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Owen Tyers is a Ph.D. candidate in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University whose research focuses on exploring theories of intelligence and motivation within the context of sustainability with an eye to reforming curriculum. His academic background includes a B.A. in Psychology at the University of British Columbia, law school at the University of Windsor, and a M.P.A. at the University of Victoria. His professional background includes running several sales- and engineering-related businesses, producing and developing educational television, and acting as a legal researcher, a management consultant, and a policy analyst.
Owen Tyers
His primary purpose as a (pre-) post-doc is to help build relationships between IERG and its key communities (general public, government, administrators, teacher educators, and teachers) in order to increase awareness, encourage people to get involved, raise funds, and increase the implementation of IE by teachers. To further this objective, he is working on a variety of projects ranging from finalizing “A Brief Guide to Imaginative Education” to working on a video series that will effectively tell the story of IE. Also, this term, he is the Instructor for Education 823, the first course in the online Master of Education degree program in Imagination and Education. His own research explores the potential overlap between IE and various theories of intelligence.