Professor Tom Haffie is primarily dedicated to scholarship and practice in higher education. He has been most significantly influenced by ideas at the intersection of complexity science and education. Such approaches see the instructor and students as diverse nodes of an interconnected network devoted to learning. Professor Haffie invests a considerable effort into creating learning environments that are active, inspiring and effective. He has held previous positions as the Learning Development Coordinator for the Faculty of Science and Faculty Associate for Science in the Teaching Support Center. Currently he is the founder and Coordinator of the Western Conference on Science Education. Professor Haffie has been recognized by numerous awards including, UWO Pleva Award for Excellence in Teaching, a Western Award for Teaching Innovation, a Province of Ontario award for Leadership in Faculty Teaching (LIFT) and a national 3M Fellowship for Excellence in Teaching.