CLGImpactConference2026

I never planned on a career in postsecondary education. I came into it from industry, expecting to teach for a while at Bow Valley College and figured that would be that. Instead, that "for a while" turned into a career that took me through some of the most unpredictable environments in the sector: from the classroom, into organizational change at SAIT during a period reshaped by a major donor's vision for the school, and eventually to Olds College, where I found myself learning the ins and outs of an entirely new world, horses included.
 
This session is a light, honest walk through that path, and what it taught me about flexibility, learning, and resilience when nobody hands you a manual for the job you're about to do. I'll share what it was like to keep starting over in institutions that were themselves in flux, the moments I had to learn fast or fall behind, and why the skill that mattered most wasn't expertise in any one place, it was the willingness to stay a beginner again and again.