As an architectural technologist, I work as a cartographer, graphic artist, and community mapping specialist in the Department of Geography of the University of Victoria, where I have worked since 1980.

Since 1998, I have been a partner in the Common Ground Community Mapping Project, participating in and/or coordinating over 70 community-engaged mapping projects both in print and online. In 2008, I helped to establish and manage the community mapping collaboratory, now called the UVic Map Shop, within the Department of Geography. I also co-teach Community Mapping and Community-Based Participatory Research, which facilitates action-based and community-engaged projects through various university-level courses and field schools.

Previous to working at the University of Victoria, I worked for the Canadian Hydrographic Service drawing nautical charts of the southern BC coast and Canada’s western Arctic.