About me
"Jen Ball is a dedicated sustainability educator and researcher based in Toronto, Ontario. As a full-time professor at Humber College, she is the lead faculty of the Sustainability Stream, guiding students into green sector careers. Her work focuses on solutions for the climate crisis, and her preferred teaching setting is outdoors.
Jen holds an Honours B.A. in Cultural Studies and Globalization, a Master’s in Communication and Culture, and a post-graduate diploma in Environmental/Sustainability Education.
She is the author of the sociology textbook The Stacked Deck: An Introduction to Social Inequality (Oxford University Press) and the outdoor education guidebook Sticks, Stones, and Pinecones (Mountaineers).
Jen is a member of the Humber Academic Sustainability Committee, the Council of Outdoor Educators of Ontario, co-lead of Humber’s Outdoor Teaching Community of Practice, co-designer of the climate crisis unit in GNED 101, and a proud recipient of the 2022 League of Innovation aw"
