Faculty Members
Linda Connell
Chemistry Lab Instructor
Phone: 306.682.7888
Fax: 306.682.4402
Email: connelll@stpeters.sk.ca
Classes: Chemistry 112 Chemistry 250
Hi, my name is Kim Cross and I have been a Biology instructor for 15 years. I started at the University of Saskatchewan in 1994 and have been instructing biology at St. Peter's College since 2001. I have been involved with instruction of many courses over the years. These include: Biology 107 (Biology for non-majors), Biology 110 (past introductory Biology course, now Biol. 120 & 121), Biology 120, Biology 121, Biology 211 (Genetics, now Biology 226), Biology 253 (Ecology, now Biol. 228), Biology 263 (Population Ecology) and Biology 350 (Honours field course).
I love teaching at St. Peter's College and Cumberland Regional College. My philosophy is students should always be the first priority. St. Peter's small class size and sense of community allow this philosophy to be easily fulfilled. In class I try to use everyday examples to keep students interested and throw in the odd lame joke just to make sure they are awake. I also host a website (www.crosswired.ca) to further aid my students. On this site I post lectures and other information relevant to the class. My passion for teaching has also extended into the community college setting. At both Cumberland Regional College and Carlton Trail College I have taught many courses; mainly computers, computer software and photography related.
I grew up on a farm in rural Saskatchewan and after spending a few years in Saskatoon returned to my roots. My wife, son and I live on a small farm near Pleasantdale and love the peaceful lifestyle of this setting. Plus all the wildlife and beautiful scenery appeals to the biologist and photographer in me.
Classes: Biology 120 Biology 121 Biology 224
I have been teaching Economics at St. Peter's College since 1996. I am also teaching Economics at U of S and Finance and Statisitics at the First Nations University. I have two sons Johann (10) and Alexei (4). Life is very busy being a working mom. This summer, my husband Jason and I and our two sons went to Jasper and it was wonderful to see the mountains. I love doing research and hopefully one day I can find more time to do so.
Classes: Economics 111 Economics 114
Classes: Sociology 111 Sociology 112
Classes: Psychology 213 Psychology 214
Classes: Religious Studies 110
In the spring of 1998 I completed my BSc Phys Ed (with Distinction) from the University of Saskatchewan and, duringthat process, I also obtained my Certified Exercise Physiologist designation through the Canadian Society for Exercise Physiology. Subsequently I enrolled in the U of S' Kinesiology Master's program and achieved my MSc in the winter of 2000. My thesis was a longitudinal study funded by the Heart & Stroke Foundation looking at the relationships between: perceptions of the physical self, physical activity, smoking, and disordered eating behavior in adolescent females across Saskatchewan over a two year period.
Then, from 2000-2005, I worked within the Fitness and Recreation Department at The Banff Centre for Continuing Education and, during my tenure there, I was fortunate to occupy a variety of positions which exposed me to numerous professional experiences. Initially I was hired as a consultant that primarily utilizd my background in Exercise Physiology; however, as I made my way through the organization, I ended up in a more administrative role as the Director of the Department, which required oversight of a wide variety of divisions including: Fitness & Health, Aquatics, Climbing, Community Programs, and other fee-for-service activities. In addition to this, I also had the unique opportunity to be a part of a Cardiac Rehabilitation Program and see it grow from inception to a full-fledged community program sponsored by the Health Region.
In 2005 I returned to the U of S to accept a term position as the Health and Fitness Coordinator in the College of Kinesiology, which included two semesters of teaching Kinesiology 281.3 - Fitness Foundations for Life. After the term position conlcuded I capitalized on my enjoyment of teaching and went on to continue sessional lecturing for the College of Kinesiology, the U of S' Indian Teaching Education Program (ITEP), the U of S' Royal West Transition Program, as well as St. Peter's College. The courses that I have taught include: Kinesiology 121.3 - Functional Basis of Physical Activity; Kinesiology 225.3 - Introduction to Exercise Physiology I (Muscle & Metabolism); and Kinesiology 226.3 - Introduction to Exervise Physiology II (Cardio-respiratory).
I am fortunate to have the opportunity to teach at St. Peter's College as it is a unique environmnet in which there is a real sense of community. It is my opinion that the smaller classes better facilitate a more meaningful experience for both the students and the instructors. I hope that the closer contact I have with the students at St. Peter's will not only enable an enhanced learning experience, but will also promote a healthy lifestyle as students learn to practically apply the theories learned.
Classes: Kinesiology 121
Barbara Langhorst spent winters in Edmonton and summers at Baptiste Lake until 1974, when she and her parents moved to an acreage 10 miles south of Athabasca, Alberta. This allowed Barbara three blissful years of horseback riding and country life. When she turned 18, she moved to Edmonton once more, married, and began work for the government. Three years later her son was born, and soon her daughter. She enjoyed almost a decade staying home with her children.
At age 32, Barbara became a first-year student at the University of Alberta. She planed to study Education, but instead completed a B.A. Honours in English (with First Class Honours). Trained as a generalist, with a wide variety of courses that span many centuries, Barbara was intrigued by the social function of poetry. Her doctoral thesis, Peripheral Blue, examines the ways that the tools learned in reading experimental work enables readers to perceive otherwise invisible repetitions and variations in text and life itself. The dissertation marks a radical form of teaching, a new pedagogy, and has shaped the collage-based, collaborative method of Barbara's technique of instruction. She trains students to be flexible, courageous readers and writers who look for meaning in textual and world events that may appear disconnected.
Barbara taught for five years at the University of Alberta during her doctoral studies, and received the University Teaching Services Graduate Student Teaching Award, the Faculty of Arts Graduate Student Teaching Award, and a variety of scholarships. In 2002, she and her family moved to Saskatchewan to be nearer dear friends, and heard of a remarkable Benedictine college. Barbara was interviewed, but had no offer of employment until after the family was settled in Quill Lake. The email from then President Colleen Fitzgerald simply asked: "Where would you like your contract sent?"
In 2004, Barbara received the Master Teacher Award at St. Peter's, and took on the role of Humanities Coordinator. This position included the creation and direction of the Fr. James Gray Academic Centre for Excellence, designed to help students learn university skills such as research, essay writing, time management, exam-writing, study and presentation skills. The position also allows her to teach three full-year equivalents: two first year English Literature and Composition courses, and one Canadian Literature.
As part of Academic Council, Barbara proposed the expansion of the Writing Diploma to make it attractive not only to students set on writing as a career, but also to those across the disciplines, and to those with degrees already. This meant creating two new Creative Nonfiction classes and having them accredited by the University of Saskatchewan, hiring professional writers as teachers, creating a summer workshop program where students could mix with writers from across Canada in critical but ungraded settings, overseeing and mentoring interns, maintaining the Canada Council for the Arts Reading Series, and aiding students in producing St. Peter's journal of the literary and visual arts, the Society. She is grateful for the work of fellow staff members and Administration who have helped to realize these goals. Presently the Chair of Academic Council, Barbara monitors and works with Council to address the various needs of the broader College. She continues to teach three full-year course equivalents.
Having left Quill Lake in 2005, Barbara and her family reside south of Humboldt on an acreage populated by two horses, two inside cats, two outside cats, and one bouncy indoor-outdoor black Labrador retriever. Her primary research interests remain the reading and writing of experimental poetry—and the indications this work has for teaching.
Classes: English 110 English 113 English 114 English 253
Classes: Kinesiology 150
Classes: English 309
Classes: English 365
Classes: Kinesiology 122
Classes: Math 100 Math 110 Math 116 Statistics 244
Classes: Chemistry 112 Chemistry 250
Classes: Psychology 110
I have been teaching History at St. Peter's College since 2007. I grew up in northern Ontario and moved to Saskatchewan in 2000. I completed my B.A. and M.A. at Laurentian University and my Ph.D. at the University of Saskatchewan. In addition to History, I also teach Political Studies at the U of S and my research interests, Canadian foreign affairs in contemporary and historical perspective, overlap these two disciplines. I enjoy sports, particularly soccer and football, and I am an avid follower of Canadian and American politics. My wife and I have two young children which means I'm usually either telling stories about them or seriously sleep deprived.
Classes: History 151 History 152 Political Studies 112
Classes: Commerce 101
Neil Currie
Neil Currie is a composer, pianist, conductor, and lecturer who obtained Bachelor's and Master's Degrees in Experimental and Clinical Psychology before obtaining his Doctorate in Musical Arts from UBC.
He studied with leading Australian composer Peter Sculthorpe and has completed two major composer residencies with symphony orchestras in Adelaide and Saskatoon. His commissions include those from London guitarist John Williams and organist Simon Preston. His music appears on nine commercial CDs, including Passionscape, which is devoted entirely to his orchestral music and Rollin' Down #1, which netted Land's End Chamber Ensemble (Calgary) a Western Canada Music award for best classical recording in 2006. He is also an active pianist/vocalist whose piano trio played two contracts as Specialty Pianist for Disney Cruise Lines since 2008.
Currie has been the recipient of numerous grants and has been juror for the Australia Council, Canada Council, and Saskatchewan Arts Board. Rhapsody (from Symphony) received a Western Canada Music Award nomination for outstanding classical composition in 2006; Concerto for Trombone and Orchestra (Tumbling Strain) received a national JUNO nomination for outstanding classical composition in 2007. Urban Diversions, a CD of Currie's original jazz compositions, was released in June, 2007. Currie taught many subjects in the Department of Music at the University of Saskatchewan from 1999-2006. He was appointed Acting Head of Composition at Grant MacEwan College in Edmonton in 2007 for a one-year replacement position and joins the faculty of St. Peter's College for the first time in 2010.
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