Experience

Rise Consulting

• Canada
• Business Consulting and Services
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Senior Consultant

  • Apr 2023 - Present



College of the Rockies

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 100 - 200 Employee

• Instructional Specialist

  • Aug 2019 - May 2023

  Mentorship of 70+ faculty in academic, professional and trades programs in teaching excellence, and the decolonization of their curriculum and pedagogy. Project lead, Dialogues with Indigenous Peoples; Colleges Regional Symposia on race and equity; and provincial designate for Decolonization, Reconciliation, Indigenization Committee (Federation of Post Secondary Educators (FPSE). Mentorship of 70+ faculty in academic, professional and trades programs in teaching excellence, and the decolonization of their curriculum and pedagogy. Project lead, Dialogues with Indigenous Peoples; Colleges Regional Symposia on race and equity; and provincial designate for Decolonization, Reconciliation, Indigenization Committee (Federation of Post Secondary Educators (FPSE).



Mount Royal University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Social Innovation - Associate Professor

  • Sep 1997 - Oct 2021

  Authorship of design thinking and creativity curriculum, courses, and assessments in all three academic areas and two international field schools during transition from Applied Degrees to Baccalaureate Degrees. Faculty champion of academic and applied research projects Otahpiaaki: Indigenous Beauty, Fashion & Design (2016-2019), Paul Brandt Legacy Collection & Archive (2017-2019), and Design4Change (2010-2017). Mentorship of 40+ undergraduate student researchers on 80+ community-facing projects. Recipient Distinguished Faculty Award, Research and Scholarship – Community Impact (2018). Show less

• Educational Leadership & Strategy: Academic Chair - Marketing, Entrepreneurship & Social Innovation

  • Jul 2014 - Jun 2018

  Educational leadership, change navigation and coaching of a new academic area during the transition of 100 year old college to an undergraduate university. Relational accountabilities to the Dean, Bissett School of Business; Dean’s Advisory Group, 70 full-/part-time faculty, and 1200 students each term. My tenure included comprehensive program review of Bachelor of Business Administration – Marketing, Bachelor of Communication – Information Design (Alberta Campus Quality Council) and comprehensive program and curriculum development of the 4-year Bachelor of Business Administration - Marketing and Concentrations/Majors/Minors in Entrepreneurship & Social Innovation. Show less

• Educational Leadership & Strategy: Acting Chair - Management, Human Resources and Marketing

  • Jul 2013 - Jun 2014

  Recruitment of 12 new academic staff in the Bissett School of Business for Mount Royal congruent with the university’s new vision, mission, mandate and strategic objectives as a 4-year undergraduate institution. Mentorship and evaluation of tenure for new hired, in academic and applied research, conveying new research and scholarship transition plans and opportunities for PhD qualified and legacy college faculty and staff.



Torch Motorcycles - Vintage Bikes for Fast Girls

• Calgary AB & Spillimacheen, BC

• Technology Developer, CEO and Founder - Torch Motorcycles

  • Jun 2013 - Aug 2017

  Human-centred design social enterprise focused on women motorcycle riders. Included fundamental research into anthropometrics (n=1000) to redesign motorcycles, motorcycle seats, apparel, and wearable technologies. I lead a team that believed: That bikes should fit the people that are riding them, and not the other way around; that women are more than just shorter (generally) men with bumps and curves in different places; that many people would agree that we have just stated the obvious; but, this doesn't show up in the way bikes are built, how riders are trained, how equipment fits or how riders ride. Show less



Patricia M. Derbyshire Strategic Research

• Educational Technologies Researcher & Content Developer

  • 1997 - 2000

  Consulted on and developed product for: Office of Learning Technologies (Government of Canada). Ottawa, ON. TLT Group (American Association of Higher Education). Washington DC. First Nations Network Evaluation Services (FNNES). Calgary, AB. Visitor Research & Evaluation. Smithsonian Institutions. Washington DC. Visitor Research & Evaluation. Museum of Civilization. Ottawa, ON. Consulted on and developed product for: Office of Learning Technologies (Government of Canada). Ottawa, ON. TLT Group (American Association of Higher Education). Washington DC. First Nations Network Evaluation Services (FNNES). Calgary, AB. Visitor Research & Evaluation. Smithsonian Institutions. Washington DC. Visitor Research & Evaluation. Museum of Civilization. Ottawa, ON.



Assorted

• Other Awesome Early Career Experiences

  • 1989 - 1997

  Visitor Research & Evaluation. Glenbow Museum. Calgary, AB. Producer. CHFM/KISS AM Current Affairs. Calgary, AB. Reporter/Political Research. CBC Radio News. Calgary, AB. Visitor Research & Evaluation. Glenbow Museum. Calgary, AB. Producer. CHFM/KISS AM Current Affairs. Calgary, AB. Reporter/Political Research. CBC Radio News. Calgary, AB.