Wayfinders Studio
See how literacy educators are innovating through experimenting, piloting and reflecting on how digital technology can enhance learning.
Advisors
The AlphaPlus team works with external advisors to enhance our knowledge and draw upon multiple perspectives.
Do you have expertise or perspectives to share that would enhance our work and approach?
Contact Alan Cherwinski, executive director, at acherwinski@alphaplus.ca to learn how you can contribute as an AlphaPlus advisor.
We work with advisors to…
- Access knowledge from outside the Ontario literacy and basic skills (LBS) sector. We connect with advisors from other provinces, countries or disciplines involved in educational technology.
- Get teachers’ perspectives. While we support literacy instructors, we don’t work with learners directly — we tap into insights that only teachers can provide.
- Look for new ways of addressing common challenges. We often share aspects of our mission with people or organizations working in different spaces.
- Diversify our perspectives. We’re a small team, so external advisors allow us to consider a more representative range of viewpoints.
How we work with advisors
Our advisors provide us with guidance and practical advice related to policy, research, knowledge mobilization, social justice and capacity building. We seek the input of researchers, policy analysts, instructors, technology change experts and others, who act as advisors, reviewers, evaluators and more. Most of our advisors combine their areas of expertise with past and current front-line experience as tutors, instructors and program co-ordinators in adult literacy education.
Who we work with
- The PAL (Planning a Lesson) Working Group (2023 – 2024)
- The OER (Open Education Resources) Working Group (2022 – 2024)
- The Wayfinders MakerSpace Pilot Group (2022)
- The Adult Learning System and Technology Advisory Group (2019 – 2021)
- The Practitioners Advisory Group (2019-2021)
- Andrea Delarosbil – Thunder Bay Literacy Group
- Courtney Brown – The Centres for Employment & Learning (AMDSB) / The LearningHUB
- Evan Hoskins – Sioux Hudson Literacy Council / DOI2T
- Jennifer Ellis – Gateway Centre for Learning
- Kamran Ahmadpour – PTP Adult Learning & Employment
- Pamela Friedrich – Renfrew County District School Board
- Rebecca Smith – Learning Services @ YMCA of Simcoe / Muskoka
- Ryan Pike – Labour Education Centre
- Vanessa Reinhardt – The Centres for Employment & Learning (AMDSB) / The LearningHUB
Case Studies
Learn what digital technology has made possible for instructors and administrators working in adult literacy education in Ontario and how AlphaPlus has helped.