Billy Collins

Billy came to SFU after a career as an agent, promoter, manager and talent buyer in the Canadian music industry. He was looking to build upon and diversify from his undergraduate education in tourism management and was interested in the cultural side of urban studies theory. He credits the Master of Urban Studies program with helping him learn about how cities work and for providing a theoretical foundation upon which to understand the urban condition.

"It gave me the credentials to teach at a post-secondary institution and informed my world view that I take into the classroom every day."

Billy is chair and teaching professor in the Department of Tourism Management, Faculty of Adventure, Culinary Arts and Tourism at Thompson Rivers University in Kamloops, BC.