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.

Donna Kozak has been a teacher for 35 years beginning her career in the primary grades, then working with middle school students in a literacy intervention program. Donna has spent the last few years as a school district coordinator in the area of early learning and literacy. She is currently a literacy consultant, a new PhD graduate, a community-engagement researcher and an adjunct instructor teaching sessional and post-baccalaureate courses in the area of early language and literacy development at the University of British Columbia – Okanagan, in Kelowna, British Columbia, Canada. Her research interests include participatory action research, multi-literacies, diversity and inclusion, culturally responsive pedagogy, home-school connections and family engagement, critical literacy, teacher preparation in literacy and literacy pedagogy in the early years.

Lisa Nielson 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 She is interested in work that has historical reference, social relevance & where possible, comedic sensibilities.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.

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