Teaching Activities
Teaching Experience

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Sep 2017 – May 2019
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
Course: ENVS 4001/4002 (Project in Environmental Sciences)
Enrolment: 88 (F18–W19); 70 (F17–W18)
Course description: The course permits students the opportunity to integrate both the skills and knowledge acquired in earlier courses through application to current environmental problems and issues for an external client
  • Guide over 150 fourth-year undergraduate students step-by-step on how to approach an environmental problem presented by an external client, and to come-up with science-based solutions for the clients within tight deadlines
  • Provide students with constructive criticism on their scientific writing style while encouraging them to be critical thinkers
  • Grade student assignments, such as proposals, poster presentations, and final reports.
  • Develop teaching materials, such as rubrics
  • Troubleshoot challenges within student groups by implementing a plan of action that respects their diversity of circumstances while increasing their success in the course

Graduate Teaching Assistant, Sep 2016 – Dec 2016
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
Course: ENVS 3020 (Pesticides and the Environment)
Enrolment: 120 (F16)
Course description: The course addressed the role and use of pesticides by various facets of society and the effect of these pesticides on biological activities in the environment
  • Helped over 100 third-year undergraduate students understand the role and use of pesticides by various facets of society and the effect of these pesticides on biological activities in the environment

​Guest Teacher, Nov 2015 – Jun 2016
Westwood Public School, Upper Grand District School Board, Guelph, ON
Course: The Human Temple
Enrolment: 50 (F15–W16)
Course description: In a world where physical existence is given so much emphasis, this text explores those inner powers that distinguish the human being from all other things in creation
  • Introduced Ontario’s second public elementary school to the Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program as a classroom subject
  • Mentored 50 seventh and eighth grade students to be critical thinkers; enthusiastic for service to the community; capable of making statements about reality around them through speech and writing; help each other to succeed by fostering an environment of mutual support and trust; illustrate their understanding on a subject through creative means (e.g. drama, visual, and music)

Guest Teacher, Sep 2014 – Jun 2015
Gateway Drive Public School, Upper Grand District School Board, Guelph, ON
Course: The Human Temple
Enrolment: 45 (F14–W15)
Course description: In a world where physical existence is given so much emphasis, this text explores those inner powers that distinguish the human being from all other things in creation
  • Introduced Ontario’s first public elementary school to the Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program as a classroom subject
  • Mentored 45 seventh and eighth grade students to be critical thinkers; enthusiastic for service to the community; capable of making statements about reality around them through speech and writing; help each other to succeed by fostering an environment of mutual support and trust; illustrate their understanding on a subject through creative means (e.g. drama, visual, and music)

Guest Teacher, Sep 2013 – Jun 2014
Gateway Drive Public School, Upper Grand District School Board, Guelph, ON
Course: Thinking About Numbers
Enrolment: 40 (F13–W14)
Course description: The text aims to help young people both further their capability of making numerical statements about reality around them and also think about the social dimensions of statements regarding the world
  • Introduced Ontario’s first public elementary school to the Junior Youth Spiritual Empowerment Program as a classroom subject
  • Mentored 40 seventh and eighth grade students to be critical thinkers; enthusiastic for service to the community; capable of making statements about reality around them through speech and writing; help each other to succeed by fostering an environment of mutual support and trust; illustrate their understanding on a subject through creative means (e.g. drama, visual, and music)
Individual Lectures

Guest Lecturer, Nov 2018
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
​Course: UNIV 6800 (University Teaching: Theory and Practice)
Enrolment: 3 (F18)
Lecture description: This lecture introduced some principles of ecotoxicology. Students used these principles to: criticize and reflect on a product pitched to ©ABC’s Shark Tank, and design a preliminary experiment to investigate a real-world problem. This lesson was designed for an upper-year level course, and required participants to engage in an active learning environment (e.g. consultation with peers)

Guest Lecturer, Sep 2017
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
Course: ENVS 6470 (Multiple Stressors and Cumulative Effects in the Great Lakes: An NSERC
CREATE Program to Develop Innovative Solutions through International Training Partnership)
Enrolment: 15 (F17)
Lecture description: This lecture investigated the topic of cyanobacteria by describing its history and survival, point and non-point sources driving its formation, eutrophication, and the production of toxic microcystins, all within the context of the Great Lakes
Service to the Teaching Community

Member of Undergraduate Curriculum Committee, Sep 2018 – Present
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
  • Review, revise, and approve course curriculum proposed by faculty members

Member of Communications and Outreach Committee, Sep 2016 – Present
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
  • Demonstrate strong written communication skills through the promotion of the department’s innovative work using social media channels
  • Organize an annual symposium on sustainability that attracts 50 to 100 people from the public
  • Coordinate special topics lectures for the department led by experts from within and outside the university

Member of Search Committee for Assistant Professorship, May 2017 – Jun 2018
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
  • Selected and hired top candidate for a tenure track professorship in the department after an intensive process of interviewing 3 candidates and screening over 50 applications
  • Trained to avoid bias in the screening process by attending human rights and diversity workshop

Member of Search Committee for Canada 150 Research Chair, Aug 2017 – Sep 2017
School of Environmental Sciences, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
  • Selected and recommended top candidate for a Canada 150 Research Chair in the department
Professional Development in Teaching

Graduate Research and Project Management (Certificate course), Jan 2019 – May 2019
The Office of Research, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
  • Learned the management of scholarly and research projects, including administrative and ethical concerns from several disciplines

University Teaching: Theory and Practice (Credit course), Sep 2018 – Dec 2018
The Office of Open Learning and Educational Support, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
  • Critically examined and learned issues and research in higher education
  • Engaged in intensive, interdisciplinary discussions about topics including learning outcomes, assessment, active learning, course design, and the context of teaching in higher education
  • Practiced teaching, developed the skills of reflective practice, and provided feedback on teaching

Diversity and Human Rights Faculty Recruitment (Workshop), Nov 2017
The Office of Diversity and Human Rights, University of Guelph, Guelph, ON
  • Contextualized the goals of employment equity
  • Defined implicit bias and potential impacts on recruitment and hiring process
  • Identified strategies to minimize implicit bias from impacting decision-making and interpersonal interactions within the search committee