MEDIA & PUBLICATIONS
Written Publications
Runstedler, Yvonne, "From the Invisible Man to Cozy Closets: Gender Diverse Student Narratives in Ontario Catholic Schools" (2024). Theses and Dissertations (Comprehensive). 2660. https://scholars.wlu.ca/etd/2660
Runstedler, Yvonne, 2024. “We Heard you at AGM: Gender and Sexuality Resources.” Catholic Teacher Magazine, May 2024.
Runstedler, Yvonne, 2024. “Addressing Polarization: Pope Francis and The Synod on Synodality.” Catholic Teacher Magazine, February 2024.
Runstedler, Yvonne, 2023. “Dispelling Stereotypes in our relationship with God: Part 2.” Catholic Teacher Magazine: November 2023.
Runstedler, Yvonne, 2022: “Knocking Down Temple Walls: How the Gospel of Luke Teaches us to Challenge the Status Quo.”
Catholic Teacher Magazine: June 2022, 28-30.
Runstedler, Yvonne (2021). “Unlearning Everything: Anti-Racist Education in the COVID-19 Context.” Leaders & Learners: The official Magazine of the Canadian Association of School System Administrators. Winter 2020-2021, 20-22.
Runstedler, Yvonne & Capovilla, Brian (2020). “Creating Student Upstanders: A Collaboration with unlearn.” Leaders & Learners: The official Magazine of the Canadian Association of School System Administrators. Summer 2020, 16-18.
Macleod, Derek J.; Sadewa, Agus B.; Arthur, Ruth Ann; Collins, Kelly L.; Hand-Breckenridge, Tracey L.; Runstedler, Yvonne; and Van Hooren, Kellie A. (2014) "The Balance of Fairness in Family Relations: A Contextual Family Therapy Case Study," Consensus: Vol. 35: Iss. 2, Article 6.
Workshop Facilitation
IN-PERSON
June 7th, 2024. Yvonne Runstedler & James Dixon. Full-Day Workshop for GSA leads, GSA student-participants & Guidance Counsellors on Intersectionality, Theology, and the Coming Out Process. Wellington Catholic District School Board. Full Day. Audience 30.
May 23, 2024. Yvonne Runstedler & James Dixon. Workshop for Dufferin-Peel Elementary & Secondary OECTA members on Our Call to Love: 2SLGBTQIA+ Students in Catholic Schools. 2 hours. Audience 20.
April 20th, 2024. Yvonne Runstedler. Panellist for Dufferin-Peel OECTA Secondary Unit Diversity Advisory Board Sharing Space. 2 hours. Audience 30.
April 9th, 2024. Yvonne Runstedler & James Dixon. Facilitator for York Catholic Teachers’ Association Representatives Training on 2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion, Theology & Intersectionality. 1 hour. Audience 120.
May 1st, 2024. Yvonne Runstedler & James Dixon. Full-Day Workshop for Wellington Catholic Child & Youth Workers, and GSA Leads on Our Call to Love: 2SLGBTQIA+ Students in Catholic Schools. Full-Day. Audience 30.
February 2, 2024. Yvonne Runstedler & James Dixon. Workshop for St. James Catholic High School Teachers, Guelph ON on Intersectionality, Theology and the Coming Out Process. 3 Hours. Audience 20.
December 21st, 2024. Yvonne Runstedler & James Dixon. Workshop for Secondary GSA Leads on Intersectionality, Theology and the Coming out Process. Full Day. Audience 10.
September 28, 2023. Yvonne Runstedler & James Dixon. Our Call to Love: 2SLGBTQIA+ Students in Catholic Schools. Workshop for Diocese of Hamilton’s From Information to Transformation School Board Educators. Two hours. Audience 25.
September 22, 2023. Yvonne Runstedler & James Dixon. Our Call to Love: 2SLGBTQIA+ Students in Catholic Schools. Workshop for Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board’s Faith Development Day. Audience: 25.
February 24th, March 30th, April 27th 2023. Yvonne Runstedler & James Dixon with Tamara Nugent. "Supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ Students in Catholic Schools.” Waterloo Catholic District School Board. Training for Principals and Vice Principals. 3 full days. Audience 80.
January 31st, 2023. Yvonne Runstedler & James Alec Dixon. “Called to Love: 2SLGBTQIA+ Students in Catholic Schools.” Halton Catholic District School Board. Presentation to leadership candidates. 1 full day. Audience 80.
September-December 2022, Yvonne Runstedler, Instructor. “Equity & Diversity in Schools.” Wilfrid Laurier University. Required course for all Year 2 Bachelor of Education Students in the Faculty of Education. Taught two sections @ 0.25 credit each. Classes of 40 each.
Monday, January 16th, 2023. Yvonne Runstedler & James Alec Dixon. “Called to Love: 2SLGBTQIA+ Students in Catholic Schools: Case Studies and Specific Contexts.” Bruce Grey Catholic District School Board Office, Hanover, ON. Presentations to Principals, Vice-Principals, SW, CYWs, Chaplains, Faith Ambassadors, Librarians. 1 full day. Audience 60.
Friday, December 2nd, 2022. Yvonne Runstedler & James Alec Dixon. “Called to Love: 2SLGBTQIA+ Students in Catholic Schools.” Region 3, Southern Ontario Superintendents and Directors meeting, Four Points Sheraton, London, ON. Half-day. Audience 12.
Thursday, November 3rd, 2022. Yvonne Runstedler & James Alec Dixon. “Using your Voice: A Retreat for Student Leaders.” Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board, facilitated retreat for students grades 11-12. Full-day. Audience 15 students.
Monday, October 3rd, 2022. Yvonne Runstedler & Tamara Nugent, “Supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ Students in Catholic Schools.” Bruce-Grey Catholic District School Board, presentation to Senior Administration, Principals, Vice-Principals, CYWs, Chaplains and Social Workers. Full-day. Audience 60.
Friday, August 26th, 2022. Yvonne Runstedler & James Alec Dixon, “Allyship Beyond the Gender Binary.” Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association, Conference for the Common Good. 75-minutes. Audience 30.
Monday, May 16th, 2022. Yvonne Runstedler, James Alec Dixon & Katrina Wheaton. “Allyship Beyond the Gender Binary.” Canadian Teachers Federation Women’s Symposium, Halifax, NS. 75-minutes. Audience 100.
ONLINE
February-May 2024, Yvonne Runstedler Facilitator, with guests James Dixon & Robbie Walker. Online book study with OECTA Presidents based on Building a Bridge by James Martin. Each session 75 minutes. Feb 13th, March 19th, April 2nd, April 17th, May 15th. Audience 30.
Sept-April 2022-2023. Yvonne Runstedler. Small Group Facilitator. “Thriving on Campus? Promoting the acceptance, wellbeing, and academic development of LGBTQ2S+ university students throughout Ontario: Reporting back.” Wilfrid Laurier University, Laval University and McGill University. Audience 12.
May 2021, Yvonne Runstedler, James Dixon. Addressing the Mental Health Needs of 2SLGBTQIA+ students.’ Presentation to Wellington Catholic District School Board staff, and program coordinators from various Catholic school boards in the province of Ontario. Audience 50.
January 2021 , Yvonne Runstedler, Sony Brar Wilmer, Mary Agunsoye. Addressing the Mental Health Needs of BIPOC students.” Presentation to Wellington Catholic District School Board Employees. Audience 25.
Guest Speaker/Keynote
June 19th, 2024. Yvonne Runstedler & James Dixon. Presenters at Congress: Canadian Sociological Association. From 'The Invisible Man' to 'Cozy Closets': Reflections on gender diverse student narratives in Ontario Catholic Schools in the session (GAS5b) Worldbuilding In and Around Schools: Mapping the Struggle over Gender and Sexuality II
Friday, March 8th, 2024. Yvonne Runstedler and James Dixon. OECTA Annual General Meeting Human Rights Caucus Keynote Speakers: Our Call to Love: 2SLGBTQIA+ Students in Catholic Schools. Audience 80.
Wednesday, January 31st, 2024. Yvonne Runstedler and James Dixon. Four-Hour Keynote and Training for Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association presidents & staff province-wide on 2SLGBTQIA+ Inclusion for students and staff. Audience 120.
Wednesday, November 1st, 2022. Yvonne Runstedler Guest Speaker for Bruce-Grey Theology on Tap. “Our Call to Love: 2SLGBTQIA+ Students in Catholic Schools, Part 2.” One hour presentation followed by questions.
Thursday, September 22nd, Yvonne Runstedler Keynote for Diocesan Mass for Catholic Education. “For I Know My Redeemer Lives: A Reflection on Education in Pandemic times.” Basilica of Our Lady Immaculate, Guelph for the Catholic Partners of the Diocese of Hamilton. Audience 200.
Thursday, June 16th. James Alex Dixon. “Inclusion of Queer and Trans Students in a Catholic School Setting.” Grade-level presentations at Our Lady of Lourdes Catholic High School, Guelph, ON.
Wednesday, June 1st, 2022. Yvonne Runstedler. Guest Speaker for Bruce-Grey Theology on Tap. “Our Call to Love: 2SLGBTQIA+ Students in Catholic Schools.” One hour presentation followed by questions. Audience 20.
Friday, November 23rd, 2018. Yvonne Rusntedler. Panelist for Inaugural Fempower Conference for the Ontario English Catholic Teacher’s Association. Sheraton Hotel Toronto. Audience 200.
Past Guided Book Studies:
Using “Building a Bridge” by Fr. James Martin
Yvonne Runstedler (Facilitator & Presenter), Alec James Dixon (Presenter) and Jeffrey Mawhinney (Presenter) January-June 2022.
Multi-Part Webinar series entitled “Belonging & Mental Health Needs of 2SLGBTQIA+ students in Catholic Schools.”
• ONLINE Wellington Catholic District School Board & Simcoe-Muskoka District School Board. 5 -part series for any staff member by sign-up.
• ONLINE Dufferin-Peel Secondary OECTA
o 2-part series: Two 75-minute interactive workshops
• ONLINE & IN-PERSON Waterloo OECTA Unit
o 2-part series: 75 minute introduction, then 2 hour in-person workshop.
October 2020-May 2021
5-part Webinar Series based on The Skin We’re In by Desmond Cole. Presentation to Wellington Catholic District School Board Employees.
• Objective: to address anti-Black racism in our own contexts through study.
• Each session included a guest with lived experiences of the content.
We can provide PD with or without an accompanying book for your context. Contact us to discuss the book or learning most relevant to your needs!
May-June 2020.
Co-Facilitator, 3-part Live Webinar Series in collaboration with unlearn to address the equity concerns presented by the COVID-19 Pandemic.
• Working collaboratively with Lakhdeep Dhaliwal (VP Equity Education) and Abhi Ahluwalia (Founder & CEO) of unlearn., we facilitated a 3-part series for three different groups of educators of approximately 20 each.
• Responsive to the needs presented by the first few months of the pandemic.
• See https://unlearn.com for more about this organization
Mindfulness, Yoga & Meditation
As an experienced retreat facilitator, yoga and meditation instructor, and reflection creator, Yvonne can lead your next school or corporate retreat.
Employee Coaching
Called to Love can provide customized training sessions for small groups of staff or individuals in areas related to Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Accessibility. Our process includes consultation with Human Resources Departments in school boards or corporations to ensure sessions are appropriately tailored to the needs of each individual.
Yvonne Runstedler can work with your Human Resources department to address specific individual needs. Some services she can provide include:
• One-on-one employee coaching in areas of interest and/or need related to equity, diversity and inclusion
• Training specific to Catholic contexts as they intersect with equity concerns.
• Specific past examples not publicized here to ensure confidentiality.