Kelly, V. (2026, February). Honouring Indigenous pedagogical pathways [Invited keynote]. Independent School Association for British Columbia (ISABC), Meadowridge School, Maple Ridge, BC, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2025, May). Indigenous art intensive/Indigenous inquiry circle [Invited keynote]. University of British Columbia Okanagan, Kelowna, BC, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2025, May). Land and making as pedagogies in becoming of the instrument and the song: An Indigenous Métissage [Conference presentation]. AIR Symposium/Conference, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2025, May). Who are we as good relative: Four questions for teacher educators [Conference presentation]. CATE/CSSE, George Brown College, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2025, May). Who are we as good relatives: A Métissage [Conference presentation]. CACS/CSSE, George Brown College, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2025, February). The pedagogy of becoming the instrument and the song [Conference presentation]. Provoking Curriculum Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2025, February). Honouring the confluence: Creating ecologies of being and relating [Conference presentation]. Provoking Curriculum Conference, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2024, June). A radical re-animating, re-imagining and re-storying ourselves as honourable ancestors within worldview: A Métissage [Symposium presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Sustaining Shared Futures, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2024, June). Honouring wholistic understandings of self in relation: A Métissage of praxis [Symposium presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Sustaining Shared Futures, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2024, June). Re-imagining of the enactment of teacher education: A Métissage [Symposium presentation]. Canadian Society for the Study of Education, Sustaining Shared Futures, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2023, May). The art of inquiry as a praxis for creating a radical re-imagining our collective futures: A Métissage [Conference presentation]. CACS, CSSE Congress, York University, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2022, May). Honouring ways of knowing and being in education: A Métissage of practice [Symposium presentation]. CACS, CSSE Congress, Online.

Kelly, V. (2022, May). Sharing alongside stories: Moving beyond critical friendship within practitioner research [Panel presentation]. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Online.

Kelly, V. (2022, April). “Two-Eyed Seeing” within self-study research and Indigenous ways of knowing? [Paper presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA), San Diego, CA, United States.

Kelly, V. (2021, June). The brave work of Indigenous education [Symposium panel]. CASIE, CSSE Congress, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2021, June). Kizhay Ottiziwin: To walk with kindness and kinship [Conference presentation]. CACS, CSSE Congress, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2021, June). Two-Eyed seeing: What can self-study research learn from Indigenous knowing [Conference presentation]. S-STEP, CSSE Congress, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2021, May). Hosted Indigenous inquiry special panel conversation with Manulani Meyer and Gregory Cajete [Special panel]. Indigenous Inquiry Circle Pre-Conference, International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, Online.

Kelly, V. (2020, June). Métissage as practices for new ways of knowing and being in teacher education [Symposium presentation]. CATE Symposium, CSSE Congress, University of Waterloo, London, ON, Canada. Conference cancelled due to COVID-19.

Kelly, V., & Rosehart, P. (2020, June). The role of Indigenous knowledge practices within transformative reconciliation [Conference presentation]. CSSE Congress, University of Waterloo, London, ON, Canada. Conference cancelled due to COVID-19.

Kelly, V. (2020, June). Living and being in place: An Indigenous Métissage [Panel presentation]. CSSE Congress, University of Waterloo, London, ON, Canada. Conference cancelled due to COVID-19.

Kelly, V. (2020, May). The right to resistance and radical resurgence through reciprocal recognition: An Indigenous Métissage [Conference presentation]. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States. Conference cancelled due to COVID-19.

Kelly, V. (2020, May). Resistance, resurgence, and reciprocal recognition: An Indigenous Métissage [Conference presentation]. International Congress of Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States. Conference cancelled due to COVID-19.

Kelly, V. (2019, October). Biskaabiiyang [Conference presentation]. International Symposium on Poetic Inquiry, Acadia University, NS, Canada.

Kelly, V., & Rosehart, P. (2019, June). Honouring cultural resurgence through education for reconciliation [Conference presentation]. CSSE/CACS, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Kelly, V., & Rosehart, P. (2019, June). Circles of conversation and honouring cultural resurgence [Conference presentation]. CSSE/CATE, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2019, May). Resistance, resurgence and reciprocal recognition: An Indigenous Métissage [Conference presentation]. International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States.

Kelly, V. (2019, April). Indigenous education and spirituality [Panel presentation]. American Educational Research Association (AERA), OISE, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2019, March). Resurgence through Indigenous poiesis: An Indigenous Métissage [Conference presentation]. Think Indigenous International Education Conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Kelly, V., & Rosehart, P. (2018, November). From reconciliation towards Indigenous cultural resurgence: An Indigenous Métissage on the co-imagining of Stolnomot & Stahalnamet [Paper presentation]. Indspire National Gathering for Indigenous Education, Edmonton, AB, Canada.

Kelly, V., & Rosehart, P. (2018, May). Honouring cultural resurgence through education for reconciliation [Paper presentation]. CACS, CSSE Congress, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2018, May). Living imagination: Centering ourselves in an Indigenous process of living as the instrument and the song [Presentation/performance]. CSSE Congress, University of Regina, Regina, SK, Canada.

Kelly, V., Magnat, V., Belanger, M., & Naytowhow, J. (2018, May). Experiencing resonance as a practice of ritual engagement [Panel presentation]. International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States.

Kelly, V. (2018, May). Evoking Indigenous poesies: An Indigenous Métissage [Presentation/performance]. International Congress on Qualitative Inquiry, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana-Champaign, IL, United States.

Kelly, V. (2018, May). Indigenous arts-based inquiry/practices [Paper presentation]. Symposium on Culture, Creativity, and Wellbeing, University of Exeter, Exeter, England.

Kelly, V. (2018, April). Re-search as resurgence through Indigenous poesies: An Indigenous Métissage [Presentation/performance]. Canadian Symposium on Indigenous Teacher Education, Nipissing University, North Bay, ON, Canada.

Kelly, V., & Rosehart, P. (2018, April). Bridging reconciliation and Indigenous resurgence: An Indigenous Métissage on the co-imaging of Stalnomut and Stahalnamet [Presentation]. Canadian Symposium on Indigenous Teacher Education, Nipissing University, North Bay, ON, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2017, October). Ceremony as pedagogy and the role of Indigenous art praxis [Paper presentation]. Indigenous Roots of Expressive Arts Therapy, IEATA International Conference, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2017, July). Considering collaborative Indigenous research and educational praxis in ethical relationality to place [Paper presentation]. World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE), Toronto, ON, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2017, July). Evoking Indigenous knowledge practices as activism [Paper presentation]. World Indigenous Peoples Conference on Education (WIPCE), Toronto, ON, Canada.

Kelly, V., Magnat, V., Carter, J., Belanger, M., & Derickson, C. (2017, June). “Singing circles”: Honouring cultural diversity through intergenerational and cross-cultural collective vocal practice [Roundtable presentation]. CATR, Congress, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2017, May). Indigenous poesies as contemplative art praxis [Presentation/performance]. Arts Researchers and Teachers SIG Pre-Conference, CSSE Congress, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2017, April). Indigenous knowledge practices as artful pedagogy [Paper presentation]. Shawabe Dagosiwin Aboriginal Education Research Forum Conference, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, MB, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2017, February). Evoking Indigenous poesies [Presentation/performance]. Provoking Curriculum Conference, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.

Kelly, V. (2017, February). Radical openness as curricular breath [Performance/presentation]. Provoking Curriculum Conference, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.