About
Keyiana Marques (she/her) is a PhD candidate in Art Education at Concordia University. She has a BFA in Studio Arts from Concordia University and an MA in Art Education from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD), where she researched the impacts of targeted art curriculum in relation to student-belonging. She has taught students of all ages in local Montréal public schools and community art centers. Her teaching practices specialize in anti-oppressive arts pedagogy for Québec newcomers.
With experience in both studio art practices and education, Marques focuses on themes of identity and resilience through research and art creation. Her current research interests revolve around the teacher experience and various burnout theories in education and academia. She brings a reflective approach to issues of equity, representation, and institutional reform, all with an eye towards pragmatic solutions for teachers and early-career academics.
Marques has presented at conferences across Canada and is currently engaged in teacher- based research in Montréal, Québec.
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Conferences (Refereed)
Marques, K. (Submitted). Drawing cake, drawing community: How food-based art curriculum shaped belonging for newcomers within Québec’s accueil program [Conference presentation]. Conference for Childhoods and Pedagogies
Marques, K. (2025, November 22). Community building through a school-based exhibition: How belonging at school impacts students in the accueil program [Conference presentation]. Canadian Society of Education through Art.
Marques, K. (2025, June 4). Art to favour inclusivity and belonging for newcomers within Quebec’s accueil program [Conference presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study for Education, George Brown College, Toronto, ON., Canada
LeRue, D. & Marques, K. (2025, June 2). Theorizing and developing approaches to fieldwork for artist- researchers and artist-teachers [Conference presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education, George Brown College, Toronto, ON., Canada.
Marques, K. (2025, April 9). Keepsake [Conference presentation]. Annual Graduate Interdisciplinary Conference,Concordia University, Montreal, QC., Canada,
Marques, K. (2025, March 9). Teaching through compost [Conference presentation]. Concordia English Graduate Colloquium, Concordia University, Montreal, QC., Canada.
Pereira, J. & Marques, K. (2024, April 26). Permettre aux élèves d’actualiser leur potential: Organisation d’un projet d’enrichissement au primaire [ Conference presentation]. Colloque de douance, Montreal, QC., Canada.
Publications (Refereed)
Marques, K. (2026). [In Publishing] Integrating artist content in the elementary art classroom. Canadian Art Teacher, 21(1).
Marques, K. (2026). [Chapter Proposal Accepted] Targeted art curriculum as resistance: Reimagining belonging for newcomer students in Québec’s accueil program. Curriculum as Resistance: Stories of Refusal and Transformation
Marques, K. (November 17th, 2025). Crayons to conferences: My career in burnout, Journal of the Canadian association for Curriculum Studies.
LeRue, D., Schurman, M., Marques, K. (2025). [Manuscript under Peer Review] Fieldmaking in the Shaughnessy Village: What can inductive artmaking reveal about space? The Pulse of Arts- Centered Research. Artizein. 10 (1).
LeRue, D., Marques, K., Lillethun, A. C., Viens, M. P., Lavoie, S., Nylen, Nicholas. (2025). [Manuscript Submitted] ‘Fieldmaking’ as open-ended space-based fieldwork in a graduate studio classroom. LEARNing Landscapes, 30 (1).
Marques, K., & Jakob, H. (2025) [Abstract Accepted] Reimagining the university studio: Place-based pedagogies for reconnection, Canadian Review of Art Education (CRAE) special issue, 'Reconnections: Art, Education, and Inclusive Futures'
Marques, K. (2025). [Abstract Submitted] Assembled from what’s left: Motel textiles as feminist scrapwork, Feral Feminisms special issue, ‘Scrapwork: Foraging Feminist Fragments’.
Publications (Non-Refereed)
Marques, K. (2023). Art to favour inclusivity and belonging for newcomers within Quebec’s accueil program [Master’s thesis, Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University]. ProQuest.
Relevant Experience
2025—2027: Lead Research Assistant and Project Coordinator on Theorizing the craft of studio teaching: A grounded theory study of cross-contextual art educators at Concordia University.
2025—2027: Research Assistant on The role of everyday accounting in restrictive eating disorders at Concordia University.
2025: Adjunct Professor of (ARTE320) Multidisciplinary Approaches to Art and Teaching at Concordia University.
2025: Teacher’s Assistant of (FFAR298) Black Representation in Arts at Concordia University.
2024: Graduate Seminar in University Teaching Certificate
2024: Teacher’s Assistant of (ARTE320) Multidisciplinary Approaches to Art and Teaching at Concordia University.
2024: Teacher’s Assistant of (ARTE330) Introduction to Community Art Education at Concordia University.
2024—2026: Research Assistant on Fieldwork, making, and curricula: Theorizing approaches to fieldwork for artist-researchers and artist-teachers at Concordia University.
2024: Art Instructor at Stewart Hall Art Gallery
2022—2023: Course Coordinator for children’s art programming at the Dollard Center for the Arts.
2022—2023: Practicum Supervisor for pre-service teachers at the Dollard Center for the Arts.
2022—2023: Multimedia Art Educator at the Dollard Center for the Arts (Neurodiverse Adults).
2022—2023: Drawing Teacher at the Dollard Center for the Arts (Adults).
2022—2023: Drawing and Painting Teacher at the Dollard Center for the Arts (Children).
2021: Ethical Conduct for Research Involving Humans (TCPS 2) Certificate
2020—2025 Visual Arts Teacher at Centre de service scolaire Marguerite-Bourgeoys.
Academic Services
Jensen, R. & Sarreshtehdari, E. (Executive Producers). (2023—present). CSEATalks [Audio podcast]. Canadian Society for Education Through Art. https://csea-scea.ca/graduate-students/
Grants
2024–2028: Graduate Fellowship, Concordia University, $56,000.
2025: Bourse d’études, Caisse Desjardins Canada, $2,500.
2025: Exposition and Conference Allowance, Concordia University, $750.
2022: Canada Graduate Scholarship (Master’s), Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC), $17,500.
2018: Quebec Mobility Scholarship, Government of Quebec, $7,500.