Tonya Callaghan, Professor, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary
Professor Tonya Callaghan (She/They) has been recognized for their wide-ranging transdisciplinary research with the leadership role of Academic Co-Lead for Democracy, Justice, and Sustainability with UCalgary’s Institutes for Transdisciplinary Scholarship. They have served UCalgary in a myriad of ways ranging from Senator to Academic Director for 2SLGBTQIA+ equity, inclusion, and intersectionality in UCalgary’s Office of Institutional Commitments.
A Full Professor with the Werklund School of Education, their research explores resistance to anti-homophobia and anti-transprejudice education in curriculum and policy. They specialize in critical social justice theories and anti-oppression education