Dr. Tatyana Terzopoulos
Dr. Terzopoulos鈥� teaching and SRC draw from several decades of experience as a Gemini Award鈥搘inning creator, producer, director, and writer of children鈥檚 and educational/factual media for domestic and international audiences. She is an expert in and passionate advocate for children鈥檚 media as well as inclusive, critical, and ethical media education/practice. Her research intersects children鈥檚 and youth cultures, education, and media technology, and emphasizes critical, intersectional feminist, and arts- and practice-based approaches. Actively engaged in equity-focused--especially children/youth-centred--initiatives across industry, academia, K-12 educational institutions, and community organizations, and has contributed to projects with Branksome Hall, Corus Entertainment/YTV, and the Council of Ontario Directors in Education. A recipient of top-tier SSHRC grants during her graduate studies, including a distinction 鈥渋n honour of Nelson Mandela,鈥� Terzopoulos has presented her research internationally and published in journals including E-Learning and Digital Media. Her post-secondary teaching spans children鈥檚 programming; youth and media; studio-based production; media project development; digital literacies; research methods; and child development.
- Children's/youth media cultures and futures
- Critical digital/media/tech literacy
- Critical and ethical media education/practice
- Child/youth-centred research methods
- Culturally-responsive and inclusive pedagogies
- Article: Terzopoulos, T., Jenson, J. (forthcoming). "Creating with Twine in Uncertain Times: Digital Skills Development through Meaningful Making in Teacher Education." Journal of Digital Life and Learning.
- Article: Terzopoulos, T. (2025). "Children鈥檚 Documentary: A Call To Preserve Real Stories. The Children鈥檚 Media Yearbook." Children鈥檚 Media Foundation.
- Research Project: (2025-Present). "Factual Media that Matters for/with/by Children and Youth."
- Research Project: (2024-Present). Co-Applicant. PI: Dr. Jennifer Jenson. "Schools鈥� out: Ludic Pathways to STEM Equity?" SSHRC Insight Grant.
- Research Project: (2023-Present). 鈥淓xploring girl-specific communities of media education and production practice.鈥�
- Research Project: (2024). "Considering DEI & Centring Children in Children鈥檚 Media Curriculum."
- Conference Presentation: (2024). "Centering Girls' Stories and Supporting Girl Storytellers Through Video Production Extracurricular Education." Console-ing Passions Conference. Bloomington, Indiana, USA
- Conference Presentation: Terzopoulos, T., Jenson, J. (2024). "Thinking through Multimodal Creation in Education: First-Time Game Design Using Twine." CSSE, Montreal, Canada.
- Report: Ashraf, T., Terzopoulos, T., Koustova, N., Gambhir, M. (2022). K-12 Entrepreneurship and Social Innovation programming for girls: A literature review. Branksome Hall/Chandaria Research Centre.
- Article: Hebert, C., Jenson, J., Terzopoulos. T. (2020). "Access to technology is the major challenge: Teacher perspectives on barriers to and supports for DGBL in K-12 classrooms." Journal of E-Learning and Digital Media.
- 2017 SSHRC Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Graduate Scholarship (CGS) Doctoral Award
- 2016 SSHRC CGS-Master鈥檚 Award with special designation: 鈥渋n Honour of Nelson Mandela鈥�
- 2016 Media Innovation 鈥淏est in Branded Content鈥� Silver Award for 鈥淏ig Fun Books in Motion鈥�
- 2006 CTV Banff Fellowship Award
- 2005 Warner Bros. Canada/ WIFT Banff Mentorship Award
- 2005 Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television National Apprenticeship Program Training Award
- 2004 Gemini Award for Best Children鈥檚 or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series for 鈥淪WAP-TV鈥�