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Dr. Jane O’Dea
Jane came to the University in 1990. Her research focuses on the philosophy of education, technology and aesthetic. She was the Dean of the Faculty of Education from 2000 to 2010 and an executive director of the First Nations Metis Inuit Centre Development from 2011 to 2013.
Jane discusses the tradition of excellence at the University.
The full audio interview will be made available online in late 2017. For more information please contact the University of Lethbridge Archives. (mike.perry@uleth.ca)
Now you see I would say, there is a tradition of excellence in this University that’s founded on collaboration, that’s founded on genuine, genuine passion and curiosity about knowledge and about furthering knowledge, that’s founded on a sense of equality that students are a part of who we are. That teaching isn’t this thing you have to do when you’re not doing research. That teaching, research, working with students all comes together ... there’s that tradition. That’s why I wanted to become Dean because I loved that. And I thought, whatever I can do to keep that going and further, then I must do. And I think we did but I would say it’s a ‘we’ ... it wasn’t me. It was the people I had here who worked with me and were prepared to bring it in the most extraordinary directions.
(Interviewed by Diane McKenzie)