Education
2016 – 2018
Master of Arts, English Literature, University of Ottawa
Thesis: Dissensus and Poetry: The Poet as Activist in Experimental English-Canadian Poetry
Supervisor: Professor Robert Stacey
2010 – 2016
Bachelor of Arts, English Literature with a minor in Philosophy, University of Ottawa, graduated Magna Cum Laude
Honours and Awards
2018 Admission Scholarship, University of Ottawa
2017 Admission Scholarship, University of Ottawa
2017 David Staines Graduate Scholarship, University of Ottawa Ottawa
2017 John Spencer Hill English Scholarship, University of Ottawa Ottawa
2016 Admission Scholarship, University of Ottawa
2014 Merit Scholarship, University of Ottawa
2013 Merit Scholarship, University of Ottawa
2013 Dean’s Honour List, University of Ottawa
2012 Merit Scholarship, University of Ottawa
2012 Dean’s Honour List, University of Ottawa
2012 McOpco Scholarship, McDonald’s Restaurant
2012 Merit Scholarship, University of Ottawa
2011 Dean’s Honour List, University of Ottawa
2011 Merit Scholarship, University of Ottawa
Research Interests
- Experimental and contemporary poetry and poetics
- Labour and activist theory
- Union and community organizing
- Material culture, digital media, and technology studies
- Cultural studies
Research Experience
2016 – 2018 Graduate Student, Department of English, University University of Ottawa
- Master’s project investigated different poetical practices that have manifested dissensus in order to problematize our definitions of what counts as innovative and activist poetry
2017 Research Assistant, Kanada Koncrete: Material Material Poetries in the Digital Age, Uni versity University of Ottawa
- Work to organize and manage the conference and its exhibition
Conference Presentations
- Leduc, N. (2019, March). “Dissensus and Steve McCaffery’s Carnival: Democratizing the Book.” Paper presented at Mad, Bad, and Dangerous Texts: Controversies in Reading, Writing, Editing, and Printing, A Colloquium by University of Toronto’s Book History and Print Culture Collaborative Program. Toronto, ON
- Leduc, N (2019, February). “Academia and Chill: A Digital and/or Social Experiment.” Paper presented at the University of Ottawa English Department Graduate Student Association Work-In-Progress Talk. Ottawa, ON.
- Leduc, N. (2018, May). “Reading #instapoetry as Activism: In Defence of rupi kaur.” Paper presented at Kanada Koncrete: Material Poetries in the Digital Age, University of Ottawa’s Department of English 44th Canadian Literature Symposium. Ottawa, ON
- Leduc, N. (2018, March). “The Anthropocene and Ursula Le Guin’s Carrier Bag Theory: Humankinds’s Descent from Hero to Potato in Marina Zurkow’s The Petroleum Manga.” Paper presented at Rethinking Nature: Literary Studies in an Age of Ecological Crisis, University of Ottawa’s Department of English 11th Graduate Student Conference. Ottawa, ON.
- Leduc, N (2018, February). “Starting Off on the Right Foot: Dissensus, Visual Poetry, and the Body.” Paper presented at the University of Ottawa English Department Graduate Student Association Work-In-Progress Talk. Ottawa, ON.
- Leduc, N. (2017, March). “ɯsᴉɹʇuǝɔoƃollɐɥԀ ƃuᴉʇɹǝʌqnS: Reading Judith Copithorne’s Runes and bpNichol’s The Captain Poetry Poems as Anti-Nationalist Feminist Texts.” Paper presented at In the Spirit of Nationalism: Reconsidering the Intersections of Nation and Literature, University of Ottawa’s Department of English 10th Graduate Student Conference. Ottawa, ON.
Other Publications
- Leduc, Natalie. “Occupy: A Conversation on Activism, Education and Language.” Event review written for the Ottawa International Writers Festival. Published online April 2012, https://writersfestival.org.
- Leduc, Natalie. “An Evening of Collective and Individual Entertainment : Plan 99 Poetry Cabaret with David Groulx and Chris Jennings.” Event review written for the Ottawa International Writers Festival. Published online April 2012, https://writersfestival.org.
Teaching Experience
Guest Lecturer, University of Ottawa
“Academia and Chill: A Digital and/or Social Experiment.” Guest lecture given at ENG3171 Communication Information Age, University of Ottawa, Fall 2019
Teaching Assistant, University of Ottawa
Fall 2019 ENG3171 Communication Information Age
Fall 2019 ENG1112 Technical Report Writing
Fall 2018 ENG1100 Essay Writing
Summer 2018 ENG1100 Essay Writing
Winter 2018 ENG1131 Business Writing
Fall 2017 ENG1100 Essay Writing
Winter 2017 ENG1112 Technical Report Writing
Fall 2016 ENG1100 Essay Writing
- Applied specific grading criteria in order to evaluate and provide detailed feedback on each student’s assignments, tests, and exam
- Developed creative teaching solutions to promote student comprehension and engagement
- Communicated effectively and professionally within a classroom and office setting
- Provided guidance to students researching term papers
- Counselled students experiencing difficulties in the course
Corrector, University of Ottawa
Winter 2019 ENG1120 Prose Fiction
- Under the supervision of the professor, assists in the correction of tests, essays, and exams
Academic and Administrative Experience
2019 – Present Communications Coordinator, CUPE 2626
2017 – Present Blogger, www.thatsabsurd.ca
2016 – Present Performer, Rhombus 19 Poetry Performance Ensemble Ensemble
2017 – 2019 Outreach Coordinator, TREE Poetry Reading Se Series
2017 Writers’ Retreat Organizer, English Department Department Graduate Student Association, University University of Ottawa
2016 – 2019 Reader, Ottawa Arts Review
2016 – 2018 Master’s Student Representative, English Department Department Graduate Student Association, University University of Ottawa
2016 – 2018 Recording Officer, CUPE 2626
2012 – 2015 Volunteer, Ottawa’s International Writers Festival Festival
Languages
Fluent in French and English