The third mission of UBC’s health faculties, departments and schools : a role in society beyond education and research
department or school: Education, Faculty of
department or school: Educational Studies (EDST), Department of
data provider: DSpace
degree campus: UBCV
creator: Wood, Victoria
issued: 2022-08-08T20:46:11Z
issued: 2022
related degree: Doctor of Education - EdD
degree grantor: University of British Columbia
description: Universities are increasingly playing roles in society beyond education and research, often referred to as a third mission. As such, there are discussions within universities about their relationship with society, their desired impact in society, society's expectations of universities, and how universities can be more accountable to society. This dissertation explores the role that health Faculties, Departments, and Schools at the University of British Columbia (UBC) play in society, beyond the education of health professionals and conducting health-related research. UBC Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, School of Nursing, and Department of Physical Therapy provided a comparative case study to explore the relationship between a university’s health units and society. This dissertation outlines the role each unit articulated beyond education and research in their strategic plans. It explores the dominant and competing neo-liberal and socially-oriented discourses embodied in how each unit articulated its relationship with society through a critical discourse. It also discusses an advocacy role played by units identified through interviews and a focus group with leaders from each unit. This dissertation explores this advocacy concept and determines how this role was operationalized similarly and differently across the three units, and presents an emerging framework to help other health units think critically about their relationship with society. This research highlights commonalities around how three health units at UBC articulated and operationalized their relationship with society and differences that stem from how they are situated within the university and the broader province landscape.
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note: THE THIRD MISSION OF UBC’S HEALTH FACULTIES, DEPARTMENTS, AND SCHOOLS: A ROLE IN SOCIETY BEYOND EDUCATION AND RESEARCH By VICTORIA WOOD B.A., Simon Fraser University, 2001 M.A., Schiller International University, 2005 A DISSERTATION SUBMITTED IN PARTIAL FULFILLMENT OF THE REQUIREMENTS FOR THE DEGREE OF DOCTOR OF EDUCATION in THE FACULTY OF GRADUATE AND POSTDOCTORAL STUDIES (Educational Leadership and Policy) THE UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA (Vancouver) August 2022 © Victoria Wood, 2022 ii The following individuals certify that they have read, and recommend to the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies for acceptance, the dissertation entitled: The Third Mission of UBC’s Health Faculties, Departments and Schools: A Role in Society Beyond Education and Research submitted by Victoria Wood in partial fulfilment of the requirements for the degree of Doctor of Education in Educational Leadership and Policy Examining Committee: Judith Walker, Associate Professor, Faculty of Education, UBC Co-supervisor Sandra Jarvis-Selinger, Professor, Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, UBC Co-supervisor Leanne Currie, Associate Professor, Faculty of Applied Science, UBC University Examiner Eli Whitney, Associate Professor, Faculty of Dentistry, UBC University Examiner Additional Supervisory Committee Members: Lesley Bainbridge, Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Medicine, UBC Supervisory Committee Member iii Abstract Universities are increasingly playing roles in society beyond education and research, often referred to as a third mission. As such, there are discussions within universities about their relationship with society, their desired impact in society, society's expectations of universities, and how universities can be more accountable to society. This dissertation explores the role that health Faculties, Departments, and Schools at the University of British Columbia (UBC) play in society, beyond the education of health professionals and conducting health-related research. UB…
has type: Thesis/Dissertation
date issued: 2022-11
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0416616
language: eng
degree discipline: Educational Leadership and Policy
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: University of British Columbia
rights: Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
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scholar level: Graduate
contributor: Walker, Jude
contributor: Jarvis-Selinger, Sandra
type: Text
identifier URI: http://hdl.handle.net/2429/82292