Tracy Byers Reid

Professor & Program Coordinator, Algonquin College

Master of Education Student, Ontario Tech University

About Me

Hi! I'm Tracy, an educator, photographer, and graduate student. I have been a full-time Professor in the Photography - Content Creation Program at Algonquin College since 2012 and a Program Coordinator since 2019. I began my educational career at Durham College in 2011, teaching and creating curriculum in five programs.

Before becoming an educator, I worked as a commercial photographer with various clients, specializing in product, room set, and off-figure fashion photography. I was on staff at St.Joseph Content - PiMedia (now SJC) for eleven years, leaving the position to pursue freelance opportunities while teaching at Durham College.

I hold a Bachelor of Applied Arts in Image Arts (formerly Photographic Arts - Media Arts) from Toronto Metropolitan University and an Ontario College Diploma in Creative Photography from Humber College. I am pursuing a Master of Education at Ontario Tech University in the major project option, completing a scoping review of the use of digital backchannels in adult education under the supervision of Dr. Laura Morrison.

This website is a portfolio of the multimedia projects I've completed as an M. Ed student. It also includes professional projects I've accomplished as an educator.

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Photo by Denine Wrixon

Publication

Byers Reid, T. , & Mang, T. (2023). Using social media to develop critical thinking in higher education. Journal of Digital Life and Learning, 3(2), 1-17.  https//doi.10.51357/jdll.v3i2.223 

Education

Master of Education, May 2022 - May 2024 (expected)

Ontario Tech University (University of Ontario Institute of Technology)

Bachelor of Applied Arts in Image Arts, Sep 1994 - May 2002

Toronto Metropolitan University (formerly Ryerson Polytechnic University)

Ontario College Diploma in Creative Photography - Honours, Sep 1997 - May 1999

Humber College

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