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Stephen Kimber is the Inglis Professor and Cohort Director of the MFA in Fiction program at the University of King's College, Halifax. He holds a Master of Fine Arts from Goucher College and has been a prominent figure in Canadian literature, journalism, and broadcasting for decades. His academic affiliations include extensive teaching roles in the School of Journalism, Writing & Publishing from 1983 to 2021, serving thrice as director and co-founding the MFA in Creative Nonfiction program. Professor at University of King's College Cohort Director for MFA in Fiction Former Director of the School of Journalism, Writing & Publishing His research and creative work span fiction, nonfiction, and multimedia projects. He has authored 13 books, including the award-winning novel Reparations and the biographical Alexa! , which earned the Evelyn Richardson Award. Current projects include a WWII-era Halifax TV series and novel series with Two East Productions. His writing has appeared in major Canadian publications, and he has held roles as a political columnist for the Daily News , CBC broadcaster, and contributor to Atlantic Business Magazine . He serves on the National Advisory Council of The Walrus and has leadership roles in writers' organizations such as the Writers’ Federation of Nova Scotia. Key awards include the Evelyn Richardson Award and nominations for major Canadian literary prizes. His grants and advisory work are intertwined with his academic and creative leadership in Halifax's cultural landscape.

• Creative Writing
• Journalism
• Canadian Literature
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Naisargi N. Dave is a Professor in the Department of Anthropology at the University of Toronto. Her work spans sociocultural anthropology, queer theory, and animal studies, with a regional focus on India. She is affiliated with the Centre for South Asian Studies and the Bonham Centre for Sexual Diversity Studies. PhD, University of Michigan (2006) Research interests include interspecies ethics, affect theory, and the politics of imagination in South Asia. Her ethnographic work explores how activists navigate legal systems, emotional exhaustion, and intersectional inequalities. She has published extensively on queer communities and animal rights in India, arguing for ethics of indifference and creative relationality. Key awards: 2024 Gregory Bateson Prize for Indifference , 2013 Ruth Benedict Prize for Queer Activism in India , and an honorable mention for the Ruth Benedict Prize for her latest book. Advises graduate students in queer anthropology and animal activism Teaches courses on animality, literary anthropology, and affect Current projects include a book titled Murder: The Social Life of Violent Death in Queer India , examining violence against queer communities.

• Sociocultural Anthropology
• South Asia
• Animal Studies
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Dr Monika Schott is a researcher at Deakin University Australia , specializing in industrial heritage , social history , and community engagement with marginalized industrial communities. She employs creative writing methodologies to document the lived experiences of abject communities, notably through her book The faraway land of the house and two cows (2022), which examines Melbourne’s sewerage farm community. Focuses on deindustrialization and its social impacts Pioneers literary nonfiction approaches in academic research Collaborates with the Wyndham Community Cultural Foundation on heritage projects Her work bridges historical preservation and urban planning , emphasizing citizen engagement in post-industrial contexts. She has been shortlisted for the Ada Cambridge Writing Prize and contributes to international discourse through conference presentations.

• Industrial Heritage
• Social History
• Community Engagement
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Aaron Schneider is an Assistant Professor at the Department of English and Writing Studies within the Faculty of Arts & Humanities at Western University. With nearly two decades of teaching experience, he specializes in writing and communication, offering courses across graduate and undergraduate levels. Teaching Focus: Oral communication, professional/science writing, and creative writing. Research Areas: Experimental prose, hybrid forms, literary publishing, and regional history. Affiliations: Publisher of The Temz Review , 845 Press, and Occasus . His research explores creative writing through experimental prose and hybrid forms, with a strong emphasis on regionalism and the intersection of colonization, writing, and power in Southwestern Ontario. Recent projects include a climate change-focused novel and a queer counter-history of Colonel Talbot. Publications include the novel The Supply Chain (2023), the short fiction collection What We Think We Know (2021), and the novella Grass-Fed (2018). Current manuscripts in progress address climate change, queer history, and experimental forms. Aaron supervises creative writing theses across genres like literary fiction, creative nonfiction, poetry, science fiction, and fantasy. He also contributes to literary publishing through micropublishing initiatives and oral communication training.

• Creative Writing
• Experimental Prose
• Hybrid Forms
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Ian Williams is a Professor, Graduate Faculty, and Undergraduate Instructor at the University of Toronto, where he serves as Director of the MA in English in the Field of Creative Writing. He holds a BSc, MA, and PhD from the University of Toronto. His research explores the intersections of literature, identity, and form, with a focus on contemporary creative expression. Research Focus Williams specializes in: Poetry and poetic innovation Fictional narrative structures African Canadian literary traditions Contemporary Canadian literature Creative nonfiction methodologies Awards and Honors Scotiabank Giller Prize (2019) for Reproduction Griffin Poetry Prize Shortlist for Personals Raymond Souster Award (2021) for Word Problems Danuta Gleed Literary Award for short fiction Dublin Literary Award Longlist for global fiction Multiple ReLit Prize and book award nominations Leadership and Future Work Williams directs UofT's Creative Writing MA program and will be the 2025 Miegunyah Distinguished Fellow at the University of Melbourne. His forthcoming novel You've Changed releases in August 2025.

• Poetry
• Fiction
• Creative Nonfiction
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Lamees Al Ethari is an Associate Professor (Teaching Stream) at the University of Waterloo. Her academic journey began in Baghdad, where she earned a BA from Al-Moman University College and an MA from the University of Baghdad. Awarded a Fulbright Scholarship, she completed a second MA at Kansas State University before immigrating to Canada and earning a PhD from the University of Waterloo. Her research explores: Life Writing/Women's Life Writing Arab and Arab North American literature, history, and culture Diaspora and Postcolonial Theory War and Trauma in literature She is currently preparing an autoethnography titled Patterns of Telling , examining women's life narratives in the diaspora. Professional roles include: Nonfiction Editor for The New Quarterly Co-Founder of The X Page Project Knowledge Mobilization Committee Member for The Naomi Shihab Nye Prize Awards and honors: SSHRC Connection Grant for 'The X Page' (2019-2020) National Magazine Award in Poetry nominee (2019) Ontario Graduate Scholarship (2011-2013) Multiple Dorothy Shoemaker Literary Awards Fulbright Scholarship (2006-2008)

• Life Writing/Women’s Life Writing
• Creative Writing
• Arab and Arab North American literature, history, and culture
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Chad Wriglesworth is an Associate Professor in the Department of English at the University of Waterloo, specializing in interdisciplinary research at the intersection of 20th/21st century American literature, ecocriticism, religion, and environmental humanities. His work explores the cultural and spiritual dimensions of North American regional landscapes. PhD in Twentieth-Century American Literature, University of Iowa MA in Theology and Literature, Regent College, University of British Columbia MA in English, Portland State University BA in English, Warner Pacific University Wriglesworth's research focuses on literary representations of environmental reclamation, theological perspectives in contemporary poetry, and bioregional theory. He is currently completing two major projects: editing 'What Clever Friends' (University of Michigan Press) and authoring 'Geographies of Reclamation' (University of Nevada Press), both examining Pacific Northwest cultural and environmental narratives. His recent work demonstrates expertise in analyzing literary responses to ecological challenges, indigenous land rights, and the intersection of spirituality and environmental stewardship. Wriglesworth's publications span interdisciplinary journals and book chapters addressing water ethics, salmon habitat restoration, and agrarian philosophies in American literature. 2025 Distinguished Teacher Award, University of Waterloo 2024 Arts Award for Excellence in Teaching, University of Waterloo 2018 Ontario Undergraduate Student Alliance Award for Teaching Excellence 2016 Best Interview Award (Evangelical Press Association) 2015 Robert Harding Humanities and Social Sciences Award 2009-2011 Mellon Foundation Early Career Fellowship As Associate Editor of The Raymond Carver Review, Wriglesworth contributes to ongoing scholarship on Pacific Northwest literary traditions. His teaching excellence has been recognized multiple times, including through the University of Waterloo's Federation of Students Excellence in Undergraduate Teaching Award (2018, 2014, 2008). He supervises graduate students in American literature, ecocriticism, and Native American studies.

• Twentieth and Twenty-First Century American Literature
• Ecocriticism and Place Studies
• Religion & American Culture
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Laura Moss is a Professor in the Department of English Language and Literatures at the University of British Columbia's Faculty of Arts. She currently serves as Joint Faculty Representative on the UBC Senate (2024-) and previously held the position of Associate Dean, Students in the Faculty of Arts (2020-2023). Her scholarship focuses on Canadian and postcolonial literatures, with particular expertise in African literatures and environmental humanities. Education: BA from the University of Toronto MA from the University of Guelph PhD from Queen's University Professor Moss's research spans Critical Race Studies, Environmental Humanities, Gender and Sexuality Studies, Indigenous Literary Studies, Poetry and Poetics, and Post/Anti/Decolonial Studies. Her current project, "Climate Warnings: The Power of Canadian Environmental Art, Literature, and Creative Activism," examines how Canadian artists and writers engage with environmental crises. Her scholarly work demonstrates a consistent commitment to interrogating the intersections of literature, politics, and identity formation across national contexts, with particular attention to Canadian and African literary traditions. Professor Moss has received significant recognition for her scholarly contributions, including: UBC Killam Teaching Prize (2013) Prize for the Best Edited Collection in Canadian Studies by the Canadian Studies Network (2021) Scholarly and Research Communication Journal Innovation Award (2019) Moss has supervised numerous graduate students working on diverse topics including Post-multiculturalism, the Newfoundland diaspora, South Asian Canadian Literature, South African Protest Writing, Nineteenth-century Women's Nature Writing, and Urban Writing in Vancouver. She has served in significant editorial roles including Editor-in-Chief of Canadian Literature (2015-2020) and as a contributing editor to Canlitguides.ca for nine years. Her leadership extends to academic governance as she served as Academic Convenor of Congress 2019 (with over 10,000 attendees) and Chair of the UBC Canadian Studies Program (2008-2011). She also held the Brenda and David McLean Chair in Canadian Studies at UBC (2019-2021).

• Critical Race Studies
• Black Studies
• Environmental Humanities
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Christopher B. Patterson is an Associate Professor and Graduate Chair in the Institute for Gender, Race, Sexuality and Social Justice at the University of British Columbia (UBC), within the Faculty of Arts. His research bridges transpacific discourses, queer theory, and creative writing, focusing on literature, video games, and film through empire studies. He is the author of seminal works such as Transitive Cultures: Anglophone Literature of the Transpacific (2018) and Open World Empire: Race and the Erotics of Video Games (2020), both award-winning. His creative works under the name Kawika Guillermo include novels like Stamped: an anti-travel novel and All Flowers Bloom , which have garnered major literary awards. Patterson holds a Ph.D. in English from the University of Washington (2013). Prior to UBC, he held roles as Assistant Professor at New York Institute of Technology in Nanjing, postdoctoral scholar at Chinese University of Hong Kong, and Assistant Professor at Hong Kong Baptist University. He has been recognized for his teaching, including the Hong Kong Baptist University’s Arts Faculty Early Career Teaching Award (2018). His current projects include editing Transpacific, Undisciplined (2024) and Made in Asia/America: Why Video Games Were Never (Really) About Us (2024). He co-founded the New Books in Asian American Studies podcast and serves as Managing Editor for decomp journal . His research on Southeast Asian domestic workers and migrant narratives continues under the project Domesticating Brown . Patterson’s accolades include the AAAS Book Award, John Hope Franklin Prize finalist status, and multiple creative writing honors. His interdisciplinary work spans literature, gaming, and social justice, with a focus on queer, brown, and transnational themes.

• Transpacific Studies
• Queer Theory
• Empire Studies
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Associate Professor Guy Allen holds a teaching-stream appointment in the Professional Writing & Communication Program at the University of Toronto's Institute for Communication, Culture, Information and Technology (ICCIT). Specializing in expressive writing pedagogy, he pioneered narrative-based approaches to community activism through storytelling. Co-founder of Life Rattle—a radio program and press dedicated to underrepresented voices—Allen’s work bridges artistic expression with social justice. His 3M Teaching Fellowship (Canada’s top teaching honor) recognizes innovations in writing instruction, emphasizing creative nonfiction. Current projects include a Syrian immigrant storytelling initiative and a student science-writing anthology. Research focuses on narrative therapy applications in psychiatry, curriculum development emphasizing student voice, and writing as healing. He advises Mt. Sinai Hospital’s narrative therapy program and collaborates with the Syrian Canadian Foundation. Publications include *Clear, Precise, and Direct* (2015), a pedagogical manual, and *Cricket Suicides* (2019), a science communication collection. Upcoming projects include editing *The Nancy Chong Stories*, posthumously published narratives about 1960s Toronto Chinatown life. Award-winning educator with four university teaching awards, Allen also contributes to teacher training at OISE. His work integrates marginalized community narratives into academic frameworks, advocating for writing as both craft and activism.

• Expressive Writing
• Creative Nonfiction
• Narrative Therapy
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Charlotte Schallié is a Professor of Germanic Studies at the University of Victoria’s School of Languages, Linguistics and Cultures. She co-leads the 7-year SSHRC-funded Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives project, focusing on arts-based testimony gathering practices across Holocaust, Iraq/Syria, Rwanda, Turtle Island, and Yugoslav Wars research clusters. Her expertise spans memory studies, visual culture, Holocaust education, care ethics, and community-engaged research. Research Focus : Schallié specializes in survivor-centered graphic narratives, trauma-informed storytelling, and ethical frameworks for collaborating with genocide survivors. Her work bridges Holocaust studies with arts-based methodologies, emphasizing reciprocal knowledge exchange and pedagogical innovation. Co-edited Barbara Yelin’s award-winning Emmie Arbel: The Colour of Memory (2023, 2024, 2025 editions) Editor of multi-award-winning But I Live: Three Stories of Child Survivors of the Holocaust (2022, 2024 editions) Leading SSHRC Partnership Grant ($2.5M) and Heritage Canada funding ($129,769) for educational resource development Scientific Awards : 2024 Gustav-Heinemann Peace Prize 2023 Western Canada Jewish Book Award 2023 PROSE Awards (Biography/Autobiography and Nonfiction Graphic Novels) 2022 Canadian Jewish Literary Award Multiple finalist/nominee recognitions including Will Eisner and Vine Awards Advising & Grants : Collaborates with institutions like Canadian Museum for Human Rights, University of Toronto Press, and international partners. Develops open-access educational tools for Holocaust and human rights curriculum integration. Labs & Teams : Leads the Survivor-Centred Visual Narratives research team with clusters in Holocaust, Iraq/Syria, Rwanda, Turtle Island, and Yugoslav Wars contexts, working with survivors and artists across global sites.

• Memory studies
• Visual culture studies
• Graphic narratives
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Dr. Desirée Valadares is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Geography at the University of British Columbia , with affiliations in Asian Canadian and Asian Migration Studies . Her research investigates the cultural memory and infrastructural imaginaries of Second World War landscapes in western Canada and former U.S. territories. EDUCATION PhD, University of California, Berkeley Master of Architecture, McGill University Master of Landscape Architecture, University of Guelph Bachelor of Arts & Science, McMaster University Her scholarship examines: Reparative justice through Pacific redress movements Settler colonialism and land dispossession Bi-national infrastructure maintenance (Alaska Highway) Dust as environmental indicator Community-based preservation methods Historical landscape archaeology This work intersects with her professional affiliations at the Canadian Association of Heritage Professionals and British Columbia Society of Landscape Architects . RECENT PUBLICATION TRENDS explore: Transoceanic migration patterns Toxic site remediation Transportation corridor governance Postcolonial monument interpretation Environmental memory practices Critical heritage theory SCIENTIFIC AWARDS 2022 SSHRC Insight Development Grant 2022 CCA Research Fellowship RESEARCH AND MENTORSHIP Dr. Valadares supervises MA students in environmental histories , infrastructural studies , and community-engaged research . She emphasizes creative research outputs from architects, designers, and artists.

• Environmental Geography
• Cultural Geography
• Historical Geography
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Bradley D. Clissold is a Full Professor in the Department of English at Memorial University of Newfoundland's Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences. Holding a BA from York University and MA/PhD from McGill University, he maintains an active research and teaching profile with a focus on twentieth-century literature, particularly modernism and postmodernism in British and American contexts. His research interests encompass literary and cultural theory, cinema and popular culture studies, adaptation practices, reception aesthetics, and materialist close readings of objecthood. Clissold has developed a distinctive specialization in postcard studies within modernist literature, examining how postcards function as communication technologies and distinctly modernist textualities. Clissold's scholarly output reveals a consistent focus on material culture within modernist texts, with his 2023 book Rereading Modernist Postcards: Critical Studies in Materialist Recovery representing a major contribution to the field. His work demonstrates interdisciplinary connections between literary studies, media theory, and material culture studies, particularly examining how everyday objects like postcards shape modernist narrative forms. Canadian Review of American Studies Evelyn Waugh Studies James Joyce Literary Supplement As a dedicated supervisor, Clissold has guided numerous graduate students through PhD dissertations, MA theses, and Honours essays, with topics spanning modernist literature, contemporary fiction, film studies, and cultural theory. His supervision record demonstrates engagement with diverse theoretical frameworks including Lacanian psychoanalysis, feminist theory, and material culture studies. Clissold maintains active participation in academic conferences including the Modernist Studies Association, Canadian Association of American Studies, and specialized symposia on authors like James Joyce and Cormac McCarthy. His work bridges traditional literary scholarship with contemporary concerns about media, materiality, and cultural consumption.

• Twentieth-Century Literature
• Modernism
• Postmodernism
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Corliss Bean is an Associate Professor in Brock University's Department of Recreation and Leisure Studies within the Faculty of Applied Health Sciences. She directs the Centre for Healthy Youth Development through Sport and focuses on leveraging sport and physical activity to promote psychosocial and physical development in youth, postpartum women, and at-risk populations. Her work emphasizes community partnerships for program design and evaluation. Education: PhD in Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa (2017) MA in Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa (2013) BSc (Honours) in Human Kinetics, University of Ottawa (2011) Research Interests: Positive youth development Postpartum physical activity Knowledge translation in sport programs Girls/women in sport Behavior change strategies Sport evaluation methodologies Awards: 2025 Faculty of Applied Health Sciences Research Excellence Award Advising & Grants: Dr. Bean oversees graduate student research and leads the Centre for Healthy Youth Development through Sport , which focuses on translational research. She collaborates with organizations to design interventions addressing health equity and program efficacy. Labs/Teams: Directs the Centre for Healthy Youth Development through Sport and collaborates with the Centre for Sport Capacity and the Youth Research & Evaluation eXchange.

• Positive Youth Development
• Sport and Physical Activity
• Postpartum Women's Health
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Sophie Tamas is an Associate Professor cross-appointed between Canadian Studies and the Department of Geography and Environmental Studies within the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences at Carleton University. She is currently on leave. Her educational qualifications are: B.I.S. from the University of Waterloo M.A. from Carleton University PhD from Carleton University Dr. Tamas specializes in emotional geographies, autoethnography, and the ethical complexities of personal narrative across academic, artistic, and therapeutic domains. Her methodological approach integrates feminist, Indigenous, and arts-based perspectives with trauma-informed and new materialist theories to investigate subjectivity and knowledge construction. Analysis of her recent scholarly output reveals a consistent focus on narrative techniques and emotional landscapes, particularly examining how material practices like scrapbooking mediate experiences of trauma and loss. Her work critically engages with the boundaries of self-disclosure in research contexts. Her notable scientific awards include: SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellowship Banting Postdoctoral Fellowship As a dedicated mentor, Dr. Tamas supervises graduate students in Canadian Studies and Geography programs. Her research initiatives are bolstered by significant grant funding: Advising: Guides MA and PhD candidates in emotional geography and narrative research methodologies. Grants: Principal investigator on projects funded by SSHRC and the Banting Postdoctoral Fellowships program. She co-founded The Emotional Geography Collective and is developing an arts-based research laboratory focused on creative approaches to processing trauma and loss.

• Emotional Geography
• Autoethnography
• Narrative Methods
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