Experience

Western University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Professor of Public History

  • 2018 - Present

• Director of MA Public History Program & Associate Professor

  • Jul 2008 - Jun 2018

  Direct this intensive 1 year Master's program at UWO, Canada's oldest program in Public History. Established the Minor in Public History in 2017.



UWO Medical Artifact Collection

• Collections Manager

  • 2004 - Present

  Collections management of and exhibit development with this teaching and research resource. Collections management of and exhibit development with this teaching and research resource.



Hamilton Historical Consulting

• Consultant

  • 2011 - Present

  CAV Barker Veterinary Museum, OVC, Guelph; W. Ross Macdonald School for the Blind, Brantford; Huron College, London; St. Joseph's Hospital historical collection, London; Know History Inc., Ottawa; Cronyn Observatory, London; Mississaugas of New Credit Nation. Advised on collections management and care; historical research; report writing. CAV Barker Veterinary Museum, OVC, Guelph; W. Ross Macdonald School for the Blind, Brantford; Huron College, London; St. Joseph's Hospital historical collection, London; Know History Inc., Ottawa; Cronyn Observatory, London; Mississaugas of New Credit Nation. Advised on collections management and care; historical research; report writing.



University of Guelph

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Postdoctoral Fellow in History; 1871/1891 Census of Canada Project

  • 2005 - 2008

  1871/1891 Census of Canada Project 1871/1891 Census of Canada Project



Simon Fraser University

• Canada
• Higher Education
• 700 & Above Employee

• Instructor

  • 2005 - 2005

  Taught First Nations history. Taught First Nations history.



Glenbow Museum

• Canada
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curator of Ethnology/Collections Technician

  • 1999 - 2002

  Collections management, exhibit development, public inquiries, and collaborative work with First Nations. Collections management, exhibit development, public inquiries, and collaborative work with First Nations.



Woodland Cultural Centre

• Canada
• Museums, Historical Sites, and Zoos
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Curatorial Intern

  • May 1997 - Sep 1997

  Research for art and ethnographic exhibits. Research for art and ethnographic exhibits.



Aylmer and District Museum

• Curator

  • May 1995 - Nov 1995

  Collections management and care, exhibit development, public enquiries, interpretation. Collections management and care, exhibit development, public enquiries, interpretation.



Museum of Ontario Archaeology

• Canada
• Museums and Institutions
• 1 - 100 Employee

• Interpreter

  • May 1993 - Sep 1993

  Interpretation for school groups and tourists. Interpretation for school groups and tourists.