Curriculum Vitae

Amy Wiebe Lau 

Email: amywiebelau@gmail.com 

Tel: 604.323.4633

I acknowledge that I live and work on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples, including the Səlil̓wətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), Skwxwú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem), and q̓ic̓əy (Katzie) Nations.

Art Exhibits

Interwoven Realms Port Moody Arts Centre, Port Moody, BC, January 16 - March 2, 2025
Rhythm Rolltisserie  Rollerskating and Dance Event with Art Show  SiteB, Port Moody, BC, April 26, 2024
Stuntwood Art Show  Braid St. Studios, New Westminster, BC, November 17, 2023 - January 10, 2024
Asian Impact Society: Your Art, Your Reflections: Multiculturalism, Diversity, and Anti-Racism  First place award: The Equity Ladder. Juried exhibit Place des Arts, Coquitlam, BC, September 8 to November 9, 2023
The Equity Ladder  Presented at Simon Fraser University, EDUC 806 – Selected Problems in Higher Education  Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC, 2019
The Last Empress  BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilities (Easter Seals) Terracotta Warriors Public Art Project, Art in the City, Vancouver, BC, 2012

Art Residency & Workshops

Party @PDA: March 7, 2025 Workshop Title: Mixed Media Self-Portrait. Place des Arts, Coquitlam, BC
Artist in Residence  October 23 - 27, 2023  Workshop Title: "Embrace & Evoke: Mixed Media Self-Portrait with Empowering Word"  Place des Arts, Coquitlam, BC
Straight Line Designs Inc., Project Manager, Sculptor, Painter  2002 - 2008 Projects include Garden Maze, Canadiana Fireplace, Seaside Play Area (YVR), Cotsen’s Children Library (Princeton University), Jumbo Jet (Richmond Hospital), Disney Wonder Cruise Ship Children’s Interactive Play Area (Disney), Planet Earth Donation Globe (HR MacMillan Space Centre), Body Worlds (Telus World of Science)
Art in the City / BC Lions Society for Children with Disabilities  Eagle – Design, Machete, Sculpture, Book (2006)  Spirit Bear – Machete, Sculpture. Darth Bear, Beartuzzi Bear, Robo Bear (Ron & Samantha Bauer), Bat Bear (BDO Dunwoody), The Barrister Bear (Bull, Houser & Tupper LLP) (2005)  Orca Whale – Machete, Sculpture. Orca Presley (Bruce Allen), Whale Tales (VPL) (2003)
Douglas Coupland  Death Star - Fiberglass (2008) “Fifty Books I Have Read More Than Once,” SFU Teck Gallery – Build, Fabricate & Install (2007)  “March of the Penguins” – Resin Finish (2006) Letter Boxes – Resin Finish (2006)  “Super City” – Oversized Tinker Toys & Lego – Paint; Water Towers – Aluminum with Bondo, Paint, Finish (2005) “Canada House” artifacts – Buoy lamps assemble (2004)

Professional Administrative Work Experience

Manager, Academic & Administrative Services January 2025 - present Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences, Simon Fraser University
Manager  October 2020 - January 2025  Preservice Professional Studies, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University
Administrator February 2019 – September 2020  Graduate Studies, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University
Undergraduate Advisor January 2015 – April 2016  Undergraduate Studies, Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University

Education

Doctor of Philosophy, Candidate  2019 -  Arts Education, Simon Fraser University
Master of Education  2017 - 2019 Educational Leadership: Post-Secondary, Simon Fraser University

Scholarly Publications

Bava, S., Engelbrecht, A., Fels, L., Gramani, D., Grindlay, M., Johnsey, S., Kalra, A., Lin, M., Martens, M.M., & Lau, A.W. (2022). Inception of emergence. International Journal of Education & the Arts, 23(5). Retrieved from http://doi.org/10.26209/ijea23n5

Academic Conferences

Curriculum Camp  March 2022  Louisiana State University  Presented paper “Critical Comprehensive Inclusion (CCI): Offering Anti-Racism Scaffolding for Preservice Teachers”
Canadian Society for the Study of Higher Education (CSHHE)  June 2019  Circles of Conversation  Presented paper “Decolonizing Implicit Bias with Arts Education”

Academic Poster Presentations

“Reading Between the Lines: Experiences of Implicit Bias Workshops for Hiring and Promotion in Higher Education” July 9, 2019, Summer Institute, Simon Fraser University, Surrey Campus

Awards

Asian Impact Society: Your Art, Your Reflections: Multiculturalism, Diversity, and Anti-Racism - First place 2023
PhD Research Scholarship 2023-24
President's PhD Scholarship 2022