Across formal classroom teaching, supervision, curriculum design, and openly available professional-development courses, my teaching aims to make rigorous public-health and behavioural-science thinking accessible - and to build students' capacity to contribute back to their communities.
I continue to invest in my own pedagogical development through formal training: Foundations of Trauma-Informed Pedagogy (University of Illinois, 2025); Decolonizing Education: From Theory to Practice (University of Bristol, 2025); the Anti-racist Pedagogy: Healing from Racism Program (SFU, 2024); and San'yas: Indigenous Cultural Safety Training (Provincial Health Services Authority, 2020). This continuing pedagogical formation shapes how I structure assessments, foster classroom community, and engage with students' lived experience.
I have designed and deployed open digital courses that complement formal classroom teaching. These are used in my SFU undergraduate and graduate teaching, by professional-development learners across Canada, and as freely available public resources.
An open course covering core epidemiologic and biostatistical methods for public-health practice. Interactive, browser-based, and built to work as a standalone offering, a textbook substitute, or a flipped-classroom companion.
Launch the courseA structured program for clinicians, link workers, community-services staff, and program managers to learn to design and deliver social-prescribing pathways. Developed in collaboration with the Canadian Institute for Social Prescribing.
Open the courseAn open curriculum supporting clinicians, educators, and community workers to recognize and respond to climate-related ecological distress. Built around the evidence base produced by the BC Ministry of Health intervention and the MHCCA.
Open the courseA learning experience for the public - pairing brief evidence-based modules with practical exercises drawn from social and behavioural science.
Try the interventionCourse instruction spans the introductory undergraduate level through advanced graduate methods and policy courses, with consistent emphasis on accessibility, transparency, and applied skill development.
Guest contributions in colleagues' courses at SFU, UVic, and BYU spanning Environment & Health, Biostatistics, Epidemiology, Human Sexuality, the Global HIV/AIDS Epidemic, and history-of-medicine courses. Full list available in the CV.
“Dr. Card has greatly impacted my understanding of public health and my current career in the Indian Ministry of Health and Family Welfare. The applied research training that Dr. Card provided me has been critically important for my current work… His teaching style is unorthodox compared to many of my other professors, but it makes him incredibly effective in invoking critical thinking and engagement from students.” — Sumrit B.
“We have many great professors/lecturers in the Faculty of Health Sciences. Nevertheless, as a senior undergraduate student, I can attest that few lecturers have the combination of an in-depth knowledge, patience, professionalism, and kind demeanor like Dr. Card has.” — Payman B.
“Kiffer’s course not only provided me with the foundation to pursue more knowledge in epidemiology, but it enhanced my interest in this topic — which I did not think was possible. Kiffer went above and beyond in his receptiveness to feedback throughout the course, more so than I have experienced with any professor at SFU. I truly believe that this receptiveness was a crucial component to my successes in this course!” — Angel K.
“This class was one of the few epi courses at SFU that wasn’t a waste of time. You actually do things like learn how to code in R and the only other major assignment was to write a fellowship proposal that you could use for a masters program! The R textbook that Dr. Card developed for the course was really helpful.” — Anonymous, Rate my Professor
“Favorite Professor at SFU! Would definitely take another course from him! All of his instructions are very thorough as he wants students to succeed. His lectures are very interesting and engaging.” — Anonymous, Rate my Professor
A selection of syllabi, slides, rubrics, and textbook chapters developed for teaching.
I have built a research-training environment that brings learners at every level into active scholarly inquiry - from undergraduates publishing their first papers to postdoctoral fellows leading independent intervention work.
Recent successes I am proud to have supported:
