Career overview:
My academic career, for cultural and other socio-political reasons,
has played out in almost reverse order to that of a typical academic
career. Beginning with an appointment as an Associate Dean, then
moving to an Associate Presidency, it was only after nearly 20
years of academic administration that I returned to the professorial
ranks as the founding director of a national research centre.
Following a successful term as Director of CHERD, I took up my
first full-time, tenured appointment as a faculty member. Throughout
my year career, I have worked with the UNESCO higher education
division, and independent NGOs and government ministries internationally.
These collaborative partnerships focussed on the development of
teaching among the professoriate and leadership among faculty
holding positions of academic administration in Canada , Africa
, Asia , Eastern Europe , and Latin America .
Since joining the Faculty of Education as a member of the cultural
and policy studies in 1995 my research programs, funded by SSHRC,
IDRC, and UNESCO have focussed on (1) the internationalization
of the curriculum and classrooms in higher education, and (2)
the health and well-being of academic women in Canadian universities.
These research foci have enabled me to blend an active international
practice as an academic administrator with recognized scholarship
and the mentoring of colleagues and community members.Throughout
this professional career, my personal life continues to be enriched
by two children (Andrew, now a MD at St. Michael's Hospital in
Toronto, and Katherine who is beginning her university career
in business), sailing on the Great Lakes, and maintaining readings
as an amateur anthropologist. |
