Why interior design?“It was always an interest,” Paola begins. “Growing up, I was always doing things with my hands,” such as making houses out of cardboard boxes for her Barbies. “Instead of playing with the Barbies, I would do staging and not touch it.” This isn’t surprising to learn. Paola’s father and aunt were architects,…
What do we understand about the Canadian justice system? In the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC), 12out of the 94 Calls to Action directly address the criminal justice system in Canada and how it fails Indigenous people in Canada. As of 2021, Indigenous adults make up about 30 per cent of the prison population, despite…
Nishan Perera is a regular faculty member of the KPU Marketing department, the Educational Consultant for Course Design and Assessment with the Teaching and Learning Common, and the former Chair of Marketing. For this edition of our Faculty Spotlight, Nishan shares his story with us. Also known as “the Pearl of the Indian Ocean,” Sri…
Amanda Bickell is the Program Chair of the Bachelor of Business Administration (BBA) in Entrepreneurial Leadership program at KPU. For this edition of our Faculty Spotlight, Amanda joins us in a conversation about her entrepreneurial spirit, her role as a learning coach in the classroom, and creating spaces for failure. “The one thing I show…
Catherine Chow is a Chemistry Instructor with the Faculty of Science and Horticulture at KPU. She completed her graduate studies at The University of British Columbia (UBC) in organometallic chemistry, and following a post-graduate internship at a chemical research lab in Germany, Catherine returned to Vancouver and joined us at KPU in 2013. In 2021,…
Recently, I had the pleasure of meeting with Dr. Farhad Dastur, a psychologyinstructor at KPU. We had a fruitful and energizing conversation where wediscussed his love for nature, his extensive traveling (I have a feeling I haven’theard half of the destinations he has explored), his passion for teaching, hisnew position in T&L Commons as an…
Written by: Anthony Nerada When I think of architecture and design, I immediately visualize the grand spires of the Sagrada Família in Barcelona or the towering skyscrapers in our own City of Glass here in Vancouver. It is only when Lucie Gagné, Chair of the Interior Design Program at KPU’s Wilson School of Design, starts…
Although the shift to remote teaching over the past several months has been challenging for many faculty; several other faculty have quickly become champions of innovation, embracing this pivot, and in some cases, even supporting their colleagues through the transition. I have worked with many champions, although many are unknown, unsung heroes, supporting their colleagues….
Written by: Lisa Gedak It was the sound of joy. It began quietly, and then rose, through the trees, carried by the wind to my ears. Through the brush, I walked curiously, filled with excitement, and emerged into the clearing. Gathered in a circle were students, dancing, laughing, and banging on buckets with a rhythmic…
by: Gina Buchanan I am delighted to feature Alena Buis for our faculty profile series in our monthly newsletter. I had the opportunity to chat with Alena earlier this month and I am excited to share her story with you. “September 4, 2019. I arrived this morning for the first day of classes and parked…