Conference Presentations and Readings
“Reconstructing an Evolutionary Motherline” paper presented at the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI) and the UNESCO Child and Family Research Centre Conference on Motherlines: Mothering, Motherhood, and Mothers In and Through the Generations: Theory, Narrative, Representation, Practice and Experience," Galway, Ireland, July 6 – 9, 2017
“Developing and Teaching a Course on Feminism, Gender, and Science at the University of Regina” paper presented the Canadian Council of Women in Engineering, Science, Trades and Technologies (CCWESTT) National Conference on Open Opportunities: Mentoring the Future. Regina, Sask, May 22 – 24, 2014.
“Life Writing as Empowerment for Women Working in Science” workshop presented at the Canadian Council of Women in Engineering, Science", Trades and Technologies (CCWESTT) National Conference on Open Opportunities: Mentoring the Future. Regina, Sask, May 22 – 24, 2014.
“Writing Children’s Non-Fiction for Print and Film" – Invited Workshop at the Canadian Society of Children’s Authors, Illustrators and Performers (CANSCAIP). Lumsden, Sask, Sept 19 – 21, 2013.
“Reclaiming Women’s Control of Their Own Pregnancies and Childbirth” paper presented at the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI) International Conference on Mothering and Reproduction. Toronto, Ontario, October 18 – 20, 2012.
“The Role of Life-Writing in Restoring My Mother’s Life and Motherline” paper presented at the Canadian Women’s Studies Association (CWSA) Annual Conference at the CFHSS Congress in Fredericton, New Brunswick, May 28 – 31, 2011.
“Teaching About Maternal Life-Writing and Empowerment” paper presented at the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement (MIRCI) International Conference on Mothering, Education and Maternal Pedagogies in Toronto, Ontario,
October 20 – 22, 2011.
“The Evolutionary Motherline” paper presented at Mothering and the Environment: the Natural, the Social and the Built. The Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) International Conference. York University: Toronto. October 22-25, 2009.
“Primate Mothers: Maternal Strategies and the Environment” paper presented at Mothering and the Environment: the Natural, the Social and the Built. The Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) International Conference. York University: Toronto. October 22-25, 2009.
“Teaching About Motherhood and Teaching About the Environment” paper presented at Mothering and the Environment: the Natural, the Social and the Built. The Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) International Conference. York University: Toronto. October 22-25, 2009.
“My Mother, Myself” paper presented at Maternal Health and Well-Being Conference. The Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) International Conference. York University: Toronto. October 18-20, 2007.
“Unnatural Mothers: Cross-Species Boundaries” paper presented at Maternal Health and Well-Being Conference. The Association for Research on Mothering (ARM) International Conference. York University: Toronto. October 18-20, 2007.
Academic Publications
Book Chapter. 2011. “An Evolutionary Motherline: Great Ape Mothers and Hominin Foremothers” in An Anthropology of Mothering (eds.)Michelle Walks and Naomi McPherson. Toronto: Demeter Press. 67 – 82. Journal Article (Refereed). 2011. “Teaching About Women,, the Environment and Mother Earth”. Journal of the Motherhood Initiative for Research and Community Involvement: Special Issue Mothering and the Environment: the Natural, the Social and the Built, Vol.2.1, 67 – 80. Book Chapter. 2010. “Mothering Under Duress” in Mothering Canada: Interdisciplinary Voices (eds.) Shawna Geissler, Lynn Loutzenhiser, Jocelyne Praud and Leesa Streifler. Toronto: Demeter Press. 134 -139. Book Chapter with J.D. Paterson. 1989. “Environmental Influences on Reproduction and Maternal Behavior” in Housing, Care and Psychological Wellbeing of Captive and Laboratory Primates, (ed.) Evelyn Segal (389 – 415). New Jersey: Noyes Pub. Course Development and TeachingI’ve been an Instructor in the Women’s and Gender Studies Program at the University of Regina from 2000 to 2021 where I’ve taught a variety of courses, many dealing with gender and the environment, science and evolution. These classes have been delivered in classroom, televised and online. I’ve also taught Screenwriting for the Department of Media and Production Studies at the University of Regina in 2003 and 2004, as well as both documentary writing and screenwriting at the Conservatory of Performing Arts, Centre for Continuing Education, University of Regina. Courses I’ve developed from concept to delivery include: |