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What are universities really for and why does it matter now?
A review of Knowledge Under Siege: Charting a Future for Universities, University of Regina Press, 2026.
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What I really teach
University studies provide long-term life skills that employers value: critical thinking, creativity, adaptability and self-regulation.
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Learning-centric programming: strategies to support meaningful engagement
Some practical strategies to design an experience with a clear purpose woven with meaningful engagement.
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Planning for effective, skills-building group projects
Group projects don’t necessarily build teamwork skills. Instructors need to teach and support skill development.
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How lessons learned in delivering courses last year may affect the mode of course delivery this fall
As universities prepare a return to on-campus activities, many are hoping to keep advantages of remote teaching.
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Navigating microaggressions in an online learning environment
Recognizing the pervasiveness and the impact of microaggressions is critical to the development of inclusive and anti-racist learning.
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How to make the history of ideas more engaging for students
Students become far more interested when discussions focus on the tensions within a belief system rather than comparing two different ones.
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What’s missing from current discussions about reimagining our universities
Assumptions that tenure is central to an effective university and that academics must be engaged in both teaching and research are only part of the problem.
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Weaving Indigenous and western knowledge
How Indigenous researchers and communities are working in partnership with universities and non-Indigenous researchers to shape the future of environmental sciences.
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How producing videos on TikTok is impacting teaching
“I think it's provoked a change in the way we actually teach. Hopefully, it’s going in a direction of being more engaging and interactive.”
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To sync or be async? Some thoughts and questions to consider when teaching online
Take the time to determine how your course is structured and run; it will make a huge difference in deciding which method to choose.
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Moving skills instruction from implicit to explicit outcomes
Give your students clear learning objectives and concrete opportunities to apply what they are learning.
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How the pandemic has shown social justice needs to be central to public health education in Canada
Including social justice in public health curriculum will equip students with an equity lens.
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Three ways to achieve meaningful online student learning
By rebranding office hours, having assignment debriefs and doing a survey after each module, I am able to build higher quality courses.
