Crystal Cholin has been an educator for over 25 years, gaining experience in multiple provinces and community settings. She now works with Elk Island Catholic Schools as a learning consultant focusing on Division 3 and 4 English Language Arts, disciplinary literacy, and Indigenous education. In addition to her expertise with English Language Arts, Crystal is also trained in the AIM for FSL and is TEFL certified. Her personal learning journey continues through the pursuit of educational opportunities and through the exploration and sharing of strategies and resources to enhance literacy instruction.
Jessica Daniels is Cree/ Metis from Edmonton, Alberta and has studied political science and philosophy at the University of Alberta, as well as Business Administration at NAIT. She has also had the privilege of working with Indigenous Elders throughout her career and applies those teachings to everyday contexts in her work such as evaluation, data management, strategic planning, and building safe and trusting environments. She has designed and delivered workshops and presentations on many topics including sexual health, harm reduction, implementing program science, Métis research methodology and identity. She is an instructor in a certificate program that employs experiential learning and Indigenous perspectives on history, health, social justice and gender. She has developed curriculum at the post-secondary level on addiction, narrative approaches to recovery and treatment, colonialism and its impact on health. She is the currently the Indigenous Consultant with the Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium.
Corrie Ziegler has been an educator for over 36 years and prior to joining Edmonton Regional Learning Consortium, she worked as a teacher, principal, supervisor and director with Edmonton Public Schools. She has led AISI projects, managed teams, and has facilitated numerous sessions on a broad spectrum of topics related to teaching and learning. Corrie believes in the power of collaboration and has coached numerous learning communities in working together to achieve high levels of engagement and learning for all students.