- PhD in History from York University. Dissertation, Speeding Toward Babylon: Subcultural Drug Use in Toronto, Montreal, and Vancouver, 1960-1980, available online here.
- Specialist in Canadian and Québécois History; the History of Drugs and Drug-Using Subcultures; Oral History; Cultural History; Social History.
- Student-focused teacher with over 20 years of classroom experience. Check my evaluations here.
- Part-time and Partial Load Professor at George Brown College’s School of Liberal Arts and Sciences, GBC’s School of Social and Community Studies, and Algoma University–Brampton’s Department of English and History.
- Former course Director in Post-Confederation Québécois History. Teaching Assistant in Canadian and American History, Colonial Asia, Popular and Traditional Culture, History of Human Rights, Children’s History, and Classical Greece and Rome.
- Associate Book Review Editor at Social History of Alcohol and Drugs.
- Fluent in French (spoken, read, written).