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Teaching and Learning
The Office of Teaching and Learning is led by the Associate Dean Teaching and Learning, and is comprised of the Teaching and Learning Specialist, a Community Based Learning Advisor, Teaching and Learning Analyst, two Teaching and Learning Coordinators (TLCs), and two Teaching and Learning Administrators (TLAs). Teaching and Learning Coordinators and Administrators provide technical training and administrative support for faculty and staff, facilitating learning solutions to enable change, build technical capacity and help faculty and students achieve course learning and program outcomes.
Teaching Fellows
For a list of Haskayne’s current Teaching Fellows, click here.
Team Profiles and Contact Details
Leighton Wilks
Associate Dean Teaching and Learning
Senior Instructor
403-220-4139
leighton.wilks@ucalgary.ca
Leighton Wilks is the Associate Dean of Teaching and Learning and an Senior Instructor in Organizational Behavior & Human Resources. He holds a BA in Psychology and an MBA (thesis-based) from the University of Calgary, and is currently a PhD Candidate. His research interests are in the scholarship of teaching & Learning (SoTL), negotiation, ethics, and cross-cultural management.
He has taught a variety of courses in the Undergraduate, and Master’s programs including negotiation, cross-cultural management, organizational behaviour, as well as a short-term study abroad program to Japan. Leighton is a four-time winner of the University of Calgary Student’s Union Teaching Excellence Award, and was inducted into the Teaching Hall of Fame in 2019. He has also received a received a Calgary Award for Community Achievement in Education (2019), the Commerce Undergraduate Society Teaching Award (2018 & 2019), the Executive MBA Teaching Excellence Award (2019), and is a former Haskayne Teaching Fellow.
Victoria Reid
Teaching and Learning Specialist
Office of Teaching & Learning
403-220-3546
victoria.reid@haskayne.ucalgary.ca
Victoria holds a Bachelor of Education as well as a Master’s of Education. Prior to joining Haskayne, she was a high school teacher in Edmonton as well as a high school teacher and school administrator at a California charter school. Victoria focuses on long-term strategic projects in the Office of Teaching and Learning, and is responsible for coordinating the Assurance of Learning process for Haskayne’s AACSB accreditation as well as facilitating the curriculum mapping process within the faculty. Victoria’s area of SoTL interest is in formative and summative assessment practices, learning analytics, as well as best practices for the development and evaluation of program-level goals and outcomes.
Dave Hawes
Learning Technologies Specialist
dave.hawes@haskayne.ucalgary.ca
Dave brings over 17 years of work experience at the University of Calgary to the Haskayne School of Business. This includes stops at the Faculty of Nursing, the Teaching & Learning Centre, and Continuing Education. Previous to his joining the Haskayne Teaching & Learning Team, he served as Manager, Learning Services in Cont Ed. In this role, he and his team were responsible for the design and implementation of supports for effective teaching and best use of learning technologies, for both instructors and learners across all learning platforms at the U of C. Dave holds an M.Ed. (2019) from the Werklund School of Education, focusing on learning sciences, post-secondary leadership, and educational research. He also has completed certification in Developing a Curriculum (DACUM) Level I, and Tri-Council Policy CORE. Dave has a strong service orientation to his work and is happy to best serve the learning technology interests of faculty and staff at Haskayne.
Lisa Bensmiller
Teaching and Learning Administrator
OBHR/SGMA/MKTG/ENTI/PLMA
bensmill@ucalgary.ca
Lisa is the newest member of the Teaching and Learning team, coming from a 16-year stint with the U of C’s Schulich School of Engineering. Lisa earned her Office Administration diploma from SAIT and has a certificate of Office Applications from the U of C. Lisa is enthusiastic about providing high level administrative support to the Teaching and Learning team and academics within the Haskayne School of Business.
Sarah Gillis
Teaching and Learning Administrator
ACCT/FNCE/BTMA/OSCM/RMIN/REAL
sarah.gillis@ucalgary.ca
Sarah has a certificate in Health Information from the Southern Alberta Institute of Technology. Prior to joining Haskayne, she worked as an Administrative Assistant in the Cumming School of Medicine and as a Payroll Administrator in a Long-Term Care facility. Sarah’s portfolio within Teaching and Learning at Haskayne focuses on teaching and learning administrative support for faculty, as well as the implementation and support of various educational technologies. Her areas of interest are innovative technology-enhanced learning solutions and developing effective online learning.