Get ready for an inspiring lineup of presenters at the BCcampus Regional Roadshow! The presenters come from diverse backgrounds and bring a wealth of expertise to each stop.
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.
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 practiced at teaching webinars and presenting on introductory and advanced Pressbooks, accessibility, publishing OER, and open education. She is passionate about helping educators help their students, and is just a little nerdy about Pressbooks and copyright.
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.
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 BC 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/she/her) is a certified Product and User Experience Designer. They have worked in technology in B.C.’s post-secondary sector for over 10 years solving student, administrator, and instructor woes through technology product design, service, and process design. Selina’s diverse background spans agriculture, entomology, research, emergency management, coaching, and the art of transforming nearly anything into a game. Notably, they possess a penchant for accumulating hobbies, much to the chagrin of their spouse.
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 a 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 Doctor of Education in Adult Learning from the University of Calgary. Helena can be reached via email at hprins@bccampus.ca, or on LinkedIn.