**On professional leave from September 2025 to August 2026**

Currently, I am finishing my MA thesis concurrently with my work at the Office of the Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Mark Carney, P.C., O.C., M.P.

I am an MA student of history who obtained my BA in history and French from UBC. A tried-and-true Canadianist in general, my current research interests lie in Canadian constitutional and legal history, particularly the discourses surrounding the nature and function of the Crown and the monarchy in Canada. I am is under the supervision of Dr. Bradley Miller and am a recipient of a SSHRC CGS-M.

In 2024, I was proud to be awarded a Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for my service as a teaching assistant in the Department.

Outside the History Department, I served as a research assistant aiding Dr. Irem Ayan with her research on how the concept of neutrality in professional interpretation affects the behaviour of interpreters. In addition, I am extremely proud of my work at UBC Child Care Services, where I worked as a child care assistant at the Kittiwake and Sandpiper child care centres from 2019 to 2023.

I was also a volunteer docent at the Roedde House Museum, where I researched and developed a display on Chinese-Canadian domestic servants, and a former board member of the Société historique francophone de la Colombie-Britannique (SHFCB).

Research interests:

• Canadian history (general)
• The Crown in Canada and the Commonwealth
• Canadian/Commonwealth constitutions
• Canadian legal history
• Nineteenth- and twentieth-century history

Conference paper: “A Flag in Flux: Discourse on the Canadian Flag in the House of Commons.” Presented at the Jean-Pierre Gaboury Symposium, Parliament of Canada, 20 June 2026.

Conference paper: “Fluttering and in Flux: The Canadian Flag in the House of Commons.” Presented at Canadian Political Science Association 2026 Annual Conference, University of Ottawa, 4 June 2026.

Conference paper: “The Seven Crowns of Greater Britain: Monarchy, Autonomy, and the Dominions, 1918-1953.” Presented at the Shifting Tides History Conference, UBC, 1 February 2025.

Conference paper: “The Queen v. The Charter?: Exploring Constitutional Challenges against the Citizenship Oath, the Queen of Canada, and Beyond.” Presented at NOVA University Lisbon, 18 April 2024.

Affiliated Fellowships – Master’s Program, University of British Columbia, 2024

• Tina and Morris Wagner Foundation Fellowship
• Gertrude Langridge Graduate Scholarship in Humanities

Dean of Arts Graduate Student Research Award, University of British Columbia, 2024

Killam Graduate Teaching Assistant Award, University of British Columbia, 2024

• Citation: “Shane Atienza is a passionate and skilled educator. He is dedicated to academic rigour and works hard to help his students to develop their ideas, better their work habits, and to reach their next level of achievement. He believes deeply in the talent of UBC undergraduates and he sees his role as helping them to realize their enormous potential.” (Submitted by Dr. Bradley Miller)

Canada Graduate Scholarship – Master’s Award, Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), 2023

BPOC Graduate Excellence Award, University of British Columbia, 2023

Supervisor: Dr. Bradley Miller

Teaching Assistantships W2024:

• HIST 220A: History of Europe, 1500-Present, Dr. Michael Lanthier
• LASO 350A: Topics in Law and Society (Canadian Criminal Justice History), Dr. Bradley Miller

Teaching Assistantships W2023:

• HIST 414 / CDST 350: Constitutions in Canadian History, Dr. Bradley Miller
• HIST 236: Public History in Canada – Memory, Representation, and Interpretation, Dr. Tamara Myers