CURRICULUM VITAE Barbara Le Blanc, Ph.D

LANGUAGES :

English, French, Italian (advanced level)

Spanish (intermediate)

Greek & Chinese (beginner)

ACADEMIC CREDENTIALS AND OTHER CERTIFICATES:

2007 Certificate, Arte delle maschere, Seminario Laboratorio Internationale, Centre maschere e Strutture Gestualli, Regione Veneto, Provinica di Padua, Comune de Abano Terme, Italy, Summer School.

2001 Certificate, Minuet to Mazurka: 1745-1845, Bury Saint-Edmunds, England, Dolmetsch Historical Society, Summer School.

1994 Ph.D., History Department, Ethnologie des francophones en Amérique du Nord, Université Laval, Quebec, Quebec.

1988 B.Ed., Teaching of French as a Second Language. Department of Education, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

1986 Certificate, Professional Guide of Quebec City, Collège Mérici, Quebec City, Quebec.

1986 M.A., History Department, Arts et traditions populaires, Université Laval, Quebec.

1971 B.A., Theatre Department, Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia.

Theatre Department Assistant

Theatre Scholarship from the Istituto Internationale per la recherche teatrale, Cini Foundation,Venice, Italy 1969 Diploma, Xavier College (University College of Cape Breton), Sydney, Nova Scotia.

President of Cultural Committee

Drama X Award

Birk’s Medal for Student Leadership

1968 Diploma, Mount Carmel High School, New Waterford, Nova Scotia.

Vice-president of the Student Council

Assistant editor of School Newspaper

First price for highest mark in Biology and English

Second price for second highest mark in History and French

Price for Student Leadership.

WORK EXPERIENCE :

TEACHING :

2005-2016 Full Professor, Université Sainte-Anne, Education Department.

2002-2005 Associate Professor, Université Sainte-Anne, Education Department.

1995-2002 Assistant Professor, Université Sainte-Anne, Education Department.

Courses taught at Université Sainte-Anne between 1995-2016

PEDA 3273 : Modèles et pratique à l’élémentaire

PEDA 3013 : Fondements philosophiques, sociologiques et historiques de l’éducation

PEDA 3663 : Didactique des sciences humaines à l’élémentaire

PEDA 3183 : Didactique des sciences humaines au secondaire I PEDA 3193 : Didactique des sciences humaines au secondaire II

PEDA 3563 : Le jeu dramatique et le jeu théâtral en éducation

PEDA 3693 : Culture francophone au Canada et à l’étranger

PEDA 3483: Musée et école

PEDA 5153 : Musée, école et identité

1990 Lecturer, Université Sainte-Anne, Department of Education (part time)

1988 Lecturer, Université Laval, History Department, Arts et traditions populaires.

1981 Teacher at School of Tourism, Queretaro, Mexico

Teacher at Casa de Cuna, Tijuana

1978 Teacher, Department of Foreign Affairs, Government of Italy, Rome, Italy

1977 Teacher at Regent School of English, Rome, Italy (full time)

Lecturer at University of Dublin, Ireland for University of Rome, Italy, Summer Session.

1975-76 Teacher at Oxford School of English, Milan, Italy (full time)

ADMINISTRATION :

1988-1992 Department of Environment, Parks Canada, Director of Grand-Pré National Historic Site, Grand-Pré, Nova Scotia.

Principal Tasks :

1. Manage personnel

2. Manage budget

3. Be responsible for public relations

4. Create program of activities for visitors CULTURAL AND EXPERIENTIAL LEARNING TOURISM :

2005 VIA Rail

Principal Task :

Train VIA travel coordinators for the VIA Rail Learning Experience. (This included integrating material and immaterial aspects of history and culture of the Maritimes into the program)

1997-2005 National Educational Travel Council (NETC)

1986-88 American Educational Travel (AET)

1976-87 American Council for International Studies (ACIS)

1971-76 American Leadership Study Groups (ALSG)

Principal Tasks for four above tourism companies :

1. Accompany tourists in Europe, Quebec, and the Maritime provinces

2. Train tour leaders and tour coordinators in Europe and Canada on methods of experiential learning

3. Coordinate academic tour programs

4. Teach courses on European culture and civilization

5. Prepare and manage educational travel tours

OTHER EXPERIENCES :

Research, Theatre, Public Relations :

2003-2007 “Drama for Learning” Research-Action Project in collaboration between Université Sainte Anne and the University of New Brunswick, grant from the Department of Canadian Heritage.

2000-2005 “Educational Tourism and Experiential Learning” Research- Action Project in collaboration with National Educational Travel Council (NETC) of Boston, MA., subsidized by NETC. 2002-2204 “Acadian Traditional Dances”, Research-Action Project in collaboration with Dance Nova Scotia, culminating in an educational and cultural resource for the public schools of Nova Scotia, that includes a manual, video and music CD.

1994-95 Community Relations Officer, Department of External Relations, Atlantic Region, Canadian Heritage.

1987-88 Research Assistant for Dr. Simonne Voyer, dance ethnologist.

1986 Research for Museum of Man, Ottawa (Museum of Civilizations, Hull) on dance in Inverness County, Nova Scotia (in collaboration with Laura Sadowsky) (summer project).

1975-76 Centro de recherche teatrale, Milan, Italy, member of experimental theatre and dance group, folklore research component.

Principal Tasks:

1. Research and experiment methods of communication used in theatre and dance

2. Translate for professional groups visiting Italy (example Bob Wilson of New York and The Living Theatre of New York)

3. Research aspects of Italian folklore

4. Be responsible for public relations

1974-76 Team Audiovisivi, Milan, Italy

Principal Tasks:

1. Prepare audiovisual programs for companies such as Pirelli

2. Be responsible for public relations 1971-72 Apprentice with the theatre group La Comune de Dario Fo, Milan, Italy (Dario Fo is a recipient of the 1997 Noble Prize for Literature)

RECENT ASSOCIATION POSITIONS :

2013-2025 Honary Member , Dance Nova Scotia.

2000-Present Co-founder and Honorary president of the Committee for the Preservation of the Sainte-Famille Cemetery. (This organization has worked to create and promote a commemorative site of the cemetery of a pre-Deportation Acadian community near Windsor, Nova Scotia.)

1998-2001 Co-founder and First President of Société Promotion Grand- Pré. (This association co-manages Grand-Pré National Historic Site with Parks Canada)

1995-1997 President of the Fédération acadienne de la Nouvelle- Écosse. (Acadian Federation of Nova Scotia)

1996-1997 President of the Folklore and Ethnology Association of Canada.

1989 Founder and first president of the group Les Amis de Grand-Pré/Friends of Grand-Pré.