Monthly Archives: July 2011

Dafna teaches Fine Arts in a Vancouver Board of Education (VBE) alternative high school program. Students there have, for various reasons, struggled in mainstream high school programmes. At her “school” a flexible structure, condensed (4 hour) day, and interdisciplinary approach … Continue reading →

Raj is a grade 5 elementary school teacher in Coquitlam. His undergraduate degree was in biochemistry, and he finds it at times challenging to balance his passion for science with his responsibility to teach other subjects—particularly English Language Arts. That … Continue reading →

Noelene teaches Grade 9 English at a private high school in the Sea-to-Sky corridor (along BC’s Sea-to-Sky Highway 99, between Squamish and Pemberton, including Whistler). Getting her students to inculcate the practice of writing is challenging: bringing blogs into her … Continue reading →

Trinh is an associate professor in museum studies at a comprehensive university. She has delivered an innovative introductory online course on museumology; in fact, students enrolled at universities in New Zealand, South Africa, and Finland all take her course. The … Continue reading →

Case Study: diabetes education Anju is a dietician in Port Alberni, BC. She works part-time at both a nearby senior’s home and a community centre. “Port” as it’s known locally, is an ethnically diverse community whose economy is largely resource-based. … Continue reading →

Case Study: Pro-D Lenora is a grade 4 teacher at the Eliza Archie Memorial School, located on the Tsq’escenemc Canim Lake Band reserve. Last year she attended an anti-bullying professional development (pro-d) workshop offered by SD 83 (North Okanagan). There … Continue reading →

Benoît is a sessional instructor in the English department of a large, research-intensive university. Previously he has used WebCT to disseminate lecture notes and readings for his face-to-face Business Writing course. His department head has approached him about offering an … Continue reading →