2025 |
External Examiner: Not Being Present, Not Being Absent: Experiences of School Refusal in Japan, C. Takasugi, Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary |
2023 |
Forest School Practitioner: Child and Nature Alliance of Canada. |
2023 |
Referee: Transformative curriculum design through open educational resource creation,” Collected Essays on Learning and Teaching. |
2023 |
Referee: Understanding homelessness in Canada, Virtual Learning Strategy, eCampusOntario |
2022 |
Invited Workshop Facilitator: Courageous Conversations with Families, Thrive, London-Middlesex |
2021 |
Invited Workshop Facilitator: I am one: Weaving together social-emotional learning, resilience, and literacy. Invited, Fraser-Cascade District 78, Hope, BC |
2019-present |
Classroom Volunteer, Alliance French Immersion School, Purpose: to stay in touch with the classroom and give back to community, weekly |
2021 |
Invited Contributor, WCASS guide: How to provide students with IEPs access to their grade level curriculum through text to speech, Wisconsin Council of Administrators of Special Services, https://wcass.memberclicks.net/wcass-guide |
2021 |
Referee, Reflective Practice, COVID-10 challenged me to re-create my teaching entirely: Teacher reflections on the sudden shift to online teaching. |
2020-21 |
Referee, Mothering, Community, and Friendship, Demeter Press, Bradford, ON |
2012–22 |
Member, Learning Together (formerly Let the Learning Begin) Planning Committee |
2014-20 |
Consultant/Researcher, Embracing All Voices Project for the Nipissing District (co-sponsored by all local English school boards, funded by The Learning Partnership) |
2019 |
Workshop Facilitator: I am human (three half day workshops: 250 Early Childhood Educators, Early Learning Teams, and YMCA Northeast workers), North Bay and Sudbury |
2018 |
Workshop Facilitator: engaging schools, engaging families, Love Builds Brains, Muskoka, ON |
2017 |
Referee, Reflective Practice, If I wanted to survive, I had to use it: The power of prior experiences on classroom practice |
2010–18 |
Member, Nipissing District Literacy Council |
2014-18 |
Writer, engaging families, engaging schools, (familyengagement.nipissingu.ca) – Knowledge dissemination to research participants and stakeholders (including teachers, consultants, Ministry representatives, The Learning Partnership, London Child and Youth Network, etc.) |
2017 |
Keynote Presenter, The impact of family-school engagement: What matters most, Monsignor Lee Catholic School, Orillia, ON |
2016 |
Workshop Facilitator, Embracing all voices: Engaging families, schools, and communities (Full day; 60 participants from local community organizations and local English school boards) |
2014 -16 |
Consultant, ReadSpeaker (http://www.readspeaker.com/global-news-website-now-using-text-to-speech-technology/) |
2015 |
Keynote Presenter, Welcome to kindergarten: Engagement from the very beginning, Nipissing District Early Learning Community (All ELK teachers and educational assistants in local English school boards) | |
2015 |
Invited Professional Learning Facilitator, Making and assessing meaning from Kindergarten to Grade 6, Kashachewan, ON | |
2015 |
Invited Professional Learning Facilitator, A meaningful, authentic, and culturally relevant model: A school-wide approach to making sense, Kashachewan, ON | |
2015 |
Professional Learning Facilitator, Journeys with the land: A multiple literacies approach, Great Moon Gathering, Moose Factory, ON (with M. Vander Dussen) | |
2015 |
Global News Online Interview, Global news website now using text-to-speech technology, Toronto, ON (http://www.readspeaker.com/global-news-website-now-using-text-to-speech-technology/) | |
2014 |
Invited Keynote Presenter and Professional Learning Facilitator, Broken lamps, special forks, and inappropriate words: Exploring family stories as a way of knowing and being in the world, Canadian Youth Network, London, ON | |
2014 |
Professional Learning Facilitator, Share with me a story, create for me a memory: Literacy begins at home, Great Moon Gathering, Fort Albany, ON | |
2014 |
Referee, CSSE, Elementary and secondary conceptions of literacy | |
2014 |
Referee, CSSE, Riding the lines and overwriting in the margins: Affect and multimodal literacy practices | |
2014 |
Referee, CSSE, Preschoolers’ home multiliteracy practices using touch screen digital devices | |
2014 |
Referee, CSSE, I too know why the caged bird sings: Rapping and spoken word poetry as education | |
2014 |
Referee, Language and Literacy, Addressing child literacy and behavior skills through family literacy programs | |
2014 |
Referee, SSHRC, Parent engagement in urban school districts | |
2014 |
Referee, Language and Literacy, Elementary and secondary conceptions of literacy | |
2013 |
Invited Professional Learning Facilitator, Read, talk, experience, write, succeed! Using story to appeal to diverse learners and enhance student achievement, Kasachewan, ON | |
2013 |
Invited Professional Learning Facilitator, Word soundings, Solicited, Great Moon Gathering, Moosonee, ON | |
2013 |
Invited Professional Learning Facilitator, Let’s talk about it! Solicited, Great Moon Gathering, Moosonee, ON | |
2013 |
Referee, Learning Landscapes, How we learn together: Young children (and their mums) using metaphors and imagery to understand and manage learning | |
2013 |
Member: Nipissing District Committee for Literacy | |
2012 |
Facilitator: Family Session on Risk-Taking, One Kids Place, North Bay | |
2012 |
Referee: What Works? Research into Practice Series: How can schools support First Nations, Métis, and Inuit (FNMI) students in literacy success? | |
2011 |
Referee: Language & Literacy: Varying readability in science-based texts in elementary readers: Challenges for teachers | |
2011 |
Referee: Current Issues in Education: Language, culture, and religion: Lawsuits related to international Students in American higher education |
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2011 |
Referee: Journal of Research Practice: Becoming an educational researcher: Exploring the earliest experiences | |
2011 |
Referee: The International Journal of Learning: Dancing? The lasting impact of ‘reading to learn’ and sustainability of professional development | |
2011 |
Referee: The International Journal of Learning: Malaysian gifted students’ interpersonal connectedness: The variability of evaluators in social interaction | |
2011 |
Referee: The International Journal of Learning: Second language acquisition: Empirical elements of L1 intervention in learning basic English | |
2011 |
Referee: Journal of Curriculum Theorizing: Reflective fictions: Silence and strategic compliance in reflection | |
2011 |
Referee: Language and Literacy: What do we mean by literacy? Implications for literacy education | |
2011 |
Referee: Alberta Journal of Educational Research: School resources and the academic achievement of Canadian students |
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2010 |
Referee: Alberta Journal of Educational Research: Authentic voices from the field |
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2010 |
Referee: Current Issues in Education: Tales of the past: A literacy workshop with mothers and their young children | |
2009 |
Referee: Networks: Walking in my students’ shoes: An ESL teacher brings theory to life in order to transform her classroom | |
2009 |
Referee: Language & Literacy: Language of adolescents’ online literacy construction. | |
2008 |
Referee: Current Issues in Education: Dialogues across disciplines: Preparing ESL teachers for interdisciplinary collaboration |
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2008 |
Chair, Publications Committee, Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada | |
2007 |
Reviewer: Growing success: Assessment, evaluation, and reporting – Improving student learning, Ontario Ministry of Education | |
2007 |
Chair, Publications Committee, Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada | |
2006 |
CBC Radio Interview, The school readiness of boys and girls, Sudbury, Ontario | |
2006 |
Chair, Publications Committee, Language and Literacy Researchers of Canada |
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| 2006 | Referee: Canadian Association for Teacher Education, Canadian Society for Studies in Education: Conference Proposals | |
| 2006 | Referee: McGill Journal of Education: Towards a preliminary understanding of critical literacy: Action research in an urban elementary school | |
| 2006 | Reviewer: Kindergarten curriculum document, Ontario Ministry of Education | |
| 2005 | Referee: Canadian Journal of Education: Practicing practice, practicing community: Learning to support students with autism | |
| 2005 | Referee: The International Learning Journal, Volume 12 | |
| 2005 | Reviewer: Wiley & Sons: Introduction to special education (by Anne Jordan) | |
| 2004 | Editor and Reviewer: Teacher’s guide to accompany Veux-tu jouer? The prevention and correction of errors in French: A systematic approach | |
| 2004 | Invited Participant, OCT standards review, NPSCDSB, North Bay, ON | |
| 2003 | Referee: The International Learning Journal, Volume 10 | |