Sharon Pelech is an Associate Professor in Education at the University of Lethbridge teaching at the undergraduate and graduate level in curriculum studies and science education.  Sharon spent over 18 years as a secondary science teacher in the Northwest Territories, Northern Alberta, and Calgary. Her experiences as an educator in a caret of locations has influenced her research interests in science education, ecopedagogy,  place-conscious pedagogy and interpretive (hermeneutic) research.