Distinguished Faculty Award Mount Royal University Aug 2018 Sarah is considered a role model to her students and a leader in delivering Indigenous-centred curriculum. Sarah is recognized for her teaching style and zest for life. She provides a stimulating and safe learning environment where students can challenge themselves to consider their pre-established views. She is also known for her skills as an adventure guide, with more than 20 years’ experience in environmental education, leadership and cultural programming.Both the academic and… Show more Sarah is considered a role model to her students and a leader in delivering Indigenous-centred curriculum. Sarah is recognized for her teaching style and zest for life. She provides a stimulating and safe learning environment where students can challenge themselves to consider their pre-established views. She is also known for her skills as an adventure guide, with more than 20 years’ experience in environmental education, leadership and cultural programming.Both the academic and Indigenous communities acknowledge Sarah’s important work in the development of a field school titled “Environmental Reconciliation and Indigenous Studies,” which launched in Spring 2017. This course is an immersive, land-based, transformative education model, grounded in and building on relationships with First Nations and is lauded as the “the best model to date of delivering Indigenous-centred curriculum in partnership with Indigenous stakeholders.”Currently, Sarah is working towards a PhD at Werklund School of Education, University of Calgary, with a specialization in Adult Education. She has been teaching at Mount Royal since 2002. Her research interests include the cultivation of wisdom and leadership in adult land-based education. Show less