Kris Erickson

Kris Erickson (PhD) has over a decade of experience in higher education and applied social research contexts. He is committed to helping learners leverage their academics and experiences to access decent work and build bridges towards meaningful careers. As an educator and facilitator, he has led courses and facilitated community workshops that address academic and professional skills development and applied social research topics. As a research and evaluation consultant, he has worked with stakeholders from Toronto and across Ontario to plan, implement, and evaluate arts and culture, workforce development, and youth social development initiatives.

Most recently, Kris developed case study research alongside Canadian cleantech firms to understand opportunities for work-integrated learning (WIL) for small and medium sized enterprises (SMEs). He also helped establish the Faculty of Arts Co-Op Prep course, instructing the first three cohorts of English, History, Politics & Governance, and Sociology degree majors. Kris looks forward to collaborating with educators from across TMU to identify innovative and sustainable ways to bring accessible and equitable experiential and work-integrated learning into programs and curriculum from across the university.