Deeper Learning Canada: Directory

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Rohan Arul-pragasam

Company SD33 Chilliwack
Position Superintendent

Jen is a Creative Coach at Classmate, where she partners with teachers and school leaders to design engaging, student-centered learning experiences that blend technology, creativity, and curriculum with intention. Her work focuses on project-based and experiential learning through thoughtful tech integration. Before joining Classmate, Jen developed curriculum for a science education program and would plan multiple local field trips each year that were often in spaces without an established educational program. This work shaped her approach to designing inquiry-driven learning that leverages curiosity... Read more

Company Classmate
Position Creative Coach

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Lori Coulter

Andrea Dearham

Company School District 74
Position Kindergarten/Grade 1 Teacher

Kevin Dent

Kevin Dent loves conversations about learning, particularly how learners make sense of ideas, work through uncertainty, and grow through productive struggle. He supports students and educators in developing joy, confidence, and agency in their learning and holds a deep belief that all learners are capable of high levels of thinking. Kevin serves as President of the BC Association of Mathematics Teachers and works on the Learning and Innovation Team in SD23, collaborating with educators across the Central Okanagan. His work focuses on learner agency, inquiry, community, and assessment, with mathematics... Read more

Company Central Okanagan Public School District #23
Position District Educator

Nick Evans

Nick is the Team Facilitator at Classmate, where he collaborates closely with schools and the Classmate team to design creative learning experiences, reflective processes, and collaborative projects. His work often lives at the intersection of facilitation, team culture, experience design, and 🧪experimentation, helping bring ideas to life through conversation, structure, and playful iteration.

Company Classmate
Position Team Facilitator

Jennifer Ferguson

Company Northern Gateway Public Schools
Position Principal
Location Percy Baxter Middle School

Kali Frederick

Creatively non-compliant and embracer of wild ideas, I am a Professional Learning Designer with the High Tech High Graduate School of Education with 15 years of teaching experience in both a comprehensive NYC public school and PBL classrooms at High Tech High. Inspired by bell hooks’ assertion that “the classroom remains the most radical space of possibility,” I whole-heartedly believe in the power of elevating the lived experiences of each individual in the community (classroom or otherwise). I hold a Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from High Tech High Graduate School of Education... Read more

Company High Tech High GSE
Position Professional Learning Designer
Location San Diego, CA

Gerald Fussell

Company Comox Valley School District
Position Principal
Location Comox Valley

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Jennifer Gallop

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Verena Gibbs

Adam Haigler

Adam Haigler is a Design Thinking facilitator, consultant, and coach, and the founder of WIELD, an agency that works across sector to solve problems that impact people and planet. With over 15 years of experience in experiential education, Adam specializes in helping organizations and educators co-create innovative solutions through human-centered design. He is the Co-Founder Emeritus of Open Way Learning, where he transformed school cultures across North America using Project-Based Learning, design thinking, and community partnerships. Adam has led service-learning expeditions through Central... Read more

Company WIELD
Position Facilitator, Consultant, & Coach
Location Victoria, British Columbia, Canada

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Judy Halbert

Brooke Haller

Company School District #33 Chilliwack - Imagine High Integrated Arts & Technology Secondary
Position Principal
Location Chilliwack, BC

Kate Hurley

Dylan Ismail

Dylan is a Creative Coach at Classmate, where he has spent the past seven years partnering with teachers to design creative, student-centered learning experiences. His work focuses on helping educators turn ideas into classroom-ready projects that prioritize storytelling, play, and student voice. He has facilitated professional learning and workshops for educators for over a decade, supporting teachers as they bring ambitious, creative projects to life with students. Dylan regularly works side by side with teachers to design learning experiences that invite collaboration, creativity, experimentation... Read more

Company Classmate
Position EdTech & Creative Coach
Location Vancouver

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Allison Jmayoff

SD#22 Early Learning Success Teacher

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Peter Jory

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Dana Kaeo

Leah Kelley

Dr. Leah Kelley (she/her) is a Neurodivergent author, educator, activist, and education consultant whose work bridges the worlds of storytelling, advocacy, and inclusive practice. With over 25 years of experience in public education—as a classroom teacher, inclusion resource teacher (K–12), and SEL/Mental Health Helping Teacher—she brings deep practical insight to her writing and public speaking.

She is passionate about Disability Studies in Education (DSE) and making the ideas and concepts of DSE more widely understood and accessible, with focus on strength-based perspectives for inclusi... Read more

Company Independent
Position Neurodivergent Author and Education Consultant
Location Chilliwack, British Columbia

Jordan Kleckner

Jordan Kleckner is the Director of Instruction of Learning and Innovation for Central Okanagan Public Schools, leading district-wide work to advance student learning through inclusive learning cultures, intentional design of learning, and collaborative professionalism. He works alongside principals, teacher leaders, and district teams to design equity-grounded, evidence-informed professional learning that strengthens pedagogy, fosters learner agency, and creates meaningful learning experiences for every student.

Company Central Okanagan Public Schools (SD23)
Position Director of Instruction of Learning and Innovation

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Shawna Lawson

Danny Leeming

Danny Leeming is a secondary educator from Castlegar, BC, Canada who works in a rural, grade 7-12 school as a teacher-librarian, technology integration specialist, and teacher/creator of the school's Performance and Media Academy. He has a Master of Educational Technology from the University of British Columbia and has worked part-time as an adjunct professor in teacher education. He also works as an educational consultant, in person and remotely, across North America. His current passion is exploring the development and implementation, both in class and policy, of AI and Large Language Model tools... Read more

Company Independent
Position Teacher

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Paul Lorette

Position Assistant Superintendent

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David Manuel

David Manuel has been an educator in the Surrey and Chilliwack school districts
as a teacher, counselor, vice principal, principal and district administrator. Over the last 7years, David has been involved in school and district leadership and he has helped focus the attention of teachers and leaders on the need to personalize education for each student. He has led numerous workshops at the school, district and community levels. Using an interactive presentation style and with the use of technology, he is able to connect the topics of flexible learning, system change and assurance of quality... Read more

Robbi Martens

Robbi is a passionate early childhood educator who is zooming-in on how emotions are integral to learning. This intention has her exploring community, inquiry, & core competencies, where the question of "Who is unheard?" is at the core. In her downtime, Robbi loves 'adventure-ing' with her husband & 2 boys.

Company SD23
Position Classroom Teacher
Location RVE

Jani Mitanovski

Jani Mitanovski is the CEO and co-founder of Classmate, a Vancouver-based organization helping educators reimagine how students learn and express their ideas. As a teenager who immigrated to Canada at the start of high school, Jani knows firsthand that creative expression — through video, music, and multimedia — can unlock learning in ways a blank page never could. Today he spends his time listening to educators, sensing where learning is headed, and keeping his team inspired by what's possible. He believes every kid is creative; schools just don't always give them the chance to prove it.

Company Classmate
Position School Navigator
Location Vancouver

Carter Mochinski

Carter Mochinski is a passionate change maker and a highly involved youth community leader. He is most passionate about making change in reducing inequalities, specifically for those with neurological divergence, differently applied persons and inequalities in climate action, while considering indigenous knowledge and ways of being to “see through two eyes”. “I believe that climate change is not just an environmental issue but also a human rights issue.” Carter also has experience in many levels of politics and council. This November, Carter attended COP30, the UN Climate Change Conference...

Company Central Okanagan Public School District #23 - George Elliot Secondary School
Position Student
Location Lake Country, BC

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Chris Nicholson

Company School District No. 48
Position Superintendent

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Stacey Parsons

Company School District #33 Chilliwack - Imagine High Integrated Arts & Technology Secondary
Position Vice Principal
Location Chilliwack, BC

Stephen Petrucci

Interested in how school districts are encouraging and providing professional development around integration of google tools in the classroom - on a system-wide basis.

Company School District 60
Position Assistant Superintendent
Location Fort St. John, BC

Kirk Savage

Company School District #33 Chilliwack
Position District Leader

Carlo Sayo

Carlo Sayo is a Creative Coach at Classmate, where he partners with teachers to design meaningful learning experiences that connect curriculum, creativity, technology, and student voice. Drawing on a background in design, community programming, and creative technology education, he collaborates with educators to turn ambitious ideas into authentic projects and experiences that engage learners through experimentation and creative problem solving. He believes meaningful learning can happen anywhere, especially when people feel connected through a shared purpose. Whether through community arts initiatives... Read more

Company Classmate
Position Creative Coach
Location Vancouver and Online across BC

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Cheryl Schwarz

Cheryl Schwarz is a high school administrator in British Columbia. She has taught K-12 and mentored teachers in graduate diploma programs in the Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University. She is passionate about social emotional learning, strength based leadership and professional development. Cheryl presents regularly to students, parents and educators and loves to connect with others about the power of education to support the goals of all learners. Cheryl has a deep pedagogical understanding that allows her to challenge the status quo in a way that invites conversation between all stakeholders... Read more

Company School District 42 Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows
Position Vice-Principal

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Salvina Sharp

Company Chilliwack School District Learning Services
Position DP Student Services

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David Swankey

Ryan Ward

Ryan Ward is honoured to be the vice principal of Black Mountain Elementary School, located on the traditional, unceded territory of the sylix people in the beautiful Okanagan valley. Ryan has served as a teacher, vice principal and principal at a variety of K-12 schools in multiple communities and has also supported district programs. A key aspect of Ryan’s work has been prioritizing student, staff and family relationships and building school cultures that focus on belonging and student engagement. Ryan is the proud father of two teenage daughters, and husband to a middle school teacher. When... Read more

Company Central Okanagan Public School District #23 - Black Mountain Elementary
Position Vice Principal

Anna Webb

I am a Numeracy Support Teacher with 14 years teaching experience in the Chilliwack School District. I work alongside educators to strengthen instruction and to lead district-wide initiatives. I have a strong passion for integrating Indigenous perspectives into mathematics, particularly through play-based exploration that honours holistic, reflective, and experiential learning

Company School District #33 Chilliwack - Learning Services
Position Numeracy Support Teacher

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Sean Wicker

Company Chilliwack SD33
Position District Principal

Jon Yergatian

Jon is the Systems Navigator at Classmate. He spends a lot of time thinking about the systems we work within, both at Classmate and at schools. He's deeply interested in organizational design — why hierarchies form, what purpose they actually serve, and how we might transform them. When not working, Jon spends an embarrassing amount of time waterskiing at a competitive level. He lives in Halfmoon Bay with his wife, where they also play pickleball, build things out of wood, and grow flowers, fruits, and vegetables with varying success.

Company Classmate
Position Systems Navigator

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