Teaching lies at the heart of all I do. Here are some highlights.
Creative writing ventures–creating, directing, mentoring or presenting:
Writing on the Land, a Wild Writers Retreat at Wintergreen Studios environmental retreat centre (annually, 2025–).
Nurturing Spirit-sponsored ONLINE Writing Retreat, 2022, 2026.
Memoir, CFUW (Canadian Federation of University Women-KW), 2026.
Substack Online Writer-in-Residence program (Forthcoming, fall 2026).
The Wild Writers Literary Festival (Waterloo, ON), annually 2012–.
“Writing the Hard Truths: Navigating Ethics and Craft” webinar with Caroline Topperman, CNFC 2025 online festival.
Mountain Ash Press Writers’ Retreat (Niagara-on-the-Lake), 2023, 2025.
Write on the French River Retreat (Noelville ON), 2012-19.
Kingston Writers Fest (Kingston ON); Growing Room Festival (Vancouver).
University of Guelph Library Writer’s Workshops (Guelph ON).
Native Immigrant writing workshops (Montreal) (annually, 2014-19).
Master classes with change-makers in creative nonfiction in the Spiritual Life Writing series I founded (2019-23), with 20+ webinars and featured guests.
“Remaking the World: The Art of Spiritual Memoir” four-week online master class (2020), co-sponsored by Emmanuel College (University of Toronto) and the CNFC (Canadian Nonfiction Collective).
Eight-month “Writing Spiritual Memoir” course with Prajnatara of Amida Mosaic Sangha (London, ON).
“If I Speak, Who Will Listen?” Eight-month women’s writing workshop (Boulder, Colorado).
“The Spiritual Lifestory Workshop,” Eight-month life-writing workshop with co-founder Ronald L. Grimes, resulting in the anthology, I Couldn’t Wait to Tell Somebody, and I Didn’t Want to Tell a Soul (Boulder, Colorado).
Environmental humanities: Narrative Matters Interdisciplinary Conference(s) (New Brunswick, Nova Scotia); Beyond Nature: Ecology and Performance Interdisciplinary Conference (Lancaster, UK); Environmental Studies Association of Canada (York U, Toronto); the Canadian Forum on Religion and Ecology; Community Arts Ontario; Finders Keepers International Women’s Conference; Lower Grand River Land Trust; Ontario Healthy Communities Coalition; Ontario Museum Association; The Ontario Rural Council; Ottawa Storytelling Festival; Toronto Conservation Authority; Toronto Storytelling Festival; Waterloo Unlimited.
Religion & the arts: Groundswell Multi-faith Initiative, adult education certificate program in community leadership with co-founder, Teresa Bryant, King’s College, London, Ontario. Women’s Circle Multifaith Gathering at the Jesse Saulteaux Centre (Manitoba). Women’s contemplative literature study circles (Waterloo, Ontario and Boulder, Colorado).