Conference Session

Engineering Education in Colonial and Local Contexts (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 8)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Paula Rodrigues Affonso Alves, University of Manitoba; Jillian Seniuk Cicek, University of Manitoba; Kari Zacharias, University of Manitoba; Renato Alan Bezerra Rodrigues, University of Manitoba

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

things as "Religion, Literature, Loyalty, & good Morals..." [17].2 The doctrine of discovery is a belief of the idealized conquer model brought by the Christian Europeans tothe American continent that generated a consciousness that presumes racial superiority of EuropeanChristian peoples and was and still is used to dehumanize, exploit and subjugate Indigenous Peoples anddispossess them of their lands [21].– ones that center local, instead of global, issues to transform realities and worlds ofmarginalized populations.In Canada, “Tech steward” terminology has recently gained prominence in engineeringeducation, mainly through the Tech Stewardship Practice Program (TSPP), an online course inwhich more than 2000 engineering students have

Conference Session

Supporting Students and Faculty in Computing (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 7)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Sophie Marie Martyrossian, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Jane L. Lehr, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Gabriel Medina-Kim, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute; Lizabeth L Thompson P.E., California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo; Lynne A Slivovsky, California Polytechnic State University, San Luis Obispo

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

recommendations expressed in this materialare those of the author(s) and do not necessarily reflect the views of the National ScienceFoundation.References[1] American Society for Engineering Education. Profiles of Engineering and EngineeringTechnology, 2019.[2] American Society for Engineering Education. Profiles of Engineering and EngineeringTechnology, 2023.[3] USC Center for Urban Education (CUE) Syllabus Review Guide https://cue-equitytools.usc.edu/[4] Emily A. Johnson. Designing the syllabus for an online course: Focus on learners and equity.In Laura Parson and C. Casey Ozaki, editors, Teaching and Learning for Social Justice andEquity in Higher Education: Virtual Settings, pages 45–83. Springer International Publishing,Cham, 2022.[5] Harnish, R. J

Conference Session

Culture, Agency, and Responsibility through Curriculum (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 5)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Nagma Zerin, The Johns Hopkins University; Melo-Jean Yap, The Johns Hopkins University; Hexin Bi, The Johns Hopkins University

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

lectures for health reasons or other circumstances. The students also had theopportunity to attend lectures online if they were feeling unwell or traveling. Through activelearning strategies, group discussions, and meaningful group projects, we promoted various meansof expression and engagement. The exams were part of the course, but they were not the only wayof assessing learning. As all students might not feel comfortable speaking up during the class, dueto being an introvert, being afraid to be wrong, or coming from a culture where assertiveness isnot the norm, we used online polling and online discussion boards to engage all students. Thegroup projects had oral and written components, which allowed the students to demonstrate theirverbal and

Conference Session

An ECSJ Art Show - Equity and Justice through Art (Equity, Culture & Social Justice in Education Division ECSJ Technical Session 6)

Collection

2025 ASEE Annual Conference & Exposition

Authors

Robyn Mae Paul, University of Calgary; Laleh Behjat, University of Calgary

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Diversity

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Culture & Social Justice in Education Division (EQUITY), Equity

and L. Wacquant, ‘Notes on the new planetary vulgate’, Radic. Philos., 2001.[20] C. Chen, ‘(Un)Making the international student a settler of colour: a decolonising autoethnography’, Qual. Res. Sport Exerc. Health, vol. 13, no. 5, pp. 743–762, Sep. 2021, doi: 10.1080/2159676X.2020.1850513.[21] P. Rodrigues Affonso Alves, ‘The awareness of her position as a colonist by a student of Brazilian doctorate in Canada’, 2023.[22] C. Wong, K. Ballegooyen, L. Ignace, M. J. (Gùdia) Johnson, and H. Swanson, ‘Towards reconciliation: 10 Calls to Action to natural scientists working in Canada’, FACETS, vol. 5, no. 1, pp. 769–783, Jan. 2020, doi: 10.1139/facets-2020-0005.[23] M. Finn et al., ‘Troubled Worlds: A Course Syllabus about