In a third-year medieval literature course focused on Chaucer's Canterbury Tales, I wrote a research paper interrogating Chaucer's use of the colour red in "The Wife of Bath's Tale." By exposing a vein of repeated red imagery that isn't evident in his other depictions of Cantebury pilgrims, I used detailed close reading to build a case for an interpretation of Chaucer's "Wife" as a story of feminist subversion and liberation.
I spent three years working two shifts per week at Il Ristorante Fittizio, a twelve-table Italian trattoria in Vancouver's busy Mount Pleasant neighbourhood. Through this experience, I learned transferable skills such as customer service, sales, and conflict resolution.
During my final co-op term, I provided just-in-time initial help desk support to faculty members and staff in the Faculty of Arts. My role as a Learning Tech Rover included giving workshop tutorials on educational technologies, troubleshooting issues as they arose, and providing appropriate referrals as required.
Applications of theories and research in developmental psychology to contemporary social issues; topics may include daycare, child abuse, divorce and remarriage, substance abuse, sexuality.
The format of the assignment was a brochure with key evidence from research in cognitive, developmental, and social psychology.
During my co-op term at the North Shore Women's Centre, I assisted and coordinated in two of North Shore Women’s Centre’s (NSWC) annual fundraising event–the summer and winter online auctions, and facilitate two one-week long Girls Empowerment Camp. Additionally, I also assisted in coordinating other special events, such as the West Vancouver Community Event and North Vancouver Canada Day Event.
As a part of my assignment to reduce world hunger, I participated in a 30-day waste reduction plan as a part of the Zero Hunger Challenge (UN, 2012). More specifically, I reduced waste through composting, recycling, and reusing products. Through this challenge, I hope to be able to adopt a sustainable habit through this 30-day challenge and make conscious efforts to prevent waste creation.
This project involved designing and conducting an original research project using archival data. Our objective was to identify a psychological phenomenon related to social media, and identify a gap in prior knowledge, then develop a hypothesis and a study that uses archival methods to test it. Archives include publicly-available posts to Twitter, Facebook, and other platforms.
UBC Let Go Club is a peer-to-peer mental support community group, where we focus on various aspects of our self-esteem and strive to maintain a balanced mindset.
A short skit introducing my basic proficiency in the Japanese language.
During secondary school years, I devoted time towards volunteering for the Myanmar refugees, in addition to cultivating and honing my teaching skills. This experience allowed me to gain valuable insights to less privileged children who do not have basic necessities such as education, as well as other psychosocial factors of malnutrition.