Humber Polytechnic
David James Brock is a Professor Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Toronto in the Bachelor of Creative and Professional Writing.
Inkwell Workshops
From 2014 2022. David James Brock was a facilitator for Inkwell Workshops, which offers free, drop-in creative writing instruction to people living with mental-health or addiction issues. All workshops are led by award-winning professional writers with lived experience of mental illness.
University of Victoria
In 2016, David taught Playwriting at the University of Victoria.
Young People's Theatre
In 2014, 2015, & 2019 David James Brock facilitated a new playwriting unit for young playwrights with Young People's Theatre (YPT).
Writers' Bloc runs weekly from November through April. Students learn numerous script-building skills while working with text from a variety of playwrights. In the second half of the program, each student chooses one idea to develop to completion — be it a scene, a one-act play, a film script or a form of their choice. Writers' Bloc ends in April with a staged reading of the young playwrights' final pieces by young actors in YPT's Senior Ensemble program.
Humber College
David James Brock started as a Liberal Arts and Science Instructor at Humber College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning in Toronto.
The University of Guelph
From 2013-2020, David James Brock taught a number of creative writing courses at the University of Guelph through the Open Ed. This includes courses in fiction, poetry, creative non-fiction, drama, screenwriting and dialogue. He also mentored a number of students during their capstone projects.
Inside Opera
David James Brock facilitated Inside Opera, a community program designed to bring opera to young artists in at-risk communities. This project involved the concept, writing, and performance of a new opera for young artists and audiences.