5092 Brenton-Page Road
Ladysmith, BC V9G 1L6
250-245-9904
marshall.soules@gmail.com
Education
1994; Rutgers University
Topic: Sam Shepard Improvises
Supervisor: Maurice Charney
1974; Rutgers University
Teaching Assistantship: 1970-73
1970; Middlebury College
Reid Carr Award (English): 1970
Dean's List: 1968-70
Varsity hockey: 1968-70
1967; Ridley College
Awards: Mason Gold Medal, Ontario Scholarship
Employment
Soules Consulting Ltd; Ladysmith, BC
2015 - Present
Vancouver Island University; Nanaimo, BC
2009 - Present
Vancouver Island University
1998-2008
Vancouver Island University
2003-2009
Raincoast Construction Ltd. (Custom Building Contractor); Vancouver, BC
1978 - 1987
University of Guelph; Guelph, ON
1973-74
2009 - Present
Vancouver Island University; Nanaimo, BC
1987-2009
Courses: Modern Drama; Narratives of Cyberspace; Computer-Mediated Communication; Emerging Digital Technologies; Promotion, Persuasion, Propaganda; Canadian Media Theory; Studies in Global Media; Making the News; Public Relations, Advocacy, and the Media; Media and Identity
Capilano College; North Vancouver, BC
1977; 1986-87
Niagara College; Welland, ON
1975-77
Rutgers: The State University of New Jersey
1970-73
Publications
Merton Journal, Vol. 29, No. 2, Advent 2022: pp. 47-60
New Explorations: Studies in Culture and Communication, Vol.2 No.1 (2021). Retrieved from [link]
New Explorations: Studies in Culture and Communication, Vol.1 No.2 (2020). Retrieved from [link]
Collaboration with Donna Soules, Andrea Blakeman, Brad Crewson, Robin McQueen and Marshall Soules. Soules Consulting, 2019. ISBN: 199920760
By Delbert Horrocks. Ladysmith, BC: Take Five Publications: 2017
Edinburgh, UK: Edinburgh, University Press, 2015
Saarbrücken, Germany: Lambert AP, 2012
Photographs in Curt Cloninger, Hot-wiring Your Creative Process: Strategies for Print and New Media Designers. Berkeley, CA: Pearson / Peachpit Press, 2006: 105-11
Journal for Computing in the Humanities 36.3 (August 2002): 319-344
LETT '97 Conference Proceedings. Victoria, BC: June 1997
Atrevida 1.1 (Summer 1990): 18-25
Brick 19 (Fall 1983): 11-16. An article on thirty centuries of British Columbia sculpture
Brick 6 (June 1979): 26-35. Reprinted in Brick 12: A Brick Sampler. An article on British Columbia art and history
New Explorations: Studies in Culture and Communication, Vol.2 No.2 (2022). Retrieved from [link]
New Explorations: Studies in Culture and Communication, Vol.2 No.1 (2021). Retrieved from [link]
New Explorations: Studies in Culture and Communication, Vol.1 No.2 (2020). Retrieved from [link]
B.W. Powe (text) & M. Soules (images). Seattle, WA: NeoPoiesis Press: 2019. Winner of the Marshall McLuhan MEA Book Award 2021
Unpublished screenplay: 2017
in Pierre Gauvreau: Passeur de modernité. Quebec, QC: Musée de la Civilisation/Fides, 2013: pp. 117-132. Online English version: /marshallsoules.ca/automatiste/scan_amoureux.htm.
The Other Side of Nowhere: Jazz, Improvisation and Communities in Dialogue. Eds. Ajay Heble and Daniel Fischlin. Middletown, CT: Wesleyan UP: 2004: 268-297. (marshallsoules.ca/shepard/character.htm)
Ed-Media '98 Conference Proceedings. Charlottesville, VA: Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education: 1998
Published by Malaspina College and Oolichan Press
Canadian Physicians for the Prevention of Nuclear War Quarterly 4.2 (Spring 1989): 11
By Larry V. Platt. Vancouver: Pulp Press: 1980
Conference Papers and Presentations
With Gerry Fialka and Robert Grant; September 15, 2021
[link to video]
Media Ecology Association Conference. St. Mary's College, Moraga, CA: June 2017
Arts and Humanities Colloquium, Vancouver Island University: January 2015
Society for Digital Humanities. Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities, UBC: June 2008
Society for Digital Humanities/Société pour l'étude des médias interactifs (SDI/SEMI). Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities. York University, May 29, 2006
Society for Digital Humanities/Société pour l'étude des médias interactifs (SDI/SEMI). Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities. University of Western Ontario, London: May 2005
Consortium for Computing in the Humanities (COCH/COSH). University of Manitoba: May 2004. marshallsoules.ca/jengine
Consortium for Computing in the Humanities (COCH/COSH). University of Toronto: May 2002
Connections 2001. British Columbia's Centre for Curriculum, Transfer and Technology. Whistler, BC: May 2001
COCH/COSH Conference. Congress of Learned Societies. University of Alberta, Edmonton: June 2000
COCH/COSH Conference. Congress of Learned Societies. Bishops University, Lennoxville, PQ: June 1999
ACCUTE Conference. Congress of Learned Societies. University of Ottawa: May 1998
Standing Committee on Educational Technology (SCOET) Conference, Vancouver, BC: May 1997
Malaspina University-College Educational Techology Conference. Nanaimo, BC: May 1996
Dubé Symposium. Nanaimo, BC: 1991
Marshall Soules with Gerry Fialka and Clinton Ignatov; Sept. 11 2020
[link to video]
Vancouver Island University: March 2017
With Marian van der Zon, Robin Davies and others, Arts and Humanities Colloquium, Vancouver Island University: 2013
Lecture and slideshow. Vancouver Island University: Oct. 14, 2007
Conference on Media History in Canada. Ryerson University, Toronto: May 2006
Visual Culture Conference. Kansas State University: March 10, 2005. marshallsoules.ca/Signs/.
Consortium for Computing in the Humanities (COCH/COSH). Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities. University of Manitoba: May 2004
Congress of the Social Sciences and Humanities. Consortium for Computing in the Humanities (COCH/COSH). Dalhousie University: May 2003
Staging the Pacific Province Conference. University of British Columbia, Oct 10-13, 2001. marshallsoules.ca/shepard/.
Guelph Jazz Festival. Guelph, ON: September 2000
Guelph Jazz Festival. Guelph, ON: September 1999
Guelph Jazz Festival. Guelph, ON: September 1998
Ed-Media/Ed-Telecom Conference. Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE). Frieberg, Germany: June 1998
Leading Edge Training and Technology (LETT '97) Conference, Victoria, BC: March 1997
Nanaimo Archeological Society: 1993
Productions and Exhibits
Exhibition of prints. Corinne James, curator. The Old School House Gallery (TOSH), Qualicum Beach, BC: September 5-30, 2018
Prints/film. Datastream 4: Proliferating Signs & Cultural Layers. Nanaimo Art Gallery: January 12, 2012 - February 4, 2012 [link]
This visionary 1977 report to CRTC by Rod Chiasson argues that the Canadian North needs a broadcasting system which is oriented north-to-south and east-to-west, not south-to-north: 2009. marshallsoules.ca/ikarut/cover.html
DVD ISBN 978-1-896886-15-2. Producer. Media Research Lab (VIU): 2008
DVD ISBN 978-1-896886-19-0. Producer. Media Research Lab (VIU): 2007
Producer. With Christine Welsh and Tracy Kim Jack: March 2008
Digital Photography for Urban Eyes Exhibit. Curator: Kim Goldberg. Nanaimo, BC: April 21-23, 2006
Art exhibit. Curator: Corinne Martin. Old School House Gallery, Qualicum Beach, BC: March 27-April 10, 2006
With Tricia Irish: 2005 (marshallsoules.ca/Signs/)
Producer. Malaspina University-College: May 2005
Photography and digital art installation. Curator: Robin Field. Nanaimo Art Gallery: March 2004
Producer. Malaspina University-College: November 2003
Arts and Humanities Colloquium, Vancouver Island University: October 2012. Performance with Marian van der Zon, Robin Davies, Niel Scobie and others
Digital prints. Datastream 3: Machine Communities. Curator: Greg Ball. Nanaimo Art Gallery: Jan. 8 - Feb 13, 2010
Nick Middleton and Chad Schroter-Gillespie. DVD. Production Consultant / Participant: 2009
DVD ISBN 978-1-896886-11-4. Producer. Media Research Lab (VIU): 2008
DVD ISBN 978-1-896886-19-0. Producer. Media Research Lab (VIU): 2008
DVD ISBN 978-1-896886-09-1. Producer / Camera. Media Research Lab (VIU): 2008
Digital prints and multimedia installation. Curator: Greg Ball. Nanaimo Art Gallery: Feb 16 - March 10, 2007
2006. Online electronic edition of Editoria Política (Cuban government) publication: 1999. marshallsoules.ca/cubademands/splash.htm
Art exhibit. APHID Gallery, Nanaimo, BC: November 2005
Online interactive software application: 2005
Website development for Media and Communications Studies Articulation Committee, with funding from BC Council on Admissions and Transfer. Sept. 2005-May 2006
Software and website development with Michael Nixon (RA): 2004 (http://marshallsoules.ca/jengine/)
Solo Photography Exhibit. Curator: Pamela Speight. Nanaimo Art Gallery. Nanaimo, BC: June 1997
Professional Activity
Presentation at Alternative Dispute Resolution of BC (ADRBC) Symposium, with Donna Soules and Anna Richards. Simon Fraser University (Downtown), Vancouver, BC: 12 June 2018
$2.7 M awarded in collaboration with the Ladysmith High Street Group to build a community social services centre: September 2009
Curriculum Development. Media Studies Department, Vancouver Island University: 2008
SSHRC ITST (Image Text Sound Technology) grant. Research on social and political messages in the public sphere: January 2007 - June 2009
Curriculum Development. Media Studies Department, Vancouver Island University: 2004
Ladysmith Resource Centre Association. Ladysmith, BC: 2004-2011
BC Articulation and Transfer: 2002-2004
The Art and Business of Writing Conference. Federation of British Columbia Writers. Malaspina University-College: October 1999
Navigator Newspaper Society. Nanaimo, BC: 1997-2000
Computer Software. SCOET Conference, Vancouver, BC: May 1997
Nanaimo Theatre Festival: 1989-91
Simon Fraser University: 1986
Whistler Jazz Festival, Whistler, BC: July 1984
Vancouver Island University: June 2011
Los Angeles, CA: March 2011
Activist Documentary 2-week Intensive: May 2009
Nanaimo Global Film Festival: September 2007 - 2010
Canadian Foundation for Innovation (CFI): March 2006
Artist's Talk. Old School House Gallery, Qualicum Beach, BC: April 8, 2006
Digitization Fundamentals and Their Application, Digital Humanities/Humanities Computing Summer Institute, University of Victoria: June 2004-2006
Vancouver Island University: 2003-2009
Malaspina University-College / Vancouver Island University: 1998-2008
Nanaimo Art Gallery: 1999-2001
Malaspina University-College. Nanaimo, BC: 1997-98
Emerging Digital Technology (Video Conferencing, Spring 1996); Computer-Mediated Communication, Canadian Media Theory (Spring 1997); Cybercafé (1997-98)
Music Promotion. 1984-1996
Vancouver: 1982-87