Member Profile

Get over writer's block, explore STEAM topics (math, science, arts), try free-style skiing , meet some rot-ten dragons and some teacup pups, participate in a word hockey game, or go for a rhythmic, rollicking walk! In her educational and interactive presentations, Kari-Lynn Winters (an award-winning author and drama/literacy professor) collaborates with teachers in order to explore how to bring reading and writing off the page for students. Rather than occupying the traditional space of presentation (e.g., students listen quietly while the author speaks), her author visits are re-imagined as interactive spaces for mentorship between author and child. Audiences negotiate what it means to be an author by participating in story building, exploring the power of imagination, identifying the joy of generating ideas, and by asking questions. Kari-Lynn's creative and dynamic 50 minute presentations include visuals, puppets, songs, and dramatic play, as well as readings from her published and soon-to-be-published books and magazine stories. She believes that books and stories provide boundless spaces where authors and readers can come together to explore literacy strategies, social justice issues, sports, science or mathematics concepts, and most of all—imagination!

Dr. Winters is also an associate professor at Brock University, teaching in the fields of Arts Education and Literacy Education. She is available for Conference presentations, keynote speeches, and art, STEAM, or literacy workshops.