Academic Teaching Positions

2022 - present | Sessional Instructor, Indigenous Visual Culture, OCAD University

2022 - present | Contract Lecturer, Fashion at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University

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Courses Taught

FS 8004 MA Studio Workshop I (Graduate) Fashion at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University (Winter 2024)

INVC 3003 Materials and Methods: Beadwork, Indigenous Visual Culture, OCAD University (Winter 2022, 2023 & 2024)

FMF 240 Indigenous Craft Practices, Fashion at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University (Winter 2022 & 2024)

FSN 303 Design Thinking, Process and Methods, Fashion at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University (Winter 2023)

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Academic Administrative Positions

2022 - 2023 | Coordinator of Saagajiwe, centre for participation, action, and research in Indigenous creative practice, The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University

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Publications

Woods, J., Granados, F-F., Gauntlett, D. (2023). Refram-ing, embodying, and in-betweening: A conversation about experiences of doing practice-based research and research-creation in N. Alvarez and G. Sporton (eds.) The Art of Making: Methods that Work for 
Art-making as Research Enquiry. Scene. https://doi-org.ezproxy.lib.torontomu.ca/10.1386/scene_00054_1

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Woods, J. & Zeller, F. (2023). Qualitative Research Quality in Social Media Research in U. Flick (ed.) The SAGE Handbook of Qualitative Research Quality. Sage Publications, Inc. (In press)

 

Woods, J. (2022). Breathing Universe: A decolonial pedagogical praxis toward ethical eco-systems of knowledge. Pathways: The Ontario Journal of Outdoor Education, Special Issue: Learning Through the More-Than-Human, Part 1.

 

Mills, P., Woods, J. (2023). Beading Is Medicine: Beading as Therapeutic and Decolonial Practice. In: Filippello, R., Parkins, I. (eds) Fashion and Feeling. Palgrave Studies in Fashion and the Body. Palgrave Macmillan, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-19100-8_7

 

Woods, J. (2022). “I Love You as Much as all the Beads in the Universe: A Garment-Based Inquiry into Re-Stitching Alternative Worlds of Love.” Fashioning Resurgence, special issue of Fashion Studies, (1) (1), 1-26, https://doi.org/10.38055/FR010101

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Exhibitions

2024 | Labours of Love, group exhibition curated by Rachel Deiterding, MacLaren Arts Centre, February 16 - May 19, 2024

2023 | parafutures: storying between fragments, group exhibition curated by Nina Bakan, Fifty Fifty Arts Collective, June 1 - 23, 2023

2022 | Homecoming, group exhibition curated by Erin Szikora, Art Gallery of Guelph, September 14 - December 31, 2022

2022 | I love you as much as all the beads in the universe: a garment-based inquiry into re-stitching alternative worlds of love, solo exhibition at Quest Art Gallery, April 24 - July 3, 2022

2022 | Across time, across the table, across the bay, Between Pheasants Contemporary (solo exhibition), April - May 2022

2022 | Shared Terrain, Group Exhibition presented by DesignTO, February - March 2022

2021 | The Crow and the Salmon Live Everywhere, group exhibition presented as part of Traversal Residency Series co-presented in partnership with the Public Visualization Lab and Trinity Square Video; funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council, November - December 2021

2021 | I love you as much as all the beads in the universe: a garment-based inquiry into re-stitching alternative worlds of love, Master of Design Thesis Exhibition (online) hosted by Quest Art Gallery

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Awards

2023 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Canadian Graduate Scholarship, Doctoral (CGS-D)

2023 | Graduate Development Award, Yeates School of Graduate Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University

2022 | Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), Doctoral Fellowship

2022 | Graduate Development Award, Yeates School of Graduate Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University
2022 | CREation Youth Empowerment Stream Funding Grant for the Beading Circle
2021 | Graduate Development Award, Yeates School of Graduate Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University
2021 | Ontario Graduate Scholarship (OGS)
2021 | Toronto Metropolitan University Graduate Fellowship, Yeates School of Graduate Studies, Toronto Metropolitan University
2021 | IAMD Award: Community Engagement, Graduate Studies, OCAD University
2021 | SIF Grant for the Beading Circle, Toronto Metropolitan University
2020 | SIF Grant for the Beading Circle, Toronto Metropolitan University
2020 | Graduate Research Travel Grant, Graduate Studies, OCAD University
2019 | SIF Grant for The Beading Circle, Toronto Metropolitan University
2019 | The Delaney Family Foundation Scholarship, OCAD University
2019 | Canadian Arts and Fashion Awards, Simons Fashion Design Student Award Nomination
2019 | Indspire Building Brighter Futures Award
2017 | Allan J. Chindemi Award, Fashion at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University
2017 | Jack C. Lebowitz Award for Excellence in Menswear, Fashion at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University
2017 | Top 8 Finalist, Danier Leather Competition, Fashion at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University

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Graduate / Teaching Assistantships

2023 | FFS 120 Fashion and Race, Tutorial Leader, Fashion at the Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University

2022 | FSN 303 Design Thinking Process and Methods, Tutorial Leader, Fashion at the Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University

2021 | FSN 525 Indigenous Fashion, Tutorial Leader, Fashion at the Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University

2021 | VISC 1002 Tutorial Leader (Winter), Faculty of Art and Science and School of Interdisciplinary Studies, OCAD University
2020 | INVC 2003 Marker/Grader (Fall), Indigenous Visual Culture, OCAD University
2020 | VISC 1002 (Winter), Tutorial Leader, Faculty of Art and Science and School of Interdisciplinary Studies, OCAD University

2019 | VISC 1001 (Fall), Tutorial Leader, Faculty of Art and Science and School of Interdisciplinary Studies, OCAD University

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Research Assistantships

2021 - 2023 | Research Assistant under Professor Frauke Zeller, Global Journalism Innovation Project, Toronto Metropolitan University

2020-21 | Research Assistant under Graduate Program Director Peter Morin, OCAD University

2020 | Research Assistant for Contingencies of Care virtual residency co-hosted by OCAD University, University of British Columbia Okanagan, BUSHGallery and Toronto Biennial of Art

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Academic Committees and University Service

2024 - present | Equity Action Council, The Dean’s Office at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University

2023 - present | Equity, Community, and Inclusion Steering Committee, The Dean’s Office at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University

2021 | Independent Study Project Advisor for CVSW 932 Aboriginal Knowledges in Practice, The G. Raymond Chang School of Continuing Education, Toronto Metropolitan University

2020 - present | Indigenous Fashion Support Program Mentor, Fashion Zone, Toronto Metropolitan University

2019 - present | Lead Facilitator and Organizer of The Beading Circle, Toronto Metropolitan University

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Conference Presentations

2023 | "I am moved and changed by the works you’ve shared with me," Closing Discussion with Peter Morin and Nicole Neidhardt, Guiding Bonds Symposium, OCAD University

2023 | "Re-stitching as method," Thinking Through Making Symposium, Brighton University

2022 | "Re-stitching as method: Garment making as a transformative method of research-creation," Parallaxes: Navigating perspectives in research-creation, SORCE un-conference, Toronto Metropolitan University

2022 | "Shifting Sentiment; Author Gender In Explanatory Journalism Articles On Ai, Technology and Robotics During The First Wave of The Covid-19 Pandemic," Lauren Dwyer, Justine Woods & Frauke Zeller, Canadian Communication Association
2021 | "Beading and its Relationship to Community, Grief, and Love," Dying with Dignity Canada
2020 | "Sovereign Territorialities: Unperforming the Colonial in Institutions, the Land and Settler Imagery," Universities Art Association of Canada, Simon Fraser University
2019 | "One Bead at a Time: A Journey of Reclaiming Space," Toronto Metropolitan University Learning and Teaching Conference, Toronto Metropolitan University

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Guest Lectures and Artist Talks

2022 & 2023 | Ancestor Material Culture and the Archive, FFS 511 Fashion and Material Culture, Fashion at the Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University

2022 & 2023 | Artist Lecture, FFS 402 Fashion and Modernity, Fashion at the Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University

2023 | Artist Lecture and Visit, Blyth Academy Lawrence Park

2022 | Indigenous Design Theory and Methods, IDE 501 Special Topics, Ways of Knowing, School of Interior Design, Toronto Metropolitan University 

2022 | Artist Lecture, CRI 780 Your Creative Self, Creative Industries, Toronto Metropolitan University

2022 | Indigenous Internationalism, Intercultural Solidarity and Decolonial Love, CMN 443 Intercultural Communication, Toronto Metropolitan University

2022 | Artist Lecture and Visit, Art Lecture Series, Student Art Alliance, SUNY New Paltz 

2021 | Artist Lecture, CRI 780 Your Creative Self, Creative Industries, Toronto Metropolitan University 

2020 | Indigenous Beadwork: Histories and Contemporary Practices, School of Performance, Toronto Metropolitan University

2020 | Thinking through decolonial design methods, brand identity and purpose as Indigenous fashion designers, Fashion Zone, Toronto Metropolitan University

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Panel Discussions

2023 | Fashion Futurities, Textiles Musem of Canada

2023 | Within and Without: Shaping our future homeland for Métis arts, Shushkitew Collective, National Gallery of Canada

2022 | Craftship/Kinship (ICCA panel organizer & moderator) Shifting Ground Symposium co-hosted by Craft Ontario and Harbourfront Centre

2022 | Fashioning Resurgence Special Issue: Authors Panel Fashion Studies

2022 | Art as a Business: Exploring Métis Culture through Creation, Métis Youth Conference

2022 | Sartorial Sovereignty: Indigenous Governance Models for Fashion, Indigenous Fashion Arts Festival

2021 | Paving the Path in the Indigenous Creative Industries Fashion Zone, Toronto Metropolitan University

2020 | Beading Table Discussions: Resurgent Practices Indigenous Fashion Arts in partnership with Fashioning Resurgence

2020 | Cultural Appropriation in the Arts, SUNY New Paltz Graduate Studies, State University of New York

2020| Beading Circles in Colonial Institutions, Toronto Metropolitan University Powwow Education Week, Toronto Metropolitan University

2020 | BIPOC Entrepreneurship in Fashion, Fashion at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University (2020)

2019 | Fashioning Reconciliation, Toronto Metropolitan University

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Workshops

2023 | Moccasin Pattern Workshop, Nigig Residency, Indigenous Visual Culture Program, OCAD University

2023 | manidomin/mnaadendiwin, Beading Workshop, Rural Ontario Medical Program

2022 | TD Community Sunday: Stitching Alternative Futures, Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA)

2022 | Indigenous Beading Workshop Series, Neilson Park Creative Centre

2021 | Moccasin Making Workshop Series, Nigig Residency, Indigenous Visual Culture Program, OCAD University

2021 | Moccasin Making Workshop Series, TYRMC Summer Workshop Series (virtual), Toronto Regional York Métis Council

2021 | Moccasin Making Workshop Series, ABCentre Summer Program, Aboriginal Community Campus and Neeginan College of Applied Technology

2021 | Artist Visit and Pattern Making Workshop, Nigig Residency, Indigenous Visual Culture Program, OCAD University

2021 | Beading Workshop (virtual), Awaken Festival, Gwaandak Theatre

2021 | Beading Workshop (virtual), A Decolonizing Activation Conference, York University

2021 | Beading Workshop (virtual) with MA students, Fashion at the Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University

2020 - 2021 | Moccasin Making Workshop Series (virtual), Indigenous Student Association, York University

2020 | Beading Workshop, Rural Ontario Medical Program 
2018 - 2020 | Manitobah Mukluks Storyboot School Instructor, Bata Shoe Museum

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Curatorial Work

2022 | I love you as much as all the beads in the universe: a garment-based inquiry into re-stitching alternative worlds of love, solo exhibition at Quest Art Gallery

Forthcoming 2025 | Testimonio, featuring the work of Cathrine Blackburn and Marilyn Boror Bor co-curated by Justine Woods and Maya Juracan at the Textile Museum of Canada

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Professional Juries

2022 | Galeries Ontario / Ontario Galleries (GOG) Awards Juror

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Runway Presentations

2018 | Swarovski International Runway Presentation, Graduate Fashion Week, London UK 

2018 | Mass Exodus Curated Runway Presentation, Fashion at The Creative School, Toronto Metropolitan University

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