Undergraduate Teaching
I am the 2024-25 recipient of the Julian Szeicz Award for Excellence in Teaching
This is a special honour for me as I knew Julian when he was a new faculty member at Queen's. Thank you to the students for this recognition.
Over my 20+ years of teaching at McGill and Queen's, I have found undergraduates to be incredibly bright and motivated. I strive to provide an inclusive environment for learning where students are supported to achieve to their abilities. I have an open-door policy for students to come and discuss problems that they are having with course material. I bring examples and experiences from my research into each of my courses so that students can see how 'the theory' meshes with 'the practice' in the real world.
In 2025-26, I will continue to serve as Associate Head (Undergraduate) for the Department. I currently (team) teach a variety of courses in the general themes of Atmospheric Science and Climatology:
GPHY102 Physical Geography (w. Dr. C. Omelon). Next offered: Winter 2026
GPHY209 Weather and Climate. Next offered: Fall 2025
GPHY215 Field Studies in Physical Geography (w. Dr. C. Omelon). Next Offered: Fall 2025
GPHY841 Measurement in Climatology. Next offered: Winter 2026
I am excited to continue to meet students at Queen's and hope to see you in one of my classes!
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Past teaching at McGill University:
I was the 2019 winner of the Macdonald Campus Award for Teaching Excellence and am a two-time nominee for the McGill Principal's Prize in Teaching Excellence.
I was cross-appointed between the Department of Natural Resource Sciences in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Science and the Department of Geography in the Faculty of Science. This meant that I taught courses on both of McGill's Campuses to students in almost every Faculty at McGill. I was the instructor for four undergraduate courses: ENVB301 Meteorology; NRSC221/GEOG221 Environment and Health; GEOG321 Climatic Environments; and WILD475 Desert Ecology.
This is a special honour for me as I knew Julian when he was a new faculty member at Queen's. Thank you to the students for this recognition.
Over my 20+ years of teaching at McGill and Queen's, I have found undergraduates to be incredibly bright and motivated. I strive to provide an inclusive environment for learning where students are supported to achieve to their abilities. I have an open-door policy for students to come and discuss problems that they are having with course material. I bring examples and experiences from my research into each of my courses so that students can see how 'the theory' meshes with 'the practice' in the real world.
In 2025-26, I will continue to serve as Associate Head (Undergraduate) for the Department. I currently (team) teach a variety of courses in the general themes of Atmospheric Science and Climatology:
GPHY102 Physical Geography (w. Dr. C. Omelon). Next offered: Winter 2026
GPHY209 Weather and Climate. Next offered: Fall 2025
GPHY215 Field Studies in Physical Geography (w. Dr. C. Omelon). Next Offered: Fall 2025
GPHY841 Measurement in Climatology. Next offered: Winter 2026
I am excited to continue to meet students at Queen's and hope to see you in one of my classes!
***
Past teaching at McGill University:
I was the 2019 winner of the Macdonald Campus Award for Teaching Excellence and am a two-time nominee for the McGill Principal's Prize in Teaching Excellence.
I was cross-appointed between the Department of Natural Resource Sciences in the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Science and the Department of Geography in the Faculty of Science. This meant that I taught courses on both of McGill's Campuses to students in almost every Faculty at McGill. I was the instructor for four undergraduate courses: ENVB301 Meteorology; NRSC221/GEOG221 Environment and Health; GEOG321 Climatic Environments; and WILD475 Desert Ecology.
