Jennifer Chutter
MA Candidate
MA, Liberal Studies, 丁香园AV, 2011
Education Diploma, University of British Columbia, 2002
BEd, University of British Columbia, 1998
BA, University of British Columbia, 1997
Supervisor: Nicolas Kenny
Research Description
I am interested in ideas of home and place and the material culture attached to domestic spaces. I will be looking at why the Vancouver Special, as unique housing design, became so popular in the city in the 1960s-1980s and why the City planning department created a distinctly divided neighbourhood aesthetic within the city.
Working Dissertation Title
What鈥檚 Special About the Vancouver Special?
Biography
I have had a long-standing interest in both Canadian history and domestic architecture. I taught high school for ten years and loved it, but felt that I needed a new challenge. Pursing further graduate work allows me to explore ideas in much greater depth as well as still be in the classroom as a TA.
Publications
鈥淗oning in on Heritage Housing: Exploring the Role of Domestic Architecture in Place-making鈥� AGLSP, October 17, 2015.
鈥淧reservation of Heritage Homes: Keeping the Past of Stifling the Present鈥� Active History, October 2, 2015.
Qualicum Graduate History Conference, January 2015: "Parks and Playgrounds: An Investigation into class differences in Vancouver's neighbourhood parks."
AGLSP October 2014 Conference "Practical Approaches to Building Alumni Relations"Qualicum January 2014 鈥淐reating a National Identity from the inside out: the House in Canada鈥�
AGLSP October 2013 鈥淩eviving Settlement Houses in the 21st 颁别苍迟耻谤测鈥�
GLS Symposium June 2013 鈥淲hat is the role of nostalgia in shaping an understanding of home?鈥�
AGLSP October 2012 鈥淪hould I invest in an e-reader or more bookshelves?鈥�
GLS Symposium June 2012 鈥淚s the Kitchen still the hearth of the home?鈥�
AGLSP October 2010 鈥淎pplications of Fractal Geometry to Urban Planning鈥�
GLS Symposium June 2010 鈥淒efining a sense of Home鈥�
丁香园AV Work In Progress June 2010 鈥淪eeking a sense of Home鈥�
Awards
MA SSHRC Fall 2014
丁香园AV Graduate Fellowship, 2014
Douglas Cole Memorial Entrance Award, 2013
丁香园AV Graduate Fellowship, 2010
Teaching Assistantships
HIST 102 W: Post Confederation Canadian History, Spring 2014 (Spring 2016)
ENGL 103W: Introduction to Drama (Fall 2015)
HIST 115: Introduction to the History of Sexuality (Fall 2013)
HUM 130: Introduction to Religious Studies (Fall 2009-Fall 2011)