Invitational Addresses – International and National

Respecting Diversity and Addressing Belonging in Educational Contexts: A Case Study. Invited Address at Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, October, 2012.

Designing and Conducting Collaborative Multi-Site Qualitative Research: An Overview of a Nationally-funded Study across Six Canadian Provinces. Invited Presentation at Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. October, 2012.

Navigating Adolescence through a Graphic Novel: Culture, Identity and Sexuality in the Novel “Skim”. Invited Address at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria, October, 2012.

Re-viewing the Diversity of ‘Multiculturalism’ in Canada through Representations of Identity in Canadian Picture Books. Invited Address at the University of Klagenfurt, Austria, October, 2012.

Canadian Teachers Negotiating Cultural Identities and Citizenship in a “Third Space” of Literary Engagement. Invited Address at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, October, 2012.

Graphic Novels in the English Classroom: Engaging Students with Linguistic and Visual Literacies. Invited Address to Graduate Students at the University of Glasgow, Scotland, October, 2012.

Advocating for Social Justice in the Classroom through Postcolonial and Multicultural Literature: Insights from a Canadian Teachers' Inquiry Group. Invited Address at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, July, 2012.

Conventions and Genres in Academic Writing: Reflecting on Language, Style and Audience. Invited Address at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, Port Elizabeth, South Africa, July, 2012.

Going Graphic: Engagements with Canadian Graphic Novels. Invited Address at Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, September, 2010.

Literary Touchstones: How Texts for Children and Young Adults can open Spaces of Remembrance of a Colonial Past. Invited address at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, April, 2010.

Who Does this Text Think I am? Exploring Questions of Subjectivity, Ideology and Pedagogy with Student Teachers through Multicultural Picture Books. Invited address at Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, April, 2010.

Addressing Issues of Subjectivity and Ideology with Student Teachers through Canadian Multicultural Picture Books. Invited Address at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Australia, April, 2010.

Developing democratic dispositions: Civic Education in Canada: Student Teachers’ Concepts of Citizenship and Diversity. Invited plenary address at Symposium: Re-Conceptualising Citizenship in Education: Eaton Satellite Symposium, Queen’s University, Belfast, Northern Ireland, October, 2008.

Possibilities for Promoting Cross-Cultural Understanding among Beginning Teachers through Collaborative Action Research: A Canadian Perspective. Invited address at Research Forum, Fort Hare University, East London, South Africa, June, 2007.

Exploring the Entanglements of Cultural Identity and Teacher Identity Formation in Teacher Education. Aga Khan University, Karachi, Pakistan, January, 2007.

Interrogating Representations of Identity and Ideology in Canadian Picture Books. Invited address, Lakehead University, Thunder Bay, Ontario. October, 2006.

Exploring the Entanglements of Cultural Identity and Teacher Identity Formation in Multicultural and Anti-Racist Education. Invited Plenary Address, Multicultural Days Conference: An International Perspective. Brock University, St. Catherine, Ontario, June, 2005.

Where's the "Culture" in Multicultural? Issues of Identity and Ideology in Contemporary Canadian Picture Books. Invited Address, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia. October, 2002.

Questions of Identity, Ideology and Representation in Canadian Picture Books. Invited Address, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia. October, 2002.

Metaphor, Music and “Mastery” in Tim Wynne Jones’ “The Maestro.” Invited Lecture, Humanities Department, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, October, 2002.  

Negotiating Teacher Identities in Contexts of Cultural Diversity in Canada. Invited address. University of Magdeburg, Germany. May, 2001. (with T. Carson).

Canadian Adolescent Readers Responding to African Novels. Invited Address at Edgewood Teachers’ College, Durban, South Africa. June, 2000.

Selecting and Teaching Multicultural Books for Adolescents; A Canadian Perspective. Invited Address. South African Children’s Book Forum, Durban, South Africa, May, 1999.

Multiculturalism in Canada: Complexities and Contradictions. Invited symposium, University of Durban-Westville, Kwa-Zulu Natal, South Africa, May, 1999.

Scholarly Conference Presentations - International (* refereed)

*Reverberating Chords: Implications of Preservice Teachers’ Touchstones in Contemporary Multicultural Literature for Change in Schools. American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, April, 2012 (with Teresa Strong-Wilson, Lynne Wiltse, Anne Burke, Ismel Gonzales and Heather Phipps.)

*Can I Become an Activist for Social Justice? English Language Arts Teachers’ Selections of Canadian Multicultural Literature. American Educational Research Association, Vancouver, April, 2012 (with Lynne Wiltse and Kylie Yang).

*’Ideological Becoming’ in Three Young Adult novels: Gone; Life as We Knew It and How I Live Now. International Research Society for Children’s Literature 19th Biennual Congress, Queensland University of Technology, Brisbane, Australia, July 2011.

*Cross-cultural ideologies, understandings and misconceptions: Exploring young adult literature about China for Canadian adolescents. China-Canada Curriculum Conference. East China Normal University, Shanghai, China, July, 2010.

*Reflections on the “Sentimental Chronotope” of Canada as a “Land of Freedom” in the novels “Elijah of Buxton” and “Bifocal”. International Research Society for Children’s Literature 19th Biennual Congress, Goethe University, Frankfurt, Germany, August, 2009.

*Diverse Understandings of Multiculturalism: How Picture Books Can Inform Literacy Pedagogy for Preservice Teachers. Hawaiian International Conference on Education. Honolulu, January, 2009. (with J. Bainbridge, A. Burke, M.C. Courtland, R. Hammett. T. Strong-Wilson, A. Ward, L. Wiltse & I. Gomez).

*A New Modernist Classroom? Modernist Studies Association Conference, Vanderbilt University, Nashville, US. November, 2008. (with V. Luftig (U of Virginia); J. Whittier-Ferguson (U of Michigan; J. Cogswell (Uof Michigan); J. Hatcher, (UofNew York),

*Exploring Subjectivity, Sexuality and Family Power Relations in Selvadurai’s Young Adult Novel “Swimming in the Monsoon Sea”. International Research Society for Children’s Literature. 18th Biennial Congress Kyoto, Japan, August, 2007

Student Teachers Representing  the ‘Other” in Canadian Multicultural Picture Books. Learning Conference, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg, South Africa, June, 2007.

*Creating a Curriculum of Cross-Cultural Understanding: Reflections on a Collaborative Action Research Project in Teacher Education. American Educational Research Association, San Francisco, US, April, 2006. (with T. Carson, D. Donald, M. Kim, J. Plews, K. Syed)

*Negotiating Identities and Citizenship: Policies and Practices in Racially-Culturally Diverse High Schools. Metropolis International Conference, Toronto, October, 2005. (with T. Carson, G. Richardson, J. Kelly, L. de Fabrizio, M. Bolender, C. Hay, D. Rivière, N. Pantke).

*Imagining Self and Other: Student Teachers’ Responses to Representations of Childhood in Canadian Multicultural Picture Books. International Research Society for Children’s Literature Bi-annual conference, Dublin, Ireland, August, 2005.

*“Mocking” the Other: Reading and Representation in Canonical High School Texts. National Reading   Conference, San Antonio,Texas, December, 2004. (with J. Mangat).

*African Books in North American Schools. IBBY International Conference, Cape Town, South Africa, September, 2004.

*Under Surveillance! Teenagers, School Spaces and Citizenship in a Public School. American Educational Research Association, April,  2004. San Diego. (with J. Mangat and J. Tupper).

*Re-Framing Media to Address Ethnocultural Diversity in Urban Schools. 5th International Metropolis Conference, Vienna, Austria, September, 2003. (with G. Richardson, M. Tuazon, J. Mangat and J. Tupper).

*Reading the Chronotope of School Spaces in Canadian Young Adult Literature. International Research Society for Children’s Literature Bi-annual conference, Kristiansand, Norway. August, 2003.

*Spaces of Convergence and Interrogation: High School Readers and Cultural Difference. American Educational Research Association. Chicago, April, 2003. (with J.Mangat).

*Spatial Practices and Ethnocultural Diversity in a Public High School: Students Negotiating Spaces and Identities. American Educational Research Association. Chicago, April, 2003 (with T. Carson, J. Mangat and J. Tupper)

*Reading the Chronotope of Literacy Research. American Educational Research Association. Chicago, April, 2003. (with R. Luce-Kapler, J. McClay and S. Pantaleo)

*Re-imagining Canadian Identity in the “Great White North” through Contemporary Picture Books. The Language of the Picturebook Conference. University of South Africa, Pretoria, South Africa, August, 2002.

*Exploring Gendered Identities through Canonized High School Literature. American Educational Research Association Conference, New Orleans, April, 2002. (with J. Mangat).

*Cultural Encounters in the Liminal Spaces of Canadian Picture Books. International Research Society for the Study of Children’s Literature Conference, Klein Kariba, South Africa, August, 2001. (with J. Mangat).

*Cross-Cultural Connections: Inner-City Students and Multicultural Books. American Education Research Association National Conference, Seattle, April, 2001. (with L. Wiltse)

*The ‘Indeterminacy of Diasporic Identity’ in Canadian Picture Books. Reading Pictures: Art, Narrative and Childhood Conference, Homerton College, Cambridge, England, Sept., 2000 (with J. Mangat)

Citizenship Education and English Language Arts: Opening up New Spaces of Possibilities. Featured Panel Presentation: Forum 2000, 5th International Conference of National Council for Social Studies, Calgary, June, 2000. (with G. Richardson, T. Carson, D. Blades, O. Bilash, J. Norris, E. Simmt and N. Nocente)

*Understanding Difference: Re-viewing an Educational Video through Critical Conversations.     American Educational Research Association, New Orleans, April, 2000. (with T. Carson, D. Binder, G. Richardson and J. Mgombelo).

*Reconceptualizing Literature Study for Cultural Diversity: Reflections on an Action Research Project. National Council of Teachers of English Research Assembly, Seattle. Feb, 2000.(with J. Mangat)

*Adolescent Readers Responding to Authorial Voice, Culture and Language in African Novels. International Research Society for the Study of Children’s Literature/Children’s Literature Association Conference, University of Calgary, July, 1999. (with J. Mangat).

*Mocking up Moulthrop: Reading/Performing Literary Hypertext. American Educational Research Association. Montreal, April, 1999. (with T. Dobson and M. Mackey).

*Mediating World Literature and Pedagogy. Association for the Study of New Literatures in English. University of Osnabruck, Germany. September, 1998. (with E. Ellerman)

*Translating Teachers: The Languages of Culture in Curriculum. American Educational Research Association, San Diego, April, 1998 (with R. Luce-Kapler and J.McClay)

*The Ambivalence of Cultural Identity: Teaching and Curriculum in Multicultural Classrooms. American Educational Research Association, San Diego, April, 1998 (with Terry Carson, Hans Smits, Roy Graham and Jon Young)

*Can the Non-Subaltern Speak? Dilemmas of Voice and Cultural Appropriation in Literary Texts. Journal of Curriculum Theorizing Conference, Bloomington, Indiana. October, 1997.

*The Texture of Research in Curriculum Studies. American Educational Research Association, Chicago, March, 1997. (with E. Simmt, R. Luce-Kapler and L. Gordon Calvert)

*Performing Fictionalized Identities. American Educational Research Association, Chicago, March, 1997. (with R. Luce-Kapler, J. McClay and D. Sumara.)

*Cultural Re-visions/Curriculum Re-visions: International Literature in Senior High Classes. National Council of Teachers of English Conference, San Diego, November, 1995.

*How Readers Come to Terms with the Unfamiliar: The Social Context of the Cross-Cultural Classroom. XIVth Congress of the International Comparative Literature Association, Edmonton, August, 1994.

Scholarly Conference Presentations - National

*Multimodal Representations of Canadian Literature for Social Justice: Reflections on a Teachers’ Inquiry Group. Language and Literacy Researcher of Canada CSSE preconference. Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, May, 2012. (with Lynne Wiltse)

*Teachers Negotiating Responsive Social Change. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Wilfred Laurier University, Waterloo, Ontario, May, 2012. Symposium with A. Burke, M.C. Courtland, I. Gonzales, A. Ward, H, Phipps, Strong-Wilson, L. Wiltse.

*Addressing Negative Social Divisions and Promoting Belonging in Educational Contexts. Metropolis preconference, Toronto, February, 2012. (with Donna Blundell)

*Seen and Unseen: Resources for Diversity in Schools. Metropolis Conference. Toronto, February, 2012. (with Donna Blundell)

*Interrogating Stereotypes of Second Generation Canadian Diasporic Youth Through Postcolonial Literary and Media Texts. Language and Literacy Researcher of Canada CSSE preconference. University of New Brunswick & St Thomas University, May, 2011.(with Farha Shariff).

*Animating Education for Social Justice with Canadian Literature: Insights from a Teacher Inquiry Group. Canadian Society for Studies in Education Conference, University of New Brunswick & St Thomas University, May, 2011. (with Lynne Wiltse)

*The Curious Conflict between the Inside and the Outside: Teacher Identity and the Process of Unlearning. Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies Canadian Society for Studies in Education pre-conference, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, May, 2010 (with Farha Shariff).

Visual and Print Engagements with Issues of Social Justice through Canadian Graphic Novels. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Concordia University, Montreal, Quebec, May, 2010.

*Issues in Designing Collaborative Multi-site Qualitative Research: An Overview of a National SSHRC Study across Six Provinces. International Qualitative Methodologies Conference, Vancouver, British Columbia, October, 2009.

*Teaching and Learning with Multicultural Picture Books. Memorial University, Newfoundland. (with J. Bainbridge. A. Burke, M.C. Courtland, R. Hammett, H. Phipps, I. Gonzalez, A. Ward, L. Wiltse). June, 2009.

*Exploring Stereotypes and Representations of Others in Lesson Plans on Canadian Picture Books. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Carleton University, Ottawa. May, 2009.

The Commonplace Book of Curriculum Studies. President’s Symposium: Reflections on Canadian Curriculum Studies from past Presidents of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies. Canadian Society for Curriculum Studies, Carleton University, Ottawa, May, 2009.

Reflections on “Uncommon Countenances” in Curriculum Studies. Invited opening address. Provoking Curriculum Conference, University of Ottawa, May, 2009.

*Developing School Curricula and Pedagogies to meet the Diverse Needs of Immigrant and Refugee Youth. Frontiers of Canadian Migration: 11th National Metropolis Conference, Calgary, March, 2009. (with Farha Shariff).

Re-memoring Colonial Spaces of Apartheid and the Holocaust through Imaginative Fiction. Back to the Future: Productive Remembering in Changing Times. Invitational SSHRC-funded symposium, McGill University, Montreal, October 23 2008.

*Interrogating issues of Place and Identity in Canadian Multicultural Picture Books with Preservice Teachers across Canada. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Vancouver, BC. May, 2008. (with J. Bainbridge. A. Burke, M.C. Courtland, R. Hammett, F. Shariff, A. Ward, L Wiltse).

*Re-viewing Performativity, Image, and Ideology in Canadian Multicultural Picture Books with Pre-Service Teachers. A Place for Children’s and Young Adult Literature in New Literacies Classrooms Conference, Toronto Reading Council and OISE/University of Toronto. (with J. Bainbridge. A. Burke, M.C. Courtland, R. Hammett, F. Shariff, I. Gonzalez, A. Ward, L. Wiltse). April, 2008.

*Responding to Shakespeare as a “Culturally-Distant Text” in Grade 10 English Language Arts Classes. CSSE Preconference, Canadian Association of Curriculum Studies, May, 2007 (with J. Mangat).

Puzzling the Jigsaw: Preservice Teachers Responding to Representations of Identity in Canadian Picture Books. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, May, 2007. (Symposium with J. Bainbridge, A. Burke, M. Claire-Courtland, R. Hammett, K. Syed, A. Ward, L. Wiltse).

The University of Alberta Writing Taskforce: Exploring Issues of Institutional Change. Writing in Changing Communities/Communities Writing Change Conference, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, May, 2007.  (Panel presentation with B. Sargent & D. Slomp)

Challenges in Promoting Cross-Cultural Understanding among Beginning Teachers. Metropolis National Conference, Royal York, Toronto, March, 2007. (with T.Carson, Y. Hong, X. Yang.)

Enacting critical explorations of culture, identity and diversity with preservice teachers through Canadian picture books. Provoking Curriculum Conference, Banff, Alberta, February, 2007. (Panel with J. Bainbridge, A. Burke, M. Claire-Courtland, R. Hammett, F. Shariff, K. Syed, L. Wiltse).

*A Bridge Too Far?: Reflecting on the Tensions of Engaging with Diversity in a University Collaborative Action Teacher Education Initiative. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, York University, Toronto, May 2006 (with G. Richardson, J. Plews, D.Donald, M. Kim and K. Syed))

*Mind the Gap: Exploring the Barriers to Teaching for Ethno-Racial Youth. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, York University, Toronto, May 2006 (with G. Richardson, L. de Fabrizio, C. Cambre, J, Kelly, and A. Abdi)

*The Chronotope of School: Students Negotiating Identities in the Social and Cultural Time/Space of an Urban High School. Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies Pre-conference, Canadian Society for Studies in Education, York University, Toronto, May 2006 (with J. Tupper).

*Exploring Policy Lessons in Multicultural Education and Second Language Acquisition: Teaching Practices, The Arts, and Immigrant Perspectives on Learning” Metropolis National Conference. Vancouver, BC, March 25, 2006 (with M. Stone, H. Raymond, M. Gervais, S.P. Luo and G. Mills).

Teaching: Developing Empathy for the ‘Other’.New Frontiers in our History: 100 Years of Alberta and Saskatchewan in Confederation National History Conference , Edmonton, October 29, 2005.

*Creating a Curriculum of Cross-Cultural Understanding: Lessons from a Collaborative Action Project
in Teacher Education.  Canadian Society for Studies in Education, University of Western Ontario, London. May 2005 (with G. Richardson, T. Carson, J. Plews, D.Donald, M. Kim and K. Syed))

*Negotiating the Tensions of Institutional Change in an Ethnoculturally Diverse Urban School. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, University of Western Ontario, London. May 2005 (with G. Richardson, T. Carson and L. de Fabrizio)

*An Outsider/Insider Perspective on Canadian Multicultural Teacher Education. Canada from the Outside In: International Council for Canadian Studies Conference.  Ottawa, May 2005 (with K. Syed).

*The In-between Spaces of School: A photo-Narration of Students, Place and Space. Provoking Curriculum, Creating Narratives, University of Victoria. Feb, 2005. (with J. Mangat and J. Tupper)

Reading and Resisting Spaces of Whiteness in High School Texts.  Faculty of Education, York University, Feb, 2005.

*Re-defining Discourses of Location, Identity and Difference in Canadian Picture Books. Literacy Pre-conference, Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Winnipeg, May, 2004. (with J. Mangat)

* The ‘Invisible Other’: Canadian Identity and Multicultural Picture Books for the Secondary English Language Arts Classroom. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Winnipeg, May, 2004. (with J. Mangat).

*You are Being Watched: Navigating Citizenship within Controlled Spaces of Public High Schools. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Winnipeg, May, 2004. (with T. Carson, J. Mangat and J. Tupper).

* Students' Perceptions of Spatial Practices in a Multiethnic High School:Possibilities and Policies for Equity and Inclusion. National Metropolis Conference, Montreal, March, 2004. (with T. Carson, J. Tupper and J. Mangat).

*Negotiating Institutional Change within the Tensions of Multicultural and Antiracist Education in Ethno-culturally Diverse Urban Schools. National Metropolis Conference, Montreal, March, 2004 (with T. Carson, L. De Fabrizio, and G. Richardson).

*Learning to Teach Newcomer Children in the Field: A pan-Canadian discourse among student teachers, associate teachers and teacher educators. National Metropolis Conference, Montreal, March, 2004. (with M. Ali, A. Gagné, F. Kanouté and J. Beynon.)

*Dislocating the Dominant Narratives of Citizenship in English Language Arts. Citizenship Pre-Conference. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Halifax, May, 2003.

*Spatial Practices and Ethnocultural Diversity in a Public High School. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Halifax, May, 2003. (with T. Carson, J. Tupper, J. Mangat and W. Hurren).

* Tensions in Preparing Pre-Service Secondary-Route Teachers for Teaching in Ethnically Diverse Classrooms 6th Annual Metropolis Conference. Edmonton, March, 2003. (with T.Carson, J. Mangat, G. Richardson, J. Tupper and M. Tuazon).

*Performing the Possibilities and Problematics of Developing a Curriculum for Cultural Diversity Provoking Curriculum Conference, UBC, Vancouver, Feb, 2003. (with G.Richardson, T. Carson, J.Mangat,  L.Wiltse and J.Tupper).

*Multiculturalism in the Public School: Help or Hindrance?  Canada: Global Model for a Multicultural State, Canadian Multicultural Education Foundation. Edmonton, September, 2002. (with T. Carson, G. Richardson, J. Mangat and J. Tupper.)

*“What’s Postcolonial Literature and Why Should We Care?” Pre-Service English
Teachers Negotiating Cultural, Pedagogical and Literary Understandings. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, OISE/UT, Toronto, May, 2002.

*Spatial Practices and Ethnocultural Diversity in Public High Schools: Students Negotiating Spaces and Identities. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, OISE/UT, Toronto, May, 2002. (with W. Hurren and T.Carson).

*Educational Research Possibilities on Negative Attitudes, Discrimination, Racism and Immigration. Metropolis Educational Research Forum. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, OISE/UT, Toronto, May, 2002.

*Developing a Culturally-Informed Pedagogy with In-service and Pre-service English Language Arts Teachers. Westcast, Vancouver, BC, February, 2002. (with J. Mangat).

*Diversities of Cultures and Identities: Curriculum and Policy Initiatives in Teacher Education. 5th Annual Metropolis Conference, Ottawa, October, 2001. (with J. Mangat and T. Carson).

*Developing a Multicultural Literary Curriculum with High School English Teachers: Reflections on Teaching Rudy Wiebe and Yvonne Johnson’s “Stolen Life.” Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Université de Laval, Quebec City, May, 2001.(with J. Mangat).

*Researching, Scripting and Creating an Educational Video on Ethnocultural Difference: A Dramatic Re-Viewing. Westcast, Calgary, February, 2001. (with T. Carson, G. Richardson, D. Binder and J. Mgombelo)

*Outside the Comfort Zone: Re-locating Ourselves in a Postcolonial Literary Pedagogy. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Edmonton. June, 2000. (with J. Mangat)

*Cultural Differences and Secondary School Curricula. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Edmonton . June, 2000. (with D. Blades, E. Simmt, L. Wiltse, J. Mgombelo and D. Leard)

*Addressing a Passion for Ignorance: Cultural Difference and Teacher Preparation Fourth National Metropolis Conference, Toronto. March, 2000. (with T. Carson)

*“What’s Culture Got to Do with It?” Insights from Pre service Teachers’ Experiences of Cultural Difference and Teaching. Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, June, 1999. (with T. Carson and L. Wiltse).

*Cross-cultural Books in the Inner-City Classroom. Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, June, 1999. (with M. Mackey, L. Wiltse and B. Carlin)

Issues in Contemporary Literacy Education. Panel discussion. Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, June, 1999.

Institutions Responding to Immigration. Round Table session. Metropolis Educational Research Forum. Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Université de Sherbrooke, Quebec, June, 1999. (with T. Carson).

*Inconsolable Education: Challenging Our Assumptions as Teacher Educators. Advances in Qualitative Methods National Conference, Edmonton, February, 1999. (with T. Carson).

*Negotiating Teacher Identities in Contexts of Cultural Diversity. 3rd National Metropolis Conference, Simon Fraser University, Vancouver, January, 1999. (with T. Carson,  and R. Graham.)

*Diverse Cultures, Complex Teaching: Community Conversations. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Ottawa. May, 1998. (with T. Carson and H. Smits)

*Cultural Presences, Cultural Silence. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Ottawa, May, 1998. (with Terry Carson and Rillah Sheridan-Carson)

*Reading against Racism: Identity and Ideology in Cross-Cultural Literary Engagements. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Newfoundland, June, 1997.

*Cultural Diversity and Professional Identity in Teacher Education. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Newfoundland, June, 1997. . (with T. Carson)

*Today’s Foundations for Tomorrow’s Literacy: Language Arts Materials Currently Used in High Schools.. Canadian Society for Studies in Education. Newfoundland, June, 1997. (with A. Altmann and M. Mackey)

Cultural Integration and Teaching. Panel Presentation for Education Domain, Second Annual Metropolis Conference, Montreal, November, 1997. (with T. Carson)

*Voices of Diversity: Creating Identity in the Context of the Classroom.Canadian Society for Studies in Education, St. Catharines, Ontario, June, 1996. (with R. Luce-Kapler)

*Hearing the Voices of Diversity: Subjectivity, Silence and Stereotype. Canadian Association for the Study of Women and Education Summer Institute, St.Catharines, June, 1996. (with R. Luce-Kapler)

*Beyond the Hegelian Dialectic: Diversity in Reading and Writing Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Montreal, June, 1995. (with R. Luce-Kapler)

*Multiple Voices, Diverse Texts: Expanding the Literary Canon in the Senior High English Classroom. Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Calgary, June, 1994.

*Canons and Curricula: International Literature in High School English Classes Canadian Council of Teachers of English Language Arts National Conference, Moncton, May, 1994.

*Junior High Teachers' Selection of Young Adult Literature. Canadian Council of Teachers of English Annual Conference, Calgary, May, 1992.

Scholarly Conference Presentations - Local/Provincial

Addressing the Needs and Aspirations of Immigrant and Refugee Youth in Alberta. International Week, University of Alberta, February, 2013. (with D. Blundell, L. Chan-Marples, M.Sekandi & K. Yang).

East-West Cross-Cultural Dialogues in High School Curricula: Perceptions of the ‘Other’ through Print Texts and Media. Transcultural Dialogues II: Contemporary Educational Research in Canada and China. University of Alberta, May, 2012 (with K. Yang).

Diasporic Identities of Muslim Youth in Canada: Representations in Literature and Pop Culture Worldwide Universities Network Research Development Symposium: Examining the relationship between Xeno-racism and extremism: Integration patterns in Muslim populations in North America and Europe, University of Alberta, August, 2010 (with F. Shariff).

Awareness and Impact of Teaching Resources for Diversity for Alberta’s Immigrant Youth, Safe and Caring Schools and Communities Research Development Seminar. Alberta Teachers’ Association, January 2010.

Image, Text, Imagination: Engaging Beginning Teachers in Diverse Understandings of Citizenship. Symposium on Citizenship in Changing Times. Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, June 4, 2009.

Strategies, possibilities and tensions in designing, conducting and disseminating a collaborative cross-Canada qualitative research study International Institute for Qualitative Methodologies, University of Alberta. February 3, 2009.

Learning Teaching, Encountering the Other: What is the Meaning of Diversity for Teacher Education?  Curriculum and Pedagogy Institute, Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, April, 2007 (with T. Carson, D. Donald, E. Kim).

Becoming the Change We Want to See: Making Connections for Social Action through Post Secondary Education Safe and Caring Schools Conference. Edmonton, Invited Panel Presentation.  April, 2006.

Researching the “other”: Issues of Power and Voice in Postcolonial Research. Curriculum and Pedagogy Institute, Faculty of Education, March, 2006.

Promoting Diversity in our Secondary-route Teacher Education Program: Possibilities and Challenges. Invited Panel Presentation , Education Society of Edmonton, February, 2006.

Research through Postcolonial Eyes.  International Institute for Qualitative Research, Edmonton.  March, 2005.

An Overview of Research on Teacher Identity in Multicultural Contexts: Invited Address, Prairie Centre of Excellence Planning Meeting, Edmonton, February 7, 2005.(with G. Richardson, T. Carson, L. de Fabrizio)

Perceptions of Self and Other in High School Texts: Exploring Issues of Representation and identity with Visible Minority and non Visible-minority Student Teachers. Prairie Centre of Excellence Planning Meeting, Edmonton, February 7, 2005.

Transgressive Multiculturalism: Exploring Questions of Identity and Ideology through Contemporary Canadian Picture Books. University of Lethbridge Research Seminar Series. February, 2004.  

Preparing to Cross Cultural Borders: Identity & Representation in Classroom Texts and Contexts. WestCAST,  University of Alberta. February  2004. (with S. Jacobs, J. Tupper, J. Mangat  and C. Ament).

*Reconceptualizing Literature Study for Culturally Diverse Classrooms. English Language Arts Council Annual Conference, Banff, Alberta, May, 2002. (with M.Pawluk, S. Erickson, V. Ourdeva, J. Mangat and J. Link.)

Perceptions of Ethnocultural Diversity and Secondary School Curriculum. Curriculum and Pedagogy Institute, University of Alberta,  November, 2000. (with D. Blades and E. Simmt).

Developing a Multicultural Literary Curriculum with High  School English Teachers: Reflections on a Collaborative Research Project. Centre for Literacy Research, University of Alberta, October, 2000.

Great Losers of Literature: Stereotypes of Masculinities in Canonized High School Texts. Research Revelations Poster Session, University of Alberta, February, 2000 (with J. Mangat).

Reconceptualizing Curriculum for Cultural Diversity. Research Revelations Poster Session, University of Alberta, February, 2000.

Negotiating Non-Violent Conflict Across Cultural Differences.  Safe and Caring School and Communities Conference 1999, Edmonton, November, 1999. (with T. Carson, B. Dean and R. Sheridan-Carson)

Culture and Teaching: Teacher Identity Formations in Contexts of Cultural Difference. Project poster session.  Research Revelations, Univ. of Alberta, February, 1999. (with T. Carson, L. Wiltse and D. Leard.)

Resources for Cross-cultural Readers: Scaffolds for Students and Teachers. Project poster session. Research Revelations, Univ. of Alberta, February, 1999. (with M .Mackey, L. Wiltse and B. Carlin

*The Visual and Textual Worlds of Picture Books.  English Language Arts Council Conference, Banff, Alberta. May, 1998. (with J. McClay and M. Mackey)

*Transcending Borders with Books.. Connections ’98, Conference of English as a Second Language Council, Modern Languages Council and Multicultural Education Council, Edmonton, March, 1998. (with M.  Mackey)

Schools Responding to Cultural Diversity. Prairie Centre Brown Bag Seminar, St. Catherine School, Edmonton. March, 1998. (with T. Carson, E. de Corby and D. Leard)

Today’s Foundations for Tomorrow’s Literacy. Faculty Literacy Seminar Fall, 1997. (with A. Altmann)

Cultural Integration and Teaching Project Poster Session. Research Revelations , University of Alberta, February, 1998. (Culture and Teaching Project team)

Today’s Materials for Tomorrow’s Literacy. Poster Session, Research Revelations, University of Alberta, February, 1998. (with A. Altmann and M.Mackey)

Teacher Educators Responding to Multicultural Classrooms. International Week ’98. Local and International Perspectives on Human Rights.  University of Alberta. January, 1998. (Panel with T. Carson, D.Binder T. Chana, D. Leard, G. Pan and L.Wiltse)

*Decolonizing the Literary Imagination: Cross-cultural Literacy in Contemporary Classrooms. Literacy in the 21st Century Conference, University of Alberta. October, 1997.

*Materials for Tomorrow’s Readers. Literacy in the 21st Century Conference, University of Alberta, October, 1997. (with A. Altmann and M. Mackey)

Unfreezing the Waterfall: Reading, Race and Representation.. Educating in Global Times: Race, Class, Gender. Graduate Student Research Conference, University of Alberta, March, 1997. (with M. Mackey)

International Literature in Culturally Diverse Classes: A Teacher/Researcher Collaboration. Faculty of Education Research Seminar, University of Alberta, March, 1997. (with M. Pawluk)

Re-mapping Literary Worlds: Postcolonial Pedagogy in Practice. Department of Secondary Education Graduate Student Research Seminar Series, University of Alberta, September, 1996.

*Into Other Wor(l)ds with Anne Frank and Rose Blanche: Issues of Translation in the English Classroom. English Language Arts Council of Alberta. Lake Louise, May, 1996. (with M. Mackey

*Shifting Perspectives: New Ways of Looking in Writing and Reading. English Language Arts Council of Alberta. Lake Louise, May, 1996. (with R. Luce-Kapler)

Plurality in Reading and Writing: Perspectives in Educational Research. Research Revelations, University of Alberta, February, 1996.

Researching Multi-Cultural Literature for Teenagers: Resources, Reading and Response. Research Seminar, School of Library and Information Studies, University of Alberta, September, 1995.

*Exploring Versions of Fiction in the Classroom. English Language Arts Council of Alberta Conference, Jasper, May, 1995. (with M. Mackey)

*Multicultural Diversity in Young Adult Fiction. Library Association of Alberta Annual Conference, Jasper, April, 1995. (with M. Mackey)

*To Kill a Mockingbird”......and Beyond: Introducing Students to Cross-Cultural Novels in Small Group Settings.". English Language Arts Council of Alberta Conference, Banff, May, 1994. (with M. Pawluk)

*Multicultural Literature in the Junior High and Senior High Classroom. English Language Arts Council of Alberta Conference, Edmonton, May 1993.

Professional Workshops

Editing and Publishing Across Disciplines. The Dimic Institute for Comparative and Cross-Cultural Studies. University of Alberta. October 29, 2010.

Postcolonial Perspectives on Qualitative Research Workshop series, International Institute for Qualitative Research, Edmonton, June 24, 2008.

International Students Responding to Reading Shakespeare. Greater Edmonton Teachers’ Convention. Feb 28, 2008 (with Jyoti Mangat, Vessela Ourdeva and Brent McKeown).

Postcolonial Perspectives on Qualitative Research. Workshop series, International Institute for Qualitative Research, Edmonton, July 2007.

Insights into Applying for a SSHRC/Multiculturalism Strategic Grant. Research Services Office Workshop. March , 2005.

Multiculturalism and the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedom: Exploring Possibilities for the Future. 20th Anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms Symposium. Edmonton, April, 2002. (with S. Sami)

Contemporary Books for Junior High Readers. St. Albert Protestant School Librarians Workshop. February, 2002.

Reading for Enjoyment Appealing to Today’s Teenagers. Sherwood Park Librarians Association, January, 2002. (with M. Mackey).

Reading and Media in Junior High Language Arts Classes. Greater Edmonton Teachers’ Convention, February, 2001. (with M. Mackey).

Addressing the Needs of Struggling Adolescent Readers. Sturgeon Heights School, March, 2000.

The Challenge of Diversity in Books for Teens. Edmonton Public Schools Professional Development Day. November, 1999. (with M. Mackey)

Resources, Reviews and Reflections on Contemporary, Cross-Cultural Books for Junior and Senior High Readers. Literacy for Learning Mini-Conference, Greater Edmonton Regional Learning Resources Council. October, 1998. (with M. Mackey)

Curriculum Integration: Literature in Mathematics and Social Studies Classes. Red Deer Middle School Program. Red Deer College. October, 1998.

Print and Media Materials Offered to Grade 10 Students. Edmonton Public Schools, April 1997. (with A. Altmann and M. Mackey)

Canadian Adult Books for Teenage Readers. Edmonton Public Schools, March, 1997. (with M. Mackey)

Promoting Literacy in Challenging Times. Workshops for Freedom to Read Week, Edmonton Public Libraries,  February, 1997. (with M. Mackey)

Reading and Writing Workshops for Adult Learners. Alberta Vocational College, Edmonton, January, 1997. (with R. Luce-Kapler and M. Mackey)

Novels That Work for Junior High Students. St Cecilia Junior High School and District Professional Development Day, Edmonton, January, 1997. (with M. Mackey)

Books for Reluctant High School Readers. Edmonton Catholic Schools Workshop: “Improving Achievement of Students in English 13, 23, and 33.”Jan.,1997 and 1996. (with M. Mackey)

Using Visual Literacy to Enhance Print Literacy: Picture Books for all Ages. Workshop for Consultants for Exceptional Children. Edmonton Catholic Schools. March, 1996. (with M.Mackey)

Finding Books for Reluctant Adolescent Readers: Greater Edmonton Teachers' Convention, March, 1995; North Central Alberta Teachers' Convention, Feb,1995 (with M. Mackey)

Selecting Books for Reluctant Adolescent Readers: Greater Edmonton Teachers' Convention, March, 1995; North Central Alberta Teachers' Convention, Feb,1995; Edmonton Catholic Schools, Dec.1994; Greater Edmonton Regional Learning Resources Council and English Language Arts Council of Alberta, Oct, 1994. (with M. Mackey)

Multicultural Reading for Adolescents. Edmonton Public Schools, January,1996; Edmonton Public Library, October, 1995; Christian Educators Association Convention, October, 1995. (with M. Mackey)

Books for Reluctant Junior High Readers.  Edmonton Catholic Schools’ Workshop: “Improving the Reading Comprehension Skills of Junior High School Language Arts Students.” December, 1995. (with M. Mackey)

Multicultural Fiction for Diverse Classrooms. Edmonton Area Children's Literature Roundtable, February, 1995. (with M. Mackey)

Culturally Diverse Books for Young Adults. Alberta Learning Resources Council Annual Meeting, Edmonton, May, 1994.

Teaching World Literature. Harry Ainlay High School Professional Development Day, Edmonton, October, 1994.

Selecting Novels for English 13 students. Edmonton Public English Department Heads, May, 1994; Jasper Place High School English Department, Edmonton, March, 1994. (with M. Mackey)

Approaches and Multi-genre Materials for Junior High and Middle School Students. Workshops for Prentice Hall Canada, Bridgewater and Moncton, May, 1994. (with M.Iveson and J. McClay)

Writing at University. Faculty of Education, University of Alberta, February, 1993.

Selecting and Teaching Novels for Adolescents. Edmonton Public Schools, November, 1992.