Her research is in the areas of new literacies and multimodal literacies, and she has a particular interest in digital literacies and learning with mobile devices. She has published her research widely in Canada, and internationally, and she has presented her work at conferences across Canada, and in the U.S., Europe, China, Israel, Brazil and in the U.K. She is the 2011 recipient of a Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation Early Researchers Award.