Ryan Mckenzie is from a small town in interior BC. He is a full time teacher that travels around the district and supports different technology tools for both teachers and students. His official role is the Teacher of Transformative Learning which translates into teacher of future skills. The position was created alongside BC’s new Applied Design Skills and Technology curriculum. Together, with the rest of the Transformative Learning Team, they created two District Design Lab where classes come to learn about coding, robotics, 3D design, multimedia and emerging technologies.

A ten year veteran of teaching, Mitch Way is the Career and Technology Studies Learning Leader at Nelson Mandela High School and full time operator of The Lab Under The Stairs.

In that lab, students get an overview of the field of engineering including CAD skills, the engineering and design thinking process, technical drawing, electronics, and coding.

Students who choose to pursue studies further also compete on Team 7277 the Mandela United Squadron FIRST Robotics Program where they design, build, program, and compete with competitive robots in both FIRST Technology Challenge and the FIRST Robotics Competition.

Academically, Mitch is interested in how to integrate engineering and technology education into his work in the most accessible and inspiring way possible.

Terrence's background is not directly related to teaching, but he considers himself on the engineer-side of education. Terrence completed a Bachelor of Applied Science in Electronic Engineering and has 3+ years of engineering design experience. Currently, he is the co-founder of a technology company focused on delivering and developing products to promote STEM education, particularly in the areas of applied science and engineering. With years of industrial development and professional training under EGBC, Terrence has built up experience and know-how skills to meet new challenges!

Terrence's academic interests include understanding the educational research process and pedagogues involved in STEM, project-based learning, and experiments. He is keen to be involved in any hands-on electronics design and projects. You can find him constantly deconstructing and reconstructing objects such as household gadgets, a radio transmitter, a toy remote car and so on!