After completing his Ph.D. in 2014, Drew moved to British Columbia and took an academic teaching position on the small satellite campus of Thompson Rivers University in the town of Williams Lake. During this time, Drew taught introductory composition courses and worked with many students from local First Nations going into the fields of Education & Social Work. His training in Comparative Studies, as well as his experience working in Indigenous and rural communities in the US, helped him design writing courses that were relevant to this student population. In 2018 Drew accepted a two-year contract instructing English at Yukon College - intrigued by the institution's growing reputation for reconciliation and Northern-focused education. In 2020 Yukon College transitioned to become Yukon University – Canada’s first university north of the 60th parallel. Drew is now a permanent full-time faculty member at YU, primarily teaching a range of courses in Liberal Arts and Environmental Studies. Currently, he is most engaged in the scholarship of teaching and learning, especially questions of intercultural pedagogy & curriculum design in rural, remote, and Indigenous education. Of the 14 Yukon First Nations, 11 have negotiated comprehensive modern self-governance treaties, and our university is accountable to Indigenous communities throughout the territory. Drew's work at Yukon University is still informed by the truly interdisciplinary vision of Comparative Studies, and the many mentors and colleagues he had at OSU. "We live on the outskirts of Whitehorse." In Drew's spare time, he is a keen backcountry skier, ski patroller, and avalanche skills instructor.
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