Sandi Stewart
Lecturer
Email: sandi.stewart@dal.ca
Mailing Address:
Dalhousie University
Rowe Management Building, Suite 4010
6100 University Avenue
PO BOX 15000
Halifax, NS B3H 4R2
Education:
BA (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
MA (Memorial University of Newfoundland)
Sandi Stewart is a part-time Instructor at SIM. She enjoys sharing her passion for information management and history through her teaching. Sandi has worked closely with museums and archives in Atlantic Canada. Her experience in the not-for-profit sector specifically has awarded her a fresh perspective on data management, programming efforts, and daily operations in the GLAM (galleries, libraries, archives, and museums) community.
Selected Awards and Honours
- 2023 Canadian Museums Association (CMA) Conference Bursary
- 2023, 2019, 2018 Helen Creighton Folklore Society Grants In-Aid, $900, $709, $750
- 2022 Part-time Teaching Award, Faculty of Management, Dalhousie University
- 2022 John Edwards Conference Bursary (for Heritage Volunteers), National Trust for Canada
- 2022, Change One Thing Challenge Grant, Centre for Learning and Teaching, Dalhousie University, submission titled, Let’s Talk Nuclear Energy: Channeling Dialogue through Healthy Debate in Tutorial, $1000
Courses taught
MGMT 1601: Electronic Information Management
MGMT 3602: Professional Communications Skills
COMM 1715: Business Communication
COMM 3801: Work-Term Two, Bachelor of Commerce (Co-op)
COMM 3802: Work-Term Three, Bachelor of Commerce (Co-op)
INFO 6290: Managing Research Data
INFO 6620: Web Design and Architecture
INFO 6840: Content Management Systems
INFO 6850: Museums & Community
Guest lectures
- 2022, BUSI 6994: Leading in Complexity, titled, Storytelling & Narrative Reasoning in Museums
- 2021, BUSS 6101: Research Design and Methods, titled, Introduction to RDM: Accessibility
- 2019, INFO 6840: Content Management Systems, titled, CollectiveAccess in Museums
Conference presentations
- 2023 Presenter, Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning (as Recipient of Change One Thing Challenge Grant, 2022), presentation titled, Channeling Dialogue through Healthy Debate in Tutorial
- 2022 Presenter, Interpretation Canada National Conference, presentation titled, Bridging the Gap between Research and Digital Storytelling in Online Collections
- 2022, Presenter, 25-minute Promising Practice session, titled MGMT 2305 (Ethics and Social Responsibility): The Importance of Collaboration and Dialogue during Tutorials, non-presenting authors: Dr. Alana Westwood and Dr. Christopher Bennett, Dalhousie Conference on University Teaching and Learning
- 2019, Lightning Round Presenter, Council of Nova Scotia Archives Spring Conference, Beyond the Record
- 2017, Presenter, NovaMuse Relaunch, Association of Nova Scotia Museums (ANSM) Annual General Meeting/Treasure Trove Symposium
Faculty & Departmental service
Sept 2021 - present: Members-at-large (faculty), Academic Quality Team (AQT), Dalhousie University
Community service
- Oct 2022-present: Membership Secretary (Director), Interpretation Canada Board of Directors
- Mar 2022-present: Secretary, Education and Training Working Group, Association of Nova Scotia Museums
- July - Oct 2022: Volunteer (social media), Interpretation Canada 2022 National Conference, Storytelling: Making People Care Since...Forever
Professional affiliations
- Feb 2021 - present: Member, Canadian Museums Association
- Feb 2021 - present: Member, Association of Nova Scotia Museums
Certifications and training
- 2023, ReThinking Gender - Trans inclusive spaces and practices course, offered by Equity Educate to faculty at Dalhousie University
- 2022, Reconcili(action): Engaging Indigenous Knowledges & Decolonial Pedagogies, Centre for Learning and Teaching, Dalhousie University
- 2022, Research Summer Camp, Dalhousie Libraries
- 2021, Online Indigenous Awareness Training Course, Reconciliation Education, Reconciliation Education and the First Nations University of Canada
- 2020, Online Design and Delivery, College of Continuing Education, Dalhousie University