He has published in a range of educational fields of study, including teacher education. Thomas is a former president of CATE and a co-creater (with Hans Smits) of the working conference series on Canadian teacher education research. He is also the editor of the Handbook of Canadian Research in Initial Teacher Education, which will be published in fall 2015. Thomas is currently the Coordinator of the Education for Sustainable Well-Being Research Group at the U of M (www.eswbrg.org). More details about his research and academic background can be found at http://home.cc.umanitoba.ca/~falkenbe/index.html.