Centre for Research in Multiliteracies

Literacy in New Times

Situated in a picturesque part of the Niagara escarpment, the Centre for Multiliteracies explores ways of expanding pratices and understandings of literacy in the 21st century. With CFI-funded laboratories, the Centre investigates reading, writing, communicating, videogaming, teaching and assessing students through different technologies, immersive environments and printed texts. 

The Brock University Reading Clinic under the direction of Dr. Mary Lovering now shares the centre space and with this new partnership, there will be new initiatives and professional development opportunities. 

Centre News

The SSHRC-funded Insight Development Grant, Reading by Design: An International Study on 21st Century Reading has now expanded to a new school site in its second year and we welcome Donna Dortman to the research team

New Research Study, Being Cindy Sherman with Dr. Peter VIetgen will begin in autumn 2012

SSHRC-funded Aid to Research Workshop Grant: Revisiting Literacy Lives: Longitudinal Research in Literacy Practices

November 7th - 10th, 2012 

New publications:

Rowsell, J. (Feb. 2013) Working with Multimodality: Learning in a Digital Age. London: Routledge.

Literacy and Education: Understanding New Literacy Studies in the Classroom (Second Edition) by K. Pahl & J. Rowsell (Sage)

Resourcing Early Learners: New networks, new players by S. Nichols, J.Rowsell, H. Nixon, & S. Rainbird (Routledge)

Associated Faculty

• Dr. Jennifer Rowsell, Director and Canada Research Chair in Multiliteracies
• Dr. Camille Rutherford
  
• Dr. Candace Figg
  
• Dr. Mary Saudelli
• Dr. Kari-Lynn Winters
  
• Dr. Tiffany Gallagher
  
• Dr. Dolana Mogadime
• Dr. Ruth McQuirter-Scott
• Dr. Vera Woloshyn
• Dr. David Hutchison
• Dr. Lissa Paul
• Dr. Fiona Blaikie

Centre Researchers

• Nadine Litwin

Partnering Institutions & Scholars

• Dr. Deborah Kozdras, Chief Creative Officer
• Gus A. Stavros Center for Free Enterprise and Economic Education
• Dr. Julian Sefton-Green
• SSHRC Insight Development Grant
• Reading by Design: 21rst Century Reading
• Brock Team: Drs. Jennifer Rowsell (PI), Tiffany Gallagher, and Ruth Mcquirter-Scott (Co-Investigators)
• Australian Team: Drs. Alyson Simpson (University of Sydney) and Maureen Walsh (Australian Catholic University) (CIs)
• US Team: Drs. Diane Lapp and Douglas Fisher (San Diego State University) (CIs)
• Research Assistants: Katia Ciampa, Donna Dortmans and Mary Saudelli (Brock University) (CIs)