Meaghan Dougherty

Meaghan Dougherty, Ed.D., is faculty at Douglas College in the Department of Child and Youth Care. Meaghan is grateful to live on and learn from the traditional, shared, and unceded territories of the šxʷməθkʷəy̓əmaɁɬ təməxʷ (Musqueam), Skwxwú7mesh-ulh Temíx̱w (Squamish), səl̓ilwətaɁɬ təməxʷ (Tsleil-Waututh),S’ólh Téméxw (Stó:lō), Cayuse, Umatilla, and Walla Walla people. She has a responsibility to the generations before and after her and with that in mind, she tries to walk lightly on the land and do good work. Meaghan’s research interests include imagination and educational leadership, the complex relationship between education and the labour market, relational practice and teaching and learning encounters, and using relational and performative ontologies and methodologies that explore more-than-human entanglements. Most recent projects include: The Need to Get Somewhere Fast: A Critical Examination of the Transition from Post-secondary Education to Work (DIO Press, 2022) and co-editing Cultivating Imagination in Leadership: Transforming Schools and Communities (Teachers’ College Press, 2023) with Gillian Judson. Current work includes exploring imagination as a tool in promoting equity and justice in leadership education and facilitating a SSHRC-funded knowledge mobilization project: www.cultivateimagination.ca.