Donna Langille (SHE/HER/THEY/THEM)

UBCO PhD Student (2022-present)

UBCO Community Engagement + Open Education Librarian

University of British Columbia | Okanagan Campus | Sylix Okanagan Nation Territory

Institutional Website URL: https://library.ok.ubc.ca/about/contact/donna-langille/

Email Address: donna.langille@ubc.ca

Research Interests: Augmented reality, Cultural memory, Feminist studies, Immersive technologies, Queer histories, Queer studies, Ethnography, Research-creation

Donna Langille (she/her/they/them) lives and works as an uninvited settler on the unceded traditional territory of the Syilx Okanagan peoples. She is the Community Engagement and Open Education Librarian, as well as the subject liaison librarian for film studies, theatre, media studies, and the digital humanities at the University of British Columbia Okanagan (UBCO). Their work includes connecting the wider community with UBCO Library resources and providing support to students, staff, and faculty working on open educational resources (OER), and building advocacy and awareness of OER at her institution. They are also a PhD student in Interdisciplinary Studies at UBCO, working under the supervision of Fiona P. McDonald (Anthropology) and Emily Christian Murphy (Digital Humanities). In 2019, she obtained her Master of Information Studies from McGill University. Prior to this degree, she earned her Honours B.A. in English and Gender, Sexuality, and Women’s Studies from Simon Fraser University. They also hold a diploma in Film Production from Capilano University.

As a queer scholar, they are interested in reframing the way we observe and acknowledge queer histories in relation to and with feminist technologies.

Education

McGill University                     Masters of Information Studies                      2017-2019

Simon Fraser University          Bachelor of Arts Honours with distinction (Major: English Honours, Minor: Gender, Sexuality and Women’s Studies)            2012-2016

Capilano University                 Diploma in Film Production                           2008-2010