I’m the Canada Research Chair of Humanities Computing, and an Associate Professor in the Department of History and the Centre for Digital Humanities, at Brock University. Before arriving to Brock in 2005, I was a Director and Project Director at the National Film Board of Canada (1999-2002), and an Assistant Professor in the Departments of History, and Integrated Studies in Education (D.I.S.E.) (2002-2005), as well as the Director of Undergraduate Programs in D.I.S.E (2004-05), at McGill University.

I organize the biennial “Interacting with Immersive Worlds Conference”, and helped create nGen – an interactive media generator located in Niagara.

My research is focused on best practices for the design, development and use of computer simulations and serious games for history. This research has been funded by the Canada Research Chairs Program, the Canada Foundation for Innovation, Heritage Canada, the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada, the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation, and Brock University. I direct the Simulating History Research Lab at Brock University, and lead the “Simulating History” and Playing with Technology in History projects. As part of this research, I created a Canadian history games summer enrichment camp program for teenagers, which ran for several years under the direction of Youth University.

I have written a book and articles on history computing and Canadian cultural history, and developed history Web sites, simulations and games.

I also lead a company that develops interactive media for learning and entertainment. Our projects have been supported by the Ontario Media Development Corporation, and the Ontario Trillium Foundation.