Leyton Schnellert is the Cluster Leader for Pedagogy and Participation. Assistant Professor, Faculty of Education. BEd. Med. Ph.D. University of British Columbia. Dr. Schnellert researches teacher learning, practice, and collaboration. In particular he attends to how teacher professional development relates to student diversity, inclusive education, self- and co-regulation, and literacy instruction. His research grapples with the challenge of designing and facilitating teacher professional development that bridges theory and practice so as to achieve valued outcomes for students.

Jessica Nelson is an award-winning theatre director, creator, producer, and intimacy choreographer in Vancouver, who sets the bar for creating safe and imaginative spaces for artists to play and explore in her provocative productions. With a strong background in devised and creative theatre, as well as narrative-based drama, her directing focuses on exploring the range of human experiences even within the most negatively viewed characters and exploring how we enact gender in performance as well as in our daily lives. Jessica has an MFA in Directing and B.A. Honours Theatre from the University of British Columbia. She has been honoured with the Sydney J. Risk Award in Directing, the Yvonne Firkins Prize, the John Brockington Scholarship in Theatre, and was an inaugural recipient of the Bill Millerd Artist Fund in 2019. Jessica is praised as being one of the most kind- and open-hearted directors’ actors have had the pleasure to work with. Her positivity, enthusiasm and supportive nature enables her actors and artists to succeed, whatever is being asked of them. She is a strong and fearless female artist.

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