Teaching lies at the heart of all I do. Here are sample ventures.
Panels, Retreats, Webinars & Workshops:
CURRENT:
“What’s Your Story?” Nurturing Spirit ONLINE Writing Retreat, October 18-9, 2025.
The Wild Writers Literary Festival (Waterloo, ON, annually since 2012–) nonfiction panels with celebrated writers.
MORE IN 2025:
CNFC 2025 online festival: “Writing the Hard Truths: Navigating Ethics and Craft” webinar with Caroline Topperman, April 4 7pm EDT
Writing on the Land, a Wild Writers Retreat at Wintergreen Studios (2025); Mountain Ash Press Writers’ Retreat (2023, 2025);
PAST FAVOURITES:
Write on the French River Creative Writing Retreat (2012–) founded by Nicola Ross.
Kingston Writers Fest; Growing Room Festival (Vancouver); University of Guelph Library Writer’s Workshops; Native Immigrant writing workshops (Montreal).
MASTER CLASSES with change-makers in creative nonfiction. Part of the Spiritual Life Writing series I founded (2019-23), with 20+ webinars and featured guests.
Writing Courses:
“Remaking the World: The Art of Spiritual Memoir” four-week online master class (2020), co-sponsored by Emmanuel College (University of Toronto) and the Canadian Nonfiction Collective (CNFC). Focused on writing that’s sharp, fresh, and relevant.
Eight-month “Writing Spiritual Memoir” course with Prajnatara of Amida Mosaic Sangha (London, Ontario).
“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 (Boulder, Colorado), produced the anthology and performance, I Couldn’t Wait to Tell Somebody, and I Didn’t Want to Tell a Soul.
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).