ERIN EMILY ANN VANCE Box 0, Site 15, RR1 Okotoks, AB T1S 1A1 [email protected] 1-403-608-2201 EDUCATION ! Bachelor of Arts (Honours) in English Literature and Creative Writing University oF Calgary (2016) ! High School French Immersion Diploma Holy Trinity Academy, Okotoks, AB (2012) ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENTS ! Panelist and paper presenter at the University oF Calgary Honours Symposium, “Objects in Mirror” – March 2016 o Paper and Creative Work: “The Night Will be Long but BeautiFul: The LiFe and Death oF JeFF Lakes” o Panel: “Portraiture: Writing the Family and the SelF” ! Panelist and paper presenter at MacEwan University’s Sixth Annual Undergraduate ConFerence, Reading Identity: AfFect/ EFFect o Paper and Creative Work: “Birth: Projections oF a Glass Womb, Reading and Writing the Female Body through Anaïs Nin” ! Poster presentation, University oF Calgary Undergraduate Research Symposium – November 2015 o Poster: “The ‘Dear Invalid’ and the ‘Old Spinster’: What Vanity Fair’s Tells us about Disability and Female Agency” ! Panelist and paper presenter at the Quebec English Undergraduate ConFerence (QUEUC) – February 2015 o Panel: “Women, Period: Language and Feminine Identity” o Paper: “The ‘Dear Invalid’ and ‘The Old Spinster:’ Vanity Fair’s Miss Crawley in Context” ! Undergraduate advisor in the Adjudication Process For the 2015 University of Calgary Teaching Awards ! Undergraduate advisor For a panel discussing a new course in the University of Calgary English Department: “Civic and Community Engagement through Literature: with Dr. Susan Bennett and Dr. SteFania Forlini (Fall 2014) ! Managing Editor, NoD Magazine (September 2015-Present) ! Co-editor oF two chapbooks in the University oF Calgary English Department: ENGL 366, ENGL 494 (April 2015) ! Undergraduate advisor For a small panel discussing the use oF social media in the classroom with Dr. Karen Bourrier in the University oF Calgary (January 2015) Vance 1 ! Participated in a serial reading project with Dr. Karen Bourrier concerning Thackeray’s Vanity Fair: https://earlyvictorianliterature.wordpress.com/author/erinemilyann/ (Fall 2014) ! Participated in Digitization Project with Dr. Jason Weins: Digitizing the Canadian Archive: http://omeka.ucalgary.ca/document/29 (Winter 2015) HONOURS AND AWARDS • Debra Lewington Memorial Bursaries, 2015 | $1030.00 • Recipient of the Jason Lang Memorial Scholarship For outstanding academic achievement, 2015 | $1000.00 • Student Peer Assistance Bursary, 2013, 2014, 2015 | $1200.00, $1350.00, $850.00 • Shortlisted For the BanFF Mountain Writing and Wilderness Program, 2015 • Sheep Creek Arts Council Scholarship, 2014 | $500.00 o A Community Group in Turner Valley, Alberta created a scholarship For me in 2014 after seeing my work and wanting to help Fund my education • Alexander RutherFord Scholarship, 2012 | $1900.00 • Isabel Miller Young Writers’ Award | 2010 EMPLOYMENT HISTORY Archives Assistant Archives and Special Collections, University oF Calgary (June 2015 – present) ! Worked closely with archival material For data input, documentation, digitization, and community engagement oF the University Archives ! Assisted in a preservation lab, preserving and documenting accruals to the Gibson Collection oF Speculative Fiction at the University oF Calgary ! Worked closely with researchers, proFessors, librarians, and archivists on the Anglican Archives, Arctic Institute of North America Collection, and others ! Worked with digital collections, audio-visual collections, rare book collections, and metatdata Supervisor WordsWorth Youth Writing Residency, Writers Guild oF Alberta (July 2015) • Supervised young adults in daily activities and taught small classes in the evenings at a youth writing retreat spanning three weeks • Acted as peer mentor and liaison between full-time instructors and youth Instructor and Supervisor Drink the Wild Air, Writers Guild oF Alberta (March 2015) ! Developed and taught comprehensive experimental poetry course to thirty adolescents over the course oF a weekend Improvisational Journalist Terrapin Puppet Theatre, Calgary International Children’s Festival (May 2015) Vance 2 ! Turned 260+ children’s ideas into newspaper-style stories Social Experience Guide, Program Lead, and Specialized Program Developer The Autism Aspergers Friendship Society, Calgary, Alberta (January 2014 – November 2015) ! Responsible For developing and leading a comprehensive and innovative creative writing curriculum For children and adolescents on the autism spectrum ! Worked in direct contact with autistic youth (children, adolescents, and young adults) in community outings ! Guided and promoted interaction between youth, the development of social skills/liFe skills, and the practice of social thinking. ! Ensured that youth were saFe and enjoying recreation in a group environment ! Acted as a parent and community liaison For the organization, aided in administrative and organizational tasks dealing with the structure and execution oF events and programs Private Respite Worker and Developmental Aide Independent Contractor, Calgary, Alberta (January 2014-Present) ! Caring For children and working independently with them in the areas of speech pathology, literacy, Fine and gross motor skills ! Developing and Following curriculums for individual learners English Language Arts Tutor High School and University Level, Independent Contractor, Calgary, Alberta (September 2014 - Present) ! Developed curriculums For individual learners, assigned and graded materials supplementary to work given at school or university Program Coordinator Dr. Seuss in the Park Literacy program, Volunteer Services, University oF Calgary Students’ Union, Calgary, Alberta (April- September 2014) ! Created and delivered lesson plans For children aged 3-10 ! Hired, trained and supervised volunteers ! Directed public relations, advertising, and communications For the program Dance Instructor and Body Image Coach Starburst Program, Calgary Family Services, Calgary, AB (April 2014 – June 2015) ! Developed belly dance lessons that tackle the topic oF body image for middle-school aged girls deemed “at risk” VOLUNTEER WORK Tutor Students For Literacy, University oF Calgary (2013-2015) Vance 3 ! Created and delivered lesson plans For developmentally disabled learners, university-aged ! Prepared and graded exams Guest Teacher and Lecturer Christ the Redeemer School Board, Writers Guild of Alberta, Alexandra Society ! Developed lesson plans, speeches, handouts, and lecture topics Presenter Flywheel Reading Series in Conjunction with Filling Station Magazine (2015) Member and Volunteer University oF Calgary Consent Awareness and Sexual Education Club (2015-2016) Writer The Gauntlet, University oF Calgary (2013) PUBLICATIONS Select Poetry Since 2013 ! The Gauntlet: “Snapshots oF 17” (2013) —Canada ! WAX Poetry and Art Magazine: “Boa Constrictor” ( 1st Place in Contest 2013) —Canada ! The Snapping Twig: “Skin,” “Cresol,” “FiFteen” (2014)— USA ! NoD Magazine: “Teşekkürler” and “{iii}” (2014) —Canada ! The Birds We Piled Loosely: “Constant,” “Spring,” “Mariam” (2015)—USA ! Fry Your Friends: “Have You Noticed Yet?” (2015)—UK ! Clockwise Cat: Femmewise Cat: “Dissolving,” “Some oF Us” (2015) —USA ! The Boiler Review: “Charlotte,” “Cling” (2015)—USA ! After the Pause: “Still the Girl he Married,” “Skin Signs” (2015)—USA ! Eleventh Transmission: “Wrists,” “Fibre Glass (May 2015)—Canada ! The Murmur House: “Lion” (2015) —Indonesia ! The Ignatian Literary Magazine: “Poor Sister Nazarene” (2015)—USA ! (Parenthetical): “Panic” (2015)— Canada ! Untethered: “Lungs” (2015) — Canada ! Flurt!: “Bikini Body” (2015) — Canada ! Weekly Poem: “Leaving” (2015) —Canada ! s/tick: “Drop,” “Rebecca,” “Dead Birth” (2015)—Canada ! NoD Magazine: “Clatter,” “Vermeer’s Light” (2015)—Canada ! Sharkpack Poetry Review: “Sirenomelia” (2015)—USA ! Human Parts: “This Shining Fever” (2015) —USA ! Best of After the Pause: “Skin Signs” (2015) —USA ! Qwerty Magazine: “Panic” (2015) —Canada ! Petal Journal: “Tricks,” “The Falling Sickness” (2016) —Canada ! Existere: “Dear Julia” (2016)—Canada Vance 4 Select Non-Fiction Since 2014 ! The InkSwell Collective Zine: 3 Articles, 2014 ! Flurt! Magazine (Online and Print): 20 Articles (December 2014-Present) —Canada/USA ! Calgary Senior News: The Sickening Sea (Article 2015) —Canada ! YAKnow Newsletter: The Art oF Success (Article-2014) —Canada ! Grip Magazine: 7 articles 2014-15) —Canada ! Calgary Senior News: 4 articles (2015)—Canada ! Edmonton Senior News: “Elderly, Male, Anorexic (Article) ! Edmonton Women’s Magazine: 2 Articles (Spring 2015) —Canada LANGUAGES French ! Reading, Writing, and Speaking Abilities ! French Immersion High School Diploma, 2012 ! CertiFicate of Oral French Proficiency, 2011 ! CertiFicate of French Language Proficiency From the Explore Quebec Program, 2011 Italian ! Basic conversational abilities and reading/ writing comprehension Vance 5 .