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About	My name is Bich Ha Dong (she/her). I am a Ph.D. student in Peace and Conflict Studies at the University of Manitoba (Treaty One, Canada). My research focuses on sustainable development, education, human rights, and local peacebuilding practices in Southeast Asia, particularly Vietnam. My approach to research, work, and community services emphasizes self-reflexivity, critical generosity, creativity, and compassion. Through my research, I am committed to collaborating with and supporting different communities to transform our unsustainable and unethical modes of development and education.
Education	M.A. in Peace and Conflict Studies (University of Manitoba, Canada, 2022) B.A. in International Business; Marketing (Augsburg University, U.S.A., 2018)
Significant achievements	Sir Gordon Wu Graduate Student Scholarship, University of Manitoba (2022–2025): a doctoral scholarship given to one student with the highest academic standing among students awarded the University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship award Babs Asper Memorial Scholarship for Peace and Conflict Studies, University of Manitoba (2022–2023): a doctoral scholarship given to one student in the Arthur V. Mauro Institute for Peace and Justice with good academic standing and embodies public service based on a record of community service. Nahlah Ayed Prize for Student Leadership and Global Citizenship, University of Manitoba (2021): Award given to one international student and one domestic student who demonstrate exceptional commitment and leadership skills, their actions helping to connect the local with the global. University of Manitoba Graduate Fellowship (2020–2022): scholarship given to master’s and doctoral’s students who have demonstrated superior intellectual ability and academic accomplishment. Summa Cum Laude, Augsburg University (2018): a Latin Honor given to students graduating with a 3.90+ GPA on a 4.00 GPA scale
Certifications	Basic Mediation Skills, Faculty of Law, University of Manitoba (2022)

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Current employment	Managing Editor – At The Forks, Centre for Human Rights Research, University of Manitoba
Expertise	arts-based research, community-based participatory action research, human rights, conflict resolution
Sustainable Development Goals	GOAL 8: Decent Work and Economic Growth, GOAL 16: Peace and Justice Strong Institutions

Research

Research	Active but not looking
Research interests	My research focuses on sustainable development, human rights, and local peacebuilding practices in Southeast Asia, as well as decolonization in higher education in North America and Vietnam. I am committed to collaborating with and supporting different communities to invest in ethical and sustainable modes of being and learning.
Current research projects	Looking After Each Other Project Community-based participatory action research that explores pathways to promote the dignity of people with FASD in Manitoba
Selected publications	Trinh, E., Le, N. H. G., Dong, H. B., Tran, T., and Tran, V. (2022). Memory rewriting as a method of inquiry: When returning becomes collective healing. The Qualitative Report, 27(3), 824–841. https://doi.org/10.46743/2160-3715/2022.5245 Dong, H. B. (in press). Protecting students: Bullying and school. In L. Reimer and K. Standish (Eds.). Perspectives in Human Rights: Justice, Indigeneity, Gender, and Security. Palgrave. Le, N. H. G., Dong, H. B., Tran, V., and Vu, H. L. (in press). “She is not a normal teacher of English”: Photovoice as a decolonizing method to study queer teacher identity in Vietnam’s English Language Teaching. In A. Sahlane and R. Pritchard (Eds.), Critical intercultural literacy and international language education. Palgrave. Dong, H. B., Vo, T. S, Vu, H. L, and Bui, T. (2023). The #StopAsianHate movement: Deconstructing Asian hate through digital-visual approach and letter writing. In H. Mreiwed, M. R. Carter, S. Hashem and C. Blake-Amarante (Eds.), Looking back to look forward: Making connections in and through arts-based educational research. Springer. http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-8028-2_9 Dong, H. B., Nguyen, N., Nguyen, T., Trinh, E., and Le, N. H. G. (2022). The Buddha: Wisdom from the East. In Geier, B., Knox, A. E. B., Osanloo, A., and Mitchell, R. L. G. (Eds.), The Palgrave Handbook of Educational Thinkers. Palgrave. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-81037-5_3-1

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