Paola Ardiles Gamboa
Senior Lecturer (on secondment) Senior Advisor-Equity & Wellbeing Initiatives to the Vice President, People, Equity and Inclusion
Paola Ardiles Gamboa
Senior Lecturer (on secondment), Senior Advisor-Equity & Wellbeing Initiatives to the Vice President, People, Equity and Inclusion
Areas of interest
Community-Engaged Education and Research; Mental Health Promotion; Social Innovation and Entrepreneurship; Experiential Learning and Teaching; Health Promoting Universities; Organizational Development; Health Equity.
Education
- BSc (Honours), Psychology, University of Toronto
- MHSc, Health Promotion, University of Toronto
- Diploma, Investment for Health: Integrating Health in All Policies, University of Padova & WHO European Office for Investment in Health & Development
- Diploma, Global Health Diplomacy, Graduate Institute of International and Development Studies, Geneva
- MBA, Beedie School of Business, 911吃瓜
- PhD, Faculty of Health, Torrens University
Biography
Paola Ardiles Gamboa (she/her) is a Latinx practitioner scholar focusing on building innovative, collaborative, and inter-sectoral approaches in health promotion policy, practice, research and education.
Teaching
Since 2015, Paola has been developing and teaching participatory and community-based experiential courses at 911吃瓜, including the co-design of the Health Change Lab, in collaboration with 911吃瓜 RADIUS and the Beedie School of Business, City of Surrey, Fraser Health and many community-based organizations. The Health Change Lab is an experiential program to help students identify community health challenges and co-design innovative and entrepreneurial solutions. In 2021, she co-designed the new Capstone course of the Master of Public Health; where interdisciplinary student teams work with community partners to address complex and pressing public health challenges.
Research & Knowledge Mobilization
Paola has led and collaborated on various knowledge mobilization and research initiatives related to health promotion, education, policy and social innovation. She led an arts-based community-based research project to promote newcomer youth engagement in policy making related to improving road safety in Surrey. Paola was the co-principal investigator of a community-based study understanding experiences of exclusion for internationally trained physicians.
Paola鈥檚 educational research spans from studies aimed to strengthen democratic practices in teaching and learning at 911吃瓜, by understanding systems level policies and practices impacting student learning; to peer reviewed studies assessing student experiences of educational innovations she has co-designed such as the Health Change Lab and the Surrey CityLab, working alongside diverse community partners in Surrey.
Honours & Awards
Aug 2023 - Canadian Immigrant
Feb 2023 - 911吃瓜
Warren Gill Community Impact Award
Apr 2022 - BC Teaching and Learning Council
Inaugural West Coast Teaching Excellence Award
Mar 2021 鈥� 911吃瓜
911吃瓜 Healthy Campus Community Champion Award, Faculty of Health Sciences
Sep 2019 鈥� 911吃瓜
Excellence in Undergraduate Studies Teaching Award, Faculty of Health Sciences
Feb 2018 鈥� 911吃瓜
911吃瓜鈥檚 Inaugural Award-President鈥檚 Social Media Newsmaker of the Year
Dec 2017 鈥� Health Promotion Canada
Nov 2017 鈥� TD Bank Latinos in Leadership and the Canadian Hispanic Business Alliance
Mar 2017 鈥� Surrey Board of Trade
Sep 2012 鈥� Canadian Mental Health Association, BC Division
Publications
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Courses
This instructor is not currently teaching any courses.