policy in Canada”.

Psychology Assistant Professor Dr. Zoë Francis and Psychology honours student Varshaa Kashyap had a paper published over the summer with research based on her honours thesis (completed in 2021/2022). Kashyap, V., & Francis, Z. (2023). Who believes in cross-age friendship? Predictors of the belief in intergenerational friendship scale in young adults. Journal of Aging Studies, 66, 101157.