Leyton Schnellert is the ICER Cluster Leader for Pedagogy and Participation and an Associate Professor, Faculty of Education at UBC Vancouver. 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.

Lisa Nielsen is an artist and filmmaker living in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is interested in work that has historical reference, social relevance & where possible, comedic sensibilities. She is a founding member of Vancouver's Iris Film Collective, which promotes the creation and sharing of analog film - single channel, expanded, sculptural and installation. She is also the producer/mentor of a community based project close to her heart called Our World which supports First Nations youth to create film and video about topics important to them.

Odessa Shuquaya is a citizen of the Kluane First Nation in Yukon and now lives in the unceded territories of Musqueam, Squamish and Tsleil-Waututh First Nations. Odessa holds a BFA in Theatre from the University of British Columbia, as well as certificates in Indigenous film making and cinematography from Capilano University. She has been pursuing her own vision of storytelling through documentary and narrative film making as well as acting for both the stage and screen. Odessa’s short films (Cedar Tree of Life, Alive and Well, Marguerite, People of the River) have been screened all over the world in film festivals and galleries as well as broadcast on television nationally.

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