Celebrating Non-Regular Faculty
Members of FPSE's 2009 Non-Regular Faculty Committee
Brian Harvey
Instructor, College of the Rockies
Part-time Airbrakes; Driver Trainer; Vehicle Inspection
• Instructor Diploma Program
• Airbrakes Instructor / Province of BC / ICBC Provincial Driver Trainer and Inspection Licensed Instructor
• Level C Welding
• Certificate Level 3 First Aid
• Professional Driver Instructor Diploma
• Commercial fishing industry
• Long distance truck driver / Western North America
• Shop maintenance welding / Heavy duty / Automotive
• Part-time instructor driver training program (20 years)
I have been an instructor for 23 years. I still work as a professional driver having trips between the East and West Kootenays. I like to keep up to date with the industry and get a lot of satisfaction relaying that information back to my students. The best part about my job is the opportunity I have to instil safety; professionalism and a good attitude about driving heavy trucks in my students. I am always inspired by the reaction of my students as they discover that they can succeed no matter what their background.
Becky Mason
Instructor, Camosun College
Economics
• B.S. Linguistics - Georgetown University
• M.B.A. Business Economics and Public Policy - George Washington University
• Secondary Teaching Certificate
• 20+ years in finance, economics and accounting
• Peace Corps volunteer in Tunisia (accounting)
• Finance Manager for refugee camps in the Sudan
• Analyst with US Government formulating foreign aid budget
• 10 years teaching experience (secondary and post-secondary)
Owning a farm is my microeconomic lab. My focus has shifted to sustainable economics and having a farm allows me to tie the theory to the practice. I stay current with software to gauge things such as green house gasses and the sustainability of our farm finances, which I pass on through articles for Small Farm Canada Magazine. As the students in my classes will inherit these environmental issues, their knowledge of and support for this topic is important. To a degree, what I teach, what I research and write about and what I love to do on our farm are inseparable.
Jane Slemon
Lecturer Emily Carr University
Anatomy, Physiology, English Literature
• VGH and UBC hospitals, extended care and critical care: 1979-1997
• UBC English and Distance Education: 1989-2005
• ECU English Literature and Composition, Writing Art Criticism, Canadian Novels, Anatomy, Physiology and Metaphor
A critical care nurse for almost 20 years, I now teach English literature and composition as well as anatomy and physiology at Emily Carr University; my studies in literature are dedicated to close reading and my studies in science are dedicated to analogy and attention to metaphor. I am continually inspired by the level of engagement of students at this university and by the complexity of their reactions to studying both the human body and the language and images that map and describe it. Whether looking at literature or at anatomy, our different backgrounds come together in the classroom expanding and celebrating our many perspectives.
I've written two online courses: "Shape, Function and Metaphor: the Organs of the Human Body" and "Heart, Mind, Health: Learning from the Human Body." These combine the creative energies within metaphor and analogies when science is taught in an art and design context and the illustrations and designs of students. These courses have been a huge writing project for me, and I look forward to returning to other creative writing practices. My research often focuses on the spaces between English and Science between art and design, between creativity and research where dynamic energy exists. While I come at my fields of research from the perspective of being a musician (where even small agreements about lyrics or arrangements are a celebration), my students come at science or writing and reading from the perspective of art, media and/or design. Together we celebrate the discovery of the interstitial space - a space that's between dynamic and open to reinterpretation.