{"id":1962,"date":"2023-12-11T16:04:51","date_gmt":"2023-12-11T20:04:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/?page_id=1962"},"modified":"2024-08-26T12:48:10","modified_gmt":"2024-08-26T15:48:10","slug":"fiona-steele","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/graduate-profiles\/fiona-steele\/","title":{"rendered":"Graduate profile: Fiona Steele"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">GRADUATE STUDENT PROFILE<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-accent-color has-text-color\" style=\"font-size:45px\"><strong>Fiona Steele<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:18px\"><strong>MASTER OF ARTS IN ISLAND STUDIES<\/strong> |  THESIS <br> <\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignright size-medium\"><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/files\/2023\/12\/20220627_124840-Fiona-Steele-rotated.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"169\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/files\/2023\/12\/20220627_124840-Fiona-Steele-169x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1963\" srcset=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/files\/2023\/12\/20220627_124840-Fiona-Steele-169x300.jpg 169w, https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/files\/2023\/12\/20220627_124840-Fiona-Steele-576x1024.jpg 576w, https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/files\/2023\/12\/20220627_124840-Fiona-Steele-768x1365.jpg 768w, https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/files\/2023\/12\/20220627_124840-Fiona-Steele-864x1536.jpg 864w, https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/files\/2023\/12\/20220627_124840-Fiona-Steele-1152x2048.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/files\/2023\/12\/20220627_124840-Fiona-Steele-rotated.jpg 1440w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 169px) 100vw, 169px\" \/><\/a><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color\"> .<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>THESIS DETAILS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-medium-font-size\">When stories lead to sustainable tourism: the role podcasting plays in developing socially sustainable tourism on islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-normal-font-size\">Supervisor:\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.upei.ca\/profile?u=ddesserud\">Professor Don Desserud<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-layout-1 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:70.1%\">\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>RESEARCH INTERESTS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul id=\"block-2e0c771e-7b85-4678-ac85-f446bda0d9d7\">\n<li>Tourism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Folklore<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Storytelling<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Cold water islands<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10.2%\">\n<div style=\"height:118px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:31.9%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-left has-small-font-size\"><strong>CONNECT WITH FIONA<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-social-links is-layout-flex wp-block-social-links-is-layout-flex\"><li class=\"wp-social-link wp-social-link-linkedin  wp-block-social-link\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.linkedin.com\/in\/fiona-steele\/\" class=\"wp-block-social-link-anchor\"><svg width=\"24\" height=\"24\" viewBox=\"0 0 24 24\" version=\"1.1\" xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" aria-hidden=\"true\" focusable=\"false\"><path d=\"M19.7,3H4.3C3.582,3,3,3.582,3,4.3v15.4C3,20.418,3.582,21,4.3,21h15.4c0.718,0,1.3-0.582,1.3-1.3V4.3 C21,3.582,20.418,3,19.7,3z M8.339,18.338H5.667v-8.59h2.672V18.338z M7.004,8.574c-0.857,0-1.549-0.694-1.549-1.548 c0-0.855,0.691-1.548,1.549-1.548c0.854,0,1.547,0.694,1.547,1.548C8.551,7.881,7.858,8.574,7.004,8.574z M18.339,18.338h-2.669 v-4.177c0-0.996-0.017-2.278-1.387-2.278c-1.389,0-1.601,1.086-1.601,2.206v4.249h-2.667v-8.59h2.559v1.174h0.037 c0.356-0.675,1.227-1.387,2.526-1.387c2.703,0,3.203,1.779,3.203,4.092V18.338z\"><\/path><\/svg><span class=\"wp-block-social-link-label screen-reader-text\">LinkedIn<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>BIOGRAPHY<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fiona Steele graduated with a double major in Journalism and Communications &amp; Public Policy from St. Thomas University in Fredericton, New Brunswick before returning home to the Island. As a current MAIS thesis student, she is researching how podcasting can lead to sustainable tourism on cold water islands.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Fiona&#8217;s research interests stem from her years working in museums across PEI, as well as the podcast she hosts for the PEI Museum and Heritage Foundation. &#8216;the hidden island&#8217; podcast inspired her to wonder if the medium could be used in developing place narratives for tourism destinations that represent local perspectives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>SCHOLARSHIPS &amp; AWARDS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u2022 Best Student Research Presentation (ISIC 2022 Island Studies Conference)<br>\u2022 Florence Simmons Global Experience Scholarship (UPEI, 2022)<br>\u2022 Canada Graduate Scholarships-Master\u2019s Program Scholarship (SSHRC, 2021)<br>\u2022 Christine Morris Prize (highest GPA in Journalism courses, STU, 2021)<br>\u2022 Frank McKenna Prize (highest GPA in Communications\/Public Policy courses, STU, 2021)<br>\u2022 David Adams Richards Prize for Non-Fiction (excellence in writing non-fiction and creative non-fiction, STU, 2021)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:32px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>PUBLICATIONS<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/a-walk-on-the-edge\/a-walk-on-the-edge-2022\/a-walk-on-the-edge-fiona-steele\/\">A Walk on the Edge: \u201cSearching for Islandness on the Edge\u201d<\/a>&nbsp;| IST6140 Assignment (2019).<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/mjmcrae.podbean.com\"> &#8216;the hidden island&#8217; <\/a>Podcast 2020-Onward<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:38px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><strong>CONFERENCES<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p style=\"font-size:14px\"><em>RECENT PRESENTATIONS<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 16th International Conference on Small Island Cultures (June 22-25, 2022): \u201cthe hidden island as a creative approach to sustainable island tourism\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:34px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity is-style-wide\" \/>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-small-font-size\"><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/graduate-profiles\/patrick-leveque\">BACK TO TOP<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\" style=\"font-size:15px\"><a href=\"http:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/graduate-profiles\">BACK TO GRADUATE PROFILES HOME<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>GRADUATE STUDENT PROFILE Fiona Steele MASTER OF ARTS IN ISLAND STUDIES | THESIS . THESIS DETAILS When stories lead to sustainable tourism: the role podcasting plays in developing socially sustainable tourism on islands. Supervisor:\u00a0Professor Don Desserud RESEARCH INTERESTS CONNECT WITH FIONA BIOGRAPHY Fiona Steele graduated with a double major in [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":107,"featured_media":0,"parent":863,"menu_order":-2,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"tags":[33,29,32],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1962"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/107"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1962"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1962\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2132,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/1962\/revisions\/2132"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1962"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/projects.upei.ca\/mais\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1962"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}