- Taught all ages and across cultures as a university professor, workshop instructor, and high school teacher
- Creator of WordsWorth/YouthWrite, camps for young writers
- Workshops at the Edmonton Women's Prison, the Bennett Environmental Centre, libraries and schools throughout Alberta and as far away as Doha, Qatar
- Writer in Residence at Queen's University and at the University of Alberta Bookstore with the Canadian Authors Association
- Experience working with seniors: workshops at senior centres through the Canadian Authors Association and Stroll of Poets; volunteered as a singer at seniors centres
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