Dr. Fiona Macdonald (she/they), Assistant Professor at UNBC Prince George, is currently based and teaching on the unceded territory of the Lheidli T’enneh First Nation, part of the Dakelh (Carrier) peoples' territory.

Fiona has been including photo voice projects as assignments in both introductory and upper level political science courses over the last six years during her tenure as a faculty member at the University of the Fraser Valley on the unceded lands of the unceded Stó:lō territory of the Semá:th and Mathxwí First Nations.

In introductory courses, students create an image and write a complementary five page reflection informed by course readings of their choice that explains how the image reflects a politics they encounter and experience in their day-to-day lives. This assignment is consistent with Dr. Macdonald’s overarching approach to the first year course that is centred on revealing and investigating how everything is political. 

In upper-level seminar courses, students create an image and a shorter two-page narrative informed by course material that reflects their experience(s) with “the politics of multiculturalism, diversity and/or race” and "the politics of gender and/or sexuality” respectively. These assignments are shorter in large part to make the projects shareable in art gallery style exhibits where students and members of the broader community can engage with the projects.