Turner, Jacqueline
Person Preferred Name
Jacqueline Turner
Field of Activity
Pedagogy as gift
Contemporary poetics
Autotheory
Collaborative practices
Critical literacies
Website
Email/Contact
jturner@ecuad.ca
Department
Status
current
Affiliation Date
2003
Jacqueline Turner is the author of five books, most recently Flourish (ECW Press, 2019) and a Writing Specialist focusing on Foundation and Grad students. She is the developer of the WRTG curriculum and Co-coordinator of the Writing Centre. Her recent writing-related research investigates the role of generous curiosity in creating conditions for collaboration. She is a co-researcher in a SSHRC-funded project exploring the potential of critical literacies and pedagogy-as-gift in post-secondary learning environments. She has held writing residencies in Brisbane, Tasmania, Granada, and Berlin. Over the years she was a founding member of filling Station magazine, on the collective of the Kootenay School of Writing, co-curated an early webzine with Meredith Quartermain called The News, and is still part of a group that runs the On Edge Reading Series at Emily Carr University. Master of Arts in English University of Calgary, 1998 with a specialization in Contemporary Poetry. Thesis “Into the Fold" published by ECW Press, April 2000. Bachelor of Arts in English (First Class Honours) University of Calgary, 1995 Thesis “Crossing the Line” won National Honours Essay Competition published by Trent University, 1995.