Research

Publications

Articles & Book Chapters

Loewen Walker, R., Bergen, J., Fayant-McLeod, T., Marshall, K., & All My Relations. (June, 2024). Choosing to stay: Building a future for gender-diverse people in Saskatchewan through stories of hope and belonging. Gender & Society, 38(3), 351-378. doi.org/10.1177/08912432241252617

Bergen, J., Hantke, R., & St. Denis, V. (2023). Contemporary approaches and challenges in anti-racist teacher education. In R. J. Tierney, F. Rizvi, & K. Erikan (Eds.), International Encyclopedia of Education (4th Ed., pp. 414-426). Elsevier. 

Fayant-McLeod, T., Bergen, J., Loewen Walker, R., Yacishyn, C., & +Bird, N. (December, 2022). ‘So they know we’re here’: The Trans Sask community report. Trans Sask Support Services. https://www.transsask.ca/research/community-report/

McLean, L. R., Tippett, C. D., Bergen, J., & Baroud, J. (2021). Social studies, science, and civics: Teacher education and citizen science in the 21st century. Alberta Journal of Educational Research, Winter, 67(4), 372-396.

Bergen, J., Cook, S. A., & McLean, L. (2020). Critical global citizenship education in Canada, England, and the United States: Interrogating (in)justice and self-reflexivity in teacher education programs. In D. Schugurensky & C. Wolhuter (Eds.), Global citizenship education and teacher education: International perspectives and practices (pp. 45-63). Florence, KY: Routledge.

McLean, L., Bergen, J., Truong-White, H., Rottman, J., & Glithero, L. (2017). Far from apathetic: Canadian youth identify the support they need to speak about and act on issues. Citizenship, Teaching, and Learning, 12(1), 91-108.

Bergen, J. (2016). Critical intervention: Exploring Next Up’s pedagogical practices. Our Schools/Our Selves, 25(4), 137-144.

Bergen, J. & Nelson, V. (2015). Youth organizing youth: 3 lessons learned from Generating Momentum. Of Land and Living Skies: A Community Journal on Place, Land, and Learning, Summer, 2015, 15-18.

Bergen, J. & McLean, L. R. (2014). Students as citizens: Conceptions of citizenship in a social studies curriculum. Transnational Curriculum Inquiry, 11(2), 1-24.

Invited Contributions

Bergen, J., Gelech, J., Horowitz, S., Forrester, S., Squires, V., & de Barros, A. C. (2022, January 18). Should university instructors disclose mental health conditions? It’s complicated. The Conversation. 

Bergen, J. (2020, September 18). Meritocracy and the cultivation of land/racism on the ‘Canadian’ Prairies: considerations for teachers. Environmental History Now.

Bergen, J. (2020, January). ‘Stone Butch Blues’, teaching, and home. Overdue Podcast.

Bergen, J., & Nelson, V. (2015, June). Youth organizing youth: Three lessons learned from Generating Momentum. Of Land and Living Skies: A Community Journal on Place, Land, and Learning, Summer, 15-18.

Academic & Teaching Honours

2021 – Canadian Association for Teacher Education – Dissertation Award, Teacher Education 

2020 – Nominated – Governor General’s Gold Medal Award (Doctoral Thesis)

2019 – Letter of Commendation for Teaching Evaluations, Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa

2015 – Outstanding Graduate Paper Award, Citizenship Education Research Network (CERN)

2015 – CSSE President’s Spotlight Presentation

2014 – CBC Saskatchewan Future 40 Winner

2011 – IPAC Thought Leadership Award in Public Administration

Invited Talks & Guest Lectures

Bergen, J. (October 25, 2024). Combatting Heteronormativity with Queer Literacy: Resources for Teaching 2SLGBTQIA+ Content in Elementary School. Two-hour invited talk. Strengthening the Status Queer: A Leadership Symposium For and By Queer People, Red River College, Winnipeg, MB.

Bergen, J. (March 14, 2023). Creating 2SLGBTQ+ Supportive Classrooms. Two-hour guest lecture/workshops in ECUR 383: Social Studies Methods in the Early Years. Instructor: K. Kobylak.

Bergen, J. (March 15, 2023). Creating 2SLGBTQ+ Supportive Classrooms. Two-hour guest lecture/workshops in ECUR 383: Social Studies Methods in the Early Years. Instructor: C. Dubylak.

Bergen, J., & McIver, K. (2022). Creating 2SLGBTQ+ supportive schools. Presentation to the Saskatchewan Principals’ Short Course, Saskatchewan Educational Leadership Unit, Saskatoon, Canada. 

Bergen, J. (2018, December). Grounded theory & critical discourse analysis: Data analysis with/out conceptual frameworks. Presentation at the Education Graduate Students Association ‘Minds on the Move’ event, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.

Bergen, J. (2018, October). Teaching controversial issues in history education.Invited talk/workshop in PED 3183: Teaching History at the Intermediate Division course. Professor: Dr. Heather McGregor.

Bergen, J. (2017, November). Justice-oriented civic education: Critical initiatives in Canadian teacher education programs. Presentation of research to the Critical Research Collective, Ottawa, ON.

Bergen, J. (2017, March). When ‘soft’ spots reinforce injustice: The hard task of critical citizenship education in teacher certification programs. Presentation of research to the Critical Research Collective, Ottawa, ON.

Bergen, J. (2016, October). Student-driven history: Critical incidents as inclusive pedagogy. Invited talk/workshop in PED 3183: Teaching History at the Intermediate Division course. Professor: Dr. Lorna McLean.

Bergen, J. (2014, June). Stacking Chairs for Change. Public lecture at TEDx Regina, Regina, Saskatchewan.

Conference Presentations

International

Bergen, J., & Croteau, T. (March, 2023). Post-secondary students’ perceptions of instructors who disclose their mental illness: Implications for classroom pedagogy [Paper presentation]. Council on Nursing and Anthropology (CONNA), Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Cincinnati, OH.

Croteau, T., Bergen, J., Gelech, J., & de Barros, C. (March, 2023). The impact of post-secondary instructors’ mental illness disclosures on undergraduate students’ perceptions and academic outcomes [Paper presentation]. Council on Nursing and Anthropology (CONNA), Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Cincinnati, OH.

de Barros, A. C., Gelech, J., Bergen, J., & Croteau, T. (March, 2023). Mental illness in academia: Current understandings and future directions [Paper presentation]. Council on Nursing and Anthropology (CONNA), Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Cincinnati, OH.

Gulka, E., Bergen, J., & Gelech, J. (March, 2023). Academia and mental illness: An exploration of the risks associated with disclosure [Paper presentation]. Council on Nursing and Anthropology (CONNA), Annual Meeting of the Society for Applied Anthropology (SfAA), Cincinnati, OH.

Bergen, J. (2021, April). Anti-racism and civic education: White teacher candidates’ re-inscription of settler colonialism in Canadian teacher education. American Educational Research Association (AERA).

Bergen, J. (2019, November). Skills for global citizenship in settler-colonial contexts: Canadian teacher candidates’ civic and anti-oppressive pedagogical development. Paper presented at the International Association for Intercultural Education Conference (IAIEC), Amsterdam, Netherlands. 

Bergen, J. (2019, June). Civic education in settler colonial contexts: Civic, social justice, and anti-racist pedagogical development in Canadian teacher education programs. Paper presented at the Youth Activism, Engagement and the Development of New Civic Learning Spaces Conference, Budapest, Hungary.

Bergen, J., McLean, L., Truong-White, H., Rottman, J. & Glithero, L. (2015, May). Youth civic identities: cultivating spaces for engagement through campaigns, social media, and arts-based competencies. Paper presented at the International Association for the Advancement of Curriculum Studies (IAACS), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.

National

Zyznomirski, S., Gelech, J., & Bergen, J. (June, 2024). Coping with Mental Illness in the Workplace: Experiences of Postsecondary Instructors in Canadian Higher Education Institutions. [Snapshot session]. Canadian Psychological Association 85th Annual National Convention, Ottawa, ON, Canada.

de Barros, C. & Bergen, J. (June, 2023). Mentor, teacher, advocate, academic: The roles academics with mental illnesses play [Paper presentation]. Canadian Psychological Association 84th Annual National Convention, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Gulka, E., Gelech, J., & Bergen, J. (June, 2023). Risks and burdens of instructors disclosing personal experiences of mental illness in post-secondary classrooms [Paper presentation]. Canadian Psychological Association 84th Annual National Convention, Toronto, ON, Canada.  

Squires, V., Bergen, J., Forrester, S., & Jaunzems Fernuk, J. (June, 2023). I didn’t know that! Learning from colleagues in our SoTL journey [Paper presentation]. Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, Charlottetown, PEI, Canada. 

Bergen, J., Gillies, C., Davis, C., & St. Denis, V. (May, 2023). Impacts of anti-racist professional development on teacher candidates’ racial literacy and commitment to anti-racist education [Paper presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada.  

Gillies, C., Davis, C., Bergen, J., & St. Denis, V. (May, 2023). Countering Whiteness as property in anti-racist teacher education professional development [Paper presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Gelech, J., Horwitz, S., Croteau, T., Bergen, J., de Barros, C. (November, 2022). Checkboxes and moral conundrums: Professors with mental illness reflect on campus diversity, equity, and inclusion initiatives [Paper presentation]. Symposium for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Banff, AB, Canada. 

Bergen, J., de Barros, C., Croteau, T., Gelech, J., & Horwitz, S. (November, 2022). Relational pedagogy and mental health: Disclosing mental illness in the classroom [Paper presentation]. Symposium for the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Banff, AB, Canada. 

Horwitz, S., Croteau, T., Bergen, J., & Gelech, J. (November, 2022). Mental illness disclosure: Preliminary findings on how and why professors disclose mental illness to their students [Paper presentation]. Symposium for Scholarship of Teaching and Learning, Banff, AB, Canada.  

Bergen, J. (2021, June). Anti-racism, social justice, and civic education: Teacher candidates’ pedagogical development in two Canadian teacher education programs. Paper presented at the Canadian Association for Teacher Education annual conference, CSSE.

Bergen, J. (2020, May). Anti-racism, social justice, and civic education: Teacher candidates’ pedagogical development in two Canadian teacher education programs. Paper accepted at the Canadian Association for Teacher Education annual conference, CSSE, Western University, London, ON. (Conference cancelled).

McLean, L., Tippett, C., Bergen, J., & Baroud, J. (2018, May). Social studies, science, and civics: Teacher education and Citizen Science in the 21st century. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, University of Regina, Regina, SK. 

McLean, L., Bergen, J., Baroud, J., & Rottmann, J. (2017, May). Civic and electoral participation: Insights into the issues, supports, and projects important to Canadian youth. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON.

McLean, L., Bergen, J., Baroud, J., & Crowe, T. (2017, May). Canada’s Democracy Week: Let’s Talk Teacher Needs. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON.

Bergen, J., McLean, L., Truong-White, H., Glithero, L. & Rottman, J. (2016, May). Student Teachers’ Civic Development: Community Service-learning in Teacher Education Programs. Paper presented at the Canadian Alliance for Community Service Learning, Calgary, AB. 

Bergen, J. (2015, June). The impassioned spirit is never neutral: Critical pedagogy and youth democratic participation. Paper presented at the Citizenship Education Research Network (CERN), Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.

Truong-White, H., McLean, L., Bergen, J., Rottman, J., & Glithero, L. (2015, June). Becoming civics educators and actors: Teacher candidates and community service learning. Paper presented at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE), University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.

Alibhai, S., Bergen, J. & McPherson, H. (2013). Good practices in public engagement: A toolkit from the field.Paper presented at the meeting of the Canadian Association for the Study of International Development Annual Conference, Victoria, BC.

Bergen, J. & McLean, L. (2013). In times like these: The poetry of global citizenship in two provincial curricula.Paper presented at the Provoking Curriculum Studies Conference, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON.