Hilary served as Associate Faculty with Royal Roads University for 16 years in both the School of Leadership Studies and the School of Humanitarian Studies.

Hilary’s area of research focus tended toward a mixed methods approach, encompassing systems learning, ethnography, learning histories, world cafes, focus groups, surveys, interviews, and blended methodology.

During her career, Hilary practiced as a private consultant in systems and organizational learning where she was privileged to work extensively with governance across public, profit and not-for-profit sectors.

Prior to moving into her consulting practice, she held executive and senior leadership positions in the health and human services sector. Hilary was diagnosed with moderate to severe ME in August 2015.

Hilary is Co-Chair of the ME/FM Society of BC. Hilary has served as Lead PI, Co-PI, patient leader, and patient partner on several research endeavours in the pursuit of studies related to post-infectious illness and Myalgic Encephalomyelitis.