CV

Objective

My objective is to create, to inform, and to teach.

Nothing is more serious to me than my work.

Nothing is more enjoyable for me than participating in the learning process.

Publications

• Unconfessed, Ottawa: Azure Media Press, 2006.
  ISBN 978-0-9808810-0-4.
• Unfocused Snapshots, Ottawa: Azure Media Press, 2007.
  ISBN 978-0-9808810-1-1.
• Falling, Ottawa: Azure Media Press, 2007.
  ISBN 978-0-9808810-2-8.
• Seeing the Air, Ottawa: Azure Media Press, 2008.
  ISBN 978-0-9808810-7-3.
• Poetics Unseen, Ottawa: Azure Media Press, 2008.
  ISBN 978-0-9808810-3-5.
• Shooting Minds, Ottawa: Azure Media Press, 2008.
  ISBN 978-0-9808810-4-2. (Pending Release)
• Fractured Lenses, Ottawa: Azure Media Press, 2008.
  ISBN 978-0-9808810-5-9. (Pending Release)
• Liberties Stolen, Ottawa: Azure Media Press, 2009.
  ISBN 978-0-9808810-6-6. (Pending Release)

Education

• Doctor of Philosophy, Candidate (2008-2010)
  Simon Fraser University
  Following my studies in the Teacher Education Program at the University of British Columbia, the next logical step was to continue graduate work. My interests, from a research standpoint, lie in the creation of characters, the link between image and text, and the function of the reader in the creation of the literary self. I expect to graduate from the program in 2010.
• Bachelor of Education (2008-2009)
  University of British Columbia
  The Bachelor of Education (Secondary) Teacher Education Program at the University of British Columbia is a rigorous and varied collection of courses and projects in the diverse disciplines within the field of education. I specialized in the teaching of Secondary English, following from my graduate studies in that area.
• Joint Masters of Interdisciplinary Humanities (2006-2007)
  Memorial University
  The Joint Interdisciplinary Masters in Philosophy (Humanities) at Memorial University is designed to provide students with a rigorous yet flexible program of study at the graduate level, whereby a joint masters may be completed in two related disciplines. In my case, this earned me a graduate degree in English Creative Writing (Literature) and Philosophy (Applied) Students are required to complete a minimum of ten graduate-level seminar courses (divided between the two disciplines), each being examined both in writing and orally, by a panel of examiners. In addition, a journal project, equivalent in length and complexity to a graduate thesis, is submitted at the end of the program. I focused primarily on creative writing and photography/design theories. A component of my English Creative Writing thesis was subsequently published as Unfocused Snapshots, following the publication of another work composed for this program, Unconfessed.
• Bachelor of Arts, English Language & Literature (2005-2006)
  Memorial University
  Having completed a Bachelor of Arts in French Literature with a minor in English Language & Literature, I felt that my future lay in teaching English, rather than second-language French studies. As a result, I undertook to supplement my degree with a second major in English Language & Literature, which I completed in 2006, prior to entry into the graduate program. My studies in this program focused primarily on twentieth-century literature and creative writing, which became a more focused study of the techniques of modernism and creative fiction, at the graduate level.
• Bachelor of Arts, French Literature (2000-2005)
  Memorial University
  Having studied in an immersion environment and having lived in French-speaking locations at various times in my life, it was natural for me to gravitate toward a French Literature program at the undergraduate level. In these surroundings, my love of literature developed more fully, as I concentrated on experimental French literature of the twentieth century, primarily literature of France and Quebec. I also studied extensively the works of Camus and presented a number of seminars on existentialism and literary activism.
• Bachelor of Music, Vocal Performance (1997-2000)
  Memorial University
  I have sung all my life. It seemed only the next logical step to move from amateur performance to professional training at the university level. I focused on baroque and early-classical repertoire and studied extensively in theory and composition, particularly arrangement techniques for vocal ensembles and small chamber ensembles with voice.