Faculty & Staff

Academic title: Assistant Professor

Office: T392
Email: jathompson@mtroyal.ca 
Phone: 403.440.6002

Jill has been working at MRU as contract faculty since winter 2017. As a graduate from the Child and Youth Care Counsellor diploma (when MRU was a college), Jill has many years of experience working with youth in a variety of settings (schools, residential treatment, addiction treatment, and in home family therapy, to name a few). Since completing a masters in 2013, Jill has specialized in topics related to gender and sexuality. Outside of MRU, Jill maintains a small private practice and works to disrupt the system through small acts of community work. Jill uses the pronouns they/them and she/her.

Areas of instruction

• Fundamental Skills in Interviewing 
• Fundamental Skills in Counselling 
• Group Theory and Process 
• Interdisciplinary Professional Practice
• Child and Youth Human Rights

Areas of scholarship

• Gender, Sex and Sexuality 
• Occupational Stress and Growth 
• Integrating Counselling Skills Into Everyday Contexts
• Experiential practice

Selected Publications

Kostouros, P. & Thompson, J. (editorial review). Counselling skills for the other 23 hours. Canadian Scholars & Woman’s Press.

Thompson, J. (2025). Anti-oppressive practice in child and youth care classrooms. In A. Christensen, & A. Neil, (Eds). Anti-oppressive child and youth care practice. Canadian Scholars & Woman’s Press.

Thompson, J. (2018). Always be prepared. In P. Kostouros, & M. Briegel, (Eds). E-book: Child and youth care: Collected wisdom for new practitioners. Cape Town, South Africa: CYC Press

Selected Presentations

Thompson, J. (2024). Anti-oppressive practice in post-secondary child and youth care classrooms: a work in progress. Presentation at National Child and Youth Care Conference, Winnipeg, MB.

Dolcecore, G., Gasson-Gardner, L., Hamilton, L., Pang, C., & Thompson, J. (2024). Teaching and Learning About Gender & Sexual Diversity: Mount Royal University’s QriTical Research Hub. Presentation at Celebrate! Teaching and learning conference, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB.

Thompson, J. (2023). Using exit tickets in the classroom. Presentation at Teaching in Practice Based Professions: Unmuted!, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB.

Cross, L., Dos Santos, L., Sharun, S., Thompson, J., and Williams, A. (2023). Audio/visual (or multimodal) assignments: the good, the bad, and the ugly. Presentation at Celebrate! Teaching and learning conference, Mount Royal University, Calgary, AB.

Relevant Community Service

• Guest Lecturer
• Board of Directors, Calgary Dyke and Trans March
• Panelist and Guest Speaker for Queer Community Events