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  By Gillian Judson, Simon Fraser University Faculty of Education and Meaghan Dougherty, Douglas College faculty in the Department of Child and Youth Care True leadership springs from the courage to envision new possibilities and the steadfastness to turn them into realities.  -Dr. Soraya Sablo Sutton* Why imagination? About six years ago, we began to … Read more

by Kurtis Stangl, MEd student at SFU in Ed Leadership Note: This blog is in response to the Episode 3 Cultivating Imagination podcast. I have stood at the base of ancient and modern structures and often contemplated how form and function have been utilized to create spaces since humans first began to develop settlements and … Read more

by Cari Zall, Clinical Assistant Professor, Lewis & Clark Graduate School of Education & Counseling, Secondary MAT Program Note: This blog is in response to the Episode 3 Cultivating Imagination podcast. As a novice teacher 20 years ago, I entered my high school classroom with the intention and hope of guiding young minds in growing … Read more

by Petra Mikulan, Faculty of Education at The University of British Columbia …imagination, so much more than merely a fanciful escape from reality, is a crucial tool for envisioning (im)possible futures otherwise. Recently, I listened to a podcast featuring two remarkable educators discussing eco-social justice, imagination, collectivity, land-based pedagogies, and the storytelling of the earth. … Read more

Victor Elderton, instructor and PhD candidate at Simon Fraser University Note: This blog is an extension of the Episode 10 Cultivating Imagination podcast. For as long as I can remember there have been four-legged companions I have shared existence with. With all of them I have been immersed in experiences through walks along streams and … Read more