Since April of 2016, I have been serving the University of Manitoba in the role of Acting Executive Lead, Indigenous Achievement. Whilst serving in this capacity, I've maintained some connection to the Faculty of Education. I will complete my term as Acting Executive Lead at the end of June 2017, after which I will return to the Faculty as a regular faculty member.

In my time as a professor, I've taught the following courses:

- EDUB 3402 Aboriginal Perspectives and the Curriculum
- EDUB 2500 Themes in Senior Years Education
- EDUB 5220 The Aboriginal Experience and Canada: History and Issues
- EDUB 5230 Aboriginal Perspectives in Language and Literacy
- EDUB 7270 Culture, Citizenship and Curriculum
- EDUC 7370 Seminar in Education for Sustainability and Well-Being
- EDUB 7350 Topics in Indigenous Education: Treaty Rights and Government Policy

I continue to carry out a program of research that focuses on the localization of perspectives in Manitoba schools.  Specifically, I have begun to research community sustainability of indigenous languages - work that is funded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada. My scholarly work is supported by my participation in the Manitoba Education Research Network's indigenous education working group. I am currently past-president of the Canadian Association for Studies in Indigenous Education - an association within the Canadian Society for Studies in Education.

Scholarship & Media:
- 20 July 2021 - New video by collaborating CRCs in response to the forthcoming Brazilian Supreme Court ruling on land demarcation! Please watch! This will affect us all!
- 08 July 2021 - New Associate Dean (Indigenous Education) of the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba.
- 17 June 2021 - Participated in Joint-University Webinar on Manitoba Bill 64 - The Education Modernization Act.
- 08 June 2021 - New Article: "Investing in a Better Future: Higher Education and Post-COVID Canada" in the journal FACETS, 6.
- 24 March 2021 - Named a delegate for the Canadian Science Policy Centre's "Science Meets Parliament".
- 15 December 2020 - Forthcoming lecture as part of the Indigenous Scholars Speaker Series - Morality and Indigenous Consciousness: The Importance of Archetypes
- 14 September 2020 - New book in which I've a chapter Educational Administration and Leadership Identity Formation from Routledge Press.
- 04 September 2020 - New book in which I've a chapter Beyond the Academic Gateway: Looking Back on the Tenure-Track Journey.
- 08 June 2020: New - The Language of Citizenship: Indigenous Perspectives of Nationhood in Canada in The Palgrave Handbook of Citizenship and Education.- 15 December 2019: Youtube video of my presentation to Finland's University of the Arctic as part of the International Year of Indigenous Languages of last year's research study.
- 02 December 2019: Presenting at the 2019 Oxford Education Research Symposium at University of Oxford on 06 December.
- 13 September 2019: New chapter in Tomlins-Jahnke, Styres, Lilley & Zinga Indigenous Education: New Directions in Theory and Practice.
- 10 September 2019: New member of the Royal Society of Canada.
- 30 May 2019: Article on ancestral languages in The Conversation.
- 04 March 2019: SSHRC CRC Story on Indigenous Language Education
​- 19 November 2018: Preliminary Programme of the Oxford Education Research Symposium in Oxford, UK.
- 25 June 2018: The book The Academic Gateway (I wrote chapter 1) wins the Forward INDIES Silver award in the career category.
- 26 May 2018: Presenting on the  “Publish or Perish: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Metrics of Excellence" panel at CSSE 2018.
- 09 May 2018: Forthcoming Joint Lecture at St. Andrew's College: "Setting Your Calendar on Indigenous or Ukrainian Standard Time" - 20 September 2018 
-​ 11 March 2018: Cross Country Check-Up - On Location at Glenlawn Collegiate
- 07 February 2018: New Canada Research Chairs at the UofM 
- 19 January 2018: Fireside Chat series - "Talks on Indigenous Knowledges"
- 18 January 2018: Forthcoming announcement of new Canada Research Chairs ;) 
- 06 October 2017: Contribution to Principal Connections magazine - Indigenous Perspectives on Student Well-Being 
- 01 June 2017: New book by University of Ottawa Press "The Academic Gateway" in which I have a chapter.- Lecturing as part of St. Paul's College's Conversation Series on 18 January 2017.
- Lecturing in the Fireside Chats series: 31 January 2017
​- Presenting with my colleagues for Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada's Research at Lunch Discussion - 11 January 2017.
​- Featured in the Canadian Society for the Study of Education autumn newsletter.
- Took part in the Louis Riel School Division PD panel Why In Our Schools?
- New book with Thomas Falkenberg: Indigenous Perspectives on Education for Well-Being in Canada - Available through ESWB Press
- Participating in a panel for the Winnipeg Chamber of Commerce on Business and Reconciliation on 21 November 2016 at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
​- New Scholar in Residence for the Louis Riel School Division.
- Part of the 2016 National Vice-Presidents Academic Council (NATVAC) event hosted by Concordia University
- Forthcoming book containing my contribution on the tenure process. The Academic Gateway: Understanding the Journey to Tenure by Timothy Sibbald & Victoria Handford
- Lecture at the University of British Columbia on how reconciliation may be embraced by graduate research and programming.
- UM Today: New Funds Dedicated to Support Indigenous Initiatives and to Recruit Indigenous Scholars
- Guest Editor for In Education's new special issues on Indigenous education 
- Website on the TRC Symposium Series - contains recordings and photos of plenary events.
- Acting Executive Lead, Indigenous Achievement, University of Manitoba
- Article by Joan Suzuki on the TRC Symposium Series events of 22 & 23 March.
- Article about the provincial election forum at which I was a speaker on 10 March 2016
- Appeared on APTN's InFocus to discuss the Provincial Election Forum on Indigenous Education.
- Appeared on CTV Morning Live to discuss our Symposium Series on the TRC Calls to Action
- UM Today story: Re-Visioning Teacher Education: Responding to the TRC Calls-to-Action
- Lecturing at the Election Forum on Indigenous Education on 10 March 2016.
- Presenting as part of the University of Manitoba Native Studies Colloquium Series on 16 March 2016.
- Interviewed by Canadian Press for the piece "Aboriginal High School Graduation Rate at Record High in BC" for numerous news outlets.
- New Chapter in Handbook of Canadian Research in Initial Teacher Education edited by Thomas Falkenberg.
- SSHRC Project: Canadian Post-Secondary Education and Aboriginal Peoples of Canada - Final Report
- UM Today: U of Arctic Network working to ‘enhance teacher education’ in the Arctic region, says visiting scholar
- "Fireside Chat" at Migizii Agamik: 03 November at 1130
- UofM's Post-Baccalaureate Programme in Indigenous Education 
- UM Today: SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant story
- New article through the Manitoba Educational Research Network - June 2015
- Congress 2015 @ UOttawa: CASIE facilitating Panel on Indigenous Education (30 May) and CSSE Keynote (31 May)
- New article in the journal Antistasis (Volume 5, No. 1) on indigenous rights
- Received SSHRC Knowledge Synthesis Grant for "Canadian Post-Secondary Education and Aboriginal Peoples of Canada"
- Featured in Teaching Life (Spring 2015)
- Named to the University of Manitoba Indigenous Advisory Circle
-  MERN profile in Education Manitoba Newsletter
- Editorial in the Winnipeg Free Press (19 February 2015)
- Featured in The Eastern Door (Volume 23, No. 48)
- New edited volume: Sustainable Well-Being: Concepts, Issues, and Educational Practices
- Director of Indigenous Initiatives for the Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
- Received SSHRC Grant for the study "First Nations Languages: A Comparative Study in Culturally Relevant Sustainability"
- Featured in the Winnipeg Free Press "Training Basket" Column 
- President of the Canadian Association for the Study of Indigenous Education (CASIE)
- New article in InEducation, 19(3)
- 10 Questions for a Visionary
- Chapter in Approaches to Aboriginal Education in Canada edited by Frances Widdowson & Albert Howard
- Reviews for CM Magazine: Reel Injun, Vistas: Aboriginal Expressions, & Environmentalists from our First Nations
- Chapter in The Doctoral Journey: Perseverance edited by Thomas Ryan
- Canadian Journal of Education 36(2)