Framed as a book club and speaker series, TWP Speaks brings educators and scholars together in conversation. A select group of TWP members will read and discuss the author’s book in an exclusive Q&A session following the lecture. Register here: https://oise-utoronto.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZEuduiorDooGtNb_nUe7OT6KAxgZ_UdNe1Y

Dr. Elizabeth Dutro is a Professor of Education, specializing in the area of literacy. Her research has investigated literacy education from children’s experiences in high-poverty classrooms to the accountability policies in reading and writing that impact those experiences. Her book The Vulnerable Heart of Literacy: Centering Trauma as Powerful Pedagogy was published in 2019 by Teachers College Press.