Professor and Canada Research Chair, Technology and Pedagogy,
in the Faculty of Education, Ontario Tech

Janette Hughes is Professor and Canada Research Chair, Technology and Pedagogy, in the
Faculty of Education at Ontario Tech. Dr. Hughes specializes in the transformation of
literacy practices through making and new digital media. Her research and teaching
interests include critical making, critical digital literacies, digital making, adolescent
literacies and identity, writing and digital media, new literacies and conceptualizations of
learning, and digital citizenship. She is particularly interested in how critical making and
digital media enable users to teach, learn, connect, collaborate, communicate critique,
create, and promote social change. She is the recipient of the Ontario Ministry of
Research and Innovation’s Early Researcher Award and the Ontario Research Fund—
Research Excellence Award.