Sarah McCabe

Sarah is in her final year of her MA in EDST. Her research focuses are in health education, sexual health education, adolescent health, health care provider education, patient education, prenatal education, and women’s health education. Areas of philosophy of education, history of education, pubic health, midwifery, as well as decolonizing, community-based, and feminist methodologies greatly inform her work both locally and internationally. Her thesis is on Ugandan women’s experiences and perceptions of menstruation.

Sarah has completed an internship in the Independent Evaluation and Research Cell at BRAC Uganda and is embarking upon an International Adult and Lifelong Learning intensive at Julius-Maximillian University in Wurzburg, Germany. She has experience as a graduate academic and research assistant, and as a graduate student representative at UBC. She has academic interests in philosophy, culture and media studies, the fine arts, medical sciences and epidemiology, and the history and philosophy of the natural sciences.

Supervisor: Shauna Butterwick (Educational Studies)