Conferences
Conference Sessions Organized & Chaired
Co-Organizer and Co-Chair (with Irene Gammel), “Anne of Green Gables: New Directions at 100.” Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English congress, University of British Columbia (2008). (Call for Papers found here and here)
Chair, “Transforming our Gender(ed) Icons.” Transformations, Children’s Literature Association conference, Los Angeles, CA (2006).
Chair, “Building a Career in Children’s Literature.” Performing Childhood, Children’s Literature Association conference, Winnipeg, MB (2005).
Organizer and Chair, “Changes and Choices: Intertextuality and L.M. Montgomery.” Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English congress, University of Manitoba (2004).
Roundtables and Colloquia
Invited Participant, “Anne of Green Gables: A Literary Icon at 100—Canadian Scholars and Critics Reflect on Anne of Green Gables in the Centenary Year.” Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English congress, University of British Columbia (2008).
Invited Participant, representing Canadian Children’s Literature / Littérature canadienne pour la jeunesse. Open Access Symposium, University of Winnipeg (2007).
Conference Papers
Papers given at the following conferences: Association of Canadian College and University Teachers of English congress, University of British Columbia (2008); The Centenary of Anne of Green Gables: A Ryerson Showcase (2008); L.M. Montgomery, Anne of Green Gables, and the Idea of “Classic,” University of Prince Edward Island (2008); International Symposium on Adolescent Literature, Ningbo University, Ningbo, China (keynote) (2007); Transformations, Children’s Literature Association conference, Los Angeles, CA (2006); Storm and Dissonance: L.M. Montgomery and Conflict, University of Prince Edward Island (2006); Performing Childhood, Children’s Literature Association conference, Winnipeg, MB (2005); Of Rainbows and Dream-Catchers: The Diversity of Childhood, Children’s Literature Association conference, El Paso, TX (2003); ReCalling Early Canada: Reading the Political in Cultural and Literary Production, McMaster University (2003); L.M. Montgomery and Life Writing, University of Prince Edward Island (2002); Vox Populi graduate student discussion series, Department of English, McMaster University (2002); L.M. Montgomery and Popular Culture, University of Prince Edward Island (2000); Implications and Interpretations: Interdisciplinary Studies in Religion and Culture, Concordia University (1999); Message in a Bottle: The Literatures of Small Islands, University of Prince Edward Island (1998).