Learning
Master of Social Work Student, Wilfrid Laurier University, Waterloo, ON
January 2019 - April 2021
Areas of interest: Perinatal Mental Health, Eating Disorders, Youth At-Risk, Wilderness Therapy
· SK 501: Approaches to Community Organizing and Group Practices
· SK 507: Social Justice and Transformative Social Work Practices
· SK522: Social Work Practice with Individuals
· SK536: Integrating Theory and Practice
· SK 545: Introduction to Ethical Thought and Reflexive Practice
· SK 552: Social Work Practice with Families
· SK600: Field Education
· SK641: Social Policy and Activism
· SK651: Advanced Social Work Practice with Individuals
· SK665: Critical Indigenous Knowledge in Social Work
· SK668: Social Work Practice with Survivors of Trauma
· SK693: Crisis Intervention
Doctor of Philosophy in Geography, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON
September 2008 - November 2012
· Advisor: Dr. Mary Louise McAllister
· Committee: Dr. Patricia Fitzgerald, affiliation, Dr. Scott Slocombe, affiliation, Dr. Sarah Wolfe, affiliation
· Thesis: “Enduring Gardens: Woven by Friends into the Fabric of the Canadian Community”
· Certificate in University Teaching, teaching dossier available
Master of Philosophy, College of the Atlantic, School of Human Ecology, Bar Harbor, ME
September 2006 - June 2008
• Thesis: “The Study of Placelessness: Toward a Conceptual Framework”
· Committee: Dr. Karen Waldron, Dr. John Anderson, and Dr. Rich Borden
Honours Bachelor of Environmental Studies (Environment & Resource Studies), University of Waterloo
September 2001 - December 2005
· Co-Op Program
· Thesis: “Wilderness Therapy: An Examination of Ecopsychology for At-Risk Youth”
· Advisor: Dr. Mary Louise McAllister
Backcountry Student, Wild Rockies Field Institute, University of Montana, Missoula, MT
August - November 2004
• Montana Afoot and Afloat: Human/Land Relations
• extended field course examining various traditions/practices of being with the land