Amea Wilbur
Amea Wilbur is an Assistant Professor at the University of the Fraser Valley. She received an Ed.D. from the University of British Columbia in 2015. In 2017, she received the AMSSA Award for her work with marginalized populations and for innovative programming that supports diversity and promotes integration. She also received the Gordon Selman Award for contributions to the understanding of the social and historical foundations of Adult Education in Canada. She is an outside collaborator with the UBC Centre for Migration.
Raymonde Tickner
Raymonde Tickner was a long-term member of the Faculty of Access and Continuing Education at the University of the Fraser Valley in Abbotsford, BC, Canada. She specialized in teaching English as an additional language. She is an experienced instructor with expertise in curriculum design and faculty professional development applying insight and sensitivity to her work in India, Australia, China, the USA, and the United Arab Emirates. Raymonde is active in the Abbotsford Restorative Justice and Advocacy Association as a victim/offender conference facilitator. Raymonde serves on the Board of Directors of Archway Community Services in Abbotsford, BC. Raymonde is the recipient of the 2023 Abbotsford Character in Action Award.
Zahida Rahemtulla
Zahida Rahemtulla is a playwright and short story writer currently based between Vancouver and Toronto. Her first plays, The Wrong Bashir and the Frontliners, are in development with companies in both cities. She has been a resident at the Banff Centre in Alberta, the Stratford Theatre Festival, and Millay Colony for the Arts in New York. Her plays have been shortlisted for the Playwrights Guild of Canada Surefire! Lists, the Ellen Ross Stuart Playwriting Award (Tarragon Theatre & Ontario Arts Foundation), the Voaden Literary Prize, and won a 2020 national Silk Road Emerging Artist Award. Her short stories have been shortlisted for the Alice Munro Award and longlisted for the CBC short story prize. She has worked for several years in Vancouver’s immigrant and refugee nonprofit sector in the areas of housing, employment, and literacy, and is so happy to be part of a project that helps newcomers author their own stories.