Our Team

Research

  • Vivek Venkatesh - Assistant Professor, Concordia University

Instructional Design

  • Jennifer Head - CSLP
  • Anne Wade – Information Specialist, CSLP

Design & Development

Translation

  • Vanitha Pillay - Trainer, CSLP
  • Marie-Claude Plourde - Certified Translator, Binôme,

Additional Acknowledgements

Special thanks to the following organizations for their invaluable input:

  • LEARN
  • English Montreal School Board
  • Lester B. Pearson School Board
  • Sir Wilfrid Laurier School Board
  • RECIT and the English and French Language Arts consultants from the English school boards
  • Teachers and students in our pilot schools: East Hill and Leonardo da Vinci (ESMB), Clearpoint Elementary (LPBSB)

Additional thanks to LEARN, Manitoba Education, and UCLA for permitting us to use their curriculum material and teacher resources.

We would also like to acknowledge the contributors to earlier versions of the software including:

  • Catherine LeBel - Creative Director, CSLP
  • Caroline Huebner - Instructional Designer, CSLP
  • Jennifer Phillips - Instructional Designer, CSLP
  • Manuela Bertoni – Creative Director, CSLP
  • Lindsay Bernath - Developer, CSLP
  • Andrew Gardener - Developer, CSLP
  • Jonathan Harding - Developer, CSLP
  • Jeong-Jea Hwang - Developer, CSLP
  • Sébastien Rainville - Developer, CSLP
  • Vladimir Severigne - Developer, CSLP
  • Jonathan Wilansky - Developer, CSLP
  • Mimi Zhou - Developer, CSLP
  • Shannon Babcock - MELS
  • Maureen Baron - EMSB
  • Sylvia Bielec - LEARN
  • Sandra Bebbington - Consultant, MELS
  • Raphaella Dixon - LBPSB
  • Lesley Farmer - University of California
  • Lyne Laganière - Consultant, MELS
  • Michelle Larose - Manitoba Education
  • Sharon Peters - Consultant, The Study
  • Cheryl Prokopanko - Consultant, Manitoba Education
  • Susan van Gelder - Consultant, LEARN
  • Judith Kantor - UCLA
  • Kristopher Alexander - Video Producer, CSLP
  • Marco Luna Barahona - Video Producer
  • Constanza Silva - Video Producer, CSLP
  • Antonia Tripa - Video Producer, CSLP
  • Laura Fontil - M.A. Student, CSLP
  • Rachel Scherzer - M.A. Student, CSLP
  • Heather Rogers - M.A. Student, McGill University

Our Funders

And finally… thank you to our funders! The development of IS-21 has been made possible by financial contributions from: