Presentations & Workshops

Forthcoming

February 2025: Building Thinking Classrooms Introduction [full-day workshop]. Nanaimo Ladysmith School District #68, Nanaimo, BC.

February 2025: Building Thinking Classrooms – Online Session [workshop]. Nechako Lakes School District #91, Vanderhoof, BC.

February 2025: Building Thinking Classrooms Introduction [full-day workshop]. North Vancouver Teachers’ Association PD Day, North Vancouver, BC.

May 2025: Building Thinking Classrooms – Co-teaching & Lesson Observations [two full days]. Nechako Lakes School District #91, Vanderhoof, BC.

May 2025: Developing a Vision for a Numerate Learner – Secondary [full-day workshop]. Brandon School Division, Brandon, ON.

Archive

January 2025: Building Thinking Classrooms – Co-teaching & Lesson Observations [three full days]. Vancouver Island West School District #84, Gold River, BC.

October 2024: Building Thinking Classrooms – Co-teaching & Lesson Observations [two full days]. Nechako Lakes School District #91, Vanderhoof, BC.

October 2024: Spaces of Belonging in Mathematics [75 min. workshop]. 2024 Northwest Mathematics Conference, Whistler, BC.

October 2024: Responsive unit Planning in Secondary Thinking Classrooms [75 min. workshop]. 2024 Northwest Mathematics Conference, Whistler, BC.

September 2024: Developing a Vision for a Numerate Learner – Secondary [full-day workshop]. Brandon School Division, Brandon, ON.

July 2024: Building Thinking Classrooms [various workshops, topics TBA]. Building Thinking Classrooms 2nd Annual Conference, Phoenix, AZ.

May 2024: Building Thinking Classrooms [full-day workshop]. Abbotsford School District #34, Abbotsford, BC.

May 2024: Numerate Learner Framework Development for Senior Year Teachers Planning Session [online planning session]. Brandon School Division, Online.

May 2024: Crafting Engaging Stories for Thinking Classrooms [conference session with Maegan Giroux]. OAME (Ontario Association for Mathematics Education) Conference, Kingston, ON.

April 2024: Building Thinking Classrooms – Co-teaching & Lesson Observations [two full days]. Nechako Lakes School District #91, Vanderhoof, BC.

February 2024: Building Thinking Classrooms II – Secondary Math Focus (Gr. 8-12) [half-day workshop]. Central Alberta Teachers’ Convention Association, Red Deer, BC.

February 2024: Building Thinking Classrooms I – Secondary Math Focus (Gr. 8-12) [half-day workshop]. Central Alberta Teachers’ Convention Association, Red Deer, BC.

February 2024: Building Thinking Classrooms – Online Debrief Session. Nechako Lakes School District #91, Online.

November 2023: Transforming Teaching: Collaborative Approaches to Mathematics Education in Higher Learning [as guest speaker; program link]. 5th International Congress on Teaching Innovation and Research in Higher Education: New Trends for Change in Higher Education Knowledge Areas, Online and Seville, Spain.

November 2023: Building Thinking Classrooms Deep Dive. Sea to Sky School District #48, Squamish, BC.

November 2023: Building Thinking Classrooms Introduction. Sea to Sky School District #48, Squamish, BC.

November 2023: Building Thinking Classrooms – Online Debrief Session. Nechako Lakes School District #91, Online.

November 2023: Building Thinking Classrooms II: Fine-Tuning Implementation. InspirED Convention, Langley, BC.

November 2023: Building Thinking Classrooms I: Introducing Foundational Practices. InspirED Convention, Langley, BC.

October 2023: Building Thinking Classrooms – Co-teaching sessions [two-day workshop]. Nechako Lakes School District #91, Burns Lake, BC.

October 2023: SmudgedMath: Tasks for Sparking Curiosity and Conversation [with Minnie Liu; program link]. BCAMT Fall Conference, Surrey, BC.

October 2023: Spaces of Belonging in Mathematics [program link]. BCAMT Fall Conference, Surrey, BC.

September 2023: Introduction to Building Thinking Classrooms [keynote]. Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland and Clarington Catholic School Board, Online.

September 2023: Building Thinking Classrooms Breakout Session. Peterborough, Victoria, Northumberland and Clarington Catholic School Board, Online.

May 2023: Learning from the Waves: Building Thinking Classrooms as a catalyst for teacher change [keynote; link to conference site]. 1st International Conference: Teacher. Change – Development, virtual talk to conference participants in Krakow, Poland.

January 2023: Teaching Mindset Workshop – Faculty Launch Series [slides]. Teaching and Learning Centre, University of the Fraser Valley, Online.

June 2022: Mathematics teaching and social media: An emergent space for resilient professional activityNew PhD report presentation [slides; video]. 2021 CMESG Meeting, Online.

April 2021: The social and emotional in learning mathematics [slides; video]. Fields MathEd Forum Panel: Exploring social and emotional learning: Insights for mathematics education and research, Online.

November 2020: Hacking COVID-19: Sharing experiences with online teaching [slides]. CMS/CMESG Joint Meeting Panel, Online.

October 2020: Thinking Classrooms as Active Learning. UFV TLC Faculty Launch Series, Abbotsford, BC.

June 2020: Unit in Diversity – Looking beyond the content [slides]. RHSS, Abbotsford, BC.

February 2020: Building Thinking Classrooms – Day 5 Lesson Observations. SD5&6, Kimberley, BC.

February 2020: Building Thinking Classrooms – Intro. SD33 Professional Development Day, Chilliwack, BC.

November 2019: Building Thinking Classrooms – Day 4. SD5&6, Kimberley, BC.

November 2019: Building Thinking Classrooms – Intro. SD34, Abbotsford, BC.

November 2019: Mathematics Teaching and Social Media: An emergent space for resilient professional activity [slides]. Dissertation Defence for PhD in Mathematics Education, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

November 2019: Building Thinking Classrooms: An interview with Peter Liljedahl and Judy Larsen [podcast recording]. Making Math Moments Matter Virtual Summit, Online.

September 2019: Thinking Classrooms as Active Learning. New Faculty Launch Program, UFV Teaching and Learning Centre, Abbotsford, BC.

September 2019: Thinking Classroom Observations with Mike Pruner. Enumclaw Teachers, Windsor Secondary School, North Vancouver, BC.

May 2019: Building Thinking Classrooms – Intro Workshop. TLC Conference, Chilliwack Teachers’ Association, Chilliwack, BC.

April 2019: Building Thinking Classrooms – Intro Workshop. Kimberley, BC.

April 2019: Building Thinking Classrooms – Day 3 (workshop). Kimberley, BC.

February 2019: Building Thinking Classrooms – Day 2. Cranbrook, BC.

December 2018: Building Thinking Classrooms – Day 1. Cranbrook, BC.

November 2018: SmudgedMath: Blurring Tasks Sparks Mathematical Curiosity, Conversation, and Critique [slides]. NCTM Regional Conference, Seattle, WA. [with Dr. Peter Liljedahl].

November 2018: Contributing and Belonging to the MTBoS: Enhancing the Professional Learning Network [slides]. NCTM Regional Conference, Seattle, WA.

November 2018: Sources of Community Coherence in a Social Media Network of Mathematics Educators. MEDSC (Mathematics Education Doctoral Student Conference), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

October 2018: Building Thinking Classrooms. Delta Secondary and Elementary [with Mike Pruner], Delta, BC.

October 2018: Meaning Making or Meaning Made? [slides; video]. Ignite talk at Northwest Mathematics Conference, Whistler, BC.

October 2018: SmudgedMath! Blurring tasks sparks mathematical curiosity and conversation [slides]. Workshop session at Northwest Mathematics Conference, Whistler, BC.

September 2018: What thinking classrooms look and feel like [slideswebinar linkhandout linkcommunity signup]. Global Math Department Webinar.

July 2018: The invisible teacher: Engaging students in a ‘thinking classroom’. ALM25 (Adults Learning Mathematics) International Conference, London, UK.

May 2018: Building Thinking Classrooms – A Fireside Chat with Dr. Peter Liljedahl and Friends. [twitter post]. OAME (Ontario Association for Mathematics Education) Annual Conference, Toronto, ON.

May 2018: Being with/in a professional learning network. How do you MTBoS? [slides]. OAME (Ontario Association for Mathematics Education) Annual Conference, Toronto, ON.

May 2018: Nurturing Thinking Classroom Culture (with Jimmy Pai). [twitter post]. OAME (Ontario Association for Mathematics Education) Annual Conference, Toronto, ON.

January 2018: Designing Thinking Classroom Lessons. MEI Schools Pro-D Day Workshop, Abbotsford, BC.

November 2017: Belonging to the MTBoS: Tapping into a Community of Mathematics Educators [slides; Fields Live Video]. Fields MathEd Forum Talk, Fields Institute for Research in Mathematical Sciences, University of Toronto, Toronto, ON.

November 2017: What I’ve learned from ‘building thinking classrooms’. Math Matters Seminar, UFV, Abbotsford, BC.

December 2017: What mathematics teachers seek when approaching professional learning through social media [slides]. MEDSC (Mathematics Education Doctoral Student Conference), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

September 2017: Building Thinking Classrooms. MEI Schools Pro-D Day Workshop, Abbotsford, BC.

July 2017: Exploring Generative Moments of Interaction Between Mathematics Teachers on Social Media (with Dr. Peter Liljedahl) [slides]. PME 41 (41st Annual Meeting of the International Group for the Psychology of Mathematics Education), Nanyang Institute of Technology, Singapore.

December 2016:  Discursive Patterns in the Mathematics Teacher Blogosphere. MEDSC (Mathematics Education Doctoral Student Conference), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

November 2016: Negotiating Meaning: A Case of Teachers Discussing Mathematical Abstraction in the Blogosphere. PME-NA 38 (38th Annual Meeting of the Psychology of Mathematics Education North American Chapter), Questioning Borders with(in) Mathematics Education, BC Association of Math Teachers (BCAMT), Tucson, Arizona, USA.

October 2016: Math in the MTBoS. BCAMT Fall Conference: Math is Social, BC Association of Math Teachers (BCAMT), Gladstone Secondary, Vancouver, BC.

October 2016: Math & the Arts (with Dr. Susan Gerofsky). BCAMT Fall Conference: Math is Social, BC Association of Math Teachers (BCAMT), Gladstone Secondary, Vancouver, BC.

March 2016: Flipping as a Stepping Stone to a Thinking Classroom. ABE Mathematics Working Committee Meeting, BC Council on Admissions and Transfers (BCCAT), Kwantlen Polytechnic University, Richmond, BC.

October 2015: Interpreting the Flipped Classroom. Scaling New Heights Mathematics Teacher Conference Session at the 54th Annual Northwest Math Conference (NWMC) – BCAMT (BC Association of Math Teachers), Whistler, BC.

October 2015: Negotiating meaning: A case of teachers discussing mathematical abstraction in the blogosphere. MEDSC (Mathematics Education Doctoral Student Conference), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC.

February 2015: History of Mathematics in Education? Session delivered to students of MATH 410 History of Mathematics, University of the Fraser Valley, Mathematics and Statistics Department, Abbotsford, BC.

November 2014: Why do Mathematics Teachers Blog? MEDSC (Mathematics Education Doctoral Student Conference), Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, BC

November 2014: Flipping the Maths Classroom. Online Webinar for NIACE (The National Voice of Lifelong Learning) Session 2: Online & Blended Learning, UK

October 2014: Attitude and Motivation in the Lives of Mathematics Teachers: A Narrative Case Study.  MAVI (Mathematical VIews) International Conference, Falun, Sweden

July 2014: Experiencing a Flipped Adult Mathematics Upgrading Classroom. ALM (Adults Learning Mathematics) International Conference, Bern, Switzerland

June, 2014: Student Autonomy: The Missing Link. CanFlip14 Flipped Classroom Conference, Kelowna, BC

May 2014: Flipping and Shifting: Capitalizing on the Online EnvironmentTaking Back the Dream Conference Session – ABEABC (Adult Basic Education Association of BC), Harrison Hot Springs, BC

May 2014: Sharing About FlippingSharing Mathematics Session – PIMS (Pacific Institute for the Mathematical Sciences), Richmond, BC

May 2014: Writing to Learn: A Mathematics Case StudyStudent Engagement, Critical Thinking, and Writing: Ideas Worth Sharing Professional Development Day Session – TLC (Teaching & Learning Centre), UFV, Abbotsford, BC

April 2014: The Flipped Classroom: Visions for the School of ManagementProfessional Development Session, LSM (Langara School of Management), Langara, Burnaby, BC

April 2014: Flipping in a Post-Secondary ContextProfessional Development Session – LEDC (Langara Employee Development Centre), Langara, Burnaby, BC

Feb 2014: Flipping Your ClassMath Club Talk, Mathematics and Statistics Department, UFV, Abbotsford, BC

Feb 2014: Using Blackboard Learn for Supplemental Purposes. Teaching Matters Workshops, TLC (Teaching & Learning Centre), UFV, Abbotsford, BC

Nov 2013: Math 084 Online Course ShowcaseProvost Forum – Whither UFV Online?TLC (Teaching & Learning Centre), UFV, Abbotsford, BC

Nov 2013: Student Autonomy in a Flipped Mathematics ClassroomFaculty MicroLecture Series – Research Services, UFV, Abbotsford, BC

Oct 2013: Flipping the Ownership of LearningMath Outside the Box, BCAMT (BC Association of Math Teachers) Fall Conference, Richmond, BC

Aug 2013: My Flipped ClassroomEducational Technology Department Retreat, Langara, Vancouver, BC

June 2013: My Flipped Classroom: A Case StudyTell it on the Mountain Spring Workshop, ETUG (Educational Technology Users Group), Burnaby, BC