Courses taught at SFU
Introduction to Science Philosophy for Ecological Restoration
Graduate course. Developed the course to introduce students to the philosophy of science. Course involves weekly reading summaries, leading reading discussions, a physical experiment, a numerical experiment and a final writing project emphasizing the development of research questions.
Project Management and Policy in Ecological Restoration (ECO 622)
Graduate course. Developed the course to introduce students to project management and environmental policy in ecological restoration, with an emphasis on liability and the scientific basis of restoration strategies. Course involved weekly reading summaries, a writing project to evaluate a noteworthy Canadian infrastructure project with relation to environmental review, and a final writing project to examine the question What is Nature?
Introduction to Environmental Science (EVSC 100)
Undergraduate course. Developed the course to introduce students to a broad overview of environmental science built around the core theme of the Planetary Boundaries concept. The class content is broken down into 9 different boundaries, supplemented with more in depth review of climate change and nature based solutions to the ecological and environmental crises.