Presenters

Arianna Cheveldave

Arianna Cheveldave (she/her) is a Coordinator on the Open Education team at BCcampus. She has ample experience formatting open educational resources (OER) in Pressbooks, as well as passing on her skills to others. She is very practiced at teaching webinars and presenting on open education, Pressbooks, accessibility, and OER publishing. She is passionate about helping educators help their students, and she is just a little nerdy about Pressbooks and copyright.

Robynne Devine

Robynne Devine (she/her) is the Senior Project Manager of the Project Management Office at BCcampus where she is responsible for project oversight and project management. Robynne holds a Master of Arts in Interdisciplinary Studies, specializing in leadership and organizational culture. In addition, Robynne leads a peer coaching community of practice at BCcampus which was designed and then implemented as a result of her studies. When Robynne isn’t working, she is likely cuddling with her dogs or playing with her grandsons.

Britt Dzioba

Britt Dzioba (she/her) is a Learning & Teaching Advisor at BCcampus where she collaborates with educators to enhance their teaching practice through inclusive design and learner-centred approaches. As a neurodivergent educator, she is passionate about helping educators create more neuro-inclusive learning environments that honour diverse ways of learning and engaging. Britt also serves on the City of New Westminster’s Accessibility Advisory Committee. She holds a Master of Education in adult learning from the University of British Columbia.

Harper Friedman

Harper Friedman (he/him) is a Coordinator on the Open Education team at BCcampus. As part of his work, he helps instructors create, edit, and trouble-shoot their open educational resources, primarily in Pressbooks. He has also led webinars on Pressbooks, web accessibility best practices, and copyright in the world of Open. Whether he’s debugging LaTeX math formulas at work or scaling a boulder in his free time, Harper is always excited to learn, problem-solve, and share his findings with others.

Josie Gray

Josie Gray (she/her) is the Interim Director of Open Education at BCcampus, where she leads a team that develops and implements initiatives that advance open education practices in the B.C. post-secondary system. She is passionate about accessibility, open, and thinking critically about how power shapes knowledge. Since 2016, Josie has been deeply involved in learning and instructing on accessibility best practices within open educational resources. She has a Masters of Design in Inclusive Design from OCAD University.

Selina McGinnis

Selina McGinnis (they/them) is a product designer who has spent nearly 15 years working alongside people in higher education to improve their tools. Their work focuses on making software and processes more intuitive, useful, and responsive to the real challenges instructors, staff, and administrators face.

Selina draws inspiration from education, video games, and engagement psychology. They are on the Roadshow to bring the energy, listen, learn, and build better solutions so BCcampus can be the best at supporting your learning and teaching practices.

Gwen Nguyen

Gwen Nguyen (she/her) is a Learning & Teaching Advisor with BCcampus. Gwen holds a PhD in Education Studies from the University of Victoria and an MA in Applied Linguistics from Saint Michael’s College. Recently, Gwen has developed a keen interest in exploring pedagogical approaches that ethically and creatively integrate AI into teaching and learning. Her work in this area includes developing the open-access BCcampus Teaching and Learning with GenAI Toolkit, facilitating GenAI literacy workshops for faculty, and leading other initiatives that support educators as they teach and learn in the age of AI.

Helena Prins

Helena Prins (she/her) is a Learning & Teaching Advisor at BCcampus, where she coordinates the Facilitating Learning Online (FLO) portfolio. She began her career as a high school teacher in South Africa. Over the past 20 years, she has taught students of all ages and stages on four continents. A golden thread throughout her career has been breaking down barriers to learning. Helena holds a doctorate in education in Adult Learning from the University of Calgary. Helena can be reached via email at hprins@bccampus.ca, or on LinkedIn.

Tracy Roberts

Tracy Roberts (she/her) is a settler living on the territory of the Songhees and Esquimalt First Nations. In her capacity as the Director of the Learning & Teaching team at BCcampus, Tracy brings over 20 years of experience in B.C. post-secondary education landscape, with a focus on teaching, learning, and educational technologies. Tracy has a passion for facilitation, visual practices, and fostering a spirit of collaborative “serious fun” when solving problems and advancing collective goals.

Becca Shortt

Becca Shortt (she/her) is a settler on the territories of the Songhees and Xwsepsum Nations. As a Project Manager at BCcampus, Becca works on initiatives ranging from revising health care curricula to advancing course cost transparency across B.C. post-secondary institutions. She holds an MA in community engagement with a focus on ethical Indigenous-non-Indigenous relationships and collaboration, which sparked her passion for bringing diverse worldviews, experiences, and knowledges into collaborative learning spaces.