Service
Three significant areas are representative of my service to the University, to educational partners and to the community at large.
• Teaching and Learning French Second/Additional Language
• Education and Diversity
• Sustainable Health and Wellness Educational Practices
Of note, is my service in the areas below:
* UBC Joint Faculties Senator 2019-2020
• Faculty of Education, Design Committee 2012-2016
Reconceptualization the Teacher Education Program
• Smart UBC Curriculum and Certification Committee 2014-2015
Revising the smartEducation curriculum and determining factors for certification of smartEducation facilitators
Teaching smartEducation pilot course to ETEP students and piloting curriculum
• Reconceptualizing the Faculty of Education, Graduate Program 2011-2012
Curriculum innovation and development
Service to the University and the community includes service performed for the benefit of Departments, Faculties or other parts of the University and for professional organizations and the community at large. The service detailed below includes administrative or supervisory work, service on committees and university bodies, all continuing education activity in the community including professional education, special work with professional, technical, scholarly or other organizations or with scholarly publications not falling within the definition of scholarly activity, membership on or service to governmental or public councils and boards, and other forms of academic, professional, and public service.
Please refer to CV for further information
Departmental/Faculty
• Aboriginal Advisory Board 2012-2014
• Graduate Executive Committee
• Graduate Executive Sub-committee (M.A/M.Ed. Modification: Studies in Diversity)
• Graduate Executive Sub-committee (Handbook of Supervision)
• Merit Committee 2012-2012
• French Test Coordinator 2005-present
• Curriculum Committee 2007-2010
• Summer Institute Committee 2007-2009
• Maxwell Cameron Teaching Award 2007-2009
• Human Rights & Equity Representative, Education 2007-present
• Hiring Committee for ESL/EAL Winter 2010
• Hiring Committee for Practicum Coordinator Fall 2006
• Hiring Committee for Educational Psychology Spring 2009
• Status of Women Committee 2010-2012
University
• smartUBC Curriculum and Certification Committee (chair)
• smartUBC Curriculum and Certification Committee (executive member)
• Senate Curriculum Committee for Graduate Programs
• Center for Mindful Engagement
• Center for Teaching and Learning Partnership
• President's Advisory Committee for the Appointment of a
New Dean of the Faculty of Education 2010
• Roundtable Conference Committee 2007-2008
• Dialogue on Diversity Forums- Chair 2007-2008
• International Students Committee 2007-2008
• Global Media & Politics of Culture committee 2007
• Teaching Excellence Awards Committee 2007
• Interdisciplinary Graduate Program Committee 2005-2007
Center for Teaching and Learning Workshops Fall Expo 2011
• Leading a workshop relating to the Common European Framework for Languages (CEFR).
• Leading a workshop entitled Integrating Yoga into Teaching and Learning
Community
Leading two workshops for the Central Okanagan Teachers Association (COTA) SD 23
• Global Education and Intercultural Communication Competence
• Éducation globale et la compétence en communication interculturelle
Representative of the Faculty of Education and committee member: Human Rights and Equity School District Committee # 23
Comité de planification scolaire Conseil Scolaire Francophone de la Colombie-Britannique 2004-2009 (membre de l’exécutif)
Conseil d’administration des Petits Oursons Inc. 2004-2007 (Président) Volunteer at the YMCA Kelowna : Fitness Leader : weekly Yoga and Zumba to senior population
Volunteer at the British Columbia Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (BCSPCA)
Dogwalker
Sustainable Health and Wellness Practices
Teaching the smartEducation pilot program to ETEP students Jan-March 2015
Weekly Yoga practices for the university community & YMCA Weekly Zumba (dance/fitness classes for the university community & UMCA
Professional Service
Reviewer
Presses Universitaires de Saint-Boniface
Canadian Journal of Applied Linguistics (CJAL)
International Association of Citizenship, Social and Economics Education (IACSSE)
American Association of Educational Research (AERA)
• Division K: Teacher Education
• Division G: Social Education
Canadian Association of Immersion Teachers (ACPI)
• Annual General Meeting (reviewing proposals sent to the University/Research Consortium)
Shastri Indo-Canadian Institute
• Scholarship
International Association of E-Learning (IAEL)
• Reviewing papers for the International Conference of E-Learning, June 2011
Program Chair/Discussant
American Association of Educational Research (AERA) 2012
• Division K: Teacher Education
• Division G: Social Education
• SIG: Holistic Education
• SIG: Self-Study of Teacher Education Practice (S-STEP)
Canadian Association of Immersion Teachers (ACPI) 2011
• Research issues in initial training for preservice teachers
International Association of E-Learning
• Program Chair for ICEL 2012 University of Hong Kong
Member of Professional associations
American Association of Education Research (AERA)
Canadian Society Education (CSSE)
Association canadienne de la linguistique appliquée (ACLA)
International Association of E-Learning
Association canadienne des professeurs d’immersion (ACPI)
Canadian Association of Second Language Teachers (CASLT)
Canadian Parents for French (member)
American Council of Foreign Language Teachers (member) (ACFLT)