Biography

My work at SFU’s Centre for Educational Excellence centres around supporting inclusive teaching and learning across the university. As an Associate Director in the Curriculum and Instruction division (CID) I lead a team of highly accomplished Educational Developers whose portfolios include Equity Diversity and Inclusion, Indigenous Ways of Knowing and multilingual learner success through the English as an Additional Language (EAL) initiatives team. I help lead centre-wide, instructor-facing program development and co-chair SFU’s Coordinating Committee for EAL amongst other responsibilities. 

Before joining SFU in 2020, I spent 20 years in other post-secondary and adult education roles, both inside and outside of teaching, in a diversity of leadership, administration, instructional and curricular development roles. I completed my Master of Arts in Education (EAL) at SFU and have enjoyed the opportunity to share my work with highly diverse, local, national and international audiences, in both academic and community settings.

In this role I seek to champion instructor development which is relational, contextualized  and relevant for today’s university students.  I am firmly committed to supporting SFU’s ongoing efforts towards evidence-informed and innovative approaches to more equitable access to learning for all of our students.