Luella Jonk

PhD, MSc,RSLP (C), CPC

305 Kingston CrescentEmail:

Winnipeg, ManitobaTelephone: 1-204-771-7650

R3T 0T5, CanadaFax: 1-204-219-8364

Professional Experience

1997-2013Luella Jonk Consulting

Director/Owner of Private Practice

Providing speech/language therapy to adults and children.

Self-Publishing Author: Authored Speak, Read, & Spell book series(Articulation, Language, Literacy and Accent Modification).

Software developer/designer: Created Speak, Read, & Spell E-learning platform, which includes Articulation, Language, Literacy and Accent Modification modules for web-conferencing and instruction. See

Educator: Sessional instructor.

Brandon University, University of Manitoba.

Counselor: WCB, MPIC, Compensation for Victims of Crime Program, and various EAP Programs: Providing counseling to adolescents/adults suffering from anxiety, depression, adjustment disorders, and social skills deficits related to speech/language disorders.

Teaching & Training

2013University of Brandon, Faculty of Education, Graduate Studies & Field Research

Sessional Instructor: Courses: 4:706 Theory and Practice of Standardized Assessment, 4:761 Assessment in Special Education, 4:773 Language Acquisition and Communication Disorders

2008-2009University of Manitoba, Faculty of Education, Administration, Foundations

and Psychology

Sessional Instructor: Course: Teaching Through Alternative and Augmentative Communication.

2008-2009Fulfilled the CHET program requirement for teaching, including development of a teaching plan, a student learning assessment, self-, student- and faculty-supervisor evaluations, and a statement of the individual's philosophy of education.

2008-2009MB Centre for Health Policy, Department of Family Medicine, Researcher.

2008-2009Winnipeg Regional Health Authority

Instructor: Rehabilitation Assistant Course (speech pathology component)

1997Trainer/Co-Developer

Co-developed a Speech-Language Assistant course for Aboriginal Teaching Assistants and provided hands-on training to become Speech-Language Assistants.

1997-presentSupervisor/Mentor:Provided supervision of 7 provisional speech-language pathologists while employees of my private practice.

1995-1996Sessional Instructor

Rehabilitation Assistant Training Course,South Winnipeg Technical College

Education

2009 (June)Ph.D. (Interdisciplinary)University of Manitoba

Departments of Education, Psychology, Linguistics, Nursing.

Dissertation Title: ‘Cross–cultural influences regarding language acquisition and the value of talk: Perspectives of Aboriginal and Western Caregivers’.

Research Related Courses: 17.836 Developmental Research Methods, 17.842 Quantitative Research Methods, 49.721 Qualitative Research Methods, 503 Statistics

2008Earned Certificate in Higher Education and Training (CHET)

1995Masters of Science, Communication Sciences and Disorders

Missouri State University

Thesis Title:The effects of background noise on the memory abilities of individuals with head injury.

Awards

2007Northern Scientific Training Program (NSTP) Grant

Received from Indian and Northern Affairs Canada

2007Aboriginal Capacity and Developmental Research Environments Graduate Fellowship (ACADRE) Award.

Received from the Centre for Aboriginal Health Research, U of M

Peer-Reviewed Publications

Jonk, L. (2008). How do young children learn language: Perspectives of Aboriginal and Western mothers. First Nations Perspectives: The Journal of the Manitoba First Nations Education Resource Centre, 1, 74-97.

Jonk, L. & Enns, C. (Spring, 2009). Using culturally appropriate methodology to explore Dene mothers’ views on language facilitation. Canadian Journal of Speech Language Pathology and Audiology, 33(1), 34-44.

Jonk, L. (2009). Using a Western based survey to gather cultural perspectives of Dene mothers in northern Manitoba. First Peoples Child & Family Review Journal, 4(2), 74-81.

Jonk, L. (2009).Aboriginal mothers’ perspectives on how children acquire language. Journal of the Manitoba Educational Research Network, 3, 35-44.

Conference Presentations

Dissertation:

  • Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers Conference, Winnipeg, April 2013
  • 9th Annual National Gathering of Graduate Students in Aboriginal Health, Dalhousie University, June 2009
  • The Manitoba Education Research Network (MERN) Fall Forum on Success for Aboriginal Students: What works, Brandon University, November 2008.
  • 8th Annual National Gathering of Graduate Students in Aboriginal Health, Laval University, Quebec, June 2008. Aboriginal Education Research Forum, Winnipeg, MB, May 7 - 9, 2008.
  • Aboriginal Education Research Forum, Winnipeg, MB, May 7 - 9, 2008.

Complete list available upon request.

Papers:

  • ‘Research Practices in Aboriginal Communities in Canada: Ethical Considerations’ presented at the Education Graduate Student Symposium 2007 and accepted for publication on-line.
  • Research Practices in Aboriginal Communities in Canada: Ethical Considerations’ "Redefining Borders ",Annual Centre for Refugee Studies Graduate Student Conference, May 3-4, 2007, York University, Toronto, Canada.

Professional Development

The Fundamentals & More of EAP/EFAP (Claire Sutton, M.A., RCC, CEAP) May/June 2012

The Art of Conducting a Comprehensive Assessment (Claire Sutton) Yearly

Institute of Language & Phonology, Compton P-ESL Accent Modification, November 2011

Cybercounselling, Level 1,University of Toronto, December 2011

The Grant Institute, Grants 101: Professional Grant Proposal Writing, University of Ottawa.

TESL Core Certification 1991, EEC, Brussels, Belgium

Complete list available upon request.

Affiliations

Advisory Committee for the National Online Conference for EAL/ESL Professionals (NOCAC)

Speech-Language and Audiology Canada (SAC)

College of Audiologists and Speech-Language Pathologists of Manitoba (CASLPM)

Manitoba Writers’ Guild

Teaching English as a Second Language (TESOL) Association

Professional Association of Christian Counselors and Psychotherapists (PACCP)

References

Letters of references will be sent by request.