Suckerfish

Dr. Elizabeth Townsend

Contact Information
Title Director for the Centre for Education Research; Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Education
Office 401 Dalton Hall
Email etownsend@upei.ca
Phone (902) 566-6784

Teaching and Research Interests
My interests are in adult education as a foundation for professional practices, particularly in the health professions (CV). Currently I teach graduate students online on Knowledge Translation for Social Inclusion (in everyday life at home, work, community, etc.). My research is theoretically based in qualitative methods, particularly institutional ethnography; research questions explore the inter-relatedness of knowledge, occupational justice and social inclusion. An active project is examining how community, policy, funding and other forces enable or restrict people who experience disabling health issues in low resource communities to make transitions in what they 'do' in everyday life (their 'occupations' of life) with help through a primary health care centre.