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Education and Professional Development

​University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.). Department of Curriculum Studies - Faculty of Education.  "Recreating the university from within: Sustainability and transformation in higher education”. 2004

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University of British Columbia, Vancouver, B.C. Master of Science (MSc.) degree in Zoology. "Ecomorphology of Rufus Hummingbirds." 1996.

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McGill University, Montreal, P.Q. Bachelor of Science (B.Sc.) degree. Major in Marine Biology. 1993

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Dalhousie University, Halifax, N.S.  Visiting student program in Marine Biology.

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  • 200 Hr Lab of Meditation Training with Hiro DeMicheles - 2021-2022

  • Esalen Institute, California. Source to Screen: Accessing, Manifesting, and Transmitting Great Ideas. June 2022 with Paola di Florio and Peter Rader.

  • Groundwork Masterclass: Productivity for a Pandemic Brain With Amrita Ahuja, May 2022 at Hollyhock, Cortes Island. 

  • A Hidden Wholeness: Leading from Within with Dan Hines. Hollyhock Leadership Institute. May 8 2019. 

  • Grounded in Gratitude: A Week of Stillness, Presence and Inner Listening with Kelly Boys. Esalen Institute Nov. 2019

  • Social Innovation Learning Program – JW McConnell Family Foundation. Oct. 2016 – Mont Gabriel. May 2017 Bowen Island, October 2017, Quebec. 

  • Collective Impact 3.0. Tamarack. Edmonton, AB. Feb, 2018.

  • Social Venture Institute – Hollyhock, Cortes Island. September 2013, 2014, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018. 

  • Art of Leadership – Robert Gass at Hollyhock, Cortes Island. August 2012. 

  • Alchemy of Group Facilitation. Julian Griggs. Hollyhock Vancouver. Nov. 2009. 

  • Stakeholder Engagement & Dialogue: Applying Systems Thinking to Stakeholder Relationships. Workshop facilitated by Collaborative Learning and Innovation- SFU. June 2005. Vancouver, B.C.

  • Centre for Conflict Resolution at the Justice Institute, British Columbia 2000-2002 (Conflict in the Workplace, Mediation 1, Negotiation 1, Faciliation 1, Dealing with Anger, Facilitating and Mediating Multi Party Disputes)

Teaching Experience

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  • SFU Semester by the Salish Sea. Fall 2021.Co-taught with G Gosnell-Myers and S Hay in collaboration with A Danyluk at City of Vancouver. 

  • SFU Semester in Dialogue. Fall 2020 Online. Department of Living. Co – taught with H Schmidt and A Sinclair. Youth engagement for the Vancouver Plan in collaboration with S. Hanson– City of Vancouver Planning Department. 

  • SFU Semester at CityStudio - Fall 2018. Co – taught with H Schmidt & A Sinclair. Youth Manifesto for the new City Plan in collaboration with C Dobson – City of Vancouver Planning Department. 

  • SFU Semester at CityStudio - Fall 2017. Co – taught with L. Novak and A. Sinclair. Permission and Possibility. Taught in collaboration with P Krueger – City of Vancouver Viva Vancouver Department. 

  • SFU Semester at CityStudio - Fall 2016. Co – taught with D. Elverum, M. Winston and A. Sinclair. The Imagination Zone.

  • SFU Semester at CityStudio - Fall 2015. Co – taught with D. Elverum, D. Hatfield, A. Eiken and M. Winston. 

  • SFU Semester Outside in the City – Summer 2015 – Supported course development for L Soots and L Piersol.

  • SFU Semester at CityStudio - Fall 2014. Co – taught with D. Elverum.

  • Leading Social Change in BC. Co-taught with K Millsip. Summer 2013 – 10 credits.

  • CityStudio – Semester in the City 2– Spring 2013 15 credits with D. Elverum.

  • Sustainable Food Systems – Co-taught with Y Sipos, H. Wittman, H Barbolet. Summer 2012-10 credits.

  • CityStudio – Semester in the City – Spring 2012 15 credits with D. Elverum.

  • CityStudio Directed Studies Cohort – Fall 2011 with D. Elverum at CityStudio.

  • Semester in the City – Spring 2012 with D. Elverum at CityStudio – SFU Semester in Dialogue

  • Vancouver: The Local Exchange – Spring 2011 Semester in Dialogue – K. Millsip Vancouver School Board and Next Up Leadership Program.

  • Wilding Vancouver – Summer Semester in Dialogue Summer 2011 with Dr.Blenkinsop Faculty of Education SFU.

  • Being About Action: Experiments in Creativity and Lifestyle Activism – Summer Institute in Dialogue – Summer 2010 with D. Elverum.

  • Finding Space, Understanding Place: Redesigning Our Region for Resilience - Undergraduate Semester in Dialogue Spring 2010 with P. Ladner – SFU Centre for Dialogue Fellow. 

  • Being About Action: Food, Community and Urban Sustainability – Summer Institute in Dialogue – Summer 2009 with H.Barbolet and S. Ashe.

  • Designing the Future – Undergraduate Semester in Dialogue Spring 2009 with D. Elverum. 

  • Going for Gold: Leveraging the Impacts of Olympic Fever – Undergraduate Semester in Dialogue Spring 2007 – SFU with Dr. P Williams. 

  • Being About Action: Food, Community and Urban Sustainability – Summer Institute in Dialogue – Summer 2007 with H. Barbolet and R. VanWynsberghe.

  • Being About Action: Local leaders, Global futures – Summer Institute in Dialogue – Spring 2006 with R. VanWynsberghe.

  • Social Enterprise for Sustainable Community Development: Undergraduate Semester in Dialogue Spring 2006 – SFU with M. Roseland.

  • Action and Awareness Focus on Urban Sustainability. Great Northern Way Campus. June-July 2005.

  • The Urban Experience: Semester in Dialogue. Simon Fraser University. January-April 2005

  • Action and Awareness: Focus on Urban Sustainability. University of British Columbia. June 2004.

  • The Science and Practice of Sustainability: A transdisciplinary field course. University of British Columbia. August 2003. 

  • Biology 110/115/120. Biology/Ecology Lab. University of British Columbia. 1994-1996

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