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Sara was born and raised in Nelson and has always loved the Kootenays. After receiving an athletic scholarship to the United States, she later went on to teach English in Japan where she fell in love with education. Since then, Sara has involved herself in several inclusive education opportunities such as horticultural therapy, Special Olympics and transitional vocational programs. Sara has a

A strategic leader, Brier has worked in the post-secondary sector since 2006 where she has held positions focused on recruitment, admissions and student experience. Brier’s career started as an admissions & recruitment officer at the University of Calgary and progressed into the team lead for recruitment which then led to four years overseas as University of Calgary’s senior student service

Ann-Marie is an Ojibway woman from southern Ontario. She is a family support worker, working with Indigenous families in crisis, with a specialty in early years intervention. Her work experiences have given her a wide range of opportunities to grow, learn and meet a variety of people, who have blessed and enriched her life. Ann-Marie is a mother of three children and has five amazing grandchildren

Instructor, English and Business Communications A Strong Belief in the Value of Community College Dylan Sargent regards the smaller-scale, more personalized college experience to have been the key to his own success in post-secondary education. He first developed an interest in academics while attending a community college, where he was able to ask plenty of questions, apply course topics to his

Instructor, Bachelor of Science in Nursing Chris graduated from the University College of the Cariboo (now Thompson Rivers University) in 2003. His first job was in the Mineral Springs Hospital in Banff, AB, followed by four years at the Foothills Medical Center Emergency Department. An opportunity presented itself to explore transport nursing and he very quickly discovered that he was in over his

Instructor, Biology, Applied Environmental Science and Planning Aubrey started her post-secondary journey with a Bachelor of Science in Molecular Genetics at the University of Alberta. Though her lab experience spanned organisms of all sizes—everything from viruses to humans—she developed a particularly strong foundation in microbiology by identifying the genes that enhance virulence in