Experience

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  Region of peel

  Jan 1995 - Jan 1998

  Weekend information staff, peel heritage complex

  Now known as Peel Art Gallery, Museum and Archives (PAMA) I worked as weekend and part-time support staff for what was then known as the Region of Peel Archives, Region of Peel Museum, and Region of Peel Art Gallery.

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  Heritage mississauga

  May 2000 - Sept 2000

  Researcher

  Heritage Mississauga, also known as the Mississauga Heritage Foundation, is a not-for-profit charitable organization dedicated to promotion of local heritage. Heritage Mississauga’s MISSION “is research, record and communicate Mississauga’s rich and diverse heritage”. Heritage Mississauga’s VISION is to be “Mississauga’s Heritage Source.”

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  Fort william historical park (then old fort william) - government of ontario

  Jun 2001 - Sept 2001

  Historical interpreter

  Fort William Historical Park is one of the largest living history attractions in North America, devoted to re-creating the days of the North West Company and the Canadian fur trade.

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  Lakehead university

  Feb 2002 - Apr 2003

  • Graduate Assistant, Department of History

    Sept 2001 - Apr 2003

  • Part-Time Support Staff, Office of Continuing Education and Distributed Learning

    Apr 2002 - Jan 2003

  • Marker, Department of Political Science

    Feb 2002 - Mar 2002
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  Queen's university

  Jan 2004 - Apr 2005

  • Graduate Teaching Assistant, Department of History

    Sept 2003 - Apr 2005

  • Tutor, Counselling & Disability Services

    Jan 2004 - Sept 2004
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  Lakehead university

  Sept 2004 - Jan 2005

  Contract lecturer (development), office of continuing education and distributed learning
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  Queen's university

  Sept 2005 - Apr 2006

  Teaching fellow, department of history
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  Lakehead university

  Mar 2006 - Jul 2010

  Working closely with the community co-director, as Co-Director I was responsible for the development and achievement of the Institute's research strategy and the Institute's performance indicators and targets, and the efficient, effective and equitable operation of the Institute.

  • Assistant Professor of History

    Aug 2008 - Jul 2010

  • Co-Director, Lakehead Social History Institute

    Jan 2007 - Jan 2010

  • Lecturer

    Aug 2007 - Jul 2008

  • Contract Lecturer, Department of History

    May 2006 - Aug 2007

  • Contract Lecturer (Development), Office of Continuing Education and Distributed Learning

    Mar 2006 - Apr 2006
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  University of the arctic

  Sept 2008 - Jul 2019

  The Circumpolar Studies (BCS) program gives you the opportunity to learn about the lands, peoples, and issues of the Circumpolar North and prepares you for advanced study or professional employment in fields as diverse as sustainable resource management, self-government, Arctic engineering, and northern tourism. Special emphasis is given to matters concerning Indigenous people of the Circumpolar North. The Circumpolar Studies core curriculum has been developed as a collaborative effort of UArctic member institutions, involving leading experts on circumpolar issues. Show less

  • Instructor, Circumpolar Studies

    Sept 2008 - Jul 2019

  • Site Coordinator, Circumpolar Studies (Lakehead University)

    Sept 2008 - Jul 2017
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  University of helsinki

  Feb 2011 - Feb 2011

  Visiting professor, economic and social history
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  Lakehead university

  Mar 2012 - Jan 2014

  The Director is responsible for the development and achievement of the Centre's research strategy and the Centre's performance indicators and targets, and the efficient, effective and equitable operation of the Centre. This occurs primarily through the support of international and regional conferences, research projects, publications, and a visiting speaker series. Further, the Centre has been the extension of opportunities for Lakehead faculty and students to undertake research in northern parts of the province, the country and the circumpolar world, and to attend conferences on northern themes. Show less Adjunct Professors are appointed to reflect some mutually beneficial scholarly association between the department and the candidate. Duties include supervision or co-supervision of graduate or undergraduate students subject to all relevant Lakehead University regulations; contribute to other scholarly pursuits of the department, school, or Faculty; and to facilitate the pursuit of independent or collaborative research. For the full policy, see https://www.lakeheadu.ca/faculty-and-staff/policies/academic/adjunct-professor Show less

  • Director, Centre for Northern Studies

    May 2010 - Jan 2014

  • Site Coordinator, north2north program (UArctic)

    Sept 2008 - Jan 2014

  • Adjunct Professor, Department of Philosophy

    Jan 2010 - Jan 2013

  • Acting Graduate Coordinator, Department of History

    Mar 2012 - Sept 2012
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  Петрозаводский государственный университет (петргу)

  May 2012 - May 2012

  Visiting lecturer, international summer school in karelia

  The International Summer School in Karelia is organized by the Aleksanteri Institute at the University of Helsinki, the University of Lapland, and Petrozavodsk State University within the project “Establishing the EU Centre in the Barents Region of Russia” co-financed by the European Union.

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  Mcmaster university

  Jan 2014 - Jul 2014

  Visiting professor, l.r. wilson institute for canadian history / department of history
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  Thunder bay museum

  Oct 2014 - now

  Co-editor, papers & records

  Papers & Records is a peer-reviewed journal issued annually by the Thunder Bay Historical Museum Society. It publishes new research and scholarship in both academic and publicly accessible formats on topics relating to all aspect of Northwestern Ontario’s diverse heritage. The journal also contains a “Records” section in which various archival collections are introduced to readers and a yearly “Recent Publications Relating to the History of Northern Ontario.”

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  Lakehead university

  Apr 2015 - now

  Hired in 2007 as the department's history of Northern Ontario specialist, my teaching and research have generally explored various aspects of the economic, labour, political, and social history of Northern Ontario and Canada. Other areas of teaching and research also include Canadian (primarily Ontario) resource development and film history. I have also been the historian for a number of collaborative projects completed in partnership with Indigenous communities in the 1850 Robinson-Superior and Treaty 9 areas. Show less Part of the External Relations Senior Leadership Team, as an External Relations Associate I reported directly to the Vice-President (External Relations). My duties included Alumni Engagement and Prospect Pipeline and Government Relations, assisting in building the Ambassador Program, enhancing graduate alumni engagement, international chapter development, alumni outreach in Northwestern Ontario, assisting the Director of Government Relations with various files, and providing the Philanthropy group with donor prospect lead generation. Show less Administratively responsible to the Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities, I provided academic leadership, represented the Department of History (including Religious Studies and Northern Studies programming) on our Thunder Bay, Orillia, and Online campuses, and worked to achieve progress and development in all matters affecting the academic life of the Department, the Faculty, and the University. Main duties included supervising faculty, staff, students, and programs; planning and development of academic programs; representing the Department inside and outside the University; preparing budget estimates for submission to the Dean; and administering authorized budgets. I previously also held the position as Chair between 2012 and 2016. Show less For a decade I co-ordinated the Interdisciplinary Programs (HBA, HBSc, and Minor) in Northern Studies. Offered as part of the University of the Arctic's (UArctic) Circumpolar Studies consortium, the programs focussed on topics relating to northern Indigenous and non-Indigenous peoples, issues and environments of Canada's provinces and territories, and other circumpolar regions. In addition to in-class learning, students also had the opportunity to participate in the North2North student mobility program, allowing them to spend a 4-8 month term studying abroad at a University of the Arctic partner institution.Administratively responsible to the Dean of Science (until 2015) and Dean of Social Sciences and Humanities (and Vice-President Research until 2012), I provided academic leadership, represented the Department, Program, or School, and worked to achieve progress and development in all matters affecting the academic life of the Department, the Faculty, and the University. Main duties included supervising faculty, staff, students, and programs; planning and development of academic programs; representing the Department inside and outside the University; preparing budget estimates for submission to the Dean; and to administer authorized budgets. Show less Graduate coordinators are the first point of contact for both graduate students and the Office of Graduate Studies. Responsible to their department, they handle all administrative responsibilities (encompassed by university, union, and department regulations) and academic advising. Coordinators represent their graduate program at the Faculty of Graduate Studies Council and are responsible for developing a graduate culture within their program. Complete duties can be found at https://www.lakeheadu.ca/faculty-and-staff/faculty-resources/graduate-resources/coordinators/node/3516 Show less

  • Associate Vice-Provost (Academic)

    Aug 2019 - now

  • Director, Community Zone

    Jan 2021 - now

  • Professor of History (tenured)

    Jul 2018 - now

  • External Relations Associate

    Aug 2019 - Mar 2023

  • Chair, Department of History

    Jul 2017 - Aug 2019

  • Associate Professor of History (tenured)

    Aug 2010 - Jul 2018

  • Chair, Department of History

    Feb 2012 - Jul 2016

  • Coordinator, Interdisciplinary Programs in Northern Studies

    Jan 2007 - Jul 2016

  • Acting Graduate Coordinator, Department of History

    Apr 2015 - Sept 2015
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  University of waterloo

  Feb 2017 - Feb 2020

  Adjunct professor, school of environment, resources & sustainability
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  Mcmaster university

  Sept 2017 - now

  Associate, wilson institute for canadian history

  Located in every province of Canada, and abroad, the Wilson Associates have been selected as scholars who are pushing the field of Canadian history in exciting new transnational directions. Each of these dynamic scholars is asking new questions and bringing new perspectives to the writing of Canadian history. Between 2017 and 2020 I was also one of the 39 inaugural Wilson Associates. Founded in 2008, the Wilson Institute for Canadian History (then called the Wilson Centre) is named in honoured of its main donor, L.R. (Red) Wilson. It was created with a simple vision: rethink Canadian history, pre- and post-Confederation, within a transnational framework. We seek to understand Canada’s place in a global perspective and how Canada has influenced – or been influenced by – transnational phenomena. Show less

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  Wsp

  Nov 2017 - Dec 2019

  Senior heritage specialist

  WSP is one of the world's leading engineering professional services consulting firms. We bring together more than 37,000 talented people, based in more than 500 offices, across 40 countries.

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  Trent university

  Nov 2017 - Jan 2019

  For more than 50 years, Trent has incorporated traditional teachings and perspectives into its curricular and extra-curricular programming. In fact, Trent’s groundbreaking leadership in Indigenous Studies dates back to our beginnings, when we became...

  • Instructor, Chanie Wenjack School for Indigenous Studies

    Sept 2018 - Jan 2019

  • Course Developer, Trent Online

    Nov 2017 - Dec 2018
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  University of helsinki

  Jun 2019 - now

  Docent of social science history
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  University of oulu

  Mar 2021 - now

  Docent of modern north american history