Veeman, N., Ward, A., & Walker, K. (June 2004). The Impact of Policy on Practice: A Comparative Case Study of Canada and Sweden. Presented at the Summer Institute 2004, The Centre for Literacy, Montreal, QC.

Veeman, N. (Spring 2004). What can we learn from Sweden? An interview. Literacies, 3, 11-12.

Veeman, N., Ward, A., & Walker, K. (May 2004). Learning from the Swedes. Paper presented at Canadian Association for Studies in Adult Education Conference, Victoria, BC.

Veeman, N., Walker, K., & Ward, A. (April 2004). Adult education: Social equity or economic imperative? Paper presented at American Educational Research Association, San Diego, CA.

Veeman, N. “Setting Priorities for Literacy Research” NLS Consultation on Research, March 24-26, 2004, Ottawa ON.

Veeman, N., Ward, A., & Walker, K. (March 2004). Why do Swedes read better than Canadians? Paper presented at Ninth National Congress on Rural Education, Saskatoon, SK.

Veeman, N. Nurturing Democracy: Civic literacy and adult education. A review of Milner, H. (2002). Civic literacy: How informed citizens make democracy work. Hanover: University Press of New England. Literacy Across the Curriculum, Spring 2004.

Veeman, N. Adult Learning in Canada and Sweden: A Comparative Study of Four Sites
Thesis, University of Saskatchewan, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan Spring 2004

Veeman, N., Kynoch, B., Ward, A., & Walker, K. (November 2003). Hope and opportunity for adult learners in Canada and Sweden: Issues of social justice in literacy policy and practice. Paper presented at Learning and The World We Want Conference, Victoria BC.

Veeman, N., Ward, A., & Walker, K. (September 2003). Learning for Work or Learning through Work? The Changing Face of Work and Learning Conference, University of Alberta, Edmonton, AB.

Veeman, N., Ward, A., Walker, K. (2003). Opportunities to learn: A case study of adult literacy in a Canadian prairie town. The Learning Conference, Institute of Education, London, UK, July 15-18.

Veeman, N. (Spring 2003). A view from the other side of the great divide: Personal reflections on practice and academic research. Literacies 1(5-6).

Veeman, N., Ward, A., & Walker, K. (March 31, 2003). Learning from the Swedes: Policy options for enhancing literacy skills of Canadians. Submission to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Literacy.

Veeman, N., Ward, A., & Walker, K. (March 2003). Educating rural youth for today’s society: Schools and learning capacity at the community level. Presented at Eighth National Congress on Rural Education, Saskatoon, SK.

Veeman, N., Ward, A., & Walker, K. (July 2002). Improving adult literacy levels. Paper presented Portraits of Literacy Conference, University of British Columbia, Vancouver.

Veeman, N. (2000). A response to Elizabeth Sloat and Douglas Willms "The International Adult Literacy Survey", Canadian Journal of Education, 25(4) 353-357.

Ward, A., Veeman, N. & Walker, K. with Kynoch, B. (Summer 2004). Hope and opportunity: A case study of adult learners in a small Canadian town. Research and Practice in Adult Literacy, 54 (13-18). (UK).