Teaching Experience

University of Saskatchewan

Courses in the Master of Public Administration and Master of Public Policy Programs at the Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy

 

  • Catalogue Entry: Analyzes governing institutions and the process of modern government within Canada as a means of enhancing a student's understanding of policy formulation and implementation. This course is intended to provide a basis for critically assessing political and administrative decision making and policy outcomes.

    Semesters Taught: Fall 2021

  • Catalogue Entry: Administrative decision making and policy development often require the analysis of quantitative data. This course will introduce students to descriptive and inferential statistics often used in policy environments so that they will be effective data users and interpreters. Students will be taught how to use and present descriptive statistics.

    Semesters Taught: Summer 2024, Summer 2023, Summer 2022, Winter 2021

Yukon University

Courses in the Bachelor of Arts in Indigenous Governance in the Faculty of Applied Science and Management

  • Catalogue Entry: The course is designed to introduce students to the study of public policy and the policy process through a Northern and Indigenous lens. The first part of the course explores fundamental theories of policymaking and the stages of the policy cycle. The second part is devoted to examining specific areas of policy, including social, health, indigenous, environmental, and fiscal policy as they apply to Northern and Indigenous contexts.

    Semesters Taught: Winter 2023, Winter 2022

 

NorQuest College

Courses in the Settlement Studies Diploma Program in the Faculty of Skills and Foundational Learning

 

  • Catalogue Entry: This course will introduce learners to current and historical trends in local migration patterns and their relationship to the development of the settlement sector.

    Semesters Taught: Winter 2025

  • Catalogue Entry: This course provides an overview of family dynamics in different socio-cultural contexts in Canada, and possible tensions that arise within family units coping with culture shock and the transition to life in Canada.

    Semesters Taught: Fall 2023

  • Catalogue Entry: This course will provide learners with a working knowledge of government in Canada, and of laws and policies that pertain to the delivery of settlement services in an intercultural context in Canada.

    Semesters Taught: Winter 2024, Fall 2025

  • Catalogue Entry: The Settlement Studies Field Experience II Seminar will focus on emerging trends in the design and delivery of settlement work. Students will be introduced to the logic model, and how it is used by Settlement Workers to develop action plans to assist newcomers along the Settlement Continuum. Different approaches to settlement work will also be explored. Students will be introduced to avenues of funding that may be accessed by community agencies that provide settlement supports to newcomers.

    Semesters Taught: Summer 2025

  • Catalogue Entry: This course will examine strengths-based and trauma-informed approaches to problem-solving that can be applied along the settlement continuum. Learners will explore strategies for mediating conflict and developing client action plans when working with newcomers struggling with trauma and culture shock.

    Semesters Taught: Fall 2024