Academic Conference Presentations
2025 11th Biennial Provoking Curriculum Conference, Calgary, Canada
Co-presenter with Dr. Kathy Sanford, Nabila Kazmi, & Tahmineh Farnoud, Title: (Re)examining Futures Through Post Qualitative Research
Co-presenter with Dr. Kathy Sanford, Nabila Kazmi, & Tahmineh Farnoud, Title: Reimagining Education: Tackling Climate Change Education Across Contexts and Generations
2024 CSSE Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Montreal, Canada
Co-presenter with Dr. Tim Hopper & Amanda Culver,
Title: Inclusive Classrooms: A confessional Tale on a Métissage with Three Teachers
Co-presenter with Dr. Kathy Sanford, Nabila Kazmi, & Tahmineh Farnoud,
Title: A Métissage – Challenging Gendered Power Structures
2024 SSRHC Storytellers Showcase, Saskatoon, Canada
Finalist/presenter, Title: Improving African Futures Using Lessons from the Past
2024 Society for American Archaeology Annual Meeting, New Orleans
Symposium – Crafting Archaeological Practice in Africa and Beyond: Celebrating the Contributions of Ann B. Stahl to Global Archaeology, Title: Archaeology and Education.
2022 African Studies Association, Philadelphia
Co-presenter with Dr. Ann B. Stahl, Title: Our Grandmothers and Grandfathers Were Knowledgeable People. Their Eyes Were Open. Reflections on Developing Curriculum in Support of School Learning in Ghana.
2022 SSHRC Connections conference, UK
Presenter, Title: Our Grandmothers were knowledgeable people – Valuing women’s contribution in culturally responsive heritage resource creation
2021 AGES Conference, Victoria, BC
Presenter, Title: Applied theatre for Social Justice Education
2017 European Conference on Literacy, Madrid, Spain
Co-presenter, Title: Using Canadian and Post-colonial literature to teach Social Justice
Teaching and Learning Conferences
FEBRUARY 2019 Royal BC Museum – It’s Complicated: museums and classrooms are not neutral, Victoria, BC, presenter
Title: Neutrality? Is it possible?
JULY 2018 EDCI 476: Organization and Instruction in French Immersion, Victoria, BC, guest lecturer
Title: Comment faire parler les élèves en Immersion – les arts!
MAY 2016 #YYJIGNITE, Victoria, BC, presenter
Title: Project-Based Learning: I had an idea…
FEB 2017 Middle School Curriculum Implementation Day, Victoria, BC, Workshop presenter/Planning Committee member
Title: Social Justice education using post-colonial literature
APRIL 2016 Middle School Curriculum Implementation Day, Victoria, BC, Workshop presenter/Planning Committee member
Title: Cross-curricular planning – A how-to guide
APRIL 2015 District Project-Based Learning Workshop Day for Middle School Specialty/ADST Teachers, Victoria, BC, Presenter/organizer
Title: How to implement school wide Project-Based Learning in Middle school
AUGUST 2014 BCSTA (BC School Trustees Association) AGM, Vancouver, BC, presenter
Title: Project-Based Learning in French Immersion in a Middle School Context
APRIL 2014 French-Immersion Tri-District Conference, Victoria, BC, Co-presenter with Alan Barwin
Title: Apprentissage par projet – Il y a un APP pour cela! (Cross-curricular project-based learning in French Immersion)
FEBRUARY 2011 Tapestry Conference, Victoria, BC, co-presenter with Lauren Frodsham
Title: Blue Jeans – The Lesson sequence behind the ‘seams’ (Social Justice education – factory conditions in China)
FEBRUARY 2007 Un Carnaval d’idées (Saanich French Immersion Specialists association – Professional Development Day, Saanich, BC, presenter
Title: Stratégies de littératie en Immersion française (Literacy strategies in French Immersion)
JULY 2006 & 2007 Lower Island School District Credential in Teaching French Immersion, Victoria, BC, presenter
Title: Literacy strategies in French Immersion
