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One child, one teacher, one book, one pen
can change the world.
-Malala Yousafzai
OUR FACULTY
CHRISTINA CHUBB
(She/Her)
Principal
English, Film, Drama
Christina is a devoted educator with a passion for embracing, accepting, and supporting students on their educational journeys. Her varied academic background, including a BA (Honours) in English Literature, Bachelor’s degree in Education, and Advanced Diploma in Film and Television Production, has helped to shape her into an open-minded and versatile professional who is committed to fostering an inclusive community. Christina has taught in extensively disparate classroom environments, including working with vulnerable populations in remote areas of BC, teaching students studying abroad from countries such as Nigeria, Iran, Kazakhstan, China and Vietnam, and Torontonian students at alternative schools and within the TDSB. Through these experiences, Christina has developed a profound appreciation for diverse perspectives and different ways of life. At CaST, she feels privileged to collaborate with caring, creative, and compassionate colleagues, working collectively to create an engaging environment where every unique student is able to thrive.
STEPHANIE BUSHNIK
(She/Her)
Co-Founder, Vice Principal
Finance, Web Design, Mathematics
Stephanie Bushnik began her teaching career as a math and science tutor in 2007, while she was completing an Honours B.Sc. in Physics and Biology at the University of Toronto. Here, she became particularly interested in early science education and fostering critical thinking skills in her students. She accepted a classroom teaching position at The Dragon Academy in 2009 and almost ten years later, in 2017, she joined The Dragon's administrative team as Vice Principal. When co-founding CaST School she imagined an institution that would foster, in a new generation of students, the same sense of awe and appreciation for the subjects that made her fall in love with math and science.
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GREG CHEUNG
(He/Him)
Physics, Chemistry, Computer Science
Greg is an enthusiastic mad scientist, who is thrilled to be teaching at CaST. Greg studied at the University of Toronto with a major in Computer Science and minors in Statistics and Organic Chemistry. After working as a software engineer, he found his passion in teaching when working part-time as a tutor. He enjoys learning about different subjects and how to effectively teach those ideas in the classroom. Greg gets the most fulfillment when students have their "ah hah!" moments about a seemingly complex subject. He pushes his students to strive for excellence in the classroom, and in their personal lives.
JULIA REDDING
(She/Her)
Vice Principal
Guidance, Marketing, Visual Arts
Julia Redding is an interdisciplinary artist, educator, and administrator who completed her BFA at OCADU in Drawing and Painting. During her studies she spent time on exchange in Florence, Italy, where she expanded her research in art history and developed a thesis project exploring projections, sculpture, and video. After graduating, Julia developed strong connections to the Toronto arts community and worked with a number of artist-run centres as an administrator and volunteer. In 2016, she joined the Roundtable Residency as a board member and facilitator. While at Roundtable, Julia was introduced to the Dragon Academy, where she discovered her passion for education. In 2018, she returned to Florence to coordinate a study abroad program for international students, where her fondness for experiential learning and international education blossomed. In addition to teaching, Julia runs a small studio and project space centred on giving support to emerging artists and curators. In the future, she looks forward to expanding her knowledge of experiential and place-based learning, in the hopes of developing a unique study abroad program for students.
LOUISE DONNELLY
(She/Her)
Mathematics
Louise began teaching in 1993 and has experience in a range of settings: high school math, elementary and middle school, special education, tutoring and homeschooling. She received a Bachelor of Arts with majors in Mathematics and Psychology from Carleton University, a Bachelor of Education from the University of Western Ontario, and completed her Honour Specialist in Mathematics at OISE. Louise is a member of the Ontario College of Teachers (OCT), and she is thrilled to be working as a part of the nurturing, kind and creative community at CaST. Louise believes deeply that all students can be successful in math. She strives to connect with each student and support them in developing both their innate abilities and their confidence in themselves. In her free time, Louise likes to spend time with friends and family, read, walk in nature, and practice yoga and meditation.
EDUARDO FABBRO
(He/Him)
History, English, Latin
Dr. Eduardo Fabbro is a historian, palaeographer, and Latinist. He received his B.A and his B. Ed., as well as a M.A., from the University of Brasilia, in Brazil (where he was born), and his PhD in Medieval Studies from the University of Toronto. He specializes in medieval societies and warfare, on which he published broadly in journals and presented in academic conferences. The Middle Ages are also the subject of his first book. Eduardo has been teaching for almost twenty years, and, apart from high school, he has taught at the University of Toronto, McGill, and Waterloo. His teaching is based on a firm belief that humanities matter for the education of future citizens. A long-time retired professional fencer, Eduardo still enjoys the occasional recreational swash-buckling.
TERRY SPASIW
(He/Him)
Math and Science
Terry is an international educator with a decade of experience teaching at public/private schools in Central America and Asia. After graduating from York University with a B.Sc (Chemistry) in 2008 and travelling the world, he has come home to Toronto with the objective of presenting a cosmopolitan angle towards learning. With a passion for the arts and sciences as well as hobbies that range from learning new languages to abstract painting, Terry is interested in pushing current limits and questioning what it truly means to be educated. Continually updating his credentials and always looking for the next big ideas, he follows a student centered approach, guiding classes through animated discussions and hands-on activities. As the world continues to see profound technological and social transformations, he strives to provide an education that will be relevant well into the 21st century. With enthusiasm that gets students out of the classroom, he immerses everyone at CaST into a vibrant academic adventure.
KELVIN SEALEY
(He/Him)
Co-Founder
kelvinsealey@castschool.org
Dr. Sealey has been an independent school educator, adjunct instructor in undergraduate and graduate education programs, and educational consultant for over twenty-seven years. A committed inter-disciplinarian, he earned his Bachelors in Economics from the University of Toronto, and Masters in Comparative and International Education from Teachers College, Columbia University. Under the academic banner of Cultural Studies in Education, and reflective of his doctorate in Interdisciplinary Studies in Education, also from Columbia University, Dr. Sealey’s research and lectures have embraced the sub-fields of Architecture and Education, Entrepreneurship in Education, and Film and Education. While at Columbia University, he was the co-founder of two academic research labs: The Film and Education Research Academy, and the Design Lab for Learning Organizations at Columbia’s Graduate School of Architecture, Planning and Preservation. Across his professional career, Dr. Sealey has blended academic practice with entrepreneurial pursuits, leading small technology ventures in wireless gaming and wireless finance in the payment card industry as social ventures. His edited texts Film, Politics and Education (Peter Lang 2008), Restoring Hope (Beacon Press 1997) and A Reader in Social Enterprise (Pearson 2000) remain strong contributors in their respective fields of study.
VANESSA ALSOP
(She/Her)
Co-Founder
Vanessa Alsop has a Masters in Environmental Studies (York University), Post Graduate Certificate in Education (Surrey University, UK) and Bachelor of Science (Joint Hons) (University of London, UK). She began her work in conservation as a forester in Ecuador in 1987, working on the Rio Mazan Project - an Anglo-Ecuadorian project for forests and the people of the Andes. She has subsequently worked in marketing and communications (agency side) and also spent time as a biology teacher teaching in inner city schools in London, UK. In Canada she has worked in marketing (Faculty of Education, York University), provided professional development for teachers on sustainability, has been actively working with ENGOs such as, ACER (on the Board), EcoSource and Earthroots. Vanessa works as a Course Director at both OISE and YorkU Faculty of Education and, in addition, taught science for eight years at Dragon Academy and was the school's Guidance Counsellor for the last two.