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Curriculum Vitae
Dr. Jane Baskwill
482 Carleton Rd., R.R. #1
Lawrencetown, NS B0S 1M0
Canada
Faculty of Education
Mount Saint Vincent University
Office: SAC 439
Phone: 902.457.6189
(H) 902.584.3692
ACADEMIC AND PROFESSIONAL CREDENTIALS
2003 Ph.D. in Education; Focus areas: educational leadership, representation in research,
arts-informed methodology, school change, Principal/practitioner research, feminist research; Dissertation: Women principals and their work: Is there room for the ‘girls’ in the ‘boys’ club’?; Supervisor: Dr. Patricia Thomson; University of South Australia
1993 Teaching Licence: Nova Scotia Teaching Certificate, Class 7, Nova Scotia Department of Education
1992 M.A. in Education, Focus areas: literacy, family/community literacy, school change, Principal/practitioner research; Thesis: Finding common ground: Building a dialogic community; Supervisor: Dr. Andrew Manning; Mount Saint Vincent University
1987 M.Ed., Focus areas: family literacy, educational administration, practitioner research; Special Project: Parents and teachers: Partners in literacy; Supervisor: Dr. David Doake; Acadia University
1973 B.Ed., Focus area: Elementary Education; Acadia University
1968 B.A., Focus areas: Language Arts, Art, Drama, French; Hope College, Holland, Michigan
ACADEMIC HONOURS AND AWARDS
Scholastic Achievement:
1992, Kappa Gamma Phi Honour Sorority, Distinguished Master’s Thesis, Mount Saint Vincent University
EMPLOYMENT HISTORY
2003-present, Faculty of Education, Assistant Professor, Mount Saint Vincent University
2003-2001, Faculty of Education, Instructor, part-time, Mount Saint Vincent University
2001, Distance Learning and Continuing Education, Instructor, part-time, Mount Saint Vincent University
1995-2003, Kingston and District School, Principal, Annapolis Valley Regional School Board
1988-1995, Parker's Cove Consolidated School, Principal, Annapolis Valley District School Board
1976-88, Lawrencetown Consolidated School, Teacher, Annapolis Valley District School Board
1974-76, Margaretsville Consolidated School, Teacher, Annapolis Valley District School Board
1971-74, Glooscap Elementary School, Teacher, Annapolis Valley District School Board
1968-71, Bignell Elementary School, Teacher, Grand Haven School Board, Grand Haven, Michigan
1967-68, Saugatuck Elementary, Teacher, Saugatuck School Board, Saugatuck, Michigan
Teaching Awards and Honours
Education Quality Awards for Innovative Curriculum Projects, Nova Scotia Teacher's Union, 1991
Distinguished Achievement Award, Educational Press Association of America, 1989
Leadership: Annapolis District School Board Educational Leadership Award, 1988
Recognition for Educational Leadership: Nova Scotia Department of Education, 1986
Friends of Writer's Award: Nova Scotia Writer's Federation 1984
SCHOLARLY AND PROFESSIONAL ACTIVITY
Research and Scholarship
Research Program:
My research program demonstrates my areas of research interest. One of my interests is researching educational administration and, in particular, gender and the principalship. My use of arts-informed methodologies and ways of representing data makes a notable contribution to the field. My doctoral dissertation describes this research. I have written several peer-reviewed publications growing out of this work: one book chapter, an article to be published this fall, a book chapter (co-authored), also due out this Fall, an article under second review and several non-refereed papers, symposiums, and performed presentations. I also pursued similar research in Jamaica under a Mount Saint Vincent University New Scholar Grant (2003). I made presentations on my findings at the four Teachers Colleges in Jamaica and in a paper presented to the Canadian Association for Studies of Women in Education (CASWE).
Another area of interest for me is applied literacy research. My earlier action research (Baskwill, 1998) investigated parental and community literacy in a small fishing village in Nova Scotia for which I received the MSVU Distinguished Master’s Thesis Award (1992). I continue to research and write about literacy learning and teaching in a variety of contexts – the university classrooms, schools, rural families and communities. My recently completed research (Baskwill, 2006), funded by the Knowledge Development Centre, studied rural school volunteerism, barriers and best practices, and resulted in two deliverables: a Manual for School Volunteers and a Fact Sheet, in English and French - that describes the research, reports the findings and makes recommendations. This research is interconnected with my on-going research that studies the use of writing as a vehicle through which parents, children, schools, and communities, in rural settings, can come together to share knowledge, strategies and expertise about literacy learning. I received a Knowledge Exchange Grant from the Canadian Council on Learning (2006) with Dr. Mary Jane Harkins. Dr. Harkins and I have made a presentation on our work and have submitted an article. In August, 2007, I received research funding from the Canadian Council on Learning for an Adult Learning Grant to study the early literacy practices of rural dads and their pre-school children. In addition, I am involved in a funded project at Cambridge and District School (PDAF, 2006; FLIEF, 2007) for which I am the principal evaluator.
I am also interested in investigating my own teaching practice through conducting participatory action research.
Peer Reviewed Journal Articles
Baskwill, J. (2006) If at first you don’t succeed…A closer look at an old adage, Language Arts, Vol. 83, No. 6, pp.506-513.
Baskwill, J. (January, 2008) Principal arts, Educational Insights http://ccfi.educ.ubc.ca/publication/insights/
Under review: Picture It, Dads! Changing the picture of dads’ and male caregivers’ involvement in children’s literacy development, Canadian Children
Accepted (Co-authored*): Through a child’s eyes: Using photography to support and sustain parents’ initiation of home writing activities, Young Child; with Mary Jane Harkins (20 pp.).
* Please note: all co-authored publications reflect the equal contribution of all the authors.
Single blind
Baskwill, J., (2004). The Writing’s on the Wall: Musings from Childhood. Talking Points, National Council of Teacher’s of English, Urbana, Illinois.
Book Chapters
In Press: Art-Full Journals: Helping students make multi-modal connections to “big ideas” and “strong texts”, Booth, D., Jupiter, C. & Peterson, S. (Eds.). A place for children’s literature in new literacies classrooms, Portage & Main Press (20pp.)
In Press (Co-authored*): Jane and Pat Think and Do: A Basal Reader Story, with Pat Thomson in L. Neilsen, A. Cole & G. Knowles (Eds.) Scholartistry, Backalong Books (20 pp.).
In Press: Art-Full Thinking: Exploring Teacher Attitudes Towards Multicultural Literature Through the Arts, G. Taylor & K. Hinton-Johnson (Eds.), Multicultural literature and the new educational accountability, (20 pp.).
Baskwill, J., (2001). Performing Our Research and Our Work: Women Principals on Stage, in L. Neilsen, A. Cole & G. Knowles (Eds.) The Art of Writing Inquiry (pp. 132-158), Backalong Books.
Research Reports
Baskwill, J. (2006). Expanding Volunteerism in Rural Schools in Nova Scotia: Promising Practices. Toronto, ON: ImagineCanada; http://www.nonprofitscan.ca/Files/kdc-cdc/msvu_manual_ruralschools.pdf. (It is published on the Nonprofit Canada website which is a project of Imagine Canada. The URL for the website is http://www.nonprofitscan.ca/) In addition, a Fact Sheet was written for this project and is also available to interested stakeholders, agencies and the public.
Non- Refereed
Papers Presented at Conferences and Meetings
Gender and literacy learning: Cross-cultural perspectives on the ‘boy problem’, CSSE/CASWE Conference, York University, York, Ontario, May, 2006
And they lived happily ever after: Counternarratives to the ‘boy’ myth, Narrative Matters Conference, Acadia University, Acadia University, Wolfville, Nova Scotia, May 2006
Re-imagin(e)ing educational administration: the art of the mask, Paper presented at the Atlantic Educators Conference, Saint Francis Xavier University, Antigonish, Nova Scotia, November 19, 2005.
The art of meaning making: It’s just a ‘girl’ thing, Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba, June 1, 2004
Data-driven decision making: Where data drove us, a report from the colonies, Panel with Susan Church, Michael Corbett, David MacKinnon, Glynis Ross, Ann Vibert, Canadian Society for the Study of Education Annual Conference, June 1, 2004
Performing research, Atlantic Educator’s Conference, Halifax, NS, November 2001
Artful research, Atlantic Educator’s Conference, Fredricton, NB, November 18, 2000.
The messy art of educational leadership: Perspectives from two women administrators, with Susan Church, Women & Society Conference, Poughkeepsie, NY, June 9-11, 2000.
Getting messier and messier: The art of the principal, Paper presented at the Atlantic Educators Conference, Charlottetown, PEI, November 20, 1999.
Learner support: A classroom-based literacy intervention program, Paper presented at the Granite State Reading Association Conference, Burlington, VT, October 1998.
Invited Keynotes and Papers
Every child can read: Supporting early literacy learning in pre-school settings. Keynote Address, Nova Scotia Early Childhood Educators Certification Council Conference, New Minas, NS, May, 2002
Parents and teachers: Establishing a partnership in literacy. Keynote Address, Pictou Reading Association Conference, Pictou, NS, May, 1998.
Creating home/school partnerships, Keynote Address, Digby Local of the Nova Scotia Teachers Union Annual Conference, Digby, NS, 1998
Performing our research and our work: Women principals on stage, Paper presented at University of South Australia Summer Institute, Halifax, NS, 2001
Symposium
Play/writing the educational enterprise: Scripting inquiry , Workshop Symposium, with Lorri Neilsen, American Educational Research Association Conference, Seattle, WA,, April 13, 2001.
Performed Presentations
Body of work:Research-informed theatre as embody/ment of practice in educational administration, Festival of Original Theatre Conference, Toronto, February 12, 2005
Live performance, dinner theatre performance and lecture, Women in Educational Leadership in Nova Scotia Annual Meeting, Halifax, NS, 2001
Professional Activity
Books
Yes, but…if they like it they’ll learn it!, (Co-authored*) Pembroke, 2007, with Susan Church and Margaret Swain
Peace is a promise, Mondo Publishing, New York, 2003
Touch the earth, Mondo Publishing, New York, 1999
Every child can read, (Co-authored*) Scholastic, Inc., 1998, with Paulette Whitman
Interactive literacy builders, Scholastic, Inc., 1998
Somewhere, Mondo Publishing, New York, 1996
Learner support program: A framework for classroom-based reading intervention, (Co-authored*) Scholastic Canada, 1995, with Paulette Whitman
Language arts sourcebook - Grades five and six, (Co-authored*) Scholastic Canada, 1991, with Steve Baskwill
Parents and teachers: Partners in learning, Scholastic Canada, 1990
Pass the poems please, Wildthings Press, Halifax, 1989
Connections: A child's natural learning tool, Scholastic Canada, 1989
Evaluation: Whole language, whole child, (Co-authored*) Scholastic Canada, 1988 with Paulette Whitman.
A guide to classroom publishing, (Co-authored*) Scholastic Canada, 1986, with Paulette Whitman
Whole language sourcebook, (Co-authored*) Scholastic Canada, 1986, with Paulette Whitman
Moving on, (Co-authored*) Scholastic Canada, 1988, with Paulette Whitman
Book Chapter
Parent and community involvement, in Curriculum planning in the language arts K-12: An holistic perspective. Courtland & Gambell, eds. Captus Press, 1994
Scholarly Book Entry
From turkey traps to balloon trees, in The Whole Language Catalogue, Goodman, K., Bird, L.B.,& Goodman, Y. (eds.), Macmillan/McGraw Hill, Santa Rosa, CA, 1991
Invited Articles:
Fit for life, Principals Online, Vol. 1, No. 3, 2006 (download at http://www.principalsonline.com/downloads/feb2006_studentobesity.pdf )
Parents as partners: The Principal’s role, Principals Online, Vol. 1, No. 1, 2005 (download at http://www.principalsonline.com/downloads/oct2005_parentrelations.pdf )
Building Community on Common Ground: Celebrating Diversity, The CAP Journal, Vol. 13, No. 1, 2005, p. 15
The much maligned teddy bear, Teaching Pre K-8 Magazine, Vol. 28, No. 5, 1998, pp.56-58
Incorporate phonics into your writing program, Teaching Pre K-8 Magazine, Vol. 28, No. 1, 1997, pp.86
Conversing with parents through dialogue journals, Teaching Pre K-8 Magazine, Vol. 26, No. 5, 1996, pp.49-51
Learner Support: A grassroots look at reading intervention, Teaching Pre K-8 Magazine, Vol. 25, No. 8, 1995, pp.59-61
A story in progress: Writing with young children, Teaching Pre K-8 Magazine, Vol. 23, No. 8, 1993, pp.46-48
Learner support: A classroom-based intervention strategy, Query: A Journal of the Saskatchewan Reading Council, Vol. 23, No. 1, 1993, pp.28-31
Ask me about: A newsletter with a difference, Teaching Pre K-8 Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 8, 1992, pp.44-46
From big books to bear's teeth, Teaching Pre K-8 Magazine, Vol. 22, No. 3, 1991, pp.67-69
Your role during independent practice, Teaching Pre K-8 Magazine, Vol 21, No. 1, 1991
Sorting it out, Teaching Pre K-8 Magazine, Vol 21, No. 8, 1991, pp.60-63
Taking stock, Teaching K-8 Magazine, Vol. 20, No. 8, 1990, pp.44-46
How to keep track of learning growth, Teaching Pre K-8 Magazine, Vol.21, No. 1, 1990, pp.56-59
Looking at ourselves, Teaching Pre K-8 Magazine, Vol.21, No. 3, 1990, pp.75-78
Making the most of the shared language session, Teaching Pre K-8, Vol. 19, No. 8, 1989
Routine explorations, Teaching Pre K-8 Magazine, Vol. 19, No. 3, 1989
The ordinary spectacular literacy event, The Annual, A Journal of the Nova Scotia ReadingSpecialist's Association, No. 1, 1989
Learner support: A grassroots approach to reading intervention, Teaching Pre K-8 Magazine, Vol. 25, No. 8, 1989
Independent practice: Kids at work, Teaching Pre K-8 Magazine, Vol.20, No. 1, 1989, pp.76-78
Making connections, Teaching Pre K-8 Magazine, Vol. 18, No. 8, 1988, pp.72-75
Themestorming, Teaching Pre K-8 Magazine, Vol. 19, No. 1, 1988, pp.42-45
Conference Presentations (Conference Program Committee Reviewed, Abstract only)
Art-Full Journals: Helping students make multi-modal connections to “big ideas” and “strong texts”, A Place for Children’s Literature within New Literacies Classrooms, OISE/Toronto IRA, Toronto Ontario, April 4-5, 2008
Changing the lens: Using art-full reflective journaling and multi-cultural children’s literature to explore issues of anti-racism and social justice, NCTE Literacies for All Summer Institute, Louisville, Kentucky, July 14-18, 2007
Peace is a promise: An author works with schools to promote peace education through children’s literature and the arts, NCTE Literacies for All Summer Institute, Charlotte, North Carolina, July 13-16, 2006
Enhancing literacy learning and cultural transition through locally published reading materials, with Susan Church and Margaret Swain, International Reading Association’s Regional Conference, Toronto, November 27-29, 2006
Peace is a promise: A whole-school approach to peace education, International Reading Association’s Regional Conference, Toronto, November 27-29, 2005
Creating a caring curriculum, Panel with Paulette Whitman, National Council of Teachers of English, Atlanta, GA, 2002
Conference Presentations
Learner support: Meeting the needs of struggling learners in the regular classroom, Canadian Reading Association, Regional Conference, Vancouver, 2002
Creating a caring Curriculum, National Council of Teachers of English Spring Conference, Boston, 1996
Learner Support and Whole Language Teaching Strategies, Reading For The Love of It, Scarborough, 1995, 1992
Whole Language Teaching Strategies Northeast Whole Language Conference, Rutland, 1995, 1993, 1991, 1989, 1987, 1985
Creating a Caring Curriculum, International Whole Language Umbrella Conferences 1994, 1992, 1991
Learner Support, Australian Reading Association Annual Convention, Melbourne, 1993
Parents as Partners in Learning, Saskatchewan Reading Association, Saskatoon, 1993
Evaluation in the Whole Language Classroom; Shared Language and Independent Practice; Whole Language Teaching Strategies; Parents as Partners Pre-conference Institute, International Reading Association's Annual Convention, Orlando, 1992; Toronto, 1988; California, 1987; New Orleans, 1986; California 1985.
Organizing the Whole Language Classroom, Shared Language from Theory to Practice, New England Reading Association, 1987, 1986
Other
Day by day: Parent and child activity calendar, Nova Scotia Teacher’s Union, 1989-90, 1987-88
Invited Presentations and Workshops
Research Dissemination:
Picture it! Publish it! Read it!, Canadian Council on Learning Adult Learning Knowledge Centre Knowledge Exchange Symposium, Halifax, June 9-11, 2007; with Mary Jane Harkins
Rural Volunteering in Education, presentation of research findings and recommendations,Knowledge Development Centre Strategic Management and Coordination Committee 4th Annual Knowledge Dissemination Forum, Saint John’s, Newfoundland; September 21-23, 2006
Presentations and workshops:
Writers in the Schools (WITS) 2007-2004 – eight schools/year, one day/school, over the past four years
Parents as partners, School Counsellors Symposium, Mount Saint Vincent, October 12, 2006
The craft of writing for children: From idea to published book, presentation made to B.Ed students, Acadia University Wolfville, 2005
Gender and leadership, Acadia University Graduate Studies Program, Wolfville, NS, 2002
Inside the writer’s workshop, Alex Bull Memorial Writer’s Festival, Digby, 2004
Fostering family literacy, Family Literacy Week Conference, New Minas School, New Minas, 2005
Teaching literacy through the arts, presentation to Bed students, Acadia University BEd Fall Conference, Wolfville, 2003
Touch the earth: Writing about big ideas, Saint Mary’s Elementary School Writer’s Workshop, Presenter, 2003
Shared Language from Theory to Practice, New Brunswick Reading Association, St. John, 1986
Invited Professional Development and Inservices:
Halifax Christian Academy, Professional Development, Teacher Writing Workshops, Halifax, 2005, 2004 – six days
Association of Christian Schools International, Inservice Presenter, Moncton, New Brunswick, October, 2005, four sessions on writing: Early elementary fiction and non-fiction, upper elementary fiction and non-fiction
Association of Christian Schools International, Workshop Presenter, Toronto, Ontario, October, 2005, eight sessions on writing: Early elementary fiction and non-fiction, upper elementary fiction and non-fiction, stages of young children’s writing development, assessing children’s writing
Mississauga Masters Level Summer Literacy Institute, Mississauga, 1998, five days – five hours/day
New York State Department of Education (BOCES) Conference, Uniondale, 1993, 1992 – four 90 minute sessions each
Saskatchewan Federation of Home and School Conference, 1993, (one day)
Kanawha County West Virginia System Conference, 1992, four 90 minute sessions
Mi'kmawey Language and Curriculum Conference, White Point Beach, 1988, two days – five hours/day
The Main - E-vent, Windham, 1988, 1986 – four 90 minute sessions each
Nova Scotia Reading Association/ Nova Scotia Reading Specialists Association Provincial Conferences, Halifax 1988, 1987, 1986, 1985, 1984 – two 90 minute sessions each
University of Western Ontario Summer School, 1988, 1987, five days – five hours/day
Literacy Institute, Paradise, 1989, 1988, five days – five hours/day
Scarborough/London School Boards, Scarborough, 1987, three days – five hours/day
Don Holdaway Literacy Seminar, Acadia University, Wolfville, 1985, five days – five hours/day
Audio-Visual Productions and Materials (I have included new media in this section)
Video Tape Series: Invitation to learning, produced in cooperation with Nova Scotia Department of Education Media Services and Scholastic Canada, 1988. Award winning video distributed world-wide for teacher professional development. Used in university classrooms as well.
PowerPoint: Picture It! Publish It! Read It! Why Writing, Picture It! Publish It! Read It! Stages of Writing, Picture It! Publish It! Read It! Making Books With Children; set of deliverables written and developed for the Picture It! Publish It! Read It! Knowledge Exchange Project, funded by the Canadian Council on Learning, 2007, with Mary Jane Harkins. (available for downloading at www.janebaskwill.com )
Podcasts: PIP: Picture It Parents Podcasts; Podcasts for parents, teachers and community that provide current literacy information and resources for promoting family literacy (can be heard by following the links at www.janebaskwill.com ) These podcasts were written and produced by me as part of the Publish It! Project at Cambridge and District School, funded by PDAF, Nova Scotia Teachers Union and the Family Literacy Initiative Endowment Fund (FLIEF), 2007.
Grants and awards
Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) Adult Learning Grant, $30000.00, 2007, Picture It, Dads!: Engaging rural fathers and male caregivers in children’s early literacy development – a formative action research study
Canadian Council on Learning (CCL) Adult Learning Knowledge Centre Knowledge Exchange Grant, with Mary Jane Harkins, $4638.00, 2006, Picture It! Publish It! Read It! (PiPiRi) Project: Engaging parents as leaders in family literacy activities
ImagineCanada, Knowledge Development Centre, $36669.00, 2005, Expanding volunteerism in rural schools in Nova Scotia: Promising practices
New Scholar Research Grant, MSVU, $6000.00, 2003, Women elementary principals and their work in the Jamaica public school system.
I have also been the principal writer of two grant applications for an applied research literacy project at Cambridge and District School that I initiated and is being implemented in partnership with the Cambridge and District School, the Annapolis Valley First Nation and the Valley Community Literacy Association (VCLA). Both have been funded:
Publish It! Children and Parents – Partners in Learning, Professional Development Assistance Fund (PDAF), $6,000.00, 2006
Publish It! Children and Parents – Partners in Learning, Family Literacy Initiative Endowment Fund (FLIEF), $12,000.00, 2007
Funded Projects:
Clarica Foundation, $7,000, 2002, Leading the way: Developing leadership attitudes and behaviours in children and youth.
ARTS Infusion Foundation,$4,000, 2001, En Français: Enhancing language learning in French Immersion classrooms.
Shenoroil Foundation, $1500, 2001, Pursuing pathways to peace
IWK Grace Health Centre Foundation, $4,500, 2001, Start smart: Giving children a head start in literacy learning.
Nova Scotia Teacher’s Union Professional Development Assistance Fund, $3,000, 2001, Using drama to solidify literacy learning development of at-risk children in the primary grades.
S.M. Blair Family Foundation, $2,000, 1997, Girls and young women leading the way.
IWK Grace Health Centre Foundation, $10,000, 1996, Facing the facts: Learning to deal with stress, conflict and violence.
Canadian Health Promotion Fund, $2,500, 1996, From the inside out: Promoting positive school climate project.
Internal and External Service
Administrative responsibilities
Program Coordinator, Graduate Literacy Education, Faculty of Education, January 2005-present
Other
Presentations to faculty
No-frills podcasting: Beginner’s luck, Mount Saint Vincent Teaching Showcase, presentation/demonstration, Halifax, NS, April 13, 2007.
Principal Arts, Research and Scholarship Open House, MSVU, 2005
External Service
Committees and professional organizations
Center for Expansion of Language and Thinking (CELT) (http://www.ed.arizona.edu/celt/), sponsored member, 2007, on-going
FLEIF Grant Steering Committee, University partner, 2007, on-going
Nova Scotia Department of Education/University Liaison Committee, invited member, 2003- present
International Whole Language Umbrella (NCTE), Board of Directors, elected June 2005 (3 year mandate)
Literacy Nova Scotia, member, 2007-present
Canadian Society for the Study of Education, member, 2004-present
Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration, member, 2004-present
Canadian Association for the Study of Women and Education, member, 2004-present
Playwrights Atlantic Resource Centre, member, 2004-present
Playwrights Assembly, Neptune Theatre, member, 2003-present
Canadian Children’s Book Council, member, 2003-present
National Council Teachers of English, member, 1985-present
Nova Scotia Writer=s Federation, member, 1998-present
Writer’s in the Schools (WITS) visiting author program, member, 2003-present
International Reading Association, member, 1980-present
President Annapolis County Council of the International Reading Association, 1993-98, 1981-83
International Reading Association's Provincial Coordinator for Nova Scotia, 1985-88
Nova Scotia's Representative to the International Confederation of TAWL Groups (Teachers Applying Whole Language), 1993-95
Founding Member, International Reading Association's Whole Language Special Interest Group, 1993
Member of International Reading Association/ National Council of Teachers English Liaison Committee, 1982-84
President Nova Scotia Reading Association, 1982-84
Whole Language Umbrella, member, 1993-present
Nova Scotia Teachers’ Union, member, 1995-2003
Nova Scotia School Administrators Association, member, 1988-2003
National Middle School Association, member, 2000-2003
Canadian Association of Principals, member, 1988-2003
Other Contributions
Nova Scotia Writers Federation Writing for Children Adult Competition, Judge, 2007
Atlantis, Manuscript reviewer, 2007
Price Edward Island Council of the Arts Writing for Children Adult Competition, Judge, 2006
Canadian Journal of Education, Manuscript reviewer, 2005, 2006
Volunteer Author-in-Residence, Annapolis Valley Regional Library, 2001-2005
Literacy Tutor, Lawrencetown School, 2000-2005
Director, Student Drama Workshop, Lawrencetown Consolidated School, Lawrencetown, 2005
Gerry Carty Memorial Writers= Festival – Chairperson, 1999-2002
Kingston Drama Club Director, 1999-2003
Lawrencetown and Area Community Partners Association Young Writer’s Club, Facilitator, 2002, 2003, 2004
I am also a playwright. My play, Adie’s Postcards, was selected as part of a juried competition for a Staged Reading at FemFest ’05, Winnipeg, Manitoba. This selection also entitled me to work with dramaturge Deborah Trihanyi, OISE.