For the first faculty-focused episode in the CELebrate Learning podcast, host and former CEL Manager, Rhianna Nagel (she/her) leads two faculty members—former UVic professor Nathan Lachowsky (he/him), current UVic faculty member and postdoctoral research fellow at the University of Northern BC Aki Gormezano (he/him) and their community partner, Jennifer Gibson (she/her) from Island Sexual Health.

They chat about what doing community-engaged teaching looks like and touch on topics such as value to students, values to faculty and community partners, the nitty gritty practicalities and practicing healthy boundaries.

More about our guests...

• Nate was previously Associate Dean of Research Faculty of Human and Social Development and Associate Professor at the School of Public Health and Social Policy at the University of Victoria. Today, he is the Dean of the Faculty of Human and Health Sciences at the University of Northern British Columbia. As a social epidemiologist, Nate’s areas of expertise are in community-based research on sexual and reproductive health and HIV/AIDS prevention.
• Aki completed his PhD in social-personality psychology, and as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in CHER at the University of Northern British Columbia, he is most involved with the Group Sex Project, a mixed-methods longitudinal exploration of pleasure, risk, and harm-reduction practices among group sex participants. His research focuses on how sexual contexts shape sexuality and impact sexual health. Aki is also a Postdoctoral Research Fellow at UNBC.
• Jennifer is the Coordinator of Community Education Services at the Island Sexual Health here in Greater Victoria. She is a professional sexual health educator whose knowledge, sense of humour, enthusiasm, and comfort level give her the unique ability to make sexual health education accessible and easy to relate to.