Service to the Scholarly Community

Boards and Committees

  • Invited Member, Imagine BC: Dialogue on Sustainability and Education (2006–present)
  • Harvard President, Philosophy of Education Working Group (1999–2004)
  • Executive Board Member, North East Regional Association for Experiential Education (1998–2003)
  • Board Member, Outward Bound Expeditionary Learning (1998–2002)
  • Board Member, Harvard Outward Bound Project (1998–2001)
  • Harvard Student representative to the Board, Advisory Council to the Chair, Graduate School of Education (1998–2001)
  • Member, Harvard Working Group of the Environment (1998–2002)

Editorial Activities

Journal Editorial Boards

  • Invited Commentator, Ethics, Place & Environment (2009–present)
  • Editorial Board, Canadian Journal of Environmental Education (2006–present)
  • Chair, Journal Advisory Committee Journal of Experiential Education (2005–present)
  • Journal Advisory Committee, Journal of Experiential Education (2001–present)
  • Editorial Board, Outward Bound Journal of Education (2004–present)
  • Editor, Nor’Ester, Journal of NE Region for Association for Experiential Education (2000–2003)

Ad Hoc Journal Reviewer

  • Journal of Adventure Education and Outdoor Learning
  • Studies in Philosophy and Theory
  • Comparative Education Review
  • Journal of Moral Education
  • Journal of Experiential Education
  • Canadian Journal of Education
  • Paideusis, Journal of the Canadian Philosophy of Education Society
  • Canadian Journal of Environmental Education
  • Outward Bound Journal of Education
  • Ethics, Place, and Environment
  • Environmental Education Review

External Reviewer

  • Tenure and Promotion Files – University of Edinburgh, University of New Hampshire, and University of Alberta
  • SSHRC Review Panel for IDG files, Ottawa (May 2011)
  • SSHRC Review Panel for IG files, Ottawa (March 2014)

Conference Activities

Conference Convener and Organizer

  • Taking it to the Streets, One Day Public Dialogue on Environmental Education Research, Oct 3, 2013. This involved 200 participants and was held at SFU’s Harbourcentre in conjunction with the Centre for Dialogue.
  • Loon Lake Gathering for Environmental Educators and Researchers, Sept 27–Oct 2, 2013. This was a meeting of 40 leading researchers and graduate students.

Conference Program Committees

  • International Conference on Imaginative Education (2005, 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009)
  • North East Regional Conference on Experiential Education (1999, 2000, 2001, 2002)

Conference Papers Reviewer (last 5 years)

  • International Research Symposium on Imaginative Education
  • International Conference on Imaginative Education
  • Association for Experiential Education International Conference
  • Loon Lake Gathering for Environmental Education Researchers

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