When Wyatt Miller-Unser commenced from SelfDesign® Learning Community in 2013, he had basically completed a curriculum that he had designed to further his own interests in photography, videography and graphic design. The Kelowna-based learner was one of hundreds of learners [...]
SelfDesign educator Darcy Kaltio tells a story of how nurturing and supportive the SelfDesign approach to learning is. In about 2006, a child and mother visited the Wondertree Learning Centre in Vancouver, where Darcy was working, to see if it [...]
Katherine’s Virtual High story Katherine Muncaster joined Virtual High in 1993, one of the first 35 learners to enroll with the revolutionary new learning program for teens that Brent Cameron and Michael Maser created in an old Vancouver mansion. She [...]
Freedom is what Tallisen Soong Smith appreciates most about her four years with Wondertree and SelfDesign. That, and the ability to mix learning and play. “It was only in my later years, in my 20s, that I realized I’d been [...]
When six-year-old Ilana asked her dad to teach her at home instead of enrolling her in grade one at a local Vancouver brick-and-mortar school, Brent embarked on what would become a decades-long educational experiment in personalized learning to support his [...]
Procurement supports learners, families and the SelfDesign organization SelfDesign® Learning Foundation’s Director of Procurement brings deep and broad experience in the field to the role. As an accredited and certified supply chain management and procurement specialist, Paul Mackisoc has managed [...]
When SelfDesign® Learning Community merged with the International School of the Kootenays in 2009 and began offering grades 10 to 12 to young people across B.C., educator Diane Walters came to SelfDesign as part of the package. The well-known Nelson-based [...]
Drawing on almost 20 years of experience producing video games in the U.K., Kalev Tait recently co-founded video-game company Ludic Lemur in 2023 in Vancouver. The Virtual High alumnus had returned, with his young family, to the city where he [...]
Shirley Smith joined SelfDesign® Learning Foundation in February as our chief financial officer. She brings to her role more than 20 years of experience as an executive in the finance sector. Most recently, she was Vice President of Finance and [...]
Music and movement are powerful catalysts for your kids' growth and development! When incorporated into learning, they foster personal expression, confidence, creativity, collaboration, memory building and so much more. They can also spark an appreciation for the arts that transcends [...]
