Violet Jessen

Violet J

President

Violet acknowledges with respect that she is situated on the unceded traditional territories of the Coast Salish peoples, the sel̓íl̓witulh (Tsleil-Waututh), sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam) and Shishá7lh (Sechelt) peoples. Violet is an early childhood educator and instructor in the Capilano University Early Childhood Care and Education Degree program where she is committed to moving the ECE profession forward. Her recent interests include curriculum experimentation and studio practices in teacher education. She received an MEd with a specialization in ECE from the University of Victoria. Violet is currently the Chair for the Early Childhood Educators of BC and a guide for the ECEBC Ethics Training program. She is a founding member of the North Shore Early Childhood Conference: To Learn, To Wonder, an event that has been providing professional development for the ECE community since 2002. Violet lives on the North Shore with her family and has been a long-standing board member of NSCR.

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