Coordination Team
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Alice Cassidy, Coordinator University of British Columbia Alice Cassidy is a wildlife biologist, science educator and educational developer. She teaches, designs curriculum and supports instructors in the Faculty of Science at the University of British Columbia. As a consultant through her company In View, she leads workshops on teaching and learning as well as nature study, focusing on active pedagogies, sustainability education and leadership, and students as active collaborators. |
Natalie Gerum, Vice-coordinator Lakehead University Natalie Gerum is a student in the Masters of Education program at Lakehead University. Previously, she completed the International Baccalaureate Diploma at Pearson United World College and an Honours Bachelor of Arts degree at Mount Allison University. Having coordinated youth leadership and educational initiatives across Canada, Natalie currently serves as the student board member for STLHE. |
Valerie Lopes ,Vice-coordinator Seneca College Valerie Lopes is a professor and researcher in the Centre for Academic Excellence at Seneca College and teaches for the School of English and Liberal Studies. She is an advocate for effectively integrating digital and social media and mobile technologies into teaching and learning and is passionate about redesigning the construct of higher education.
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York University Mandy is a Ph.D. Candidate in the Faculty of Education at York University where she is also a Research Assistant in the newly launched Teaching Commons. She completed the Graduate Diploma in Postsecondary Education at York, holds an Honours Bachelor in Physical Education, a Bachelor of Education and a Masters of Education, all from Brock University. She has instructed numerous courses, in education and physical education and kinesiology, at York University, Wilfred Laurier University, Brock University and Trent University. Her areas of research are teaching and learning in higher education, critical policy studies, degree level expectations and outcomes based learning, quality assurance, as well as the marketization of the institution. She is committed to the advancement of teaching, learning, and scholarship of teaching and learning at York University. |
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University of Ontario Institute of Technology Barbara is an educational developer with the Centre for Teaching and Learning at the University of Ontario Institute Of Technology. She consults on a wide variety of areas related to teaching and learning in higher education ranging from course organization and design, to the effective use of educational technologies and other forms of pedagogical support. Previously, she taught a variety of university level courses overseas and in Canada. |
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University of British Columbia Kari currently works as the Learning Specialist for UBC Jump Start, a first-year transition program for international and aboriginal students. In previous professional roles, she has manifested her passion for experiential and arts-based learning as a high school drama teacher, a sessional lecturer at Simon Fraser University, and an Advisor with UBC’s International Service-Learning team. She has led and co-created projects alongside university and high school students across Canada, Europe, and Latin America. |
University of Prince Edward Island Shannon is a professor of English Literature and a 3M National Teaching Fellow (2001). She publishes and presents on 17th century and early children’s literature, as well as on Threshold Concepts, Active Learning, and the Senior-year Experience. She is a facilitator at the Faculty Development Summer Institute at UPEI each summer. |
