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I strive to blend cutting-edge theoretical and practical approaches in my educational design practice, always looking for new, innovative, ways to engage students of human experience, past and present.<\/p>\n\n\n\n History<\/strong>: as a world traveler and life-long reader of all things historical, I’ve long had the history bug. In 2018, I completed my M.A. in history at the Universit\u00e9 de Montr\u00e9al<\/a>, and published a thesis (available in September, 2019) on the illegal fur trade between Montreal and Albany in colonial era (1715-1750) North America. In my research, I analyze how an undercurrent of shuttle diplomacy and illicit trade between the Haudenosaunee people<\/a> and Dutch and French merchants integrated regional commercial activity into the larger transatlantic fur trade framework<\/a>, despite official statements to the contrary. I’ve also given radio interviews<\/a> and conferences<\/a> about the tragic adventures of explorer Cavelier de La Salle<\/a>, the Frenchman who planted King Louis the XIV’s banner at the Mississippi river delta in 1682.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Simulation and game-based learning<\/strong>: since 2013, I’ve been a regular contributor to the Play the Past community<\/a> of game scholars, educators and designers. Over the years, I’ve analyzed many games (and game genres) as “storytelling engines”, and written extensively on the topics of simulation, narrative design, self-reflexive play and game-based learning. In 2018<\/a>, I partnered up with Peter Christiansen of the University of Utah<\/a> to help lead the Play the Past community<\/a> into the next decade of exploring new media telling old stories.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Language Education<\/strong>: as a long-time student of modern and ancient languages, I have formally taught French and English to youth and adult learners since 2021. I have taught French to immigrant workers in rural Quebec, using active learning approaches designed to maximize exposure to French and build robust memory habits. I have also taught English as a second language at the elementary and middle-school levels in a Waldorf education setting<\/a>, designing language curricula that blend modern communicative approaches with classical rhetoric. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" My professional expertise covers three overlapping domains: I strive to blend cutting-edge theoretical and practical approaches in my educational design practice, always looking for new, innovative, ways to engage students of human experience, past and present. History: as a world traveler and life-long reader of all things historical, I’ve long had the history bug. In…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-1462","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t![\"\"](\"https:\/\/gilleslouisroy.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/02\/GLR-Venn-1024x576.jpg\")
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