He is also a faculty investigator at the Centre for Rural and Northern Health Research, the Centre for Research in Occupational Safety and Health, and he is a core member of the Evaluating Children’s Health Outcomes Research Centre. He is active in a diverse portfolio of research, using diverse methods, with a variety of teams, including several research collaborations with Indigenous communities in rural and remote locations.and a doctoral candidate in the School of Rural and Northern Health. He has also worked in the outdoor field on and off for over 35 years as a guide, teacher, facilitator, and more recently as professor. Over the past 15 years, he has taught a variety of senior level undergraduate courses. Prior to his arrival at the university, Stephen spent six years consulting in the private sector working onsite for several large corporations at various locations across Canada.