Loleen Berdahl is an award-winning university instructor, the executive director of the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy (Universities of Saskatchewan and Regina), and professor and former head of political studies at the University of Saskatchewan. Christie Schultz is the dean of the centre for continuing education and an associate professor in the faculty of education at the University of Regina.
Instructors have the opportunity to provide students with empathy, context and skills to manage our current context.
Academic leaders conduct and oversee considerable emotional labour within Canada’s universities. Care ethics approaches can inform this work.
Applying care ethics to our academic work.
Emotional labour and care work are part of academia. They should be recognized as such.
