Publications

Refereed Publications

• Gervais, M. & Heins, T. (2011 in press). Understanding and eliminating oppression: Baha’i Writings and Social Theory combined. Journal of Baha’i Studies.
• Gervais, M. (2010 in press). “Eat ye O people”: The role of food, hospitality and religion in intercultural relations. Peter Lang (Oxford) book series chapter on: Intercultural Studies and Foreign Language Learning.
• Gervais, M., Toma, D., Bopp, M.; Bopp, J. (2010). Workforce and automation in primary production dairy and poultry and food processing. Farm Credit Canada.
• Gervais, M. (2008). Baha’i Faith and Peace Education. Encyclopedia of Peace Education. http://www.tc.edu/centers/epe/entries.html.
• Gervais, M. (2006). Exploring Moral Values in Young Adolescents Through Process Drama. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 7(2). http://ijea.asu.edu, 2006, April 14.
• Gervais, M. (2005). A Framework for Interculturally Responsive Teaching and Learning. Conference Proceedings: One Vision, Many Voices: an intercultural and anti-racist education conference. Edmonton, November 19.
• Gervais, M. (2004). The Baha’i Curriculum for Peace Education. The Journal for Peace Education, 1(2), 206-224.
• Gervais, M. (2004). White Teachers, Colorful Students: The Impact of Teacher Cultural Belief on Practice. WestCast 2004: Re-Framing Teacher Education: The Changing Landscape Conference Publications. Edmonton, Alberta: Faculté Saint-Jean, University of Alberta, 239-243.

Non-refereed Journals and Industry Publications

• Gervais, M. (2010). Get to the roots by sharpening your competitive edge. Food News, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Newsletter, August, 2010.
• Gervais, M. (2010). Dealing effectively with problem employees. Food News, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Newsletter, September 2010.
• Gervais, M. (2010). Improving relations between management and union. Food News, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Newsletter, October, 2010.
• Gervais, M. (2010). Quality control: Combining technical savvy with people savvy. Food News, Alberta Agriculture and Rural Development Newsletter, November 2010.
• Le, E. & Gervais, M. (2008). Intercultural communication in the non-profit sector. Gift Planning Canada, 13(2),1-6.
• Gervais, M. (2008). What it is REALLY like for immigrants looking for work in Canada. HR Reporter, May, 2008.
• Gervais, M. (2007). History of the Edmonton Baha’i Community and Edmonton Baha’i Centre. Boyle-McCauley News, February 7.
• Gervais, M. (2004). Infrastructure Casualties: Education and Healthcare, etc. Rapporteur for conference report, in Children and War: Impact, Protection and Rehabilitation, Phase 1: Impact Report. W. Andy Knight (Ed). Edmonton: University of Alberta, p. 19.
• Gervais, M. (1988). Accustoming Children to Hardship. Spiritual Mothering Journal, Vol. 7 (2) Summer.
• Gervais, R. & Gervais, M. (1986). Moral Education – A Baha’i Perspective. SALT Magazine (ATA), Spring.

Published Interviews

• Aarsteinsen, B. (2010). Understanding culture in the workplace. Regional Municipality of Wood Buffalo. Regional Internal Website, posted January 27, 2010.
• Mahaffy, C. (2008). The Cultures are Clashing. Occupational Health and Safety, January, 2008, 11-13.

Refereed Scholarly Presentations

• Gervais, M. (2010). The role of food, hospitality and religion in intercultural relations. International Conference on Intercultural Competence, September 2-4, 2010, University of Maynooth, Ireland.
• Gervais, M. (2009). “Eat ye O people”: The role of food and hospitality in Baha’i intercultural relations. Association for Baha’i Studies North America Conference, Washington, D.C., 2009.
• Gervais, M. & Cromwell, P. (2009). Baha’is grapple with racism. Association for Baha’i Studies North America Conference, Washington, D.C., 2009.
• Gervais, M. (2008). Intersections of Religion and Culture in the Baha’i Community: Indicators of growth. Association for Baha’i Studies North America Conference, San Diego, August, 2008.
• Gervais, M. (2008). Interculturally Responsive Teaching: The role of visible minority teachers in helping students overcome inequity. CIES conference, New York, March 2008.
• Gervais, M. & Le, E. (2007). Real or Ideal? Identity and practice of intercultural community facilitators in the non-profit sector. First in a series of research for non-profit organizations “So What? Research in the Non-Profit Sector”. Grant MacEwan Community College, Edmonton, November 7th.
• Gervais, M. (2007). Sounds of Silence: Incidents from visible minority teacher experience in Edmonton and Calgary schools. Part of University of Alberta panel presentation entitled: Challenges in Promoting Cross-Cultural Understanding Among Beginning Teachers. Metropolis Conference, Toronto, March 2.
• Gervais, M. (2006). Research on Culture, Race and Social Justice: What an exploration of teacher cultural identity of visible minority, immigrant and refugee teachers in Alberta reveals. International Conference on Teacher Education, “How can education live well in a changing world?”, Calgary, November 3.
• Gervais, M. (2006). What I Learned from Studying Teacher Cultural Identity with Visible Minority, Immigrant and Refugee Teachers. Annual conference of the Intercultural and Second Languages Council, Alberta Teachers’ Association, Edmonton, October 27.
• Gervais, M. (2006). Religion and Multiculturalism in Canadian Education. Presentation for the 30th Annual Conference Association for Baha’i Studies – North America. August 12.
• Gervais, M. (2006). Intercultural Competence: Views from an NGO. Metropolis Conference University of Alberta panel presentation, Vancouver, March 24.
• Gervais, M. (2005). Gender and Peace: The complex roles of masculinity. Presentation for the 6th Annual Conference for the Chief Justices of the World, Towards a New World Order. Lucknow, India. December 13.
• Gervais, M. (2005). Values Conflicts Between Teachers and Ethnic and Religious Communities: Is there a solution? Presentation for One Vision, Many Voices: an intercultural and anti-racist education conference. Edmonton, November 19.
• Gervais, M. (2005). Forbidden Dialogue: Religion and multiculturalism in Canadian education. Presentation for Multicultural Days: An International Perspective, Brock University, Ontario, June 24.
• Gervais, M. (2004). The Baha’i Curriculum for Peace Education. Presentation for CABS regional conference (Campus Association for Baha’i Studies), Edmonton, April 8.
• Gervais, M. (2004). The Characteristics of Peaceful Men: A cross-cultural study. Presentation for CABS conference (Campus Association for Baha’i Studies), Edmonton, April, 8.
• Gervais, M. (2004). Using Drama and Story to Sensitize Children and Youth to Multicultural Issues. Canada: Global Model for a Multicultural State: 2002 Conference Publications. Presentation for Youth Forum, Edmonton, February 15.
• Gervais, M. (2003). Gender and Peace: A plea to include men in the peace process. Presentation for Conference of the Association for Baha’i Studies, San Francisco, September 1.
• Gervais, M. (2003). How do junior high students make values decisions through process drama? Advances in Qualitative Methods Conference Publications, 2003. Poster Presentation p. 144 (Q7), Banff, May 4.