Narrative Matters 2002-2008
St. Thomas and the University of New Brunswick partnered in 2002 and 2004 to host the conference, which attracted more than 500 delegates in a variety of disciplines from 15 countries. In addition to traditional academic professionals and scholars, these conferences attracted a diverse group of scholars and practitioners, in addition to journalists, film-makers, and professionals involved in life-writing and drama.
Narrative Matters 2008 – University of Toronto
Keynote speakers: Dr. Lynn Z. Bloom, Board of Trustees Distinguished Professor, Aetna Chair of Writing, Professor of English, University of Connecticut; Dr. Rita Charon,
Professor of Clinical Medicine and Director of the Program in Narrative Medicine,
Columbia University; Dr. Michael Connelly,
Professor Emeritus, and formerly Director, Centre for Teacher Development, and Chair, Department of Curriculum, Ontario Institute for Studies in Education/University of Toronto; Dr. James Pennebaker,
Professor and Chair, Department of Psychology, University of Texas; Devyani Saltzman, memoirist.
Narrative Matters 2006 – Acadia University
Keynote speakers: Dr. Robyn Fivush, Samuel Chandler Dobbs Professor of Psychology, Emory University; R. Murray Schafer, Composer; Bob Barton, Storyteller
Narrative Matters 2004 – St. Thomas and UNB
Keynote speakers: Sharon Butala, OC, novelist and memoirist;
Dr. Mark Freeman, Professor of Psychology and Arthur Garrity, Sr. Professor in Human Nature, Ethics, and Society, College of the Holy Cross; Dr. Tone Kvernbekk, Associate Professor of Philosophy of Education, University of Oslo, Norway
Narrative Matters 2002 – St. Thomas and UNB
Keynote speakers: Dr. Mary Catherine Bateson, Clarence J. Robinson Professor in Anthropology and English, George Mason University; Dr. David Kuhl,
Department of Family Practice, Faculty of Medicine, University of British Columbia.