Citizenship: Canadian and U.S.(Colorado)
Languages:  English/French

TEACHING EXPERIENCE IN LANGUAGE, LITERATURE AND ART

Quebec, QC

2016 Maison de la Littérature. Workshop leader for ‘Creative Writing for Native and Immigrant Women’ for the Comité femmes du Centre québécois P.E.N. international (recommended by Laure Morali)

2014 Morrin College. Childrens’ Creativity workshops as guest author event during ImagiNation 2014 Writers’ Festival.

Montreal  

1993-2004 Dawson College
English Department: Professor. Established and taught Dawson’s first Native American Literature course; also taught Creative Writing Workshops and The Short Story

 
Concordia University, Simone de Beauvoir Instit:

195-1997 Founder and Professor of Native/First Nations Women's Literature

Research Associate, 1994-’98, member of Fellow Seminar on Autobiographical Writing.

Co-coordinator of First Nations Women’s Reading Series

1996 Presenter/participant Colloquia on First Nations Research sponsored by Department of Sociology and Anthropology and the Centre for community and Ethnic Studies 1995 and ’96. « Where We Are: House Home and Doorways from a Selection of Contemporary Native Literature »

New Mexico, U.S.A.

Conference Coordinator for Recursos de Santa Fe and its Santa Fe Literary Center. 1990-1992

Literary conferences : 

Co-Director (with Melissa Pritchard) The Santa Fe Writers' Conference.

Coordinator: The Taos Conference on Writing and the Natural World

Chicana Poetry Festival,

and The New Fin de Siècle, the Writer in the 90’s

Coordinator of Archaeological Conferences:

Kachinas in the Pueblo World, World View and Ritual

Indian Art of the Great Plains, in collaboration with the Museums of New Mexico and Pueblo artists and storytellers.

Common Threads: Pre-hispanic Historic and Contemporary Fiber Arts, in collaboration with the School of American Research, the Art Institute of Chicago and

New Mexico Weavers

Professional Guide and interpreter in Art and Archaeology of the Southwest. In French and in English 1989-‘93

Examples of tours guided in French for the State Department of the United States:  

Conseillers de l’Afrique francophone en politiques d’art

Conseillers de l’Afrique francophone en politiques de relations inter-tribales

Les Directeurs du Musée de la Pologne

And in English:

Vermont Folklife Center,

The New Britain Museum of American Art,

Southwestern Association of Indian Art,

UCLA Friends of Archeology National Advisory Board,

Coalition for Quality Children’s Media

Western States Art Federation

Coordinator For (Native and non-Native) Author Appearances at The Bookroom, (independent bookstore) '89 to '90

Translator of the Paul Coze documents for the Museum of the Institute of American Indian Art 1992

Santa fe, New Mexico: In my artist studio (1991-’93): One or half day creativity workshops for young children (5-9) as needed while their parents were visiting the area with my employer’s (Southwest Adventures) destination management company.

Quebec, QC:

College de Limoilou:

Fine Arts Professor and Coordinator 1984 to 1988. Drawing/Painting/Art History

English Second Language Professor 1968-1984:

Teaching: language acquisition; report and creative writing, translation. Involved in department development, curriculum development.

Director, Modern Languages Department 1976 to 1979

Chairwoman for REIMP (Research, Experimentation and Implementation of a modular program for ESL). 1976 to 1979

Member, Executive Committee for Provincial ESL Pedagogical  Committee, Quebec Ministry of Education 1976-1979