Heather has taught in the English Department at Queen’s since 2014, after almost a decade of teaching at Carleton University. A comparatist by training, she works in the areas of Canadian, Quebecois, Indigenous and Diaspora literatures. Her publications include work on the literary road narrative; studies of space, place and sovereignty; literary nationalism; and comparative studies. She is currently working on an internal SSHRC funded project entitled “How to Be at Home in Canada: Literary Land Claims in Indigenous and Diaspora Texts,” and is deeply engaged in demonstrating the relevance and impact of stories and literary production in all areas of contemporary society.
DIGITAL BOOK. The road trip genre, well established in the literatures of Canada, is a natural outcome of the nation’s obsession with geography. Divided Highways examines road narratives by Anglo-Canadian, Québécois and Indigenous authors and the sense of place and nationhood in these communities.
