Our Research Team

Through funding-support from the Faculty of Arts at Mount Royal University, four student researchers developed and compiled this guide collaboratively with Ada Jaarsma. The prompts were created by Ada and developed from her lessons for her course, Philosophy & Critical Health Studies.

We thank the Academic Development Centre at Mount Royal University for excellent support, especially Christina Devetzis and Khethwen Woo. And we thank Brenden Ormandy for hugely helpful website design and Bree Smith for website expertise.

This illustrated bunny was created by one of the student researchers as part of the access guide. 

Student Co-Researcher
Abigail Johnson is sitting at the welcome desk at the event. She has long blond hair and is wearing a name-tag.

Abigail Johnson

Student Co-Researcher
Eli Buechler is wearing a cap and a grey T-shirt with a silver chain. He is sitting outside in the sun in front of a river. 
Student Co-Researcher

Eli Buechler

Hi! My name is Eli. I'm a psychology major at Mount Royal University, visual artist, and hobbyist philosopher. My experiences in research and as a lifelong student have turned my attention towards the psychosocial, rhetorical, and implicit meanings of classrooms that are mostly taken for granted. Though research that features students as participants is common, academic work that treats the student perspective as its philosophical core are rare, and that's why this project matters to me. My work is informed by systems thinking, process-relational philosophy, psychoanalysis, and psychedelics research, thanks in no small part to my excellent mentor, Ada Jaarsma. When I'm not studying, I like to run, draw, watch video essays, and listen to music from the 90s."

Chloe Regan is smiling warmly. She is wearing glasses and a red striped shirt. 
Student Co-Researcher

Chloe Regan