By Holly BF Warren (Atelierista and creator of the Think Tank) Humans seek order and pattern. At first they collect information from their surroundings and, as this is processed, it starts creating paths of knowledge. Along these paths they sow seeds of associations that reach out when an opportunity is at hand. They then shake hands […]
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Centre for Imagination in Research, Culture and Education work–varied and wonder-full!
The Eldering Imagination
By Kieran Egan (Emeritus Professor, Simon Fraser University) Much, maybe most, of what one reads about imagination focuses on children, and on how we may help stimulate and develop their imaginations. We may also read a lot about how adult imaginations are crucial to creative work and to the general cognitive benefit of the mature person. […]
Imagine Inclusion
By Charles Scott (Adjunct Professor of Education at Simon Fraser University and an Associate Professor of Education at City University in Canada) Imagine, if you will, imagination as the doorway to inclusion, to not only the recognition but the celebration of diversity, and then to a willingness to create and foster equity. Let us begin […]