Service
Service to the University
- Steering Committee member for the Canadian Carnegie Classification for Community Engagement, Inter-university Committee (By Invitation) (2025 鈥� the present)
- Tenure and Promotion Committee 鈥� Gerontology (2025 鈥� the present)
- Faculty Engagement Working Group (2024)
- Invited Panelist. Work Integrated Learning: How Can We Make It More Equitable? WIL Symposium on Justice, Equity and Inclusion (2023)
- Member, 911吃瓜FA Bargaining Committee (2019-2020)
Service to the Faculty of Education
- Co-chair, Indigenous Education Reconciliation Council (2025 鈥� the present)
- Indigenous Garden Committee (2019 鈥� the present)
- Member, Professional Programs Committee (2022-2024)
- Facilitator of GREAT (Great Research, Education and Teaching) for new Faculty (2022-2023)
- Faculty Sponsor - Ed D in Educational Practice (2015-2023)
- Member, Indigenous Education Reconciliation Council; Indigenous Garden Committee(2019-the present)
- Curriculum Studies Search Committee (2 positions) (2022)
- Faculty Tenure and Promotion Committee (2021-2022)
- MEd EP Program Coordinator, Field Programs (2011-2020)
- Member, Field Programs Committee (2011-2020)
- Faculty Sponsor, MEd C & I in Nature-based & Place-conscious Practices (2017-2019)
- Member, Faculty Associate Hiring Committee (2015-2018)
- Coordinator, Community Graduate Programs (2015-2017)
- Graduate Programs Committee (2016-2017)
- Collaborative Mentorship Group (2016-2017)
- Faculty Council Subcommittee on Public Education (2015-2016)
Service to the Scholarly Community
- Co-Guest Editor a Special Edition of Australian Journal of Environmental Education, Critical Forest Studies: Seeding a new field from underground to overstory (2025)
- Reviewer for Multicultural Perspectives (2025)
- Reviewer for AlterNative (2025)
- Reviewer for the Canadian Journal of Education (2025)
- Reviewer for Improving Schools (2024)
- Reviewer for Somatechnics Journal (2024)
- Reviewer for the Canadian Journal of Higher Education (2023)
- Reviewer for Teaching Education (2023)
- Reviewer for the Canadian Association of Foundations of Education (2022)
- Reviewer for the Journal of Education for Teaching (2021-2022)
- Reviewer for the Canadian Society for the Study of Education (2019-2021)
- Reviewer for the Australian Educational Researcher (2021)
- Reviewer for the Curriculum Journal (2021)
- Reviewer for the Canadian Association of Teacher Education (2020)
- Reviewer for DIO Press (2020)
- Reviewer for the Cambridge Journal of Education (2019)
- Reviewer for the Canadian Journal of Education (2019)
- Reviewer for the Engaged Scholar Journal (2019)
- Reviewer for the Canadian Scholars Publishing House (2019)
- Reviewer for the Journal of Childhood Studies (2018)
Service to the Profession/Community
- How to Love a Forest Film Festival; Organizer with Neva Whintors (2025)
- Gathering of the People: Voices for the River. Honouring the St贸:l艒/St蓱l'蓹w虛; Organizer with Dr. Lolehawk Laura Buker (2025)
- Teacher-palooza! A celebration of the contributions of teachers; Organizer with Dr. Paula Rosehart (2025)
- The River Knows What It Needs: Our Responsibility to the Fraser; Organizer with Elder Rick Bailey (2024)
- Teacher-palooza! A celebration of the contributions of teachers; Organizer with Dr. Paula Rosehart (2024)
- Co-Organized with Mark Fettes: Lex瘫茅ywa: Passing the Torch to You. Presentation and Gallery exhibit (2022)
- Co-Organized with Mark Fettes: Practitioner-Inquiry During Complex and Uncertain Times. Educational Practice Symposium (2021)
- Organizer: Community Conversation Event: Learning traditional Skills and Reconciling Relations (2019)
- Organizer: Katzie Slough Restoration Event (2019)
- Organizer: Community Conversation Event: Imagining our Role in Restoring our Creeks (2018)
- Organizer: Kanaka Creek Restoration Event (2018)
- Organizer: Canada - Finland Educators meeting (2016)
- Organizer: Opening the Space: Creating Community within Complexity series (2016)
- Conference Chair and Organizer: M.Ed. EP Alumni Conference 2015 - Philosophies, Passions and Possibilities (2015)
- Developed as a site for our alumni and current students to connect, share resources, and learn about upcoming 911吃瓜 programs and events (2015)
- Conference Chair and Organizer: M.Ed. EP Alumni Conference 2014 - Caring, Communicating and Connecting (2014)
Service to the Natural World
| Trees Planted | Invasive Species Pull | Creek Clean Up | People involved | |
| 2025 | Fraser River (250) | 33 people 鈥� Educ 400 students | ||
| 2024 | Fraser River (307) | 22 people 鈥� Educ 400 students | ||
| 2023 | Kanaka Creek (222); Campbell Valley (100) | Mundy Park | 109 people - Educ 401/402 students (34); two grade 6/7 classes Fairview Elementary (50); Maddaugh Elementary (25) | |
| 2022 | Hoy Creek (195) Kanaka Creek (282) Frey Property (140) |
Hoy Creek; Katzie Slough (blueberry farm); Katzie Slough (Meadowbrook village); Katzie Slough (Meadowbrook village) | Katzie Slough (Meadowbrook village); Latimer creek; Maddaugh Forest (x2)Katzie Slough (Meadowbrook village); Allouette Dyke | 165 people; Educ 252 students (35); students from Fairview Elementary (40); students from Maddaugh Elementary (40); Students from Glenwood (50); students from Maddaugh Elementary (50); Educ 400 students (32); students from Fairview (20); students from Maddaugh Elementary (50); |
| 2021 | Kanaka Creek (250) | Kanaka Creek; Mundy Forest | 75 people; Educ 400 students (35); students from Fairview Elementary (40) | |
| 2019 | Kanaka Creek (600); Nelson Creek (250) Como Lake Creek (150) | Como Lake Creek; Kanaka Creek | Katzie Slough (Airport way); Kanaka Creek | 225 people; MEd students (50), Centennial Students (50); Coquitlam distributed learning students (50); Kanaka creek (75) |
| 2189 | 9 | 8 | 736 individuals (22 classes) |