Chris L.

Growing up in Cardiff, Wales, Chris was drawn to the outdoors despite the city’s amenities. As a child, he joined outdoor clubs, cubs, scouts, and played various sports; fostering a love for new activities, challenges, and meeting people. This passion led him to the Sea to Sky region, where a temporary visa turned into a lifelong adventure. For Chris, the satisfaction of overcoming a challenging target, problem, skill, or puzzle has always been worth the effort, work, and occasional pain and frustration

While in university, Chris worked at a summer camp in North Carolina, where he helped campers grow physically, socially, and emotionally, sparking his interest in academic teaching. In 2013, he earned a BA in education from the University of the West of England, Bristol. Through this course, he was incredibly fortunate to have extensive placements in a range of settings, with a range of grades. Chris has worked in both traditional and non-traditional settings; in schools with everything imaginable and schools with almost nothing; and taught from the very youngest learners up to adults in their golden years.

Chris blends educational theory with his active outdoor background to create engaging, multidisciplinary learning experiences, emphasizing hands-on learning and understanding rather than doing. He strives to find creative ways to show that learning is real rather than a lesson in a room. Chris loves finding opportunities to get outside and do something, rather than learn about something. He encourages movement, noise and active participation. Critically and fundamentally, Chris believes in teaching a person at their own individual level and to their own individual needs, encouraging everyone to take ownership of their learning and to support them in overcoming challenges to aid understanding and ability.

Making mistakes and finding things hard is the first step to learning something. If it was easy, were we learning, or just completing tasks?

Geneviève N-R.

Geneviève is a recent graduate in Biochemical Engineering from Queen’s University. Throughout her undergrad, she was a chemistry tutor teaching students one-on-one, in small groups, and in lecture halls of over 150 students for pre-exam workshops. She also worked as a Chemistry TA, teaching in-person and online tutorial sessions to classrooms of students to review the professor’s weekly lecture material with lessons, assignments, and quizzes she prepared. As an instructor for the University of Toronto’s Jr DEEP Program, she gained experience teaching elementary and middle school-aged students, having developed and taught a weeklong curriculum of biomedical engineering-related lessons to groups throughout the summer. Finally, she has ski instructed students aged 6 to 21 for the past eight winters with Snowhawks Ski & Snowboard School in Ontario. In her spare time, Geneviève is a rock climber, backcountry skier, dabbles in alpinism, and volunteers at the Squamish Foodbank.

Geneviève has always enjoyed the teaching process of breaking down tricky concepts in fun, easy to remember ways, and strives for that “aha” moment in a student’s eyes when you can tell they’ve developed an understanding for a new concept. Also, she is informed in teaching students with different learning styles and/or neurodivergence. So, whether it be in Chemistry, Physics, Biology, Math, English, or French, Geneviève looks forward to working with your family to offer extra support or enrichment in your student’s learning!

Thomas H.

Thomas is an enthusiastic tutor, who moved to the Sea to Sky area after graduating from the University of Glasgow with a Bachelor’s in Mathematics and Statistics with Honours. He takes a particular interest in how his studies can be applied to real world scenarios in various industries, particularly data analysis in sports.

Believing that personal connections are essential for effective tutoring, Thomas focuses on understanding each student’s unique needs. He developed strong interpersonal skills through various experiences, which he now uses to create a supportive and comfortable learning environment for his students. His goal is to help each student feel confident in their studies and to make learning an enjoyable experience!

Kerrin C.

Kerrin has been an experienced teacher in Asia for 12 years, teaching senior chemistry, senior biology, mathematics 10, science 10, and physics 11. Kerrin is very passionate about science education and has numerous experiences assisting students to achieve their academic goals.
Kerrin has recently returned from Asia teaching first at Nisga’a Elementary Secondary School and currently teaching at Whistler Secondary School. Outside of work he often engages in numerous sporting activities.

Chad D.

Chad has a passion for helping people grow and see their full potential through formal education or personal and professional development. He has applied this passion over the past decade as a tutor, high school and college mathematics professor, and executive leadership and career coach.

Chad combines his Mathematics and Education degrees and his diverse experience to support his tutoring students with all aspects of their development – beyond the curriculum.

Outside of work, you will find Chad playing sports and going on adventures in the outdoors.

Eden K.

Alongside having years of tutoring experience, Eden has a Bachelor of Arts in Photography and is a certified teacher. Eden grew up in Manchester, England where her parents fostered young children. That’s when she discovered her passion for educating children and she then came up with numerous exciting and engaging ways to educate children. Tutoring has allowed Eden to immerse herself in one-to-one personalized lessons that harbour children’s curiosity and interests, specializing in maths, reading and writing. Eden has a passion for traveling, therefore moved to Canada at 23 to fulfill her dream of living in the mountains, mountain biking and snowboarding. Through these experiences, in England and abroad, Eden has developed a deep passion for working with children and guiding them to reach their full potential.

Kim A.

I am Kim and am a dedicated teacher and tutor specializing in English and French. I have decades of teaching experience in various districts across British Columbia and have a passion for helping students improve their reading, writing, comprehension, and communication skills in both English and French. I hold a Bachelor Degree in Education from the University of Victoria and a Masters in English Language Arts from San Diego State University. I also have a diploma in French Language and Literature from the University of Marseille, France. In my teaching career I have worked with students of all levels, from beginners to advanced to achieve academic success and fluency.
I believe that language learning should be an engaging and enjoyable experience. I tailor lessons to meet the unique needs of each individual student. I provide a supportive and interactive learning environment to help students master grammar and writing skills, prepare for exams and improve their language skills. My lessons focus on creating an enjoyable learning experience where students can gain confidence as they improve their language skills. I use a variety of methods which include discussions, demonstrations, role playing, and practical exercises to help students navigate their learning journey. I look forward to the opportunity to help students achieve success in their academic goals.

Isabella A.

Isabella is a bilingual French and English speaker, having lived in Chamonix, France, since she was three years old. She completed her education in France, earning both her Brevet and Baccalaureate diplomas, before moving to the UK to pursue a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry. Outside of academics, Isabella has a passion for the outdoors. Whether it’s mountain biking, trail running, rock climbing, or skiing backcountry during the winter, she loves being active and exploring nature. With extensive experience in childcare, Isabella values the importance of engaging young learners. She is committed to creating a fun and dynamic learning environment, tailoring her teaching methods to suit each child’s unique needs and making education a joyful, creative process.

Janet L. M.

Janet has been teaching for 22 years. Her most recent career choice has been teaching high school at Chief Gabriel Cote Education Complex on the Cote First Nation, SK.
Before that, in Vancouver, BC, she was a teacher trainer at Greystone College offering Cambridge University’s (UK) Teachers’ Knowledge Test (TKT) and Teaching Young Learners (TYL). In Japan she taught conversational English to children (pre-school, elementary, and junior high levels) and adults (conversational and in-house business classes) to a variety of Japanese companies in Fukui-Ken. In India, she taught ESL, English and PE at Kodaikanal International School. Janet is also a certified Outward Bound Canada Field Leader.

Janet is an award-winning author (Canada’s Legendary Ski Team – The Crazy Canucks, with a foreword by Peter Mansbridge). One of her books, Radar the Rescue Dog, celebrates Radar, Canada’s first certified avalanche rescue dog. The foreword is written by the Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and monies go to the Canadian Avalanche Rescue Dog Assoc., CARDA. She is currently working on her seventh book. Her writing has appeared in the Pique Newsmagazine, Ski Canada and several other publications.

Janet is also a Goodwill Ambassador for Friends to Mankind, an international non-profit foundation that works with individuals, corporation and philanthropic organizations towards the betterment of humanity.