Presentations

Texts and Effects: Interview Findings on Neurodiversity and Representation Wednesday, June 25, 2025

New academic article! Texts and Effects: Interview Findings on Neurodiversity and Representation was recently published in Neurodiversity. Authored by Meg Gibson, bridget livingstone, Steacy Easton, Hannah Monroe, and Julia Gruson-Wood. Read more about Texts and Effects: Interview Findings on Neurodiversity and Representation

Eloping: Autism & Community-Driven Research podcast episode Monday, May 12, 2025:

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Several members of the Eloping Project team -- Nicole Corrado, Sandra Nakata, Tina Wilson, and Meg Gibson -- recorded a podcast episode about autism and community-driven research with Dr. Barbara Lee at the University of British Columbia. Links can be found here:

https://blogs.ubc.ca/swkx/episodes/episode-12/

‘White people have an easier time making claims to those identities’: Interviews on neurodiversity, at The University of Sheffield, UK, Wednesday, May 7, 2025

Forthcoming chapter in edited collection Desiring Autism and Neurodivergence, edited by Dr. Patty Douglas. Chapter authored by Margaret F. Gibson, bridget livingstone, Izumi Sakamoto, Hannah Monroe, Patty Douglas, and Julia Gruson-Wood Read more about ‘White people have an easier time making claims to those identities’: Interviews on neurodiversity

Learning Through "Teach-Offs", at Waterloo, Thursday, May 1, 2025:

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Talk given at the 2025 UWTL conference (and also at the FYMSiC one-day conference a week later)

Abstract:
The Math Prof Teach-Offs began in Winter 2023 as a way to challenge how teaching is evaluated, by bringing together students and willing instructors in an experimental event. Students were given a surprise topic and a short quiz to measure their prior knowledge, and then split randomly into three groups. Each was taught a one-hour lesson by an award-winning instructor, and then students were tested again with a...

Autistic "eloping" and other fugitive practices: Reflections on neuroqueer resistance, at University of Sheffield, UK, Tuesday, April 29, 2025:

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When Autistic people leave spaces suddenly or against expectations, this can sometimes be referred to as “eloping”. Different people might have a range of other words they would use instead: fleeing, running away, “nope-ing”, wandering, going missing, hiding, getting lost. While researchers have investigated the risks of “eloping” – especially for children -- they have seldom asked Autistic people what these departures mean for them. In this presentation, Dr. Gibson will share reflections and emerging research findings from a mixed-methods, participatory...

Applied critique (with YouTube link), at University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Tuesday, January 21, 2025

Margaret F. (Meg) Gibson, Social Development Studies and Social Work, University of Waterloo; Julia Bullard, Information (UBC); Hannah Kia, Social Work (UBC), organized and moderated by Tina Wilson, Social Work (UBC)
Coach House, Green College, UBC and livestreamed
Tuesday, January 21, 5-6:30 pm

in the series
Green College Special Lecture
Social justice and related terms are notoriously unstable objects of analysis and intervention. Liberal responses to seventy-odd years of...

Resilience Through Reflection, at Vancouver, Saturday, November 30, 2024:

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Abstract: Reflective activities allow students to see their own growth, improve, and build their metacognition, as well as give them the tools to develop resilience. In this talk I will discuss several ways I incorporate reflection in classes from second year all the way to graduate level, and the impact on student learning. Read more about Resilience Through Reflection

Technology Tools for Flexible Projects Saturday, November 23, 2024:

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Abstract: There are numerous benefits to using projects in math courses – giving students the opportunity to learn by doing, develop their communication and teamwork skills, and choose topics that matter to them. But there are many practical issues, especially at scale. This talk will discuss some technology tools that can be used to administer projects flexibly and efficiently.

Careworn? Participatory research praxis with disability communities, at Detroit, MI USA, Thursday, November 14, 2024:

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This paper by Margaret F. (Meg) Gibson was delivered at the annual conference of the National Women's Studies Association. Read more about Careworn? Participatory research praxis with disability communities

Listening to neurodivergent women: Research findings to improve practice, at Royal Ottawa Mental Health Centre, Thursday, November 7, 2024:

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Margaret F. Gibson, Hannah E. Monroe, and Brianna Urquhart presented findings from the Eloping, Neurodiversity Matters, and Learning Access studies at the Women In Mind conference. Read more about Listening to neurodivergent women: Research findings to improve practice

https://blogs.ubc.ca/swkx/episodes/episode-12/

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