phd student holly tsun haggarty wins graduate student award

phd student holly tsun haggarty has won a graduate student award from the canadian association for curriculum studies (an association of canadian society for the study of education) for her master’s thesis, entitled “resisting positivism: unfolding the epistemological basis of two arts-integrating research methodologies, arts based research and a/r/tography.”

holly’s thesis explores how an arts practice may be considered a research methodology and a way of knowing. her research was supervised by dr. pauline sameshima with committee member dr. don kerr. holly is continuing her research into the philosophical basis of arts-integrating methodologies in her current phd studies.

one of the judges commented that holly’s thesis inquiry "is excellently conceived and constructed - the level of scholarship and writing outstanding…[with] witty, reflexive poetry integrated throughout." another noted that holly “brings a balanced and powerful methodological synthesis to bear on this inquiry, which appropriately combines critical, creative and heuristic approaches.”

congratulations, holly, on this award!