Laura Morrison
EdD

• Doctor of Education - EdD University of Calgary 2021
• Master's Degree - Secondary Education and Teaching Ontario Tech University 2015
• Bachelor of Education - English and History Ontario Tech Univeristy 2011
• Bachelor of Arts - English and History Concordia University 2006

• Morrison, L. (2026, Feb. 6th). Youth in AI Panel [Invited panellist]. Youth in AI/STEAM3D Maker Lab, Oshawa, Ontario, Canada. 

• Morrison, L. (2025, Oct. 26th). Connecting to place: Bridging community, culture and practice in Hawai’i [Invited Panel Chair]. UXHI/The Entrepreneur Sandbox, Honolulu, Hawai’i, United States. https://uxhiconference.com/ 

• Hughes, J., Petrarca, D., & Morrison, L. (2025, Sept. 17th). Spotting and improving creativity in teaching, learning and assessment resources. OECD/GloCT Summit, Paris, France. https://www.oecd.org/en/events/2025/09/creativity-in-education-summit-2025.html  

• Morrison, L. (2025). Making the shift to transformative education: Coding, making and inclusive pedagogy [BA coding course presentation]. Ontario Tech U, Oshawa, Canada. https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1w8LDE0jUUHRN1DTytL6Sm4J-raMtxV8mTkMnh9tRJxo/edit?slide=id.g36f06c621ff_0_0#slide=id.g36f06c621ff_0_0  

• Morrison, L. (2025, March 25). Key considerations for school leaders as they navigate AI in schools [Podcast episode]. Centre for Digital Innovation in Education (CDIE) at Ontario Tech University. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fO-sRo0eTFo  

• Hughes, J., Morrison, L.,  & Butler-Ulrich, T. (2025, March 23rd). What's new for leaders in the evolving digital landscape? [Invited Talk & Professional Learning Session]. Catholic Principal's Council of Ontario, Online. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XR3qgDrFd4I&list=PL03wye54eZtsDfTratnO7zTkU2_I0tBii 

• Morrison, L. (2025, Jan. 28th).  AI literacy, ethics & the future of education [Invited Colloquium Presentation]. University of Hawaii at Manoa, College of Social Sciences, Honolulu, Hawai’i.https://www.instagram.com/reel/DFvtJ3EPVMR/

• Hughes, J., Morrison, L., Ulrich, T., & Robb, J. (2026). Minecrafters: Towards a model for developing collaboration in virtual environments. In N. Bonderup Dohn, M. Cutajar, C. Borg, M. de Laat & T. Ryberg (Eds.), Narratives of hope in times of change (pp. 101-123). Springer. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-032-07263-4_7
  
  
• Morrison, L., Mann, A., Tepylo, D., Brodie, I., & Kay, R. (2025). Navigating the hyflex horizon: Uncovering successes and hurdles in hyflex undergraduate education. Canadian Journal of Learning and Technology, 51(2), 1-21. DOI: https://doi.org/10.21432/cjlt28853
  
  
• Morrison, L., & Hughes, J. (2024). Promising practices for virtual professional learning. Computers & Education Open. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.caeo.2024.100209
  
  
• Morrison, L. (2024). Promising practices to promote student engagement and learning in online pre-service teacher education. In R. J. Blankenship & T. Cherner (Eds), Research Highlights in Technology and Teacher Education Special Edition. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). https://www.learntechlib.org/primary/p/224713/
  
  
• Butler-Ulrich, T., Hughes, J., & Morrison, L. (2024). The impact of generative AI on student creativity and well-being: Harnessing potential and mitigating risks. In L. Barlach (Ed.), Creativity in contemporaneity. IntechOpen. https://www.intechopen.com/chapters/1201798   

External Grants

• 2025 - SSHRC-Partnership Development Grant [$200,000]
  • Co-Investigator
  • Education 2050: Futures Literacy for a Polycrisis
    
    
• 2024-2025 - SSHRC-Partnership Engage Grant [​$24,515]
  • Primary Investigator
  • Innovating Education: Using a Mobile Makerspace to Promote Culturally Sustaining and Inclusive STEAM Learning in Rural Communities in Hawai'i

Internal Grants

• 2026 - SSHRC Explore, Small Grant [$9,479.74]
  
  
• 2024-2026 -  Centre for Digital Innovation in Education, Grant [$12,500]
  • Co-Investigator
  • Exploring AI & Alternative Access for Youth with Complex Communication Challenges
    
    
• 2023-2025 - Centre for Digital Innovation in Education, Grant [$10,000] 
  • Primary Investigator
  • Navigating the Hyflex Horizon: Uncovering Successes and Hurdles in Undergraduate Hyflex Education
    
    
• 2025 - SSHRC Exchange, Small Grant [$1,340]
  • Grant for knowledge mobilization of the above HyFlex research at the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) conference.

Awards

• Early Career Teaching Award

• Critical & Reflective Practice
• Critical AI Literacy
• Design Thinking & Visual Design for Education
• Digital Literacies
• Digital Tech & Advanced Teaching Methods
• English & History Integrated Subject
• English Language Arts
• ICT in the Classroom
• Information Literacy
• Learning in Digital Contexts
• Literature & Pedagogy
• Special Topics: AI in Education
• Teaching Methods
• The Adult Learner in the Digital Age
• Writing & Digital Literacy