About SOPR Stories
Welcome to SOPR Stories! This is a space for students in the Social Practice and Transformational Change program to share our stories and introduce you to the SOPR community. Here we share our experiences with social practice and transformational change; reflections on our research, teaching, and everyday practices; our community, scholarly, and classroom creations; and our ideas, hopes, and plans for the future. Ultimately, this space is a living archive documenting student experiences in the SOPR program, for us and others to engage with, witness, and build from.
- Learn more about SOPR students at Meet the Students.
- Read our SOPR Stories by visiting our Blog.
- To see scholarly, creative, and community publications made by SOPR students, check out the Knowledge Sharing page.
- For upcoming events, go to the Community Calendar.
Announcements
In September 2024, we welcomed Saba Safdar as the new Program Director for SOPR! From Tehran to Toronto, Saba is an academic advocate and a social explorer. Learn more about Saba.
We are pleased to share that the SOPR Steering Committee for the 2024-2025 includes Saba Safdar, Deborah Steinstra, Adam Davies, Leah Levac, and Elizabeth Jackson. SOPR Students are also welcomed and encouraged to join these meetings. Thank you all for your leadership within the SOPR program and beyond!
Congratulations to Dr. Hannah Fowlie, the first SOPR graduate! Hannah recently defended her thesis, Grief Refracted: Digital Storytelling as Liberatory Praxis. Hannah explored disenfranchised grief (Doka, 1989) and created a film that incorporated interviews with poetic, visual, and sonic explorations of grief and loss, accompanied by a written reflection. Thanks to Hannah for all your contributions to the SOPR community and we look forward to staying connected!
Contact Information
- If you have questions or comments related to SOPR Stories please email the student editors: Amy Kipp akipp@uoguelph.ca; Nealob Kakar nealob@uoguelph.ca; Allison Bishop abisho07@uoguelph.ca
- For inquiries related to the SOPR program email: sopr@uoguelph.ca.