A first-generation scholar, Maria João (M. J.) Maciel Jorge immigrated to Canada from the Azores in 1989. She holds a PhD from the University of Toronto, and her research and publications include both Spanish and Portuguese early modern literatures as well as colonial and new world encounters, and Portuguese island culture and literature.   
Professor Maciel Jorge has served in various academic roles and also in the Portuguese community, from member of the advisory council for the consulate of Portugal in Toronto to more recently as member of the committee leading the 70th anniversary of the celebrations regarding the arrival of the Portuguese immigrants in Canada. Currently, she is Associate Professor of Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Studies and Associate Dean, Global & Community Engagement in the faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies at York University in Toronto, Canada.

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A first-generation scholar, Maria João (M. J.) Maciel Jorge immigrated to Canada from the Azores in 1989. She holds a PhD from the University of Toronto, and her research and publications include both Spanish and Portuguese early modern literatures as well as colonial and new world encounters, and Portuguese island culture and literature.   
Professor Maciel Jorge has served in various academic roles and also in the Portuguese community, from member of the advisory council for the consulate of Portugal in Toronto to more recently as member of the committee leading the 70th anniversary of the celebrations regarding the arrival of the Portuguese immigrants in Canada. Currently, she is Associate Professor of Portuguese and Luso-Brazilian Studies and Associate Dean, Global & Community Engagement in the faculty of Liberal Arts & Professional Studies at York University in Toronto, Canada.

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