On January 14th, 2008 I was fortunate enough to reconnect with a former colleague from the School of Communication, Dr. Roman Onufrijchuk. We were given the task to explore the question of how media could construct open spaces in learning. We did so by letting the audiences follow us through our two very unique journeys [...]

Media Awareness Network and the Canadian Teachers’ Federation are pleased to announce the second National Media Education Week this November 5-9th. Various ceremonies will be held throughout the provinces. The Pacific Cinamatheque in Vancouver and BCAME are hosting two incredible workshops for secondary students where they will meet and talk with an award-winning filmmaker, Nettie [...]

IERG and the Learning Communities Research Area, University of Canberra are hosting the 6th Imagination and Education Conference this January. This will be the first time IERG has joined another organization to create a conference outside of Vancouver. This will be a more focused look at the use of Egan’s theories of Imaginative Education in [...]

I am so incredibly excited to finally attend a conference with other media educators! I often end up at conferences slotted in panels with either technology-loving folks or with other educators who, like myself, don’t really seem to fit into the pedagogy of the time. So finally, I will be among peers who know what [...]

Though I couldn’t see the prairie skies until the last couple days of the conference it was nice to be back in big sky country.   It was great to finally meet my fellow panel-members and we had a wonderful discussion about research involving First Nations people within British Columbia. I also had a chance to [...]