Jodi Streelasky, PhD
Lecturer
Institute for Early Childhood Education & Research
Faculty of Education
University of British Columbia
Vancouver, Canada
E-mail: jodi.streelasky@ubc.ca
Education:
Ph.D. Language & Literacy Education, University of British Columbia (2011)
M.Ed. (thesis) Curriculum & Instruction, University of Regina (2002)
B.Ed. Elementary Education, University of Regina (1996)
Areas of Interest:
Early Childhood Education
Early Literacy & Multimodality
Family and Community Literacies
Forest Kindergartens/Outdoor Nature Schools
Indigenous Ways of Knowing
International Perspectives
Place-Based Education
Publications:
Streelasky, J. (submitted). Primary students’ perceptions of local spaces: Place-based values in a globalized world. Children, Youth, and Environments.
Streelasky, J. (under review). Indigenous and culturally-diverse students’ perspectives on their school experiences. International Baccalaureate Journal of Teaching Practice. International Baccalaureate Organization.
McTavish, M., Streelasky, J., & Coles, L. (2012). Listening to children’s voices: Children as participants in research. International Journal of Early Childhood [Special Issue: Children’s Perspectives 44(3) (2012)]. First published online on November 9, 2012 as DOI: 10.1007/s13158-012-0068-8
Streelasky, J. (2008). A collaborative approach to literacy: Inner-city preschool children, families, and the school community. Australian Journal of Early Childhood, 33(3), 27-33.
Anderson, J., Streelasky, J., & Anderson, T. (2007). Representing and promoting literacy on the World Wide Web: A critical analysis. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, 53(2), 143-156.
Streelasky, J. (2001). Literacy boxes in a prekindergarten classroom: Exploring parent-child involvement. Canadian Children, 26(2), 30-33.
Academic Presentations:
Streelasky, J. & Reid, B. (2015, July). Primary children’s use of multiple modes to inform practice. Paper presented at the International Baccalaureate Conference of the Americas 2015, Chicago, Illinois.
Streelasky, J. (2015, July). Canadian primary students’ perspectives on their school learning experiences. Paper presented at the 19th European Conference on Literacy, Klagenfurt, Austria.
Streelasky, J. & Reid, B. (2014, July). Indigenous ways of knowing: Implementing the Primary Years Programme with Canadian Indigenous students, educators, and Elders. Paper presented at the International Baccalaureate Conference of the Americas 2014, Washington, DC.
Streelasky, J. (2013, August). Digital kinship in inner-city children’s worlds. Paper presented at the 18th European Conference on Reading, Jonkoping, Sweden.
Streelasky, J. (2012, July). A case study of two Aboriginal children’s meaning making across home, school, and community contexts. Paper presented at the International Innovations in Early Childhood Education Conference: A Canadian Forum on Early Childhood Frameworks, University of Victoria, British Columbia.
Streelasky, J. (2012, June). A Canadian Aboriginal child’s use of literacy and multimodal practices across contexts. Paper presented at the 16th Nordic Reading Conference (International Reading Association), Reykjavik, Iceland.
Streelasky, J. (2011, August). Listening to children’s voices in research: Aboriginal children as communicators of knowledge. Paper presented as part of the symposium: Listening to children’s voices: Children as participants in research. 17th European Conference on Reading, Mons, Belgium.
Streelasky, J. (2009, August). Intergenerational literacy learning in a Canadian early childhood classroom. Paper presented at the 6th Pan African Reading Conference, Dar es Salaam, Tanzania, Africa.
Streelasky, J. (2009, July). Children as data collectors: Using children’s photographs to inform early learning pedagogy. Paper presented at the 16th European Conference on Reading, Braga, Portugal.
Streelasky, J. (2008, May). Prekindergarten children’s use of photography to document their meaning-making practices. Paper presented at the 36th annual conference of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Vancouver, British Columbia.
Streelasky, J. (2008, March). Developing a community of learners: Documenting the interactions between preschool children and an Indigenous Elder. Paper presented at the 89th annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association Conference, New York, New York.
Streelasky, J. (2007, November). Creating connections through storytelling. Paper presented at the 57th annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Austin, Texas.
Streelasky, J. (2007, May). What day is Kokum Margaret coming? Prekindergarten students’ interactions with a Cree Elder. Paper presented at the 35th annual conference of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan.
Streelasky, J. (2007, April). A collaborative approach to literacy: Aboriginal preschool children, Elders, families, and teachers. Paper presented at the 88th annual meeting of the American Educational Research Association Conference, Chicago, Illinois.
Streelasky, J. (2006, December). Aboriginal children and their families: A pathway to literacy. Paper presented at the 56th annual meeting of the National Reading Conference, Los Angeles, California.
Streelasky, J. (2006, May). Families and teachers working together: Literacy boxes in an inner-city prekindergarten classroom. Paper presented at the 34th annual conference of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, Toronto, Ontario.
Anderson, J. & Streelasky, J. (2005, May). A critical analysis of the images and texts on Canadian family literacy websites. Paper presented at the 33rd annual conference of the Canadian Society for Studies in Education, London, Ontario.
Streelasky, J. (2001, April). Family literacy. Paper presented at the Canadian Association for Young Children National Conference, Calgary, Alberta.
Streelasky, J. (2000, August). Emergent literacy in early childhood settings. Paper presented at the International Symposium on Educational Change in the 21st Century, Changchun, People’s Republic of China.
UBC Presentations:
Streelasky, J. (2012, May). Early childhood on-line environments. Paper presented as part of the symposium: Been there, done that: Faculty experience using Connect. Centre for Teaching, Learning, and Technology Institute Conference, University of British Columbia.
Streelasky, J. & Berger, I. (2011, December). The significance of play in children’s worlds. Paper presented to the Shanghai government delegation, Centre for Intercultural Communication, University of British Columbia.
Streelasky, J. (2007, August). Language revitalization: Acknowledging the past, looking forward to the future. Presentation at the UBC Summer Scholar Closing Symposium, Faculty of Education and Indigenous Education Institute of Canada, University of British Columbia.
International Study Groups:
2005 Canadian Study Week in Reggio Emilia, Italy – Participant
Awards:
Best Dissertation in Early Childhood Literacy – Department of Language and Literacy Education & UBC Faculty of Graduate Studies
Wendy K. Sutton Graduate Scholarship in Early Childhood Literacy
Margaret and Peter Lukasevich Memorial Graduate Scholarship in Early Childhood Education
Service:
Awards Committee: UBC Early Childhood Graduate Student Awards
Planning Committee: UBC Early Childhood Education Graduate Student Conference
Admissions Committee: UBC Early Childhood MEd/MA On-Campus & On-Line
Reviewer: Language and Literacy (Canadian Educational e-journal)
Former Provincial Director: Canadian Association for Young Children