Our background

​From navigating Sea King helicopters in Maritime Operations to developing helicopter underwater egress procedures for civilian and military personnel, Dr. Nancy Taber and Dr. Michael Taber have been involved in educational and human performance research for more than 20 years. Their experience positions them as leading authorities in the field of curriculum design and applied research methodology with respect to adult education, human performance in challenging environments, emergency response, organizational culture, and creative practices.
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Combined, Nancy and Michael have collaborated with researchers from both national and international organizations. Nancy has experience in university teaching, curriculum development, advising on military culture change, and researching paramedic/firefighter informal learning. Nancy was a subject matter expert witness for the Heyder-Beattie class action on gender discrimination, sexual harassment, and sexual assault in Canadian Armed Forces. She also teaches creative practices to support learning and organizational change. Michael was the technical committee chair as well as a voting member on the helicopter passenger transportation suit systems, a subject matter expert on the Wells Helicopter Safety Inquiry, and an advisor to several organizations on human and operational performance issues. Michael has been recognized by the New York Supreme Court as a subject expert on helicopter egress training and was called as a witness in the Cadigan versus Liberty Helicopter Inc. et al. proceedings. He has also recently completed work to investigate fatigue risk in maritime settings. Together, Nancy and Michael have obtained over $5,000,000 in funding for applied research in education, safety training, and performance/competency assessment.