Leah Van Dyk

My primary research interests are located around the environmental humanities and radical revisionings of being in community — both pedagogically and practically — as a model of literary practice. My current work explores the intersections of environmental policy, activism, and land-based narratives of resistance. I am a Killam Laureate (2020-2022) and hold a Joseph-Armand Bombardier SSHRC Doctoral Fellowship: https://grad.ucalgary.ca/news/english-student-explores-how-we-understand-climate-change-through-narrative.

Some recent publications include:

• Nature as radical space in queer young adult narratives (Research on Diversity in Youth Literature)
• Archival practice and public-facing pedagogy in Canadian audio archives (English Studies in Canada)
• Eco-conscious memory and the power of story (Herbaria 3.0)

I am currently a researcher on the SSHRC-funded, multi-institutional SpokenWeb project: https://spokenweb.ca/mistakes-in-the-sound-archive-an-interview-with-leah-van-dyk/.

I am also the Director (2020-), a member of the Anti-Racism and Decolonization Community Collective (ARDCC), and the former President (2019-2020), of the English Department Graduate Association (EDGA). I welcome inquiries on graduate student experience in the Department of English.

• Courses