Runté, Robert and Yves Meynard, Tesseracts5. Edmonton: Tesseract Books/The Books Collective, 1996.
[Canadian Speculative Fiction anthology] 352 pp
ISBN 1895836263 (Hardcover) ISBN 1895836255(paper)
Runté's "Afterword" is available on-line and provides a thematic analysis of the stories submitted to the anthology as representative of trends in Canadian speculative fiction circa 1995; advice to new writers; and outlines the philosophy behind the Tesseract Anthology series going forward.
"This anthology merits inclusion in any comprehensive collection, and it rewards the curiosity of the casual reader as well." —Locus
"A provocative, exciting and extraordinarily varied exercise in what could be described as the mind's fourth dimension—imagination." — The Toronto Star
Articles in Books
Runté, Robert. "Description: When Less Is More" in Writing Better Fiction: Craft Tips From Some of Canada's Best Writers and Editors, edited by Brent Nichols, 209-217. Calgary, Alberta: In Places Between, 2019. ISBN-13: 978-1086454246 (paper) ASIN: B07VXK9LRT (Kindle)
Runté, Mary and Robert Runté. "Placing a new university model within the discourse of higher education" in Research on Challenges and Opportunities in Launching a Technology-Driven International University, edited by Mehdi Khosrow-Pour, 11-30. IGI Global, 2019. ISBN: 9781522562559 DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-6255-9.ch002
Runté, Mary and Robert Runté. "The Rhetoric of Higher Education Reform: The Changing Discourse of the Purpose of Higher Education" in Handbook of Research on Administration, Policy, and Leadership in Higher Education, edited by Siran Mukerji and Purnendu Tripathi, 532-548. IGI Global, 2017. DOI: 10.4018/978-1-5225-0672-0.ch021
Runté, Robert. Foreword to Beyond Media Literacy: New Paradigms in New Media by Colin Scheyen. Neustadt, Ontario: Five Rivers Publishing, 2015.
Runté, Robert. "Why I Read Canadian Speculative Fiction: The Social Dimension of Reading" in The Canadian Fantastic in Focus: New Perspectives, edited by Allan Weiss. Jefferson, NC: MacFarland, 2014, pp 14-33.
[The original conference presentation of this paper won an Aurora Award, 2014]
Runté, Robert. "Estate Planning for Authors." In Writing After Retirement: Tips by Successful Retired Writers, edited by Christine Redman-Waldeyer and Carole Smallwood. Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press (Imprint of Rowman & Littlefield), 2014.
Runté, Robert. "Leslie Gadallah and Canadian Space Opera." Afterword to The Legend of Sarah by Leslie Gadallah. Neustadt, Ontario: Five Rivers Publishing, 2014.
Britnell, Judy, et al, "Common Student Misunderstandings", Module 7, Section 8, adapted from Robert Runté, ""I'm an 'A' Student But You Only Gave Me A 'C'", Facutly of Community Service: The Learning Teaching Exchange, Ryerson University, March 2014.
Runté, Robert. Foreword to Curious if True: The Fantastic in Literature, A. Bright, ed. Cambridge Scholars Publishers, July, 2012.
Foreword to a collection of essays edited by Amy Bright on fantasy, science fiction, and magic realism. Contributors include Luke R. J. Maynard, Gaelan Gilbert, Mary Eileen Wennekers, Elisa Bursten, Amy Bright, Max F. R. Olesen, Laura van Dyke, Erin Dunbar, Tessa Mellas, Shannon M. Minifie, and Thomas Stuart.
Runté, Robert. Introduction to North by 2000+, by H. A. Hargreaves. Neustadt, Ontario: Five Rivers Publishing, March, 2012.
Introduction to this reprint of landmark (the first ever) Canadian SF collection.
Runté, Robert Afterword to North by 2000+, by H.A Hargreaves. Neustadt, Ontario: Five Rivers Publishing, 2012.
The afterword is a continuation of introduction, but placed at end of the book as it contains a number of spoilers. The essay provides an in-depth analysis of why Hargreaves' stories represented a uniquely Canadian twist on traditional American science fiction motifs, and illustrate Canadian themes and preoccupations. The Afterword is available for download.
Runté, Robert. "The Dos and Don'ts of Student-Oriented Grading." In Teaching at McMasters, 2010-11 New Faculty Handbook, [Hamilton, Ontario: Center for Leadership in Learning, McMasters University] p.16.
Runté, Robert. "Is Teaching A Profession?" in Gerald Taylor and Robert Runté, eds. Thinking About Teaching: An Introduction. Toronto: Harcourt Brace, 1995. DOI 10.13140/RG.2.1.1087.3684
Runté, Robert. "Education And Schooling Revisited."Course Reader, Education Practicum 251, University of Alberta, 1989-1994. Reprinted in, Thinking About Teaching: An Introduction. Toronto: Harcourt Brace, 1995. [Full text available on ResearchGate and Academic.edu
Runté, Robert, "Canadian Speculative Fiction (Science Fiction and Fantasy)." In Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada, edited by William H. New, 1016-1021. University of Toronto Press, 2002.
Runté, Robert. "Charles de Lint." In Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada, edited by William H. New, 296. University of Toronto Press, 2002.
Runté, Robert "Gorden R. Dickinson." In Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada , edited by William H. New, 320. University of Toronto Press, 2002.
Runté, Robert "Dave Duncan." In Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada edited by William H. New, 283. University of Toronto Press, 2002.
Runté, Robert "Montpetit, Charles." In Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada, edited by William H. New, 751. University of Toronto Press, 2002.
Runté, Robert "Robert J. Sawyer." In Encyclopedia of Literature in Canada, edited by William H. New, 1007. University of Toronto Press, 2002. 1007.
[Runté, Robert et Christine Kulyk, <<Le cosmos nordique: th?mes distinctifs dans la science-fiction canadienne>>. In Visions d'autres mondes: La litt?rature fantastique et de science-fiction canadienne, 43-53. éditions rd et Bibliothéque nationale du Canada, 1995. ISBN 2-89462-000-4 Translation of above.]
Articles
McKenzie, Gail, Mary Runté, John Usher, and Robert Runté. "The Impact of Neoconservatism on the Charitable Sector: Nonprofit to nonPROFIT?" The Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge 19, no. 1 (September, 2013): 181-190.
Runté, Robert. "Speculative Fiction, Self-publishing, and the DIY Movement." Obsolete Magazine 1, no. 7 (January, 2013): 6-8.
Runté, Mary, Debra Basil, and Robert Runté. "Corporate Support For Employee Volunteerism Within Canada: A Cross Cultural Perspective." Journal of Nonprofit & Public Sector Marketing 22, no. 4 (2010): 247-263.
Runté, Robert and Mary Runté. "Re-Tasking Professional-Level Labour." The Journal of American Academy of Business, Cambridge [The Business Review, Cambridge] 15, no. 2 (Summer, 2010): 92-98.
Runté, Robert and Mary Runté. "Taylor-Made for Teachers: Deskilling Through Increased Competencies." International Journal of Humanization of Education 1, no. 1 (2007): 50-61. [Available full-text at Researchgate and Academia.edu]
Runté, Robert. "Designing Assessment for Active Learning." CORE 13, no. 3 (April 2004). Center for Support of Teaching and Learning, York University.
Runté, Robert. "Why Publish? A Sociological Analysis of Motivation in Youth Avocational Subcultures" Broken Pencil 1, no. 12 (Spring 2000): 12-15. [Full-text available online at http://www.brokenpencil.com/features/why-publish]
Chow, Peter, Nancy L. Brenton, Robert Runté. "Equality, Integration, and Equifinality." Integration: Research and Practice. (1998): 4-6.
Runté, Robert. "The Impact of Centralized Examinations on Teacher Professionalism." Canadian Journal of Education 23, no. 2 (Spring 1998): 166-181.
Taylor, Gerald and Robert Runté. "Sociology, Student Directed Inquiry, and the First Practicum", Curriculum and Teaching, 6, no 1. (1991).
Runté, Robert. "Beyond The Classroom: Reading and Writing SF." Alberta English '89 27, no. 1, (Winter 88/89): 15-18.
Runté, Robert. "Social Studies Assessment in Alberta." History and Social Science Teacher, 20, no. 1 (1984): 1-8.
Runté, Robert. "SF." Alberta English '76 16, no. 1 (Summer, 1976): 10-16.
Published Proceedings
Runté, Robert and Mary Runté. "Not Quite as Advertised: Making Sense of Stakeholder Advisory Committees." In SCOS XXII Proceedings (22nd Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, July 7-10, 2004), edited by Jean Helms Mills and Albert J. Mills.
Runté, Mary and Robert Runté. "Taking Care of Business: Making Sense of Working Overtime." In SCOS XXII Proceedings (22nd Standing Conference on Organizational Symbolism, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, July 7-10, 2004), edited by Jean Helms Mills and Albert J. Mills.
Taylor, G. and R. Runté. "Sociology, Student Directed Inquiry, and the First Practicum." Educus Wrecks: Proceedings of the 1991 Tri-Universities Educational Foundations Conference (University of Alberta, April 14-16, 1991), edited by Katherine Therrien and Nick Kach.
Keynote Addresses
[LtoR:] Randy McCharles (Moderator), Eve Silver, Ian Hamilton, Julie E. Czernada, Robert Runté, and Marty Chan. Festival Guest of Honour Keynote Speeches, When Words Collide, Calgary, Aug 12, 2016.
Runté, Robert. "An hour with Robert Runté" When Words Collide Festival, Calgary, Aug 13, 2016. [Q&A follow-up to Keynote, informal interview by Candas Jane Dorsey (Grant MacEwan University)]
Runé, Robert. "Why I Read Canadian Speculative Fiction: The Social Dimension of Reading". Scholar Keynote Address, Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy, June 8, 2013. The presentation was subsequently awarded an Aurora Award, 2014.
Runté, Robert. "The Assurance of Learning" Keynote Address, International Business and Economics Research Conference, Los Angeles, June 5, 2010.
Runté, Robert. "Designing Assessment for Active Learning", Keynote Address, Active Learning Symposium, York University, Feb 16, 2004.
Presentations at Conferences
Kerr, Adrienne, Nicole Fanning,
Robert Runté and Jim Jackson.
"Dealing With Writing Criticism", WordBridge Writers Conference, Feb 11, 2022.
Covid-19 Break in conferences.
Runté, Robert, Cliff Samuels, Tony King. "Remembering Dave Duncan", panel discussion, When Words Collide Writers Conference, Calgary, August 11, 2019.
Marks, Arlene, Jonas Saul, Raina Schnider, and Robert Runté "Troubleshooting Your Manuscript", panel discussion, When Words Collide Writers Conference, Calgary, August 10, 2019.
Runté, Robert, C. P Hoff, Susan Calder, Danika Stone, and Elizabeth McLachlan "Working with an Editor." Panel discussion at WordBridge Writers Conference, Lethbridge, Feb. 9, 2019.
Runté, Robert, Susan Forest, Jim Jackson. "Knowing the Rules and When to Break Them." Panel discussion at When Words Collide Writers Conference, August 12, 2018.
Runté, Robert, Susan Forest, Todd McCoy, Adria Laycraft. "How to Win an EditorÍs Heart. "Panel discussion at When Words Collide Writers Conference, August 11, 2018.
Runté, Robert, Therese Greenwood, Eddie Louise, Sharon Butala, Karen Lee [moderator]. "Memoir as a History of a Time and a Place." Panel discussion at When Words Collide Writers Conference, August 11, 2018.
Runté, Robert. "Working with an Editor." When Words Collide, Calgary, Aug 13, 2017.
Attard, Kelsey, Robert Runté, S.M. Beiko, JM Landels. "The Publishers Panel: Novels. " Panel discussion at When Words Collide Writers Conference, Calgary, AB, August 13, 2017.
Runté, Robert, Timothy Gwyn, C. P. Huff, Kathryn Shalley, Aerin Caley and Susan MacGregor. "Five Rivers Publishing Presents." Book launch and readings at When Words Collide Writers Conference, Calgary, AB, August 12, 2017.
Runté, C.P. Hoff, Aviva Bel'Harold, and Rissa Johnson. "Dyslexia, Dysgraphia and the Experience of Writing." Panel discussion, When Words Collide, Calgary, Aug 12, 2017.
Humphreys, C.C., R. J. Hore, Robert Runté, and Timothy Gwyn. "Pantsers vs Plotters." When Words Collide, Calgary, Aug 12, 2017.
Runté, Robert. "Managing Sustained Writing Projects." When Words Collide, Calgary, Aug 12, 2017. [First presentation of paper, "Writing Strategies for Theses and Dissertations in Social Sciences, Humanities, Education and Business." ( http://www.EssentialEdits.ca/ThesisStrategies.pdf]
C.C. Humphreys, R. J. Hore, Robert Runté, and Timothy Gwyn. "Pantsers vs Plotters." Panel discussion at When Words Collide Writers Conference, Calgary, AB, August 12, 2017.
Hiyate, Sam, Robert Runté, Samantha Beiko, Michelle Heumann. "Common Manuscript Problems." Panel discussion at When Words Collide Writers Conference, Calgary, AB, August 11, 2017.
Runté, Robert, Caroline Frechette, Karen Dales, Sam Morgan, Linda Poitevin (moderator). "Ways to Pitch a Novel to a Publisher or Agent." Panel discussion, Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, 2016, Ottawa, ON, September 10, 2016.
Runté, Robert, Mark Leslie (Lefebvre), Ella Beaumont, Tod McCoy. "The Publishers Panel: Novels." Panel discussion, When Words Collide Writers Festival, Calgary, AB, August 14, 2016.
Runté, Robert, Marcello Di Cintio, Laura Wershler, Paula Johanson. "What Makes for Good Non-Fiction." Panel discussion, When Words Collide Writers Festival, Calgary, AB, August 14, 2016.
Runté, Robert, Adrienne Kerr, Ella Beaumont, Hayden Trenholm, Samantha Beiko. "Common Manuscript Problems." Panel discussion, When Words Collide Festival, Calgary, AB, August 12, 2016.
Runté, Robert, Eve Silver, Edward Willett, Adrienne Kerr, Samantha Beiko. "How to Write a Good Pitch & Query." Panel discussion, When Words Collide Festival,?Calgary, AB, August 12, 2016.
Runté, Robert, "Canadian Speculative Fiction Tropes 1960-2000." Presentation to Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa, Nov 1, 2015.
LtoR: Hayden Trenholm (Bundoran Press), Gabrielle Harbowy (DragonMoon Press), Robert Runté (Five Rivers), Elizabeth Hirst (Pop Seagull), and Marie Bilodeau, (author, Moderator)
Bilodeau, Marie (Moderator), Caroline Frechette, Gabrielle Harbowy, Elizabeth Hirst, Robert Runté, and Hayden Trenholm. "Preparing to Pitch Novels." Panel Discussion [pictured above]. The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa, ON, November 1, 2015.
Sally Harding, Mark Lefebvre, Danielle Rayner, and Robert Runté. "Publishers Panel: Novels." Panel Discussion, When Words Collide Writers Festival, Calgary, AB, August 15, 2015.
Runté, Robert (Five Rivers), Hayden Trenholm (Bundoran), Patrick Swenson (Fairwood), Brian Hades (Edge), and Ian Alexander Martin (Atomic Fez)
"Publishers Panel: Novels." Panel discussion, When Words Collide, August 10, 2014.
Runté, Robert, Janice MacDonald, Jim Sellers, Greg Bechtel. "Teaching Canadian Fiction." Panel discussion, When Words Collide Festival, August 9, 2014.
Leslie, Mark, Robert Runé, Constantine Kaoukakis, Malcolm Azania. "The Social Dimensions of Reading" Panel discussion, When Words Collide Festival, August 8, 2014.
Adrienne Kerr (Penguin Books), Robert Runté (Five Rivers), Hayden Trenholm (Bundoran), Ian Alexander Martin (Atomic Fez). "How to Write Pitch and Query." Panel discussion, When Words Collide Festival, Calgary, August 8, 2014.
Haberlin, Matthew and Robert Runté. "Social and Emotional Development of Youth at the Boys and Girls Clubs." Poster Session, Association for Psychological Science, San Francisco, May 25, 2014.
Paulson, Jamis (Ravenstone), Adrienne Kerr (Penguin Books), Brian Hades (Edge), Hayden Trenholm (Bundoran), Samantha Beiko (CZP), Runté, Robert (Five Rivers). "Publisher's Panel". When Words Collide Festival, Calgary, Alberta, August 11, 2013.
Runté, Robert (SFeditor.ca), Jodi McIssac (author), Nina Munteanu (freelance editor), Brian Hades (Edge), Ursula Pflug (author). "Editor for Hire" Panel discussion, When Words Collide Festival, Calgary, Alberta, August 10, 2013.
Adrienne Kerr (Penguin Books), Samantha Beiko (CZP), and Justyn Perry (Breathless Press), and Runté, Robert (moderator). "How To Write a Good Pitch and Query." When Words Collide Festival, Calgary, Alberta, August 9, 2013..
McKenzie, Gail, Mary Runté, John Usher, and Robert Runté. "The Impact of Neoconservatism on the Charitable Sector: Nonprofit to nonPROFIT?" Paper presentation to the Finance, Economics & Global Business Research Conference, Miami, December 12-14, 2012. ("Best Presenter Award" for the conference.)
Gordon Van Gelder (Moderator), Neil Clarke, Emily Craven, Mark Lefebvre, Betsy Mitchell, and Robert Runté. "Oh Brave New (E-Publishing) World." Panel discussion, World Fantasy Convention, November 2, Toronto, 2012.
Runté, Robert. "Canadian Speculative Fiction in the 21st Century." Presentation to Toronto SpecFic Colloquium, October 28, 2012.
Runté, Robert, Robin Bright, Nancy Gigg, Danny Balderson, and Ed Jurkoski. "Program Evaluation at the Faculty of Education, University of Lethbridge." Presentation to WestCast 2012 Conference, Calgary, Alberta, Feb 22-24, 2012.
Galler-Smith, Barb, Neil Godbout, Virginia O'Dine, Robert Runté, and Alison Sinclari (Panelists): "The Editor/Author Relationship." Panel discussion at When Words Collide Festival, Calgary Alberta, August 13, 2011.
Runté, Robert. "Models, Elites, and Trends in Higher Education in Alberta, 1935-2010." Presentation to Canadian History of Education Association/l'Association canadienne d'historie de l'education, Toronto, Oct. 21-24, 2010.
Runté, Robert and Mary Runté "Re-Tasking Professional-Level Labour." Presentation to International Business and Economics Research Conference, Los Angeles, June 2-5, 2010.
Runté, Mary and Robert Runté. "Perks and Play: Work's Colonization of the Home." Presentation to Global Management & Information Technology Research Conference, New York, May 26-28, 2010. (Designated "Best Presenter Award" for the conference.)
Runté, Robert. "Origins, History, and Future of SF Fandom." Presentation to Speculations Conference, Shaw Conference Center, Edmonton, Oct 2-4, 2009.
Runté, Robert and Mary Runté, "Managing Innovation." Presentation to Hawaii International Conference on Business, June 12-15, 2009.
Runté, Mary and Robert Runté, "Education Vacation: An Application of the Theory of Reasoned Action." Presentation to Hawaii International Conference on Education, January 4-7, 2009.
Runté, Robert. "Thinking outside the bandwagon: One Instructor's Perspective on Managing Innovation." Presentation to CNIE/RCIE Conference, Banff, April 28, 2008.
Runté, Mary, Debra Basil, Robert Runté. "Corporate support for employee volunteerism within Canada: A cross cultural perspective." Presentation to Cross Cultural Research Conference, American Psychological Association (Section 23) Bringham Young University, Hawaii, December 12-15, 2007.
Forest, Susan, Karl Johanson, Brian Hades, Nina Munteneau, Robert Runté, and Lynda Williams. "Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy." Panel discussion, Con-Version 23, Calgary, August 17-19, 2007.
Runté, Robert. "Blogs, Poscasting, and Managing Innovation." Presentation to Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, June 15, 2007.
Runté, Robert. "Blogs as Data and Research Tool." Presentation to Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education, University of Alberta, Edmonton, June 14, 2007.
Runté, Mary and Robert Runté. "All in a Day's Work: The Re-tasking of Professional and Managerial Labour." Presentation to Administrative Sciences Association Canada Conference, Ottawa, June 3, 2007.
Runté, Robert, Lorraine Beaudin, Jim Henry, Kris Magnuson. "Podcasting at the UofL." Presentation at Interface 2006: Alberta's Renaissance, University of Lethbridge, May 11, 2006.
Runté, Robert, Lorraine Beaudin. "Exploring the Educational Potential of Blogging." Panel presentation at Interface 2006: Alberta's Renaissance, University of Lethbridge, May 11, 2006.
Runté, Mary, Robert Runté, McGowan. "Dr.Mom/ Dr.Dad: Issues and Dilemmas Regarding Parenthood and Academia." Panel presentation, Gender and Diversity in Organizations Symposium, Administrative Sciences Association Canada Conference, Ryerson University, May 29-31, 2005.
Runté, Robert, and Mary Runté. "Stakeholder advisory committees: Illusion, Inclusion and Exclusion." Presentation to Social Marketing Advances in Research and Theory (SMART) Conference, Kananaskis, Alberta, Sept 18-19, 2004.
Runté, Robert, Dawn Bazely and Matthew Clark. "Case studies in evaluation and assessment." Live responses to case studies presented at Active Learning Symposium, York University, Feb 16, 2004.
Runté, Robert. "Active Reading / Active Writing and the Web." Presentation to Active Learning Symposium, York University, Feb 16, 2004.
Runté, Robert. "Avocational subcultures, career, and identity in conditions of alienated labour" Presentation to Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference, St. Mary's University, Halifax, June 14-17, 2003.
Sterenberg, Glad and Robert Runté. "Women and computers : the feminine mystaque" Presentation to Administrative Sciences Association of Canada Conference, St. Mary's University, Halifax, June 14-17, 2003.
Runté, Robert. "I'm an 'A' student but you only gave me a 'C': Addressing Student Misconceptions of the Grading Process." Presentation to Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education annual conference, June 13-15, 2002 (McMaster University, Hamilton)
Runté, Robert and Mary Runté. "Assessing Inquiry-Based Learning With Objective Tests." Presentation to Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education annual conference, June 13-15, 2002 (McMaster University, Hamilton)
Runté, Robert. "Developing and Assessing Web Page Assignments In Regular Classes." Presentation to Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning, May 9, 2002
Runté, Robert and Derek Robinson. "Guiding Student Teachers Through the Hype and Hysteria: A Foundational Approach to Technological Change in Education." Presentation to WestCast, Vancouver, 2002.
Runté, Robert. "Setting & Grading Web Page Assignments: Some Practical Considerations." Presentation to Alberta Online Learning Symposium, Edmonton, October, 2001.
Runté, Robert. "Basic Dos and Don'ts of Multiple-Choice Examinations." Presentation to Society for Teaching and Learning in Higher Education 2001 Conference, St John, NFLD., June 2001.
Runté, Robert. "I'm an 'A' Student, But You Only Gave Me a 'C': Addressing Student Misconceptions of the Grading Process." Presentation to Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning, May 1-4, 2001.
Runté, Mary and Robert Runté. "Disability and Assessment: Equal vs. Equitable Evaluation." Presentation to Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning, May 1-4, 2001.
Runté, Mary and Runté, Robert. "Disability in the University Classroom: Equal vs. Equitable Evaluation." Presentation to Society for Teaching and Learning, Mount Allison University, June 24-27,1998.
Runté, Robert. "Replacing the Term Paper with a Website: Some Practical Considerations." Presentation to Society for Teaching and Learning, Mount Allison University, June 24-27, 1998.
Runté, Robert. "Incorporating Ancillary Personnel into a 'Course Team'." Presentation to WestCast'97, Feb 21, 1997.
Runté, Robert. "Replacing the Term Paper with a Website: Some Practical Considerations." Presentation to WestCast'97, Feb 21, 1997.
Runté, Robert. "Student Websites on Issues Related to Education." Presentation to WestCast'97, Feb 20, 1997.
Runté, Robert. "Mounting a Course Module on the World Wide Web." Presentation to WestCast'97, Feb 20, 1997.
Runté, Robert. "Professional or Knowledge Worker: Teachers and the Ideology of Professionalism." Presentation to Canadian Association of Foundations Education (CAFE) Conference, the 1995 Learneds, Montreal, June 5, 1995.
Runté, Robert. "The Ideological Proletarianization of Educators." Presentation to Society for Socialist Studies Conference, the 1995 Learneds, Montreal, June 3, 1995.
Runté, Robert. "The Impact Of Centralized Examinations On The Educator's Work Process." Presentation to Canadian Educational Researcher's Association Conference, the 1995 Learneds, Montreal, June 2, 1995.
Runté, Robert. "Professionalism, Autonomy and the Student Teacher." Presentation to WestCast'93, Vancouver, March 3-7, 1993.
Runté, Robert. "Canadian Speculative Fiction and the Classroom." Presentation to Canadian Council of Teachers of English, and English Language Arts Council of Alberta Teachers Association, Annual Conference, Calgary, April 29-May 3, 1992.
Runté, Robert. "Northern Cosmos: Themes In Canadian SF." Commissioned presentation to Saskatchewan Writers Guild Conference, Regina, May 31-June 1-3, 1990.
Taylor, Gerald and Robert Runté. "The Introductory Practicum: It's Role and Nature In Teacher Education." Canadian Society for the Study of Education Conference, Learned Societies, Montreal. May, 1989.
Taylor, Gerald and Robert Runté. "The Initial Practicum As A Study of the Social Context of Teaching." Presentation to Westcast Annual Conference, Calgary. February, 1989.
Runté, Robert. "The Emergence of the Manpower and Consumerism Models of Higher Education In Alberta." Presentation to Educational Foundations Conference, University of Calgary, May, 1985.
Commissioned Studies
Runté, Robert, Elana Scraba, and Tom Dunn. "Writing Prompt Design and Thoughtfulness." Unreleased study commissioned by the Student Evaluation Branch, Alberta Education, 1991.
Runté, Robert, Elana Scraba, and Tom Dunn. "Writing Prompt Design in Large Scale, On Going Examination Programs". Unreleased study commissioned by the Student Evaluation Branch, Alberta Education, 1991.
Decore, A.M., R. Carney, and C. Urion, with D. Alexander and R. Runté. Native People in the Curriculum. Edmonton, AB: Alberta Education, 1981. ERIC ED225768
Grants
Webber, Charles (UofC), Judy Lupart (UofA) , Robert Runté, Nola Aitken (UofL). Alberta Student Assessment Study, $250,000 Alberta Education, 2007.
Curriculum Resources
Runté, Robert, with Nicole Boudreau, Mary Runté, Tigana Runté and RoseAnn Johnston.
The Acadians of Nova Scotia http://people.uleth.ca/~runte/Meteghan/about.htm May 2006, 2nd edition, January 2008. (Over 84,000 hits) Series of learning objects consisting of 40 interview videos, 4 MP3 audio clips, and five photo essays (over 40 photos) addressing General Learner Outcome 2.1, Alberta Program of Studies
Runté, Robert, Pam Robertson, C. P. Hoff, Hali Lilburn. "WordBridge Presents: Self-Publishing Panel", Word on the Street (Lethbridge), Sept 21, 2019.
Runté Robert. "Day Three" from Pulp Literature, no. 21 (Winter, 2019). Readings at "Pulp Literature Presents" session, When Words Collide Writers Conference, Calgary, August 10, 2019.
Runté, Robert. "Thesis Writing Strategies." Management 5160 (Qualitative Research Seminar), Dhillon School of Business, University of Lethbridge, March, 21, 2019.
Runté, Robert. "Supporting Graduate Student Writing in Theses and Dissertations." Sparks Teaching Symposium, University of Lethbridge, May 1, 2018.
Runté, Robert. "Thesis Writing Strategies." Doctoral Seminar, Faculty of Education, University of Lethbridge, December. 16, 2017.
Attard, Kelsey (Freehand Books), S.M. Beiko (ChiZine Publications), Robert Runté (Essential Edits). Moderator: Kelaine Devine (Allied Arts Council of Lethbridge). "Writing Nuts and Bolts: Editors and Publishers Talk about Submissions", Word on the Street (Lethbridge), Sept. 23, 2017.
Runté, Robert. "The Age of Miracles" from Strangers Among Us edited by Susan Forest and Lucas Law (Toronto: Laska Media, 2016.) Guest readings [excerpts] at When Words Collide Festival, Calgary, August 12, 2016.
Runté, Robert. "The Age of Miracles." From Strangers Among Us edited by Susan Forest and Lucas Law. (Toronto: Laska Media, 2016) Readings [excerpts] Fish Creek Library, Calgary, August 11, 2016.
Runté, Robert. "Hacker Chess" from The Playground of Lost Toys, edited by Ursula Pflug and Colleen Anderson. (Toronto: Exile Editions, 2016) Readings [excerpts] at prelaunch panel, Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa, Nov 1, 2015.
Runté, Robert. Full text, "The Missing Elephant," from They Have To Take You In edited by Ursula Pflug [Brighton, Ontario: Hidden Brook Press, 2014.] Reading V-Con 39, Vancouver, BC, October 4, 2014.
Runté, Robert. Excerpt, "Split Decision", Tesseract 15 Panel, Readings at When Words Collide Festival, August 13, 2011, Calgary, Alberta [with Kevin Cockle, Erika Holt, Nicole Liken, Cat McDonald].
Runté, Robert. Excerpt, The Flight of the Illynov, Reading at When Words Collide Festival, August 14, 2011, Calgary, Alberta [with Robert Stallworthy]
Runté, Robert. "Canadian Science Fiction" Presentation (two sessions) Faculty of Education Literature Fair, September 28, 2007.
Runté, Robert and Nola Aitken. "Final Examinations." Faculty of Management Teaching Effectiveness Committee "Lunch and Learn", March 24, 2006.
Runté, Robert. "Work/Life Balance in Teaching" EUS Brown Bag Session, October 17, 2005.
Runté, Robert and Mary, Runté. "Deskilling, Upskilling, Retasking and Reintegration in Professional Level Labour." Social Responsibility Research Group, Faculty of Management. October 14, 2005.
Gunn, Thelma and Robert Runté, "Issues in Testing." (informal Q&A session) Faculty of Management Teaching Effectiveness, November 5, 2004.
Runté, Robert, with Thelma Gunn, Ian McKenna, Toni Nelson, Robert Rogerson "Exploring Evaluation." Panel Discussion, "Effective Assessment", Faculty of Management Retreat, August 20, 2004.
Runté, Robert. "Developing Effective Course Outlines." Presentation to Faculty of Management Retreat, August 19, 2004.
Runté, Robert. "Disability Issues." Presentation to Arts and Science Faculty Council, October 8, 2003.
Runté, Robert. "Balancing Work and Life: Confessions of a Recovering Workaholic." EUS Brown Bag Session, February 11, 2003.
Runté, Robert. "Falling Through the Hoops: Student (Mis)Construction of University Writing." Presentation to Faculty of Education Research Seminars, Nov 30, 2001.
Runté, Robert, "Student (Mis)Construction of University Writing", Presentation to Faculty of Arts and Science Seminar, Nov 1, 2002.
Runté, Robert. "How to Write Better Tests: Written Response." Presentation for Curriculum Redevelopment Centre, University of Lethbridge, March 2, 2001.
Runté, Robert. "How to Write Better Tests: Item Analysis." Presentation for Curriculum Redevelopment Centre, University of Lethbridge, Feb 16, 2001.
Runté, Robert. "How to Write Better Tests: Multiple-Choice." Presentation to Curriculum Redevelopment Centre, University of Lethbridge, Feb 2, 2001.
Runté, Robert. "Notes Towards Teaching Efficiently." Presentation as part of the Gender Issues Caucus and ULFA panel presentation, " Meeting the Challenges of Work & Family: Doing Justice to all Aspects of your Life", October, 5, 1999.
Runté, Robert. "Lighting the Candle at Both Ends Without Getting Burnt." Presentation to EUS brown bag seminar series, October 19, 1999.
Runté, Robert. "Notes Toward Fair and Accurate Student Assessment." Presentation to Centre for the Support of Teaching, York University, June 3, 1999.
Runté, Robert. "Appeal-Proof Grades: The Do's and Don'ts of Fair and Accurate Student Assessment" Presentation to Physics Department, Faculty of Science, York University, December 2, 1997.
Runté, Robert. "Appeal-Proof Grades: The Do's and Don'ts of Fair and Accurate Student Assessment." Centre for the Support of Teaching, York University, October 23, 1997
Runté, Robert. "What it Means to be Human in the 21st Century." Panel presentation, Curriculum Visions Seminar, Faculty of Education, University of Victoria, with nine other speakers including William Doll and William Pinar, August 1, 1997.
Runté, Robert. "Research Contradictions". Panel presentation as part of Faculty Research Seminar, "Role of Research in Faculty of Education", with Nola Aitken, Lance Grigg, Peter Heffernan, and David Smith, November 23, 1996.
Runté, Robert. "Multiple-Choice Construction Techniques." Presentation to Collaborative Autobiography and Faculty Development Group, October 21, 1996.
Runté, Robert. "Test Specifications." and "Essay Grading.", Presenttions to Faculty of Arts and Science, January 5, 1996.
Runté, Robert. "Relatively Relevant Research". Panel presentation as part of Faculty Research Seminar, "Role of Research in Faculty of Education", with Robin Bright, Linda Pimentel, and David Smith. April 12, 1996.
Runté, Robert (with Nola Aitken) "Evaluating Students", Seminars in Support of Effective University Instruction, March 17, 1995.
Runté, Robert. "How teaching my first graduate course changed my teaching style." Presentation to Teaching In Focus, September 22, 1995.
Runté, Robert. "Innovations in Education 4320." Presentation to Teaching In Focus, March 31, 1995.
Runté, Robert. "Review of Agenda For Change[Government White Paper on Advanced Education]", Education Faculty Retreat, May 5, 1994.
Chambers, Cynthia, Kas Mazurek, Robert Runté, Brian Titley, and Maggie Winzer. Why and How I Write." Panel discussion, Faculty of Education Research Seminar, December 3, 1993.
Runté, Robert. "Professionalism as Ideology." Poster Session, University of Lethbridge, March 24, 1993.
Newsletter Articles
Runté, Robert. "Notes on Teaching Efficiently" (Revised and updated) New Faculty Orientation Package, ULFA, May, 2007. (see also 'Open Source publishing', below).
Runté, Robert. "Notes on Teaching Efficiently, Part I." ULFA Newsletter, March, 2000, 6
Runté, Robert, Notes on Teaching Efficiently, Part II, ULFA Newsletter, May, 2000, 6-7.
Runté, Robert. Choosing a Thesis or Dissertation Supervisor. Lethbridge, AB: EssentialEdits.ca, January, 2018. http://www.essentialedits.ca/ChooseSupervisor.pdf. Full-text on ResearchGate and Academic.edu. DOI 10.13140/RG.2.2.19449.98408
Runté, Robert. Writing Strategies for Theses and Dissertations in Social Sciences, Humanities, Education and Business. Lethbridge, AB: Essential Edits.ca, August, 2017. http://www.EssentialEdits.ca/ThesisStrategies. Full-text on Researchgate and Academic.edu. DOI 10.13140/RG.2.2.24383.61603v
Runté, Robert. Maintaining Copies of Key Files. Lethbridge, AB: EssentialEdits.ca: August, 2017. http://www.EssentialEdits.ca/Backups.pdf.
Full-text Researchgate or Academic.edu.
Runté. Robert (ed.), "Kid Culture—Popular Culture That Matters to Kids: The 10 Minute Guide for Parents and Teachers" (Last Updated 2002 - closed 2008; as function superseded by Wikipedia.)
A two minute and 9 second video describing my role as acquisition and developmental editor on this book (from the book launch at the Merril Collection of Speculative fiction at the Toronto Public Library).
Susan MacGregor, The Tattooed Witch 2013. (Nominated for an Aurora Award, "Best Novel", 2014.)
Mike Plested, Mik Murdoch: Boy Superhero August, 2012. (Nominated for an Aurora Award, "Best Young Adult Novel", 2013.) (Subsequently available from Evil Alter Ego Press, 2016)
Runté, Robert. "Blue Pencil Café", When Words Collide Writers Conference, Calgary August 10, 2019.
Runté, Robert, Simon Rose, Suzy Vadori, Kasia Runté (facilitator). "Calgary Association of Freelance Editors Editors-Authors Speed Mingle," When Words Collide Writers Conference, Calgary August 9, 2019.
Mundford, Carrie, Celeste Peters, Robert Runté, Rhonda Parrish, Candas Jane Dorsey (reader). "Live Action Slush" (Early Bird edition) When Words Collide Writers Conference, Calgary August 9, 2019.
Runté, Robert, Candas Jane Dorsey, Barb Geiger, Halli Lilburn, Dave Poulsen, Lesley Little (Reader), "Live Action Slush". WordBridge Writers' Conference, Lethbridge, Feb 9, 2019.
Runté, Robert. "Blue Pencil Workshop" When Words Collide Writers Conference, Calgary, August 12, 2018.
Runté, Robert, Rhonda Parrish, Virginia O'Dine, Celeste Peters, and Edward Willett (reader). "Live Action Slush" When Words Collide Writers Conference, Calgary, August 10, 2018.
Butler, Paul, Barb Greiger, Robert Runté, and Richard Stevenson. Blue Pencil Café. Word on the Street (Lethbridge), Sept 23, 2017.
Estep, Marty Jennifer, Robert Runté, Randy McCharles, Clare C. Marshall, Amy Totten (reader) "Live Action Slush: YA Edition." When Words Collide, Calgary, Aug 13, 2017.
Runté, Robert. "Blue Pencil Workshop." When Words Collide, Calgary, Aug 13, 2017.
Runté, Robert, Michelle Heumann, Rhonda Parrish, Joan Crate; JM Landels (reader). "Live Action Slush: Early Bird Edition." When Words Collide, Calgary, Aug 11, 2017.
Runté, Robert. "Blue Pencil Workshop." The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa, Sept 10, 2016.
Runté, Robert. "Five Rivers Pitch Session." The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa, Sept 10, 2016.
Runté, Robert. "Five Rivers Pitch Sessions" (three, one-hour sessions). When Words Collide Festival, August 12-14, 2016.
Czerneda, Julie E., Robert Runté, Ella Beaumont, Barb Galler-Smith, J. Y. T. Kennedy (reader). "Live Action Slush: High Fantasy Edition." When Words Collide Festival, August 14, 2016.
Czerneda, Julie E., Robert Runté, Hayden Trenholm, Patrick Swenson, Claire McCague (reader) "Live Action Slush: Science Fiction Edition." When Words Collide Festival, August 13, 2016.
Runté, Robert. "How to Work With an Editor" (three-hour, Master Class, pre-conference workshop). When Words Collide Festival, August 12, 2016.
Runté Robert. "Five Rivers Pitch Sessions" (three one-hour sessions, 3-4 authors/session). The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa , Oct 31- Nov 1, 2015.
Runté Robert. "Blue Pencil Workshops" (three one-hour sessions, 3-4 authors/session). The Conference on Canadian Content in Speculative Arts and Literature, Ottawa , Oct 31- Nov 1, 2015.
Runté, Robert. "Blue Pencil Workshop." Word on the Street, Lethbridge, Sept 20, 2015.
Runté Robert (Five Rivers). "Blue Pencil Workshops" (two one-hour sessions). When Words Collide, August 2015.
Runté Robert (Five Rivers). "Pitch Session." When Words Collide, August 2015.
Robert Runté, Ella Beaumon, Rhonda Parrish, Barb Galler-Smith and Edward Willett (reader, not shown).
"Early Bird Live Action Slush." When Words Collide, August, 2015.
[The photo depicts the moment I had my insight into why the story being workshopped was not working; i.e., notice lightbulb over my head.]
Runté, Robert (Five Rivers). "Pitch Session." V-Con 39, Vancouver, October 5, 2014.
Randy MacCharles (author), Ian Alexander Martin (Atomic Fez Publishing), Samantha Beiko (Editor/Author), Patrick Swenson (Fairwood Press), Mark Teppo (author) and Robert Runté (Five Rivers). "Live Action Slush." V-Con 39, Vancouver, October 4, 2014.
Runté, Robert. "Blue Pencil Café." When Words Collide Festival, Calgary, August 10, 2014.
Willett, Edward (reader); James Van Pelt, Robert Runté, Hayden Trenholm, and Patrick Swenson. "Live Action Slush Panel: SF." When Words Collide Festival, Calgary, August 9, 2014.
Marshall, Clare C. (reader); Brandon Sanderson, Mark Leslie, Robert
Runté, Susan MacGregor. "Live Action Slush Panel: Fantasy." When Words Collide Festival, Calgary, August 8, 2014.
Runté Robert (Five Rivers Publishing). "Pitch Session." When Words Collide, Calgary, Alberta, August 11, 2013.
Trenholm, Hayden (Bundoran Press), Robert Runté (SFeditor.ca) Patrick Swenson (Fairwood Press), Sandra Wickham (author), Tony King (Moderator). "Live Action Slush: Science Fiction Edition." When Words Collide Festival, Calgary, Alberta, August 10, 2013.
Runté, Robert (SFeditor.ca), Susan MacGregor (On Spec Magazine), Greame Brown (author), D. B. Jackson (author); Ed Willett (Moderator). "Live Action Slush: Fantasy Edition." When Words Collide Festival, Calgary, Alberta, August 10, 2013.
Runté, Robert. Blue Pencil Café [Other workshop participants: Robert J Sawyer, Dave Duncan, Edward Willett, Virginia O'Dine] When Words Collide, Calgary, Alberta, 2012.
Runté, Robert. "Blue Pencil Café."[Other workshop participants: Calvin Jim, Virgina O'Dine, and Diane Walton.] When Words Collide Festival, Calgary, Alberta, August 14, 2011.
Runté, Robert. "Pitch Session" (How to Pitch a Book Proposal) When Words Collide Festival, Calgary, Alberta, August 13, 2011.
Runté, Robert. "Managing assessment in inquiry driven programs." Health Sciences Faculty (and LCC) Nursing program presentation Sept 1, 2005: 9-Noon.
Runté, Robert. "Managing Assessment in Inquiry-Driven Courses." Brown Bag Seminar, Faculty of Social Work, University of Calgary, October 22, 2003.
Runté, Robert. "Feedback They Can Use: Understanding the Undergraduate's Frame of Reference" ; "Basic Dos and Don'ts of Multiple-Choice Tests"; and "Advanced Multiple-Choice Techniques and Item Analysis without Complicated Statistics". Three half-day workshops, University of Guelph, July 26-27, 2001.
Runté, Robert. "Feedback They Can Use: Understanding the Undergraduate's Frame of Reference"; "Basic Dos and Don'ts of Multiple-Choice Tests"; and "Advanced Multiple-Choice Techniques and Item Analysis without Complicated Statistics". Three half-day workshops, McMaster University, July 24-25, 2001.
Runté, Robert. "How to construct Better Tests" Two-day workshop, Nov 99, Winnipeg School Division #1, Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Runté, Robert. "Notes Towards Good Assessment Practice." Half-day workshop, Centre for Support of Teaching, York University, Toronto, June 3, 1999.
Runté, Robert. "Dos and Don'ts of Writing Multiple-Choice Questions." Half-day workshop, Summer Institute on Student Assessment in the Classroom, Edmonton, August 20, 1996.
Runté, Robert. "Improving Multiple-Choice Tests Through Item Analysis (Without Complicated Statistics)." Half-day workshop, Summer Institute on Student Assessment in the Classroom, Calgary, August 20, 1996.
Runté, Robert and Peter Chow. "Testwiseness: How to Prepare Students and Tests." Alberta Assessment Consortium First Annual Conference, Calgary, November 16-18, 1995.
Runté, Robert. "Dos and Don'ts of Writing Multiple-Choice Questions." Half-day workshop, Summer Institute on Student Assessment in the Classroom, Calgary, August 14, 1995.
Runté, Robert. "Improving Multiple-Choice Tests Through Item Analysis (Without Complicated Statistics)." Half-day workshop, Summer Institute on Student Assessment in the Classroom, Calgary, August 14, 1995.
Runté, Robert. "Improving Student Evaluation In The Classroom." Professional Development Conference, Peace River School Division, Manning, Alberta. October, 1989.
Runté, Robert. "Test Design Workshop". Business Administration Faculty, Athabasca University, Athabasca, Alberta. May, 1989.
Matthew Haberlin, Finding Their Voice: Youth's Perspectives on Their Participation at the Boys and Girls Clubs of Canada, 2014.
Nathan Sillito, Instruction In Assessment For Learning Practices In Alberta Teacher Preparation Programs, 2013.
Lissa, D'Amour, An Illustrative Phenomenographic Case Study: Charting The Landscape of "Public Understanding of Science", 2008 (Ph.D. at UBC, won SSHRC grant and the Joseph-Armand Bombardier Canada Doctorate Scholarship)
Lance Semek, Surfaces: A Novel. 2006. Co-supervised with Goldie Morgentaler.
John Dubé, Suicidal Children, 2005.
Shelia McHugh, Substitute Teachers 1997. (Basis for McHugh's subsequent 2001 publication: McHugh, S. J. The Successful Substitute Teacher Bloomington, IN: Phi Delta Kappa Fastback #475.) Co-Chair with Cathy Campbell
Deanna Arlis, Bookmarks: Girlhood Reading that Marked Us Women. 1995. (Winner of the Govenor General's Gold Medal for Academic Achievement) Co-Chair with David Smith
Thesis Committees
Karen Ander, Exploring the Experiences of Novice Sessional Clinical Nursing Instructors: A Descriptive Qualitative Study (Supervisor: M. Sedgwick, Health Sciences) Completed Spring, 2016.
Kelly Thompson Fun as a recruitment tool: A discourse analysis of job advertisements (Supervisor: M. Runté, Management) Fall, 2015.
Tracy Oosterbrock thesis, Preparing to Care: Creating a Culture of Caring in PBL Tutorial Groups Supervisor: (Judith C., Kulig, Health Sciences).
Maureen Parker How Principal's Beliefs About Classroom Assessment Influence Their Leadership Practices: An Exploration. (Supervisor: George Bedard) 2006.
Rob Morgan Athlete's perceptions of sport and education : a comparision of high school 4A basketball players and midget AAA hockey players in Alberta (Supervisor Keith Roscoe) Spring, 2003.
James. G. Fisher, Drug Abuse Resistance Education): Perceptions Of Teachers, Principals, And School Resource Officer (Supervisor: Kas Mazurek) Fall, 2002.
Cynthia Maliowski The Journey From Instrumentalist to Musician: Reflections on the Implementation of the Conservatory Method in Musical Performance (Supervisor J. O'Dea), Spring 2001.
Martina Freeman, How do Children Generate and Evaluate Scientific Ideas? (Supervisor: Rick Mrazek) 1999. ((Winner of the Governor General's Gold Medal for Academic Achievement)
Keith Hadden Middle School Attributes in Alberta: Their Effects on Student Achievement at the Grade 6 Level. 1999(Supervisor: David Towmsend)
Jim Simpson, Community in Schools: An Exploratory Study of Meaning and Purpose. (Supervisor: K. Mazurek) Spring, 1997.
Loya DeClercq: Student-Teacher Rapport in Video-Conferncing. (Supervisor: L. Walker ) Spring, 1996.
Sharon Lewis, Using Telecommunications to Enhance Grade 8 Curriculum (Supervisors: B. Gall/R. Mrazek) 1995.
Projects and Graduate Examination Committees
Supervisor, Heather Setka, The Only Woman In The Room Is At The Front, MAIS Project, Athabasca University, Spring, 2016.
Supervisor, Colin Scheyen, Beyond Media Literacy: Critical Pedagogy and Popular Media; MAIS Project, Athabasca University, Fall, 2013. [Subsequently published as Beyond Media Literacy: New Paradigm for New Media, 2014.]
Supervisor, Laura Inglis-Eickmeier, Children's Picture Books on Death and Grieving: an Interdisciplinary Project. [A public Pinterest Board was the first phase of project.] MAIS Project, Athabasca University, Summer 2013.
Supervisor, Janet Walker. Program Review of a Corporate Learning and Career Development Program; MAIS Project, Athabasca University, Summer, 2009
Supervisor, Trevor Woods, Perceptions of a Videoconference Course, 2005.
Supervisor, Jerel Gibbs, Retraining the University Trained Teacher Fall, 2004
Supervisor, Merle Fuller, Living with a cop:A handbook for Police Officers and their Families. (Second Reader, Kris Magnusson), Fall 2002.
Supervisor, Lori Howe, Self-Esteem in Girls: Does Physical Education Make a Difference? (Second Readers: Kris Magnusson and Mary Dyck) Fall, 2002.
Supervisor, Ian Davidson, The High School Coach's Perspective on School Violence (Project. Currently in a Ph.D program at Northwestern State University.)
Supervisor, Project: David Carnegy, Adolescent Sexuality: Questions, and Concerns (Second Reader: N. Grigg) Spring, 1997.
Second Reader, Project,: Marian Biggins, Siblings of Children with Disabilities, Spring 1997. (First Reader: N. Grigg)
Project, second reader: Michael Wright, Lifework: Learning and TeachingThrough Drama Fall, 1994 (First reader: C. Chambers)
Project, second reader: Joan Pommen, A Case Study of the Use of Portfolios to Appraise Teacher Performance. (First reader: D.Townsend), June 1994.
Second reader: Jo-Ann Stocki "The Slow Burn: A Journey of Self" Comprehensive Examination, 1993 (First reader: Rick Mrazek).
Supervisor, Graduate Examination: Ronalee Orr
Supervisor, Graduate Examination: Barbara Kari
Graduate Examination, committee member: Wendy Weninger (Supervisor: R. Bright)
Graduate Examination, second reader: Richard Peppinck. (Supervisor: C.Chambers)
Graduate Independent Studies
Supervisor, Glenda Reynolds (2005) "Transpersonal Research Methodologies"
Supervisor, Trevor Woods (2005) "Efficacy Examination of Online Testing"
Supervisor, Glenda Reynolds (2005) "Heuristics and the Ph.D. Research Proposal"
Supervisor, Ronalee Orr (2000) "Community Schools from a Sociological Perspective".
First reader: Jim Simpson, Implementation of Portfolios in Grade 7 Classrooms Fall, 1994 (Nola Aitken, second reader)
Second reader: Shelia McHugh, "Teaching on the Periphery: An Annotated Bibliography of Research on Substitute Teachers" Spring, 1995 (first reader: Cathy Campbell)
Second reader: Edith Enns "Review of SAPDC" Summer, 1995 (first reader: R. Butt)
Second reader Jim Simpson, "Understanding/Building Community in Schools" Fall, 1995 (First reader: Kas Mazurek)
Secretary, The Alberta Speculative Fiction Association. October 1988 to June 1991; Board member, ConText '89 and ConText '91 national speculative fiction literary conventions.
Secretary, Board of Directors, National Film Theatre (Edmonton). January 1982 to January 1983.
(Not including 149 issues of various SF zines, or the reviews published in venues edited by Dr. Runté)
Forthcoming
Runté, Robert. "Is There Any News?" in Don't Be a Hero: A VILLAINthology (in press) 2022. [A Harcourt-family story].
Runté, Robert. "An Isolated Case", Occult Detective Magazine, (in press) issue 9 or 10, 2022 or 2023.
Runté, Robert. "Grandfathers Birthday Barbeque", The Rain Fiction Podcast (audio) (in production, 2022). [Originally appeared in Potato Soup Journal, Sept 8, 2020.]
Runté, Robert. "First Day on Night Shift", On Spec Magazine, in press, 2022.
Don't Be A Hero: A Villainthology with my story "Is There Any News?"
Published
Runté, Robert. "Day Three", Metastellar Anthology (Best of Metastellar #1) in press 2022. [Originally published in Pulp Literature #21, 2019.]
Runté, Robert. "Leslie Gadallah and Canadian Space Opera", Shadowpaw Press website, July 17, 2022 [on the occasion of the relaunch of Gadallah's The Legend of Sarah; the essay originally appeared as the "Afterword" in the 2014 Five Rivers edition.]
Runté, Robert. "Grandfather's Birthday Barbeque", The Siren's Call #58, (Summer) July, 2022, pp. 216-218. [Originally published in Potato Soup Journal Sept 8, 2020.]
Runté, Robert. "Almost 100", Microfiction Monday June 20, 2022.
Runté, Robert. "Peppermints", Fairfield ScribesMicro, June 15, 2022. [Originally published in Friday Flash Fiction]
Runté, Robert. Review of Invisible Friends by Arlene F. Marks. Ottawa Review of Books, June 5, 2022.
Runté, Robert. "Split Decision", in Summer of Sci-Fi & Fantasy Dustin Bilyk, et al, eds. June 1, 2022. [Originally published in Tesseracts 15, 2012.]
Runté, Robert. "Pillow Talk", Fairfield ScribesMicro #17, May 15, 2022. [Reprinted from The Drabble, June 30, 2019.]
Runté, Robert. Review of Five Hard and Crunchy SF Tales by Michele Laframboise. Ottawa Review of Books, May, 2022.[Reprinted in N3F Review of Books, May 2022, pp.16-17.]
Runté, Robert. "Deep Dive",
Bandit Fiction Podcast (audio) Episode #10, March 28, 2022. [Originally appeared in Ariel Chart, July 9, 2020 and was reprinted in Bandit Fiction online Dec 13, 2021.]I was also the Featured Author Interview with host Daniel Hubbard.
Runté, Robert. "Iceberg", Miramichi Flash Miramichi Reader Dec 24,2021. [Reprinted from Karen Schauber, ed. The Group of Seven Reimagined: Contemporary Stories Inspired by Historic Canadian Paintings, pp. 22-23. Surrey, BC: Heritage Press, Oct. 2019.]
Runté Robert. "Day Three", MetaStellar, September 3, 2021. [Reprinted from Pulp Literature, #21, 2019.]
Runté Robert. "Prince and Pauper of Bay Street", in Fiction Junkie Vol. 2, edited by Daniel Hodgson, September 2021, pp.
Robert. "Review of Wonder Woman 1984, in Neo-Opsis Magazine #32, p.74.
Runté Robert. "Birthday Barbeque" in Julie Howard and Chandra Mayer, Best of 2020, Potato Soup Journal, June, 2021, pp. 146-153.
Runté Robert. "Hand Delivered", On Spec Magazine, #116, (June, 2021), pp. 37-47. [An Assurance prequel.] I was also the featured author interview by Cat MacDonald, pp. 48-58.
Runté, Robert. Review of The Rose Guardian by Lorina Stephens, in Ottawa Review of Books, May, 2021.
Runté, Robert. "Sermon on the Mount", The Chorochronos Archives, Jessica Augustsson, ed., JayHenge, 2021, pp. 251-270. [Reprinted from On Spec Magazine, #106, Vl 28 (3) (January 2018).]
Runté, Robert. "Jerry" Mythic: A Quarterly of Science Fiction and Fantasy, #15 (Summer 2020) pp. 51-61.
Runté, Robert. "Al/ice", Shoreline of Infinity, #21 April, 2021, pp 13-32. [The Fami & Julia origin story (& featuring Watch)]
Runté, Robert. "Misdial" in
Metastellar, March 8, 2021. [Reprinted from Active Voice, the newsletter of the Editors Association of Canada, Spring/Summer, 2019.]
Runté, Robert. Review of Cliff Burn's
Electric Castles(short story collection) Ottawa Review of Books, January, 2021. Reprinted in N3F Review of Books July 2021, pp. 12=13.
Runté, Robert. "Ransom and the Christmas Tree", Abyss and Apex Magazine, December 24, 2020). [A Ransom & friends Christmas story]
Runté, Robert. "The Missing Elephant",Costal Shelf Issue #1, Nov 20, 2020. [Reprinted from They Have to Let You In, Ursula Pflug, ed., Hidden Brook Press, 2014. An Alan Story]
Runté, Robert. "Hacker Chess", Centropic Oracle Podcast, Nov 20, 2020. Read by Larissa Thompson. [Originally published in The Playground of Lost Toys, Ursula Pflug and Colleen Anderson, eds. Toronto: Exile Editions, 2015.]
Runté, Robert. "Review of When Words Collide 2020 Virtual Convention" Neo-Opsis Magazine, #31 (Fall, 2020), p. 81.
Runté, Robert. "Detour on the 8-Fold Path" Neo-Opsis Magazine, #31 (Nov, 2020), pp. 53-63. [A Fami & friends story]
My under
600-word story, "Misdial" on MetaStellar, March 8, 2021.
Meat for Tea Vol 15 #1 the "chuck"-themed issue with my story, "The Library Custodian"
William and Mary #59
with my story, "Exit Duty"
Neo-Opsis #31 with my story "Detour on the 8th Fold Path"
Edify magazine , with my article "Genre Fluid" appears
Canadian Shorts II in which my story, "Age of Miracles".
Runté, Robert. Review of Stellar Evolutions: The Best Stories and Poems of Polar Borealis Magazine's First Fifteen Issues, selected by Rhea Rose. Ottawa Review of Books, Nov 2020.
Runté, Robert. "Age of Miracles", Canadian ShortsMischievious Press,
Oct 2020, pp 12-27. Also available in audio format, read by Jonathan Ostrander.
[Reprinted from Strangers Among Us, Susan Forest and Lucas Law, eds. Toronto: Laska Media, 2016.][A story with Watch and Toaster]
Runté, Robert. Review of Scott Overton's Beyond:Stories Beyond Time, Technology, and the Stars, in Neo-Opsis Magazine #30.
Runté, Robert. "A Tale of Two Writers", N3F Review of Books, September, 2019, pp. 47-51. [For writing advice column, "Prose Bono".]
Runté, Robert. "The Long Ooops", [poem] Polar Borealis, Vol. 4, no. 3(July/August, 2019) issue 11, pp. 34-36.
Runté, Robert. "Dave Duncan's Legacy", in On Spec Magazine, Vol 30. no 1, issue #111, Summer, 2019. [Nonfiction: Eulogy and an evaluation of the significance of Dave Duncan's sixty plus novels to the Canadian science fiction and fantasy genre.]
On Spec Vol 30, no.1, Issue #111, with my eulogy, "Dave Duncan's Legacy"
Runté, Robert. "Iceberg", in Karen Schauber, ed. The Group of Seven Reimagined: Contemporary Stories Inspired by Historic Canadian Paintings, pp. 22-23. Surrey, BC: Heritage Press, Oct. 2019.
Runté, Robert. "Writ Satiric" Polar Borealis no.10 (April/May, 2019):38-39. [Answer key to the contest identifying all 35 clichés in "The Savory Stew" satire].
Runté, Robert. "The Savory Stew" Polar Borealis no. 9 (February/March, 2019), 31-38. [Satire: A contest to identify the clichés]
Runté, Robert. "Ransom and the Open Window" The First Line 20, no. 3 (Fall, 2018): 51-58. [A Ransom & friends story]
Runté, Robert. "Candas as Role Model", Guest Post, Rhonda Parrish, And Another Thing series, June 2018.
Runté Robert. "Split Decision" Prairie Starport: Stories in Celebration of Candas Jane DorseyRhonda Parrish, ed. Poise and Pen Publishing, 2018, pp 123-136. [Reprinted from
Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales Julie Czerneda and Susan MacGregor, eds. Calgary: EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, (2011).] [A Tigana story]
Runté, Robert. "Sermon on the Mount" On Spec Magazine #106, Vol. 28 (3), (January, 2018) 88-105. [Subsequently chosen by On Spec Magazine to represent the magazine in the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association's Summer 2018 Alberta Unbound online exhibit.]
Runté, Robert. "The Luck of Charles Harcourt", Polar Borealis #5 (February, 2018) 57-63. [Reprint from On Spec Magazine, Vol.1, #1, July, 1989.][A Harcourt-family story]
Runté, Robert. "Hacker Chess", ELQ (Exile Quarterly), 39(3) January, 2016, 47-53. [One of four stories reprinted from The Playground of Lost Toys]
Runté, Robert. "The Age of Miracles", in Strangers Among Us: Underdogs and Outcasts, Susan Forest and Lucas Law, eds. Toronto: Laska Media, August, 2016. 294-305. [A story with Watch and Toaster]
"The Age of Miracles" was shortlisted in short fiction category for 2017 Aurora Award.
Runté, Robert. "Hacker Chess", in The Playground of Lost Toys, Ursula Pflug and Colleen Anderson, eds. Toronto: Exile Editions, 2015.
Runté, Robert. "Culture and Conflict: Canadian Vs. American Science Fiction" (Guest editorial) Warpworld, Kristene Perron, ed. March, 30, 2015.
Strangers Among Us anthology which includes my story, "Age of Miracles" The anthology was shortlisted for 8 awards, and won Best Short Story, Aurora; Best Artist (cover) Aurora; Best Other (anthology/magazine), Aurora; and the Alberta Book Award.]
Exile Literary Quarterly (ELQ) 39(3) which reprinted "Hacker Chess".
Playground of Lost Toys anthology in which my short story "Hacker Chess" first appeared.
They Have to Take You In anthology, in which "The Missing Elephant" appeared.
Runté, Robert. "The Missing Elephant", in They Have to Take You In, Ursula Pflug, ed. Brighton, Ontario: Hidden Brook Press, 2014. [An Alan story.]
Runté, Robert. Review of Seraphina by Rachel Hartman. NeoOpsis Magazine, #23, Summer 2013, 77-78.
Runté, Robert. Review of The Damned Busters by Matthew Hughes (Angry Robot, 2011) 74-76, Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine, #21, Spring, 2012
Runté, Robert. "Split Decision", Imaginarium 2012: The Best Canadian Speculative Writing Sandra Kasturi and Halli Villegas, eds. Toronto: Tightrope Books and ChiZine Publications, July, 2012. (Reprint of story previously published in Tesseracts 15, in "best of the year" anthology.) [A Tigana story]
Runté, Robert. Review of Encrypted by Lindsay Buroker, 74-76, Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine, #21, Spring, 2012.
Runté Robert. "Split Decision", Tesseracts Fifteen: A Case of Quite Curious Tales Julie Czerneda and Susan MacGregor, eds. Calgary: EDGE Science Fiction and Fantasy Publishing, (Sept, 2011) ISBN 978-1-894063-58-6
[A Tigana Story]
"Perhaps the collection's best story" —Amy J. Ransom, "Review of Tesseracts 15", SFRA Review 299, Winter, 2012. [Science Fiction Research Association]
Runté, Robert. Review of From Mountains of Ice by Lorina Stephens, Neo-Opsis Science Fiction Magazine's CD-ROM of Amazingly Neat Stuff #5, Spring, 2011.
Runté, Robert. "The Editor is Not Your Enemy (Part 1)" and "the Editor is Not Your Enemy (Part 2)" Writer in Residence March 27 and 29, 2011.
(Guest Editorial) in On Spec Magazine Spring, 1997.
Runté, Robert. Review of Alphanauts, novel by J. Brian Clarke, Calgary: Edge Publications Neo-Opsis Magazine #13 (Winter, 2007).
Runté, Robert. Review of Hydrogen Steel, novel by K. A. Bedford, Edge SF. Neo-Opsis Magazine #12 (Summer, 2007)
Runté, Robert. Review of Lost in Translation, novel by Edward Willett, Daw Books. Neo-Opsis Magazine #11 (Spring, 2007) 69-70
Runté, Robert. Interviewed M.D. Benoit / Hosted Virtual Book Tour, April 4, 2007.
Runté, Robert. "Review of 1-Robot, poetry by Jason Christie". Neo-Opsis Magazine #11 (Spring, 2007) 70-71.
Runté, Robert. "Review of The Alchemist's Apprentice by Dave Duncan. Neo-Opsis Magazine #10.
Runté, Robert. Reviews of The Complete Guide to Writing Fantasy Volume 1 and Fantasy Writer's Companion Volume 2, Neo-Opsis Magazine #8, 2006.
Runté, Robert. "Lost in Space - in Interpretive Dance!" review of Alberta Dance Theater / Children in Dance Association's production of Lost in Space, Neo-Opsis Magazine #8, 2006.
Runté, Robert. Review of Guns, Germs and Steel: The Fates of Human Societies by Jared Diamond, Neo-Opsis Magazine #8, 2006.
Runté, Robert. Review of Rocket Science by Jay Lake, Neo-Opsis Magazine, #7, 2005.
"Why I Read American SF" in the 1994 Summer issue of Prairie Fire (special Speculative Fiction themed issue to correspond with World Science Fiction Convention in Winnipeg)
The Luck of Charles Harcourt" my first published story appeared in the first issue of On Spec Magazine, 1989.
Runté, Robert. "Afterword" in Runté, Robert and Yves Meynard, Tesseracts5, 342-348. [Edmonton: Tesseract Books, December 1996.]
Runté, Robert.
"The Life Cycle of the SF Club: A Case Study of Activity Patterns in Avocational Subcultures", Opuntia 23: 5-11.
Runté, Robert "Why I Read American SF", Prairie Fire, 15:2 (Summer), 1994, 199-201. (An autobiographical account of the role of SF in the learning of reading, and an informal sociological analysis of cultural and literary differences between the Canadian and American subgenres.)
Robert Runté and Christine Kulyk, "Some Recommended Canadian SF", ConAdian Progress Report V, Spring, 1994, 18 & 24. (Review essay).
Runté, Robert, "The Inappropriate Attempt to Professionalize Avocational Subcultures", Opuntia 13 (May, 1993) 9-12.
Runté, Robert and Christine Kulyk, "Canadian Speculative Fiction", ConAdian: Progress Report IV (52nd World Science Fiction Convention) (Fall/Winter, 1993) 16-21.
Runté, Robert. "The Luck of Charles Harcourt", On Spec Magazine, Vol. 1, No. 1. Summer 1989. (Fiction)[The Harcourt-family origin story.]
Runté, Robert. I'm Not Boring You, Am I?" (personal blog) January 2003-present. [In December, 2008, Richard Hake honoured me by including it in his list (distributed through STLHE and 30 other discussion groups) of the top "Thirty-Two Education Blogs"]
Featured Author Interview in On Spec #116 by Cat MacDonald.
Short story "Weathering" nominated by Lamplit Underground for a Pushcart Award.
Short story, "Sermon on the Mount" selected by On Spec Magazine to represent it in the Alberta Magazine Publishers Association's summer 2018 Alberta Unbound curated exhibit.
Short listed, Aurora Award Short Fiction Category, 2017.
Editor Guest (Keynote speaker), When Words Collide Festival, Calgary, August 12-14, 2016.
2014 Aurora Award for "Why I Read Canadian Science Fiction: The Social Dimension of Reading", Scholar Keynote Address, Academic Conference on Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy, Toronto, June 8, 2013.
Guest of Honour, 52nd World Science Fiction Convention, Winnipeg, Sept. 1-5, 1994.
1990 Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Award (Aurora Award): For promotion of Canadian Speculative Fiction.
1989 Canadian Science Fiction and Fantasy Award (Aurora Award): For The NCF Guide To Canadian Science Fiction and Fandom (Literary Criticism)
Ph.D. in Sociology of Education, University of Alberta, 1992. Dissertation: Ideological Proletarianization: A Case Study of Educators.[abstract]
Master of Education in Sociology of Education, University of Alberta, 1981. Thesis: The Emergence of the Open University Concept in Alberta. [abstract]
Professional Diploma in Education, University of Alberta, 1974.
Bachelor of Arts, University of Alberta, 1973.
Scholarships
Social Science and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship, 1987-88 University of Alberta Graduate Faculty Fellowship, 1987-88
Social Science and Humanities Research Council Doctoral Fellowship, 1986-87 University of Alberta Graduate Faculty Fellowship, 1986-87
Senior Editor, Five Rivers Publishing, 2009-May 16, 2018.
University of Lethbridge
Sessional, July 2018; January-March, 2019 & 2020.
Associate Professor [post-retirement contract] July 1, 2013—June 30, 2016.
Associate Professor[Tenured]Sociology of Education and Evaluation of Student Learning. Faculty of Education, University of Lethbridge, July 1, 1996—June 30, 2013.
Assistant Professor, Sociology of Education and Evaluation of Student Learning, Faculty of Education, University of Lethbridge, July 1, 1992—July 1, 1996.
Lecturer, Sociology of Education and Evaluation of Student Learning, Faculty of Education, University of Lethbridge, August 1, 1991—June 31, 1992.
Student Evaluation Branch, Alberta Education
Test Development Specialist, Social Studies, Achievement Testing Program, Student Evaluation and Records Branch, Alberta Education, January 1, 1989—November 30, 1989;
Examiner (part-time), Social Studies, Student Evaluation Branch, Alberta Education, September 1984 to August 1986;
Test Development Specialist, Social Studies, Achievement Testing Program, Student Evaluation and Records Branch, Alberta Education,
April 1, 1982—January 31, 1984.
Examiner (full-time) February 1984—August, 1984.
Research Officer, Student Evaluation Branch, Alberta Education, November 1981 to April 1, 1982.
University of Alberta
Teaching Assistant, Educational Foundations. September to April, 1984/85 and 1985/86.
Research Assistant: Native Content in Social Studies Curriculum ("Decore Report") Intercultural Committee, Educational Foundations, University of Alberta, June 1981 to August 1981
Teaching Assistant, Educational Foundations. September 1975 to April 1976.
Research Assistant, Educational Foundations. September 1974 to April 1975.
