Deborah L BegorayDeborah L. Begoray, PhD, is a Professor of Language and Literacy in the Department of Curriculum and Instruction, Faculty of Education, University of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. She does literacy and health literacy teaching and research in avariety of contexts and with a wide range of learners especially adolescents. She also leads interdisciplinary project teams and works with pre service and in service teachers. Deborah is the lead recipient of both SSHRC and CIHR grants to support her research as a community engaged scholar. Deborah writes extensively on literacy research in Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities, both rural and urban, where she is currently looking at the use of adolescent-produced graphic novels as curricular resources and research dissemination tools. Her previous publications on health literacy include her work as lead editor of Health Literacy in Context: International Perspectives (2012) and lead author of Mediating Health: The Powerful Role of the Media as Adolescent Health Literacy Educator (2009). Read More Read Less