Jennifer Hardwick
PhD (Queen’s); M.A. (Queen’s); B.A. Hons. (SFU)
Chair of Policy Studies at Kwantlen Polytechnic University
I'm a settler scholar and teacher who currently resides on the unceded territories of the Kwantlen, Katzie, Semiahmoo, and Tsawwassen peoples. My interdisciplinary research focuses on settler colonial policy and Indigenous literary, media, and performance arts on the territories currently known as Canada. Presently, I am working on a SSHRC funded collaboration with members of Virago Nation that explores Indigenous women's embodied resistance.
I'm passionate about education, and have spent the last 15 years teaching, creating, organizing, and facilitating with post-secondary intitutions, arts organizations, non-profits, and community groups. Currently I am a KDocs Board member, a member of KPU's Task Force on Anti-Racism, an affiliate of Social Justice Centre, a faculty participant in the Including All Citizens Project, and an Educational Consultant in Universal Design with the Teaching and Learning Commons. In my spare time I like to bake, practice martial arts, travel, and spend time outside.
Courses taught
- POST 2150 - CityLab6 Cultivating Community
- ENGL 3390 - Indigenous Narratives
Areas of Interest
- Indigenous Literary, Media, and Performance Arts
- Indigenous-Settler Relations
- Community Engagement
- Digital Cultures
- Disability and Inclusion
- Pedagogy
Scholarly Work
- [Forthcoming] Hardwick, Jennifer. “Open and Closed: Open Education Projects, Indigenous Studies, and Teaching Undergraduate Students About the Ethics of Information Access.” Integrating Digital Literacy in the Disciplines. Eds. Lauren Hays and Jenna Kammer. Stylus Publishing LLC. Print.
- Sable, Shane, Laboucan, Amei-lee, and Hardwick, Jennifer. “‘Medicine in Our Very Bones’: Bringing Indigenous Burlesque to Kwantlen Polytechnic University.” Alt.theatre: Cultural Diversity & the Stage 2019, Vol. 15 Issue 3, pp. 10-17
- Hardwick, Jennifer. "Identity and Survival in the Multimedia Art of Street-Involved Youth." Jeunesse, Young People, Texts, Cultures, vol. 9, no. 1, 2017, pp. 82-100.
- Scott, Jill, Kanonhsyonne Janice Hill, Konwanonhsiyohstha Callie Hill and Jennifer Hardwick. "Honouring the Kahswéntha: Renewing the Relationship Between the Kanyen’keháka and Queen’s University." Indigenous Perspectives on Education for Well-Being in Canada. Eds. Thomas Falkenberg and Frank Deer. Winnipeg, Manitoba: Education for Sustainable Well-Being Press. 2016, pp. 123-127
- Hardwick, Jennifer. "Dismantling Narratives: Settler Ignorance, Indigenous Literature and the Development of a Decolonizing Discourse." Topia: Canadian Journal of Cultural Studies. Vol. 33, 2015: 99-118
- Hardwick, Jennifer. "A safe space for dangerous ideas, and a dangerous space for safe thinking." Hybrid Pedagogy. Web. 13 August 2014.
- "We're writing our own stories': An Examination of Youth Writing in Our Story: The Canadian Aboriginal Writing Challenge." Studies in Canadian Literature. Vol. 36. no. 1, 2011, pp. 124-141. Print.