Service to the University and the broader community is an important part of the Teaching Stream at the University of Toronto.
POSITIONS HELD AND COMMITTEES/EVENTS WITHIN THE UNIVERSITY (past five years or so; some of these are ongoing)
Department/Program:
- Director, UTM Environment Programs
- Associate Chair, Department of Geography
- Exam Jam for ENV100Y, JGE378H5, and ENV310H5
- Environment Program Information Session and Alumni Panel
- Geography-Environment Experiential Learning Information Session
- Departmental Teaching Evaluation Committee (for Reappointment)
- Reception for International Students
- Consultation on Experiential Learning, St. George
- Departmental Teaching Evaluation Committees (for Tenure Assessment)
- Departmental Teaching Evaluation Committee (for Promotion to Full Professor)
- New Student Orientation
- UTM Teaching Excellence Award Committee
- Department of Geography Workload Committee
- Environment Programs – academic program counselling for students (Environmental Management, Environmental Science)
- Environment Programs – curriculum and program planning
College:
- Faculty Search Committees - Dean’s Representative
- Reception for International Students
- Active Learning Classroom Working Group
- Academic Appeals Board
- Committee on Standing
- UDLES Revision Committee
- Cross-Disiplinary Curriculum Mapping Working Group
- Centre for Community Partnerships consultation at UTM
- New Scholars Reception
- Open Forum on Writing
- Meet-the-Prof for Earth Science Department
- Reception for Graduating Students
- Chair, Experiential Learning Committee
- “The Real Lives of…” Faculty-in-Residence, invited presentation, organized by Student Housing & Residence Life
- Teaching-Learning Committee and First-Year Task Force
- External Review Committee for MScSM Program
- TA Training Program – presenter
- Earth Hour Planning Committee
- Environ-Olympics (student-run event)
- UTM Head Start Academic Orientation for New Students – Presenter
- New Faculty Mentor
- Teaching Evaluation for Promotion Assessment
University:
- Reviewer for LEAF (Learning and Education Advancement Fund) Grant Submission Review Team (chaired by Vice-Provost S. McCahan)
- Reviewer for Submissions to the Teaching-Learning Conference (CTSI)
- New Faculty Orientation – Table Head
- Assessment Committee for Reappointment, Carol Rolheiser (Director, CTSI)
- CTSI Consultation: Resource Development for Teaching-Specific Mentoring
- Consultation on Online Learning and Pedagogy, project funded by the Ministry of Training, Colleges, and Universities (through CTSI, OUCI, and Carleton U.)
- Identified as one of three “leaders” in online teaching at the University of Toronto
- Interviewed as part of the development of Open Educational Resources that will be made available to other universities.
- Online Student Evaluations Working Group - Consultation
- Committee on Online Assessment
- Ontario Universities' Fair representative
- Online Learning Pilot Project and Online Undergraduate Course Initiative
- President’s Teaching Academy
- Promotion Assessment Committees
POSITIONS AND SERVICE OUTSIDE THE UNIVERSITY (past ten years or so; some of these are ongoing):
Environment Sector:
- Book Reviewer - Oxford University Press and Routledge Environment and Sustainability/Development Studies Series
- Ontario Trillium Foundation – Environment Sector Consultation (participant for OTF, July 31, 2014)
- Weston Family Parks Challenge, Parks People – grant proposal evaluator, participant for the Ontario Trillium Foundation (March–April 2014)
- Sector in Conversation: Environment Sector – participant for Ontario Trillium Foundation (August 2012)
- Environmental Career Organization (ECO) Canada – National Steering Committee for National Occupational Standards in Environmental Employment (Member, 2003-2004)
- Board of Directors, EcoSpark (formerly Citizens’ Environment Watch) – Past President (Member, Board of Directors, 2003-2012)
- Peel Environmental Network – Board of Directors, Founding Member (2002-2006)
- Peel Environmental Youth Alliance – Founding Member (2005)
- Region of Peel Eco-Fair – Invited “Expert” Mentor (2006)
- Riverwood Garden Park – Steering Committee Member (2000-2002)
- Riverwood Garden Park – Welcome Information and Nature Centre Advisory Committee (2006-07)
- Peel “Eco-Buzz” Volunteer Presenter (2003, 2004)
Education/Youth Sector:
- Youth Opportunities Fund (2013-2014, Vice-Chair, and 2014-2015, Co-Chair); a $5 million fund administered by the Ontario Trillium Foundation for the Government of Ontario Ministry of Youth and Child Services.
- Weston Youth Innovation Award (2012) Judges Panel
- Lorne Park Secondary School – Volunteer Presenter “How to Transition into University” (annual presentation, 2001-2009)
- Princeton University Alumni Interviewer (2009, annual ongoing)
- Association for Bright Children, Peel Chapter – Executive Member (1995-2005)
- Peel District School Board Special Education Advisory Committee – Associate Member (1999-2004)
- Member, Board of Trustees, Ontario Science Centre (1998-2004)
- Member, Visitor Experience Committee
- Member and Chair, Science Education Committee
- Ontario Science Centre “March Break Ambassador” program – Volunteer (annual 1998-2004)
- Ontario Science Centre “Earth & Space Science Week” – Guest Speaker (annual 1995-2004)
Heritage/Community Sector:
- City of Mississauga Advisory Panel – Port Credit GO Station Area Master Plan Study (starting April 23, 2015)
- Friends of Old Port Credit Village (FOPCV) Residents’ Advisory Committee – Founding Member (2006)
- Lakeview Waterfront Connection – academic advisory committee (2013-2014)
- VIVA Port Credit – Group Representative for FOPCV (2007-2012)
- Town of Port Credit Association (TOPCA) – Member (ongoing)
- Toronto Brigantine – Advisor to the Board of Directors (2006-2012)
- Scouts Canada – Leader, 4th Port Credit (1997-2003)
Cross-Sectoral:
- Board of Directors, Ontario Trillium Foundation (July 2009–July 2015)
- Member and Vice/Co-Chair, Youth Opportunities Fund (2013-2015)
- Member, Ad Hoc Committee, Weston Family Parks Challenge Committee (April, 2014)
- Member, Ad Hoc Committee, “Developing a Theory of Change” (April, 2014)
- Member, Governance Committee (2011-2015)
- Member and Vice-Chair, Province-Wide Granting Committee (2009-2014)
- Member, Future Fund Committee (2012-2013)
- Member, Community Capital Fund Committee (2012-13)