University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
University of British Columbia, Vancouver, Canada
SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY, BURNABY, Canada
Dalhousie University, Halifax, Canada
EDUCATION
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PhD |Literacy Education
MA | Literacy Education
DIPLOMA | Language & Literacy Education
PDP | Teacher Education
bsc | psychology
certificates
employment
British Columbia College of Teachers
Certified Teacher
Yukon Department of Education
Certified Teacher
assistant professor
simon fraser university | faculty of education
2020 - present
assistant professor
university of the fraser valley | teacher education department
2018 - 2020
sessional instructor
university of british columbia | language & literacy education in teacher education
2017 - 2018
12-month lecturer
university of british columbia | indigenous education in teacher education
2016 - 2017
research
ANCESTRAL INHERITANCE | PRINCIPAL INVESTIGATOR
Autoethnography project. Documenting the use of Indigenous pedagogies while learning to do Haida art from my father.
(2020 - present)
being kin | principal investigator
Collaborative autoethnography project with settler mother investigating what it means to be kin for a settler mother and Indigenous daughter. Exploring themes related to our differing roles in reconciliation.
Co-I: Susan Davidson
(2024 - Present)
SSHRC Insight Grants | co-investigator
Developing Relational Accountability and Decolonizing Possibilities through Education Change Networks Co-Investigator (Principal Investigator Leyton Schnellert, Co-Investigator Nikki Yee) SSHRC Insight Grant
Principal Investigator Leyton Schnellert, Co-Investigator Nikki Yee
(2022 - Present)
audiobook & PODCASTS
Davidson, S. F., & Davidson, R. (2021). Potlatch as pedagogy: Learning through ceremony (S. F. Davidson, Narr; G. Farmer, Narr.) [Audiobook]. https://www.audible.ca/pd/Potlatch-as-Pedagogy-Audiobook/B09N46WMRN (Original work published 2018). Sample here
Angelline Boulley in conversation with Dr. Sara Florence Davidson: Sample here
FOOK'N CONVERSATION: Sample here
talking up: Sample here
picture books
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DAVIDSON, S. F., AND DAVIDSON, R. (2018).
POTLATCH AS PEDAGOGY: LEARNING THROUGH CEREMONY. PORTAGE & MAIN PRESS.
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DAVIDSON, S. F., AND DAVIDSON, R. (2021).
LEARNING TO CARVE ARGILLITE. ILLUSTRATED BY J. GIBBONS. HIGHWATER PRESS.
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DAVIDSON, S. F., AND DAVIDSON, R. (2021).
JIGGING FOR HALIBUT WITH TSINII. ILLUSTRATED BY J. GIBBONS. HIGHWATER PRESS.
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DAVIDSON, S. F., AND DAVIDSON, R. (2022).
DANCING WITH OUR ANCESTORS. ILLUSTRATED BY J. GIBBONS. HIGHWATER PRESS.
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DAVIDSON, S. F., AND DAVIDSON, R. (2018).
POTLATCH AS PEDAGOGY: LEARNING THROUGH CEREMONY. PORTAGE & MAIN PRESS.
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keynotes
Davidson, S. F. (February, 2025). Strengthening Relationships through Story. Presentation for WestCAST, SFU (Burnaby).
Davidson, S. F. (February, 2024). Indigenous Pedagogies through Story. Presentation for School District 41 (Burnaby).
Davidson, S. F. (November, 2023). Decolonizing, Indigenizing, and Localizing Our Teaching Practices. Presentation for Kyah Wiget Education Society, Witset & School District 54 (Smithers)
Davidson, S. F. (October, 2023). Decolonizing, Indigenizing, and Localizing Our Teaching Practices. Presentation for Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS).
Davidson, S. F. (August, 2023). Learning through Story: Exploring Culturally Relevant Pedagogy in Indigenous Education. Presentation for Surrey Schools Summer Institute, School District 36 (Surrey).
Davidson, S. F. (February, 2023). Learning through Story. Presentation for Engaging all learners in the secondary years: Equity, diversity, and inclusion. Co-hosted by Greater Victoria School District 61 & Rural Education Advisory.
Davidson, S. F. (May, 2022). Decolonizing, Indigenizing, and Localizing Our Teaching Practices. Presentation for School District 36 (Surrey).
Davidson, S. F. (February, 2022). Decolonizing, Indigenizing, and Localizing Our Teaching Practices. Presentation for School District 37 (Delta).
Davidson, S. F. (November, 2021). Decolonizing, Indigenizing, and Localizing Our Teaching Practices. Presentation for School District 41 (Burnaby)
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Davidson, S. F. (November, 2021). Bringing Indigenous Voices to the Middle Years. Presentation for Engaging all learners in the middle years:
Equity, diversity, and inclusion. Co-hosted by Greater Victoria School District 61 & Rural Education Advisory.
Davidson, S. F. (August, 2021). Decolonizing, Indigenizing, and Localizing as Possibilities to Promote Healing in Our Schools. Presentation for British Columbia School Superintendents Association (BCSSA) at Summer Leadership Academy.
publications
academic
Davidson, S. F. (forthcoming). Indigenous literacies. In C. A. Chapelle (Ed.) The encyclopedia of applied linguistics (2nd ed.). Wiley-Blackwell.
van 't Hooft, A., Davidson, S. F., Doherty, L., & Norton, B. (2023). Developing digital stories in Indigenous languages: Striving for culturally sustaining pedagogies in Mexico and Canada. In R. Zaidi, U. Boz, & E. Moreau (Eds.), Transcultural pedagogies for multilingual classrooms: Responding to changing realities in theory and practice. Multilingual Matters.
Archibald, J., & Davidson, S. F. (2023). Shaping research preparation and design through Indigenous Storywork. In E. S. Huaman & N. D. Martin (Eds.). Indigenous Research Design: Transnational perspectives in practice (pp. 41-57). Canadian Scholars Press.
Davidson, S. F. (2021) Pedagogical response: Reflections on content, perspectives, and pedagogies in Indigenous education courses. In J. MacDonald & J. Markides (Eds.), Brave work in Indigenous education (pp. 265-275). DIO Press.
Yee, N., & Davidson, S. F. (2021). Diversity as the norm: Teaching to and through superdiversity in post-secondary Indigenous education courses. In
G. Li, J. Anderson, J. Hare, & M. McTavish (Eds.). Superdiversity and Teacher Education: Supporting Teachers in Working with Culturally, Linguistically, and Racially Diverse Students, Families, and Communities (pp. 284-298). Routledge.
Davidson, S. F. (2021). The paper bag mask: On hiding, ceding, resisting, and claiming in the academy. In E. Lyle & S. Mahani (Eds.), Sister scholars: Untangling issues of identity as women in academe (pp. 125-137). DIO Press.
Evaluating Indigenous education resources for classroom use
Teacher [BC Teacher’s Federation Magazine]
may 2020.
k’aad ‘aww (Dogfish Mother):
Adolescent Perspectives on English 10 First Peoples, Writing, and Identity
phd dissertation
professional
creative non-fiction
Davidson, S. F., and Davidson, R. (2023).
Lessons from asymmetry. In Early days: Indigenous art at the McMichael (pp. 92-93). McMichael Canadian Art Collection D’Art Canadien.
Davidson, S. F. (2022). Beyond being silenced. In C. M’Lot, & K. Ferguson (Eds.). Resurgence. Portage & Main Press.