Academic Council

Anne Chodakowski (PhD, Sessional Instructor at SFU in the Faculty of Education; Imaginative Education Research Group Associate since 2004)–Facilitator

Kym Stewart (PhD, Instructor, School of Communication, Capilano University; Personal website)–Facilitator

Jailson Lima (PhD, Teacher, Chemistry Department, Vanier College; Art & Science Project website)

Tim Waddington (PhD, Lecturer and Faculty Associate, Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, University of British Columbia)

Adriana Grimaldo (Co-Founder Imaginative Education Mexico, Instructor at Elena Garro Cultural Center, MEd student in Creativity and Imaginative Education)

Kate Charette (Educator & PhD Candidate, University of New Brunswick)

Gillian Judson (PhD, Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership, SFU;  Supervisor Graduate Programs in Imaginative Education; Personal Website)

Yi Chien Jade Ho (PhD Candidate, SFU, Teacher, Researcher & Community Organizer, EGSA representative SFU)

Kavita Hoonjan (Proud Educator, Program Coordinator – Professional Programs, Simon Fraser University, MEd in IE)

Judy Dabideen-Sonachansingh (Retired High School Chemistry Teacher–35 year career–Writer, MEd in IE,  IE Mentor at SFU)

Jennifer Fane (Teacher, Researcher, PhD Candidate, and Faculty Associate in the Professional Development Program at SFU)

Michael D. Datura (PhD Candidate, SFU, Instructor in Graduate Programs at SFU)

Christine Ho Younghusband (Assistant Professor at UNBC, Educational Consultant, #bcedchat Co-Moderator, CSELP Affiliate Scholar at SFU)

David Futter (Retired Middle School Teacher, Imaginative Education & LiD Consultant/Researcher, Literacy Coach at Victoria Literacy Connection, MEd in IE; Personal website)

Robyn Ulster & James Denby (Educators, Curriculum Developers, Writers and Lifelong Students, co-founders of IdeaDriven Education)

Nina Pak Lui (Assistant Professor, School of Education, Trinity Western University; MEd in Curriculum Studies)

Elke Kleinert (PhD Candidate, MEd in Research on Education, Educator)

Catherine Chua (PhD, Associate Professor in the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary)

James Johnson (PhD Candidate: Educational Theory & Practice, M.Ed.: Imaginative Education, B.A.: History/Theatre. Teacher: School District #36 (Surrey), Alternate Education (Humanities)

Petra Mikulan (PhD in Curriculum Theory and Implementation from Simon Fraser University; Post-doctoral Fellow at the University Of British Columbia)

Annabella Cant (PhD, Instructor of Education at the School of Education and Childhood Studies of Capilano University; Personal Website)

Victor Elderton (PhD Candidate: Educational Theory & Practice; GDE Mentor, SFU, Faculty Advisor, UBC: Education for Sustainability Cohort)

Andrea Leveille (Master’s student in the Graduate Liberal Studies program, SFU, CSELP Research Assistant, Performer, and Arts Attendance Advocate)

Nick McIvor (PhD Candidate: Maths Lessons as Improvised Scripts; High School Maths teacher and Research Co-ordinator for a group of London schools)

Nadia Chaney (Director of Training, Partners for Youth Empowerment; MA, SFU; Personal Website)

Carolina López (Co-Founder Imaginative Education Mexico, Instructor at the National Pedagogic University, MEd in IE)

Zuzana Vasko (PhD, Lecturer, Faculty of Education, SFU; Artist, Personal website)

Andreina Yulis (PhD Student: Education Technologies & Learning Design, SFU. M.A Games for Learning, NYU)

Carolina Bergonzoni (PhD Candidate, Arts Education SFU, Dance artist)

Cecily Heras (Master’s student in the Curriculum and Instruction Foundations program, SFU, Educator)

Sandeep Kaur Glover (PhD Student, Arts Education, SFU, Educator)

Taís & Roberta Bento (Mother and Daughter, educators, founders of SOS Educação. Brazilian Parents Magazine and Estadão Newspaper Columnists)

Tannis Calder (Curriculum Specialist Teacher for Math and Aboriginal Education, School District 52, Prince Rupert, BC)

Linda Zibell (PhD in Pedagogies of Dialogic Imagination, School of Education Honorary Research Fellow, Federation University Australia)

CIRCE’s Academic Council is a professional learning community. Members bring a wealth of theoretical and practical knowledge, experience, and expertise. We are connected by a commitment to imagination in our practice and research. Learn more about us here.