- PhD in History from York University. Dissertation, Speeding Toward Babylon: Subcultural Drug Use in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, 1960-1980, available online here.
- Part-time Professor of Canadian Studies at George Brown College’s School of Liberal Arts and Sciences.
- Part-time Professor of Interpersonal Communication at George Brown College’s School of Social and Community Studies.
- Part-time Professor of Canadian History at Algoma University–Brampton’s Department of English and History.
- Specialist in Canadian and Québécois History; the History of Drugs and Drug-Using Subcultures; Oral History; Cultural History; Social History.
- Former course Director in Post-Confederation Québécois History. Teaching Assistant in Canadian and American History, Colonial Asia, Popular and Traditional Culture, and Classical Greece and Rome.
- Board Director at the Alcohol and Drugs Historical Society.
- Associate Book Review Editor at Social History of Alcohol and Drugs.
- Former Virtual Round Table and Workshop Coordinator at the Canadian Historical Association (CHA).
- CELTA-certified ESL teacher with fifteen years experience in the classroom.
- Fluent in French (spoken, read, written).
