Associate Professor, Social Studies and History Education, Queen's University, Ontario
Associate Dean, Graduate Studies and Research, Faculty of Education
Editor, Canadian Journal of Education
Coordinator, Bachelor of Education Curriculum
Coordinator, Teaching and Learning Theories
Cross-Appointment to Department of History, Faculty of Arts and Science
Honourary Research Associate, University of New Brunswick, Faculty of Education
Past Editor, Journal of the Canadian Association for Curriculum Studies
Past Editor, Antistasis: An Open Education Journal
A Finnish phenomenon: Where students learn how to ask, not only answer, questions
Feb 04, 2020 12:20 pm UTC| Insights & Views Life
All four teacher unions in Ontario are in the midst of labour unrest. Teachers in Ontario have long had the right to strike, and when the province threatened this right in 2012, the courts upheld it. While the list...
Welcome to the latest wave of 'modernizing,' 'progressive' school reforms in Ontario
Apr 16, 2019 02:36 am UTC| Insights & Views Life
In Ontarios recent 2019 budget, the minister of finance says because the previous government failed at teaching the basics, a lack of foundational knowledge has left too many of our kids ill‐prepared for the challenges of...
Cutting Indigenous revisions to Ontario curriculum is a travesty
Jul 19, 2018 14:05 pm UTC| Insights & Views
Ontarios newly elected government has dismissed a plan to revise the provinces social studies and history curriculums to add Indigenous content. There was no reason offered for Premier Doug Fords decision. I was part of...
A sustainable future begins at ground level
Canada needs a national strategy for homeless refugee claimants
An eclipse for everyone – how visually impaired students can ‘get a feel for’ eclipses