Teaching
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I love to teach through hands-on and experiential learning. I particularly enjoy challenging students to think critically, and to become skilled statistical analysts and writers.
Courses I currently teach: Faculty of Sciences FSCI 198 Climate Crisis and Climate Actions FSCI 198 introduces students to the wide range of knowledge, experiences, and tools to address climate crisis with hope and effectiveness. Through this course, we aim to provide students with opportunities to learn the skills necessary for individual and collective actions, that include critical reading and thinking, cross-disciplinary discussion, reflection, teamwork, and collaboration. More information here. Biology 215, Introduction to Ecology and Evolution. My section of this course focusses on fundamental concepts in ecology and working with ecological data. We study a few modern questions and approaches, and I challenge students to interpret primary data through data-visualization, writing, interpretation of data, and discussion. Biology 310, Biodiversity and Ecosystems. I co-taught this course with wonderful colleagues in the department of Biology at McGill. We used a mix of lecture, discussion, and field work to learn about quantifying biodiversity across scales and facets, understanding community assembly, and connecting biodiversity to ecosystem function. Biology 651, Skills in Data Synthesis Science. This is a bundled course of three training modules offered by the NSERC CREATE Living Data Project. I co-teach the Synthesis Statistics module. Modules include:
Courses I sometimes teach: Biology 603, Organismal Biology Research and Professional Skills. This is our core 1.5-credit course for all graduate students in the Conservation, Ecology, Evolution, and Behaviour stream in Biology at McGill. 2022 was our inaugural year! Student present their thesis research through written and oral presentations, give and receive feedback, and build a community to provide strength in their graduate programs. Previous Courses Invertebrate Biology, 300-level Undergraduate course, Department of Biological Sciences, Simon Fraser University. Marine Evolution Under Climate Change, Graduate course, Centre for Marine Evolutionary Biology, University of Gothenburg, Sweden. |
Using candy in class to understand species abundance distributions in Biodiversity and Ecosystems 310.
Students of Biodiversity and Ecosystems 310 measuring diversity and biomass of trees in our field trip to Mount. St. Hilaire, Quebec.
Spawning sea urchins to test for heredity in climate vulnerability in the graduate course, Marine Evolution Under Climate Change. Photo by Sam Dupont.
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