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Featured Fellow
Janice St. Helene began teaching in Ontario and relocated to British Columbia to continue her career as an elementary teacher and school principal in a Vancouver independent school. In 2013, Janice accepted a position at SFU and was a Faculty Associate and later Program Coordinator in the Faculty of Education’s Professional Development Program (PDP). Janice served as Associate Director of SFU’s Preservice Professional Studies and was appointed as a Professor of Professional Practice in 2018. In 2022, Janice began her role as the Director of Professional Programs, supporting both the in-service and preservice teacher education programs at SFU. She has worked closely with local and northern school districts, the Ministries of Education and Childcare and Post-Secondary Education and Future Skills. Through her work at SFU, Janice has made a strong commitment to decolonization, anti-racism and anti-oppression work in teacher education, to working alongside rural and northern communities and to upholding the integrity of the teaching profession in British Columbia.