{"id":907,"date":"2024-07-07T21:28:13","date_gmt":"2024-07-07T21:28:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/?post_type=news&#038;p=907"},"modified":"2025-03-24T18:19:46","modified_gmt":"2025-03-24T18:19:46","slug":"meet-pushpa-volunteer-with-the-creative-spaces-for-newcomers-project","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/news\/meet-pushpa-volunteer-with-the-creative-spaces-for-newcomers-project\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet Pushpa, Volunteer with the Creative Spaces for Newcomers Project"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Tell us a little about yourself.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am a current graduate of the doctoral studies program in Adult Education and Community Development with a collaborative program in Comparative International Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education, University of Toronto.<\/p>\n<p>With over a decade of experience working for international development organizations and conducting social science research in Nepal, India, and Canada, I am committed to using anti-oppressive dialectical ethnographic research to promote critical education for social justice and equity. I am an advocate for community-based action research and use intersectional praxis to explore the lines of oppression and fight against racialization, precarity, poverty, and other forms of inequality.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Why did you join this program?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I was drawn to this program as it is a platform where I could get a valuable opportunity to apply the knowledge and skills, I gained through my Ph.D. studies to real-world situations and make a positive impact on the settlement experience of newcomers and refugees in Canada.<\/p>\n<p><strong>What have you learned from this experience?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This experience has contributed to developing skills in research design and methodology. I have had opportunity to help plan and design research studies, and to provide guidance on research methods and data analysis. I have developed a deeper understanding of research process and improve my skills in research design and methodology. I have had an opportunity to work on research study with new topics and areas of study.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Whats next?\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>I am looking to find opportunities to learn new skills, grow as an individual, build network, and apply my commitment to critical education for social justice to contribute to a more equitable society. I hope to work in Newcomers\u2019 services and community development sector.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A conversation with Pushpa Hamal about volunteering at NYCH. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"categories":[23,35],"class_list":["post-907","news","type-news","status-publish","hentry","category-spotlight","category-volunteer"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/907","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=907"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nych.ca\/cms\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=907"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}