Teaching
My dedication to building academic communities that value and support the full spectrum of lived experiences guides my practice in both research and teaching. I work to create accessible, learner-centered pedagogical experiences that build critical thinking skills and creative practices to enable life-long learning. I reduce barriers to student engagement by providing a range of materials to support diverse learning pathways, allowing students to integrate new information in the form, and at the pace, that best suits them . I support learner success by designing scaffolded assignments that allow students to develop key skills in the way that people naturally learn, through iteration and adaptation .
Courses
GGR 112 - Geographies of Globalization, Development & Inequality
(University of Toronto, Winter 2021 &2022)
GGR 271 - Social Research Methods
(University of Toronto, Winter 2022)
GGR 313 - Gender & The City (with R. McMillan)
(University of Toronto Mississauga, Summer 2021)
IDSA 01 - Introduction to Development Studies
(University of Toronto Scarborough, Summer 2021 & 2024)
Experiential Learning Field Course - Urban Planning in Havana, Cuba
(Masters in Planning, University of Toronto, Fall 2019)
Academic Workshops
Qualitative Research Methods for Program Evaluation
Post Graduate Certificate Course (Universidad de Ciencias de la Cultura Fisica y el Deporte Manuel Fajardo, La Habana, Cuba) (2019, Delivered in Spanish)
Introduction to Program Evaluation
Post Graduate Certificate Course (Universidad de Ciencias de la Cultura Fisica y el Deporte Manuel Fajardo, La Habana, Cuba) (2017, Delivered in Spanish)
Evaluation for Social Change
Graduate Workshops (University of Toronto, 2014, 2015)
Developing an Effective Research Proposal
Undergraduate Workshops (University of Toronto, 2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021)
Knowledge to Policy Workshops
International Policy Forum on Urban Climate Resilience
(2019) Hosted by the UCRSEA Partnership & Masters in International Development Studies Programme and the Centre for Peace and Conflict Studies, Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Making Knowledge, Influencing Policy: Urban climate resilience in Southeast Asia (2019) UCRSEA Research Partnership Capacity Development Program
Chulalongkorn University, Bangkok, Thailand
Integrating Theory and Data: Urban climate resilience in Southeast Asia (2018) UCRSEA Research Partnership Capacity Development Program
Yangon, Myanmar
Bridging the Knowledge to Policy Gap: Urban climate resilience in Southeast Asia (2017) UCRSEA Research Partnership Capacity Development Program
Battambang, Cambodia
Designing Effective Research for Policy Influence: Creating A Theory of Change (2016) UCRSEA Research Partnership Capacity Development Program
Royal University of Phnom Penh, Phnom Penh, Cambodia and Central Institute for Natural Resources and Environmental Studies, Vietnam National University, Hanoi, Vietnam and Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, Thailand
“Theory of Change as An Outcome Management Tool for Our Network” (2016) UCRSEA Research Partnership Capacity Development Program
Teaching Assistance
JGI216 - Globalization and Urban Change
(University of Toronto, 2016,18)
GGR271 - Social Research Methods
(University of Toronto, 2015, 18, 19, 20, 21)
GGR341 - Changing Geographies of Latin America
(University of Toronto, 2015, 16, 20)
IDEV2001 - Topics in International Development
(Guelph University, 2010, 11)
SRD3416 - Leisure and Tourism Planning
(Guelph University, 2011)