Sebastien Fitch, Phd.

*(2016). Making Sense of Chaos: the Studio Art Critique as Learning Event. 7th Concordia University Art Education Graduate Student Symposium, Montreal.

*(2015). Sketching a Portrait of the Critique. Foundations in Art: Teaching and Education Conference. Indianapolis, Indiana, U.S.A.

*(2015). Critiques, Credits and Credibility. National Art Education Association Convention. New Orleans, U.S.A.

*(2014). Making (up) the Grade. Seminar for Graduate Research in Art Education at NAEA. San Diego, California, U.S.A.

*(2014). Painting as Research. National Art Education Association National Convention. San Diego, California, U.S.A.

*(2014). Into Darkness: Researching Assessment Practices in Higher Education Studio Arts Courses. 5th Concordia University Art Education Graduate Student Symposium.

*(2013). Turning Polemics into Pedagogy. Canadian Society for Education Through Art Annual Conference.  Montreal, Canada.

*(2013). Assessment Practices in Studio Painting. Canadian Society for Education Through Art Annual Graduate Student Conference. Montreal, Canada.

*(2013). Sure It's Art, But Should I Be Teaching It? Art, Censorship, and the Classroom. National Art Education Association National Convention. Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.

*(2013). (with Dr Lorrie Blair). Crossing the Liminal Space: Anxiety and Troublesome Knowledge Among Pre-service Teachers. National Art Education Association National Convention. Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.A.

*(2012). Fearing Art Education: Threshold Concepts and Troublesome Knowledge. Canadian Society for Education Through Art Annual Conference.  Edmonton, Alberta.

*(2012). (with Dr Anita Sinner, Dr Linda Szabad-Smyth, et al.). Community Art Education: An Historical Overview of Practice.  Canadian Society for Education Through Art Annual Conference.  Edmonton, Alberta.

*(2012). Derailing Dewey: A Critical Examination of Social Justice Pedagogy in Art Education. InSEA/USSEA Regional Conference. Indianapolis, USA.

*(2012). (with Dr Lorrie Blair). Neither “Artsy” nor “Education”: Pre-service Teachers and the Paradox of Art Education. Inter-University Visual Arts Education Research Colloquium. Montréal, Canada.

*(2012). (with Dr Linda Szabad-Smyth, Dr Kathleen Vaughan, et al.). Investigating Innovative Teaching in Canada: Community Art Education at Concordia. Inter-University Visual Arts Education Research Colloquium. Montréal, Canada.

*(2011). Art Education and Social Justice.  Canadian Society for Education Through Art Annual Conference.  Fredericton, New Brunswick.

*(2011). Following Giacometti: A Case Study for a New Pedagogy in Art Education. Canadian Society for Education Through Art Conference.  Fredericton, New Brunswick.

*(2011). Politics, Propaganda and Art Education. 3rd Concordia University Art Education Graduate Student Symposium

*(2010). (with Dr Lorrie Blair). Assessing a Subject that can't be Taught: Research on the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning In First Year Drawing Courses. Joint Ontario Society of Education through Art and Canadian Society for Education Through Art Annual Conference. Toronto, Ontario.

*(2010). (with Dr Lorrie Blair). Investigating Drawing Instructors’ Attitudes about Assessment. Inter-University Visual Arts Education Research Colloquium. Montréal, Quebec.

*(2010). (with Arshad Ahmad, Heather Cluley Bar-Or, Scarlet Jory, Maribeth Johnson). A tri-directional pilot study of teaching and learning (SoTL) and assessment of learning practices at Concordia University.

Canadian Society of the Study of Higher Education. Montreal, Quebec.

*(2009). (with Alexandre Page, Zac Kenny). Art Historical Issues in Visual Culture Art Education. 2nd Concordia University Art Education Graduate Student Symposium.