“Global Citizenship: Southern Perspectives”, Canadian Consortium of University Programs in International Development, Annual Meeting, Montreal.

Heron, B. “Investing in Global Citizenship: Views from the Other Side”, Canadian Association for Studies in International Development Conference, Montreal, 2010.

Heron, B. “Challenging Indifference to Extreme Poverty: Southern Perspectives on Global Citizenship and Change”, International Development Ethics Association Conference, Valencia, Spain, 2009.

Heron, B. “Global Citizenship: A Southern Perspective”, Canadian Association for Studies in International Development Conference, Ottawa, 2009.

Heron, B. “The Long and the Short of It: Perspectives from Southern NGOs on the Pro’s and Con’s of Short-term vs. Long-Term Placements of Northern Students, Volunteers, and Interns”, School of Social Work Research Symposium, York University, Toronto, 2009.

Heron, B. “Considering the Complexities of Global Citizenship: A Southern Partnership Perspective”, International Association of Schools of Social Work Conference, Durban, South Africa, 2008.

Heron, B. “Global Citizenship: A Global Perspective”, Canadian Association for Studies in International Development Conference, Vancouver, 2008.

Heron, B. “Creating Global Citizens? A Review of the Literature on Learning/Volunteer Abroad Programs”, with Rebecca Tiessen, Canadian Association for Studies in International Development Conference, Saskatoon, 2007.

Heron, B. “Creating Global Citizens? A Review of the Literature on Learning/Volunteer Abroad Programs”, York University School of Social Work Research Symposium, Toronto, 2007.

Heron, B. “Race and the Idea of Global Citizenship: A Critique”, Transnational Racism and “the Right to Have Rights”, 7th Annual R.A.C.E. (Researchers and Academics of Colour for Equality) Conference, Toronto, 2007.

Heron, B. “Globalization and the Spatial Constitution of Whiteness: Stories about ‘Africa’”, Socialist Studies Conference, Toronto, 2006.

Heron, B. “Oppositional Pedagogies in the Social Work Classroom: Tensions, Uncertainties, Ambiguities, and Accountability”, The Race/Culture Divide in Education, Law and the Helping Profession, 6th Annual R.A.C.E. Conference, Regina, Saskatchewan, 2006.

Heron, B. “The Power of Development’s Imagined Spaces: A Comparative Analysis of Development Workers’ Narratives over Time”, The Power of Development Revisited, Canadian Association of Geographers 2005 Special Session, London, Ontario, 2005.

Heron, B. "Canada's Changing Presence in Developing Countries", paper, Canadian Association for Studies in International Development Conference, Winnipeg, 2004.

Heron, B. "Preparing Social Work Students for International Practicums: Some Lessons and Challenges from the Development Field", paper, International Social Work Symposium, CASSW Conference, Halifax, 2003.

Jeffery, D., Wong, R.Y.L., and Heron, B.A., "Being and Doing: The Challenges of Putting Anti-Racist Theories to Work", panel, CASSW Conference, Halifax, 2003.

Heron, B. "Learning from Development: Popular Education and Anti-Oppression Training for International Practicum Preparation", workshop, CASSW Conference, Halifax, 2003.

Heron, B. "Gender and Development: Race, Exceptionality, and Relations of Power", paper, Canadian Critical Race Conference: Pedagogy and Practice, Vancouver, 2003.

Heron, B. “Being and Doing: The Challenges of Putting Anti-Racist Theories to Work”, CASSW conference, Halifax, 2003.

Heron, B. "International Exchanges, North/South and East/West Relations: Experiences, Considerations, Contestations", panel, International Social Work Symposium, CASSW Conference, University of Toronto, 2002.

Heron, B. “International Exchanges, North/South and East/West Relations: Experiences, Considerations, Contestations”, International Social Work Symposium, CASSW conference, University of Toronto, 2002.

Heron, B. "Taking It to Heart: Whiteness and Claims to a Non-Racist Self", paper, era 21 (End Racism! Activism for the 21st Century) Conference, Vancouver, 2000.

Heron, B. "Desire for Development: The Education of White Women as Development Workers", paper, Graduate Students Conference, Department of Sociology and Adult Education, OISE/UT, Toronto, 1999.

Heron, B. "Race and the Canadian Development Worker", paper, Making History, Constructing Race Conference, University of Victoria, Victoria, 1998.

Heron, B. "I Knew I Could Do Anything: Development Work and the Construction of Female Canadian Identity", paper, Canadian Womens Studies Association Conference, St. Johns, 1997.

Heron, B. "Innocence and Power in North-South Research", paper, International Studies Association Conference, Toronto, 1997.

Heron, B. "Innocence and Power in North-South Research", paper, National Womens Studies Association Conference, Saratoga Springs, New York, 1996.