Thompson Rivers University
Ken was appointed as a founding member of the Faculty of Law at Thompson Rivers University, the first new law school in Canada for 35 years. The school was hoping to develop a program which would focus on the 21st Century requirements of the law profession and a global perspective for the discipline of law, as well as serving the needs of interior BC for legal study and lawyers, and those of local and national First Nations communities.

Student Ratings
Published student ratings on Ken's teaching included:   
"really helpful ... and if you pay attention, do your readings & follow the outlines he gives you, it all comes together."
"a brilliant tort expert."
"great professor - very approachable and helpful ... doesn't grade ridiculously hard ... also has some killer dance moves!"

Law Review
During the early 1970s and for several years in the 2000 decade, Ken was Faculty Editor of the Saskatchewan Law Review, one of Canada's oldest and well-respected legal periodicals. Ken was able to sustain the review's profile, and enticed the law school's best students to manage and contribute to the publication beyond the requirement for their academic credit.

Focus
Focus of Ken's research and teaching was at first tort law and accident compensation, including a particular emphasis on assessment of personal injury damages. However, as his career progressed he ventured into the areas of human rights and legal theory, teaching and writing in both areas. At one point he began writing which used movie and literature analogy, including articles titled "Sense and Sensibility", "Sliding Doors", and "The Fairest of Them All". This last article reflects Ken's tortcentric view that "tort law is surely the darling of our legal system - perhaps its premiere story - the Prince Charming of personal private rights and social entitlement."

University of Saskatchewan
Ken served on the law faculty at the University of Saskatchewan from 1971-2009. He twice acted as Assistant Dean for the College (1981-82, 1991). The law school was the oldest in Western Canada. It instigated the first head-start program for Canadian students of Native Ancestry, and has a national focus preparing students for legal practice across Canada. Graduates taught by Ken have taken up positions of leadership in the legal profession, in business, in public affairs, in community service, and in political life throughout Canada. A majority of the members of the Saskatchewan Court of Appeal were at one time his students, and there are judges in many other provinces who were taught by him.