Digital Magazine Research-Creation: Hispanic Cultural Production in Canada

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Description of Research Project

This faculty-directed research-creation project supports the development of a bilingual (Spanish–English) digital magazine focused on Hispanic cultural production in Canada. The project emerges from SP4990 (Foreign Language and Digital Media) and contributes to an ongoing research agenda in digital humanities, research-creation, and knowledge mobilization.

During the Summer term, the DARE student will support preparatory and infrastructural research activities, including supervised archival research, source summarization, transcription, digital content organization, metadata tagging, and accessibility preparation. The project emphasizes undergraduate research skill development through structured, faculty-guided tasks that reflect standard research assistant training.

All research design, analytical framing, interpretation, and authorship remain under the intellectual direction of the faculty supervisor. The student’s role is explicitly supportive and developmental.

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Undergraduate Student Responsibilities

The student will
* Conduct supervised archival and background research related to Hispanic cultural production in Canada
* Prepare accurate, descriptive summaries of assigned scholarly and cultural texts
* Assist with transcription, formatting, and organization of interviews and creative materials
* Support digital layout, metadata tagging, and accessibility preparation (captions, labels, formatting)
* Maintain organized digital research files and documentation
* Assist with research-creation process documentation for internal and grant-reporting purposes
The student will not engage in independent research design, interpretation, or authorship.

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Qualifications Required

* Upper-year undergraduate student in Liberal Arts & Professional Studies or related program
* Strong organizational and writing skills
* Ability to summarize academic and cultural material clearly and accurately
* Reading proficiency in Spanish required; writing proficiency an asset
* Interest in digital media, digital humanities, or research-creation
* Ability to work under clear supervision and follow structured research protocols