Curriculum Vitae Highlights
Education
PhD, Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
MA, Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
Diploma, Language & Literacy Education, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
PDP (Professional Development Program), Teacher Education, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Canada
Bachelor of Science, Psychology, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
Scholarly and Professional Activities
Presentations
Davidson, S. F. (2021). Decolonizing, Indigenizing, and Localizing as Possibilities to Promote Healing in Our Schools. Keynote presentation for the BC School Superintendents Association Summer Leadership Academy.
Davidson, S. F. (2021). The Power of Stories to Educate and Heal. Presentation for School District 52 (Prince George) Professional Development.
Davidson, S. F. (2020). Bringing Indigenous Voices into Middle Years and Secondary Classrooms. Presentation for School District 52 (Prince Rupert) Professional Development.
Davidson, S. F. (2020). Pedagogies of Belonging. Keynote presentation for Children First, Windsor, ON.
Davidson, S. F. (2019). Potlatch as pedagogy: Classroom connections. Keynote presentation for Yellowknife Education District Professional Development Day, Yellowknife, NT
Davidson, S. F. (2019). The Threads that We Hold. Keynote presentation for Aboriginal Youth Leadership Day, Chilliwack Secondary, Chilliwack, BC.
Davidson, S. F. (2019). Holistic engagement with story [workshop]. Presentation for School District 52 (Prince Rupert). Prince Rupert, BC.
Davidson, S. F. (2019). Reflections on Potlatch as Pedagogy: Learning through Ceremony. Presentation for Prince Rupert Library, Prince Rupert, BC.
Davidson, S. F. (2019). Applications of Potlatch as Pedagogy. Presentation for educators of School District 33 (Chilliwack), Chilliwack, BC.
Davidson, S. F. (2019). Applications of Potlatch as Pedagogy. Presentation for educators of School District 34 (Surrey), Surrey, BC.
Davidson, S. F. (2019). Indigenous Storybooks: Exploring protocol in the Digital Territories. Presentation for Language Science Talks, UBC, Vancouver, BC.
Awards
- Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies Dissertation Award
- Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship
- Faculty of Education Graduate Research Grant
- Joseph Katz Memorial Scholarship
- Harry E. Taylor Canadian Indigenous Graduate Prize in Education
- Aboriginal PhD Scholarship
- Aboriginal Graduate Fellowship
Employment
Educator
- Assistant Professor, Simon Fraser University, Faculty of Education
- Assistant Professor, The University of the Fraser Valley, Teacher Education Department
- Sessional Instructor, The University of British Columbia, Language & Literacy Education in Teacher Education
- 12-month Lecturer, The University of British Columbia, Indigenous Education in Teacher Education
Teaching Assistant
- The University of British Columbia, assisted with the delivery of the UBC MOOC Reconciliation through Indigenous Education, assisted with the instruction and assessment of the course EDUC 440 (Aboriginal Education in Canada)
Research
- SSHRC Insight Development Grant 2020 (Working towards relational accountability through local Indigenous ways of knowing and being) with Dr. Leyton Schnellert
- Research Associate, Department of Language and Literacy, The University of British Columbia, Indigenous Storybooks Canada
- Researcher, Dogwood 25
- Research Assistant, UBC MOOC Reconciliation through Indigenous Education
Certificates
British Columbia College of Teachers, Certified Teacher
Yukon Department of Education, Certified Teacher
Professional Service
- Program Co-Chair, Canadian Association for Studies in Indigenous Education (CASIE)
- Co-Chair, IERC (Indigenous Education Reconciliation Council), Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University
- Program Co-Chair, Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies (CACS)
- Past Member of BCTELA Executive
- Past Co-Editor for English Practice (BCTELA Publication)