Service

    Committees/Organizations (Selected Since 2015)

    Provincial/National organizations:

    • Program Chair, Self-Study of Teacher Education Practice (S-STEP) – a special interest group of the Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE), June 2025 – Present
    • Brandon University Representative, Manitoba Organization of Faculty Associations (MOFA), March 2024 – March 2025
    • Executive Member (Member-at-large), Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE), June 2019 – May 2021

    Brandon University committees:

    • Brandon University Faculty Association (BUFA) Executive (Education Member-at-Large), April 2023 – Present
    • Brandon University Research Committee (BURC), September, 2023 – Present
    • BU Strategic Academic Planning Committee, October 2022 – Present
    • Faculty Representative, Brandon University Alumni Awards Committee, June 2025
    • Presidential Search Committee, Brandon University, Oct. 2024 – June 2025 (successful)
    • Dean of Education Search Committee, Brandon University, Jan. 2023 – Aug. 2023 (successful)
    • Senate Research Committee (Special Committee for Tier I & II Award Adjudication), March, 2021
    • Faculty of Education Representative, Faculty of Arts Council, August 2020 – June 2021
    • Dean of Arts Search Committee, Brandon University, July 2020 – March 2021
    • Executive Member, Brandon University Senate, June 2019 – June 2021
    • Faculty of Education Representative, Brandon University Senate, June 2019 – June 2021
    • Faculty of Education Representative, Brandon University Status of Women Committee, Sept. 2018 – June 2021

    Faculty of Education committees/roles:

    • Curriculum & Pedagogy Representative, Graduate Education Committee (GEC), June 2025 – Present
    • Undergraduate Education After Degree Design Team, Aug. 2024 – Present
    • Education Representative (Member-at Large), BUFA, April 2023 – Present
    • Chair, Department of Curriculum & Pedagogy, July, 2022 – June, 2025 (3-year term)
    • Hiring Committees – 1-Year DLEA Term (Summer, 2023), 4-Year DLEA Term (Summer, 2024), C & P Tenure Track Position (Fall, 2024 – Spring, 2025)
    • Undergraduate Professional Standards Committee, July, 2022 – June, 2025
    • Faculty of Education Advisory Council, July 2022 – June 2025
    • Graduate Professional Standards Committee, July, 2022 – June, 2025
    • Acting Dean, Faculty of Education, Mar. 29 – Apr. 7, 2023; Oct. 24 – 27, 2023; July 15-19, 2024
    • Faculty of Education CRC Selection Committee, Spring, 2023
    • Faculty of Education Professional Standards Review Subcommittee, Sept. 2022 – June 2023
    • Faculty of Education Tenure Committee, Fall, 2020
    • Chair, Faculty of Education Undergraduate Education Committee (UEC), May, 2019 – June, 2021 (2 year term)
    • Curriculum & Pedagogy Representative, Faculty of Education Undergraduate Education Committee (UEC), Oct., 2016 – June, 2021
    • Faculty of Education Technology Committee, Brandon University, Sept. 2016 – June, 2021

    Community and professional committees/organizations:

    • Brandon School Division research partner (MY/SY Math), May 2022 – March 2025
    • Board of Directors, Manitoba Rural Learning Consortium, May 2018 – May 2025
    • Member, Manitoba Numeracy Leaders’ Network, Manitoba Education, Sept. 2013 – Present
    • BU Representative, Manitoba Education and Training Inter-organizational Curriculum Advisory Committee, Jan. 2017 – June 2017 (Committee disbanded)

    Workshops/Sessions Facilitated (Since 2015)

    • Curriculum and Pedagogy Masters’ Student Orientation Session, Faculty of Education, Brandon University, Brandon, MB (Aug. 2023, Aug. 2024)
    • Using Math Games in MY Math Workshop, Faculty of Education, Brandon University, Brandon, MB (Jan. 26, 2024; Jan. 31, 2025)
    • Introduction to Planning for Student Learning, Faculty of Education, Brandon University, Brandon, MB (Sept. 2022)
    • CATE Preconference [Organizer] – Understanding Self in Self Study: Exploring Problems of Practice in Teacher Education, Canadian Society for the Study of Education (CSSE) Annual Conference, Edmonton, AB, Canada. (Conference held online, May 29, 2021)
    • BU Integrated Program – Lesson/Unit Planning Workshop, (Online) Faculty of Education, Brandon University, Brandon, MB (April, 2021)
    • BU Faculty of Education Information Session, (Online) Faculty of Education, Brandon University, Brandon, MB (monthly during recruitment period fall/winter, 2020)
    • Faculty of Education After Degree Orientation Session, (Online) Faculty of Education, Brandon University, Brandon, MB (Sept, 2020)
    • PD Simulation Workshop, Faculty of Education, Brandon University, Brandon, MB (Feb. 2020)
    • Faculty of Education Integrated Program Orientation Session, Faculty of Education, Brandon University, Brandon, MB (Sept. 2018, Sept. 2019, Sept. 2020, Sept. 2022, Sept. 2023, Sept. 2024)
    • Lesson Planning Workshop, Faculty of Education, Brandon University, Brandon, MB (Sept. 2015, Sept. 2016, Sept. 2017, Sept. 2018, Sept. 2019)
    • Using Data to Support Student Learning, Pine Creek School Division, Gladstone, MB (Oct. 2015)
    • Inquiry-Based Instruction in MY-SY Mathematics Workshop, Faculty of Education, Brandon University, Brandon, MB (Dec. 2015)
    • Using Google Forms to Collect Student Data, Pine Creek School Division, Gladstone, MB (Jan. 2015)

    Invited Presentations/Workshops (since 2015)

    • Self-Study as a Research Methodology, Invited Presentation, Research Methods (for Dr. Ellen Watson), Brandon Univrsity, Brandon, MB (March 19, 2025)
    • My Experiences with Self-Study of Teacher Education Practices, Invited Presentation at BU Journal of Graduate Studies Celebration of Authors, Brandon University, Brandon, MB (May 9, 2024)
    • Roots and Routes of Rural Homelessness: A Manitoba Study, Invited Presentation BU at the Library Speaker Series, Western Manitoba Regional Library, Brandon, MB (May 31, 2023)
    • Rurality in Educational Research, Guest Speaker, Educational Research Methods (for Jill Morris), Brandon University, Brandon, MB (Feb. 2023)
    • Rural Homelessness and Education, Guest Speaker, Overview of Educational Issues (for Dr. Jackie Kirk), Brandon University, Brandon, MB (Nov. 2022)
    • Doing Justice to Probability and Statistics in MY and SY, LIFT Session (Brandon Teachers’ Association), Brandon, MB (Oct. 2016)
    • Algebraic Thinking Across Grades 5-12 Workshop, Faculty of Education, Brandon University, Brandon, MB (Sept. 2016)