| Title | Thunder in Our Voices: Inquiry Based Learning |
|---|---|
| Faculty/College/Unit | Allard School of Law |
| Status | Completed |
| Duration | 1 Year |
| Initiation | 04/01/2017 |
| Completion | 03/31/2018 |
| Project Summary | Berger during the Mackenzie Valley Pipeline Inquiry. Over the last few years Professor Jackson has worked with Dr. Gordon Christie to organize three "interactive challenges" - non-fiction games based on key issues and actual testimony from the Inquiry. In each challenge, students are asked to compare the evidence given by scientists and social scientists - many of them from UBC - with the testimony of Dene and Inuvialuit from 30 villages in the north. Then students are asked to "put themselves in Judge Berger's chair" and to find the solution that is best for Canada. These interactive challenges encourage lateral thinking and debate. The best solutions uncover unexpected linkages between the evidence presented at the Formal and Community hearings of the Inquiry. To make the challenges more interesting, some of the links have been disguised to provide a game-like intensity to the classroom experience. |
| Funding Details | |
| Year 1: Project Year | Year 1 |
| Year 1: Funding Year | 2017/2018 |
| Year 1: Project Type | Large TLEF |
| Year 1: Principal Investigator | Gordon Christie |
| Year 1: Funded Amount | 31,000 |
| Year 1: Project Status | Active |
| Year 1: Team Members | Gordon Christie, Professor, Faculty of Law |
| Year 1: TLEF Showcase |  |