IN-PERSON London Heritages. Section A

Helen Lepp Friesen teaches Academic Writing including sections of English as Additional Language (EAL) and Transition Year Program (TYP). Outstanding points in her career are meeting and having the privilege of working with hundreds of enthusiastic, talented students and working with colleagues that are supportive and encouraging in a department that is welcoming. Her research and writing interests are multimodal writing in culturally-diverse classes and writing with senior citizens. She enjoys outdoor activities such as skating, snow sculpting, biking, tennis, and running.

Andrew McGillivray is an Associate Professor and Chair at the Department of Rhetoric, Writing, & Communications at the University of Winnipeg. His research focuses on the literary history of discourse communities, including heritage language communities in Canada. His work has appeared in journals such as Scandinavian Studies, Canadian-Scandinavian Studies, and Prairie History. He contributes articles on Icelandic literature to The Literary Encyclopedia.

Jaqueline McLeod Rogers (Ph.D.) is a Professor in the Department of Rhetoric, Writing, and Communication at the University of Winnipeg in Manitoba (Canada). She teaches courses about place and culture, non-fiction writing, and scholarly writing. She has a manuscript awaiting publication, Marshall McLuhan with Urban Planner Jaqueline Tyrwhitt and Artist Gyorgy Kepes: Crises Then as Now (with Peter Lang) and recently published McLuhan’s Techno-Sensorium City: Coming to our Senses in a Programmed Environment (Lexington 2021). feminist studies, she co-edited Parenting/Internet/Kids.