Patricia Dacanay, Author at Tinig ng Plaridel

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‘One size doesn’t fit all’: UP students with disabilities grapple with learning online and offline

Posted on 13 July 202213 July 2022
byPatricia Dacanay

Upon finding out she was queer, Hannah Aldeza, 35, wanted to do further research on gender and sexuality. So, upon achieving her undergraduate diploma, she enrolled in UP Diliman (UPD)…

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As COVID-19 hits UP students and faculty, learning now ‘survival of the fittest’

Posted on 4 May 202116 September 2021
byBuboy Figueroa and Patricia Dacanay

In response to students’ clamor for academic ease, the UP administration released a memorandum informing the faculty to be lenient with deadlines on a case-to-case basis.
But students say that the memorandum is still subject to the teacher’s prerogative. This fails to ease their burden as they and their families contend with COVID-19.

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Organizations see increased recruitment as social support, ‘democratic spaces’ turn digital

Posted on 28 October 20203 February 2022
byPatricia Dacanay

What you need to know: Several UP organizations experienced an increase in recruitment this remote semester. Psychology assistant professor John Robert Rilveria said that the increase may be indicative of…