Professor of Education, Ryerson University
I am expert in the field of gamification, mixed reality and learning across the lifespan. I lecture in the field of the history of ideas at Ryerson and my dissertation was in this field as applied to health. My skills are in the area of engagement and learning for behavioral change, including serious games for addiction medicine, the Canadian Forces, Elections Canada, the Faculty of Medicine and other organizations and institutions.
Study hard and you might lower your chances of dementia
Nov 04, 2018 14:27 pm UTC| Insights & Views Health
Every year hundreds of elderly students gather in Toronto for convocation, in-person and online, anxiously awaiting their diplomas. Some are in their nineties; some have dementia. One graduate, who completed 15 courses...
The end of scientific, rational thinking: Donald Trump, Doug Ford and Jordan Peterson
Oct 04, 2018 14:21 pm UTC| Insights & Views Politics
This has been a terrible year for science and evidence-based decision making, which are the newest casualties of the growing wave of populism in North America where postmodern thought … is being used to undermine...
Johannesburg in a time of darkness: Ivan Vladislavić’s new memoir reminds us of the city’s fragility
Economist Chris Richardson on an ‘ugly’ inflation result and the coming budget
Labour can afford to be far more ambitious with its economic policies – voters are on board
Sudan: civil war stretches into a second year with no end in sight