Presentations

Blythe Shepard, Ph.D
How do rural women explore their options, plan their directions, and enter and progress in their chosen life-career paths?

Blythe Shepard, Ph.D
Objectives: To elicit stories of future selves, ascertain content categories of possible selves and to assess the perceived efficacy and outcome expectancy of possible selves.

Blythe Shepard, Ph.D
8 young women, aged 17-19 from a small village in the interior of BC take part in the Possible Selves Mapping interview.

Meg Kapil
Adolescent Self-Concept, Sense of Community, and Possible Selves in a Rural Context.

Blythe Shepard, Ph.D & Research Team
What are the life-career issues, supports, challenges and barriers for youth in small and rural communities? What has helped and will help youth to access the supports and to address the challenges and barriers?

Dr Blythe Shepard With the Youth of Kaslo
Youth developed Future Bound: A Lifeworks Expedition Workshop for Rural Youth which they co-facilitated with me Funding provided by Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council

Dr Blythe Shepard
"Being poor in rural Canada means more than just not having enough. It also means having to travel long distances to get enough." (p. 52)

Dr Blythe Shepard
Stories establish your identity and reveal your personality. Stories help you know yourself and build confidence.
