NEW APPOINTMENTS
Dr . Patrick Lewis
Dr . Patrick Lewis , Professor ( Early Childhood Education ) began serving in the role of Associate Dean , Faculty Development and Human Resources ( FDHR ), on July 15 , 2018 . Dr . Lewis has a BA ( 1983 ) in Political Science from the Faculty of Social Sciences , University of Calgary . He acquired a Professional Teacher Certificate from the University of British Columbia in 1987 in multicultural teacher education , and an MA in Curriculum Studies from the University of Victoria . Patrick completed his PhD at the University of Queensland Graduate School of Education in Brisbane , Australia in 2000 . Patrick comes with diverse experiences : He has worked as a primary Teacher , a curriculum developer and writer , a Vice-Principal and in 2004 began his career as an Early Childhood Professor it the Faculty of Education , University of Regina . A prolific author , Patrick is also the Editor-in-Chief of in education , an open access , peer reviewed academic journal .
" I ' ve always thought of the Centre as a hub of exchange for the enhancement and enrichment of our own capacities ."
Dr . Kathryn Ricket ts
Dr . Kathryn Ricketts has been appointed as Coordinator of the Centre for Teaching and Learning ( CTL ) for a one-year term that began September 1 , 2018 . Kathryn brings a wealth of experience from her work with the CTL at Simon Fraser University ( SFU ) and from serving as a member of the University of Regina ' s CTL ' s Advisory group since 2014 . Kathryn also designed and co-taught the Graduate Student Teaching Development Certificate offered by the CTL each year .
Though Kathryn is a practicing dancer , actor , and visual artist , she says , " I love , and have always loved , the field of education , so much so that I wanted to do my graduate work in education , so I could continue to work with my practicing art forms as a mobilizing force for education ." Kathryn holds a PhD in Arts Education from SFU , and is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education , University of Regina . From her teaching and research in the areas of literacy , embodiment and cultural studies , movement , and visual arts , Kathryn has come to believe " that people need to work artfully in education , whether they consider themselves artists or not ; they need to embrace artful and embodied practices ," she says . Though Kathryn has an extensive background in curriculum design , delivery , and assessment , she hopes to draw on expertise throughout the university , through offering panel discussions and establishing partnerships with other units and centres at the U of R . Within this one-year term , Kathryn hopes to " build something that will have a future beyond the interim period , ... to give the Centre traction ." Fresh from her UR Leadership course , Kathryn says , I ' m feeling primed and happy to be a leader in a situation that I believe in . I have the opportunity to build something that will make a difference in this University ."
In terms of her vision , Kathryn says , " I ' m working towards thinking of the CTL as an idea hub . There are a lot of stigmas in a teaching and learning centre being thought of as a remedial place for broken teaching . I ' ve always thought of the Centre as a hub of exchange for the enhancement and enrichment of our own capacities ." Recalling her experiences in Apple stores as a model , Kathryn says , " There ' s all these folks that don ' t make me feel stupid about the fact I haven ' t updated my ipad for a couple of years , or that I didn ' t know about this or that . They actually hands off empower me to enhance my skills with technology , and they do it in a way that has a certain kind of grace . For me that ' s a beautiful vision , to create a centre where we understand how busy faculty are , that they can ' t register all the time , can ' t commit for this or that sequence of events , but they need something fast , and they need something that doesn ' t make them feel that they are running on a deficit ." All of this would take longer than a 1-year interim , so for now , Kathryn says , " I ' m thinking of this year as a dance that I ' m learning the steps to by listening to my partners ; the whole university is now my sandbox ."
Canadian delegates from the Storytelling Conference in Ipswich at the University of Suffolk . Barbara McNeil , Kathryn Ricketts , Karen Wallace , Patrick Lewis , Anna-Leah King , and Heather Phipps presented on multiple panels at the Storytelling Conference held at the University of Suffolk in July 2018 .
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