Bee Brigidi, Ph.D

Experience

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  DeSurl

  Jul 2008 - Aug 2018

  Director and Curator

  Created, co-founded, and acted for the first 4 years as the main curator of the “DeSurl” as the director of this project about community organizers and the arts. Among many sponsorships, we were awarded the 2009 Visual, Performing and Media Arts Award, Interdisciplinary Humanities Center (IHC), University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). Selected projects:1) “4Argentina” (2010): an in-depth event comprised of workshops, meetings, art exhibition, performances as forms of responses to Argentinean economic crisis, with the participation of Dr. Jill Levine and artist Seth Wulsin. 2) “Lungen” (2009): Conceptualized and based on the series of “Breathing Drawings” and the artist book “flock” by Alejandro Casazi-- Lungen is a multilayered performance piece, created by Bee (Bianca) Brigidi and Alejandro Casazi, with the musician Christopher Jette, dancer Ekaterina Zarinova, and four singers.3) “Dust to Dust” (2009): Book Art project with invited Artist from Bogotá, Colombia, Diego Contreras and UCSB art students Marcia Pinna, Michael Powell, Diego Contreras, Alejandro Casazi, Ted Nava, Angelina LaPointe, Megan Van den Bergh, Emma Beaufort (Forthcoming); 4) Latinx Communities in Southern California: “Tertulia Colombiana” (2008): Concert by the Colombian musicians Raul Castaño, Guillermo Amado, Guillermo Amado Jr., Jairo Amado, at the Old Little Theater, College of Creative Studies, UCSB. Show less

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  University of California

  Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

  Postdoctoral Researcher

  Created, co-founded, and act as the first curator of the Mandinga Project. Community-based research project with components of Community and Public Outreach around linguistic identities.University of California, Santa Barbara, co-sponsored by: Education Abroad Program at UCSB; Interdisciplinary Humanities Center, Latin American and Iberian Studies Program – Intercultural Exchange.

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  UC Santa Barbara

  Aug 2013 - Jun 2014

  University Lecturer

  Department of History, PhD program in Comparative Literature, and Department of Spanish and Portuguese

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  Quest University Canada

  Jun 2014 - Jun 2018

  Professor

  Professor at Social Sciences and Humanities divisions.

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  McGill University

  Nov 2017 - Dec 2019

  Researcher & Manager

  Researcher (Quantitative and Qualitative)ManagerStrategic PlanningPolicy AnalystSocial Innovation Lab leader

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  CEGEP - John Abbott College

  Sept 2019 - Feb 2020

  Professor

  Department of Humanities, Philosophy, and Religion.

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  Simon Fraser University

  Jul 2020 - now

  CEE Anti-Racist Pedagogies Program: Healing From Racism JourneyHealing from Racism Journey (HRJ) is a four-part asynchronous and synchronous online program designed to facilitate the journey of, initially, 12 SFU teaching faculty and sessional instructors in their commitment to anti-racist pedagogies. As a participant, you will immerse in an intimate platform for self-research, growth, and work on your ongoing practices as an anti-racist educator in terms of resisting anti-Blackness racism, anti-Indigenous racism, anti-Asian racism, and other forms of violence against IBPOC/BIPOC communities. Based on the explored antiracism frameworks and pedagogies, you will develop a plan of action for implementing strategies in your teaching practice. Show less

  • Educational Developer

    Jan 2020 - now

  • Designer and Lead Facilitator | Anti-Racist Pedagogies Program

    May 2021 - now

  • Sessional Instructor

    May 2022 - Aug 2022

  • Facilitator and Proposal Consultant

    Jul 2020 - Mar 2021