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Joanne LeBlanc-Haley
Fredericton, NB
Email: je.leblanc51@gmail.com
Phone: 506 292 3411
As a teacher, administrator and adjunct professor with a creative spirit, Joanne always has a story ready for the telling. Though out her career, stories have always been with her, ready to be drawn on wherever and whenever she was working with children, university students, teachers or community groups.
She has told stories and taught the art of storytelling in Bhutan, China, St. Lucia, United States and Canada. Wherever she works it is not only the telling of stories, but the finding of stories that is a passion; there are always storytellers to be met, tales to be heard and lessons to be learnt.
Stories have been a constant joy throughout Joanne’s life. Her father, a military man, told stories and recited poetry for the whole family as they travelled to various postings in Canada and Germany. Her zeal for stories and words were further developed and encouraged by her mother who read the traditional bedtime stories packed with “good versus evil” as well as doses of fantasy and imagery. Her daughter and husband also shared the love of language and could be caught reading and reciting the poems of Edward Lear.
Joanne’s thesis for her PhD centred on oral language development and finding the spaces for storytelling in classrooms. She has published a curriculum guide for teachers and contributes to storytelling in education by including it as a component in her literacy courses for pre-service teachers. She is also a published author of children’s book including Fiddleheads and Sidney, the Grade Three Mouse. Joanne looks forward to a future with new and old friends and old and new stories.
