Service to the Community

Provincial

  • Member and adjunct professor, Program Evaluation Committee, UBC Faculty of Medicine (2003–2011)
  • Chair, BC Universities Vice-President Academic Advisory Council Telelearning in Health (2003–2004)
  • Sub-committee Member, BC Universities Vice-President Academic Advisory Council Telelearning in Health (2001–2003)
  • Member, Program Committee, Nova Scotia Telecommunication Applications Research Alliance (TARA) (1996–1998)
  • Member, Steering Committee for Council of Nova Scotia University Presidents’ (CONSUP) Study to Establish a Joint Venture for Distance Education in Nova Scotia (1995–1996)
  • Member, Nova Scotia Higher Education Council Consultative Committee on Distance Education (1993–1996)   

National and International

  • Member, review committee, Fonds de recherché du Québec – Société et culture (FRQSC), for the Concours 2012 des Fonds de l’avant-garde et des initiatives nouvelles de la Fondation canadienne pour l’innovation (FCI), Comité CE3 (Education et neurosciences cognitive) (2012)    
  • Member, SSHRC Standard Research Grants Adjudication Committee (2010–2013)
  • Member, SSHRC Major Collaborative Research Initiative (MRCI) Adjudication Committee (2006–2008)
  • Member, Midterm Review Committee, SSHRC Community-University Research Alliance (CURA) program (2006–2008)
  • Member, Vice-Provost’s International Advisory Council on Teaching and Learning, University of Windsor (2006–present)
  • Member, Steering Committee, Canadian Council on Learning  – Health and Learning Knowledge Centre (2005–2008)
  • Member, The John Ruedy Award for Innovation in Medical Education (Association of Canadian Medical Colleges): Member of Selection Committee (1999–2001)
  • Member, National Council on Bioethics Education and Communications Committee (1997–2002)

International Projects

  • Implementing a problem-based learning curriculum. (2000, March). Chaired Curriculum Committee for one-week intensive development session for new PBL curriculum at Medical School, Catholic University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil.
  • Designing a problem-based learning curriculum. (1999, January – February). Chaired Curriculum Committee for three-week intensive development session for new PBL curriculum at Medical School, Catholic University of Parana, Curitiba, Brazil.

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