Associate professor of Humanities, York University, Toronto. Passionate about comics, visual culture, and 80s music. Eisner Award Nominee. Pronouns (she/her)
Joined June 2011
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9 Oct 2023
Unboxing my new book, Growing Up Graphic: The Comics of Children in Crisis, published with @ohiostatepress an extra special thank you to Ana Maria Jimenez-Moreno, Elizabeth Zaleski and the incredible editorial team for their work on this beautiful volume! @CCYYork @YorkULAPS
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1 Aug 2025
I’ve just had the privilege of taking Print for Children with the Rare Book School at Princeton University. It was a 30-hour course in the Rare Book department of Firestone Library. 5 days spent learning with world-class scholars Andrea Immel and Jill Shefrin. @rarebookschool
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30 May 2025
I'm so thrilled to announce that Growing Up Graphic has been named the Children's Literature Association Honor Book for 2025! @YorkUnews @YUResearch @CCYYork @ohiostatepress
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8 Jul 2024
So exciting to learn more about @CCY's Andrea Emberly's research with refugee youth! @YorkUnews
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Congrats to @S2Fonline for an inspiring 5km run for kids in their reading and running programs! 🏃♀️📚 🙌 6 students from @CCYYork's 4900 Placement Course, including Sophia L. and Alyssa R., contributed between 2023-24. 📸 Great job with young people! 🎉 #Start2Finish #CCY
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2 Apr 2024
I can’t wait for this event! The lineup of panels looks fabulous
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2 Apr 2024
Congratulations Cadence! @CCYYork placement course
2 Apr 2024
Today we recognize our co-op student, Cadence Crawford. Cadence, a fourth-year student at @yorkuniversity, joined us through the CCY Work Placement Course. We wish you all the best Cadence as you continue on your academic journey and venture into new opportunities! 🌟
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Alison Halsall retweeted
23 Feb 2024
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#CFP: Taylor Swift, Narrative, Fandom
Deadline for abstracts: 15 April 2024, send an email to Isabella Fortino and Alison Halsall at TSCollection2024@gmail.com
Deadline for full chapters: 15 October 2024
Email: TSCollection2024@gmail.com
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19 Jan 2024
Thank you @thececimonster for the fabulous review of Growing Up Graphic: The Comics of Children in Crisis in The International Journal of Comic Art @ohiostatepress @YorkUniversity @CCYYork
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Thepa Thusiyanthathas, A student working under @homelesshub as part of her CCY 4900 Work-Focused Placement Course made the following post highlighting the connections between Child Protection Services and youth homelessness.
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1 Jan 2024
#DYK 57.8% of youth experiencing homelessness in Canada have been involved with the child welfare system at some point in their lives.
To learn more about the connections between Child Protection Services and #YouthHomelessness, read: bit.ly/3GH9nQ2
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20 Nov 2023
Thank you to our fabulous CCY faculty and student ambassadors who made such a difference at this week’s Fall Fair! @CCYYork
We had an incredible time at Fall Campus Day, meeting many prospective LA&PS students. A big thank you to our dedicated student volunteers, faculty, and staff for their contributions to the success of the event. #YorkUFallCampusDay #LAPSLife | @YorkUniversity
ALT Group photo of the LA&PS Ambassadors team.
ALT Aerial view of the Fall Campus Day event from the second floor of Vari Hall.
ALT LA&PS student volunteers posing.
ALT Faculty and staff from the Writing Department posing.
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17 Nov 2023
Thank you @NewBooksNetwork for the conversation about my new book, Growing Up Graphic, I so enjoyed our chat! @theohiostatepress @CCYYork @YorkUnews
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9 Nov 2023
Thank you @page99test for inviting me to participate in this cool exercise! The challenge was to turn to page 99 of my new book, Growing Up Graphic (@osupress) to see if readers would get a good idea of the whole work. It turns out, they do! @CCYYork
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13 Oct 2023
Thank you to the amazing team @ohiostatepress and my colleagues who have supported this project! @CCYYork @YorkULAPS
13 Oct 2023
GROWING UP GRAPHIC: THE COMICS OF CHILDREN IN CRISIS by @malsall is out now! Happy #PubDay!
GROWING UP GRAPHIC considers how comics help children develop ideas about #SocialJustice and become potential agents of change.
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21 Aug 2023
CCY is proud to announce its new Cross-Disciplinary Children's Literature Certificate that students can complete while they are working towards their CCY degree. Please click on the story to learn more! @CCYYork @yorkustudents yfile.news.yorku.ca/2023/08/…
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28 Jul 2023
“Life in Plastic, it’s fantastic!”
Professor @malsall on @CBCOntarioToday on "What does Barbie have you thinking about?" Listen here if you missed it: cbc.ca/listen/live-radio/1-4…
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25 Jul 2023
Thanks to @PublishersWkly for reviewing our book so favourably early on and for summarizing the @WillEisner Awards! @jnthnwrrn @YorkUnews
25 Jul 2023
Wohhoo! @PublishersWkly recaps the Eisner Award wins! publishersweekly.com/pw/by-t…
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25 Jul 2023
Congratulations, @magdor on this fantastic article! We are so proud that it is part of the collection! Such important work that you do! @jnthnwrrn @upmiss
25 Jul 2023
CSS Article Prize
Honorable Mention: Margaret Galvan (@magdor), “Of Anthologies and Activism: Building an LGBTQ Comics Community” in The LGBTQ Comics Studies Reader (@upmiss).
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