Kate Alexander is currently working on her Bachelor of Arts at the University of British Columbia. For the last 9 years, she has been working as a youth leader with local, national and international projects such as Youth for Habitat II, Peace Child International's Sustainability Indicator, and the Canadian Environment Network's Youth Partnership Guide. She became the Program coordinator of the Jericho Kids Club Southlands 2 years ago, and has since joined the Kerrisdale Community Centre where she has been instrumental in the success of the Friday Night Club program. She now also leads a variety of preschool programs.

Kathryn Bolt is a graduate of the Ontario College of Art and Design in Editorial Illustration.  She has taught in various formats for over 30 years.  After taking a year of animation at the Vancouver Film School, she began working in film and television as a digital artist, specifically a compositor.  She has worked on feature films in Australia, California, and Canada.  She considers herself to have always been an artist whether working with pencil and paper, watercolor, acrylic or oils.  She has always been fascinated and intrigued by the human body and continues to enjoy taking part in life drawing classes when ever possible.

Dee Cresdee has been involved in dance from an early age. In her teens she won bronze, silver and gold medals in competitive ballroom dancing and ventured into choreography. As a young adult, she taught fitness classes and received her BCRPA certifi cation in 1984. In 1990, she began Line dancing and is now considered to be one of Vancouver’s top Line dance instructors. She has choreographed and danced on the award winning “Western Spirit” line dance team. Dee has received several awards for Line dances that she choreographed and are now being taught in many countries.

Dylan Cramer born in Vancouver took up the saxophone at age 13. Four years later, her heard a recording of alto sax great Sonny Criss and travelled from Canada to Los Angeles to befriend his mentor and study him. Dylan studies with Sonny up until the time of Sonny’s death in 1977. After briefly attending the Dick Grove School of Music in Los Angeles, Dylan moved to study privately with Phil Sobel, one of Los Angeles finest studio musicians. Dylan has released two CD’s and has received worldwide recognition for both.

Laura Cowan trained at various theatre and dance schools for over 16 years. She trained in ballet and many other styles of dance for 10 years at Canadian Dance World and Kirkwood Academy. Laura studied private voice instruction with musical theatre veteran Gordon Roberts, training in classical, contemporary, and musical theatre. Laura has been a performer for numerous professional and non-professional musical theatre productions all over the lower mainland. She has been recognized and nominated at the CTC and Ovation Awards for her lead and supporting work over the years. In addition to her passion for performing, Laura is a registered Music Together Teacher and is currently teaching families with the West Side Music Together program.

Sandra Crosby brings to the Kerrisdale Community Centre 30 years of teaching experience. Sandra has an extensive background in dance, starting with ballet, tap, jazz and the n moving to Highland , Scottish Country and Step Dancing. Sandra has danced with the Les Ballet Jazz School in Toronto and with the Ladies Step dance team at St. Andrews University , Scotland . She has performed throughout North America and Great Britain with her Highland dance training. Sandra founded the Inverglen Scottish Dance School in 1980. This dance school has become a classically innovative Scottish dance school and leading dance performance centre through its Dancing through Growth program, an education and community program for all ages. Sandra has taken the dancers in the Inverglen Scottish Dance School on tour in Canada , the United States , Scotland , England , Singapore and Australia . Ms. Crosby's classes offer a fun, disciplined, educational environment for all ages in all forms of Scottish Dance Arts - Highland , Scottish Country and Step Classes. Her classes are all non-competitive. Join her classes today to enhance your child's dance education.

Larry Pierre Davids is a multi-instrumentalist playing violin, guitar and piano.  He has his Masters in Arts Education in addition to a Certificate in University Teaching and Bachelor of Fine Arts from Simon Fraser University. Larry has also studied  Music Therapy at Capilano College  Larry attained additional training in violin pedagogy; teaching adult education and learning Orff and Kodaly for children. Larry is an active composer, arranger and professional musician.  Larry has toured extensively throughout North America, recorded many CD's and appears in numerous television and radio shows.  Larry is an demand educator as well as a performer. 

Angela Ho recently finished her Bachelor of Music Honors in Theory and Composition from the University of Western Ontario with piano as her major and French horn as her secondary. She also has the A.R.C.T piano performer diploma from the Royal Conservatory of Music and a music diploma from Capilano College.

Kevin Khou is a Personal Trainer at Kerrisdale Community Centre His Fitness Certifications includes CSEP- Certified Personal Trainer,   4th Year Human Kinetics, UBC  He specializes in Older adults  and Functional conditioning to improve daily living activities, and overall health.

Sunny Li studied balletand traditional Chinese dancing in Li Beijing, China. He was a professor at the Art College of Sichuan University. Sunny has instructed at several dance studios including “Broadway Ballroom”. He opened two of his own dance schools “the Xiaosong Dance & Art Education school” and “Happy Dance”. He is a member of The Canadian Dance Teachers Association (CDTA) for dance professionals in Canada. Sunny has competed in numerous national and international competitions and many of his students have achieved success at various competitions.

Daniela Modoran has a Teaching Certificate from ESL International Training Centre, Vancouver and training in ESL tutoring from, Vancouver Community College, Homefront Learning Program. She has taught at Collingwood Neighbourhood House and tutored through Homefront Learning Program. Her journey with teaching ESL started from the passion for continuous learning and it is rooted in the belief that good communication brings success. Her motto is “If I can do it, you can do it!”

Julie Northey is a published children’s book illustrator with 20 years experience educating children. She has worked in public elementary schools as a Special Education Assistant and as an Arts instructor at various community-based organizations. Because of her background, Julie is able to use her unique talents to reach out and unlock a child’s creative and intellectual potential. When she isn’t teaching or tutoring privately, Julie can be found presenting her children’s books to schools and libraries where she conducts workshops.

Ai-Ling Pa has taught preschoolers in Taiwan, the United States and Canada. She has earned a Bachelor’s degree specializing in Early Childhood Education, a Master’s degree with a major in Child Development and Family Life, and has received specialized training in special needs programming and cultural and ethnic awareness. She believes in incorporating play into each learning experience and offers her ‘Mandarin Fun’ program on the tail end of her well-received Intro to Mandarin class offered during the Summer 2005 term.

May Patola has been teaching ESL classes at the Kerrisdale Community Centre since 2001. May has Bachelor of Arts from UBC and a teaching ESL certificate from Vancouver City College. In addition to teaching at the Community Centre, May has taught at the Vancouver English Centre.

Vendula Ralkova, graduated from two Vancouver photographic schools – Langara College and she received a Bachelor degree from Emily Carr University.She finished her Master degree on scholarship at Fine Arts Academy in Milan, Italy. Her internship was held at the Magnum photo agency in Paris, France where she worked with the celebrated photographer Josef Koudelka. Her recent solo exhibition was in Prague in March/April 2009. Her main work is street photography genre but she is also comfortable in studio work. She specializes in traditional analog photography with emphasis on the quality handy work in darkroom behind it. She worked in variety of photographic businesses and published her reportages and photographs in many Canadian and Czech magazines and newspapers.

Catherine Robertson From seashore to mountaintop, flora and fauna are subjects of her paintings which are put forth in a glorious display of light, shadow and vibrant creative colours.Catherine’s work is sought after for its beauty, drama and light. Her response to what she sees and feels leaps from the canvas loudly and clearly, yet invites the viewer to enjoy it in his or her own personal way.She is largely self taught however, has enjoyed guidance under such professional artists as Allen Edwards, FCA, Prof. Zadak, University of Prague, and Prof. Hsui, University of Taiwan. Her paintings are in both corporate and private collections in Canada, U.S., Germany, and Japan as well as the private collection of the Federation of Canadian Artists, an institution in which she holds Active Status and from which she received an Award of Merit. She is represented by Golden Cactus Gallery, Cabos San Lucas and White Rock Museum, White Rock and the Moncton Street Gallery, Steveston. Catherine is a member of the Oil Painters of America and the Sedona Art Centre, Arizona. Recently, Catherine has completed the painting of two life-sized reproductions of Kermode Spirit Bears for her sponsors, Teldon Print Media and Holland America Lines in the BC Lions Society/Canucks for Kids project, Spirit Bears in the City. A similar project has been completed for the Rotary Club in White Rock.Catherine lives in White Rock instructing classes and workshops when she is not painting new images of the Creator’s wonderful world.

Jennifer Small is an ECE certified teacher with over 25 years experience working with preschoolers. She teaches developmental programs at a number of Community Centres across the city.

Lorraine Smith has been dancing since she was 6 years old. She became a professional dancer at 17 years of age, and has been teaching for over 20 years through a variety of community centres across the city.

Soprano Szu-Wen Wang is an established singer with a Doctor of Musical Arts degree from University of Texas. She has appeared in several Vancouver area productions since moving to the city in 2007, including Opera ppassionata’s production of Hansel and Gretel (Gretel) and Amadigi (Oriana), DragonDiva Operatic Theatre’s production of Elixir of Love (Giannetta), Opera Okanagan’s production of Amahl and the Night Visitors (Amahl), North Shore Light Opera Society’s production of Patience (Patience), Vancouver Academy of Music’s production of Albert Herring (Cissy), and the first and the second annual “Voices of the Pacific Rim” concert of Vancouver Opera.  In May, Szu-Wen will perform the role of Lola in Opera Appassionata’s upcoming production of Mascagni's Cavalleria rusticana.

Meg Todd has been at the Kerrisdale Community Centre since 1989. She is a registered BCRPA fitness instructor and teaches group fitness and weight room classes. 

Dian Weimer has a Bachelor of Education degree from UBC and a TESOL diploma in ESL teaching from Vancouver Community College. She has tutored both adults and youth and has taught conversation and ESL Basic classes at MOSAIC. She has extensive experience teaching music, including adult classes in folk guitar.

Sifu Candice Wong began training Wushu in 1998 and has accomplished many first place awards in forms and point fighting.  She was ranked top 10 in the world (3rd in Canada) .  She represented Canada at numerous competitions including the Wushi Pan-American Games where she received a gold medal in her Broadsword routine.  She has won many Grand Championships in North America and won numerous Grand Championships as a National Blackbelt League competitor.  Candice is a level 6 (masters degree) certified coach recognized by The Confederation of Canadian Wushu Organizations.  Receiving her black belt in 2003 she began coaching and has since produced many top competitive students in North America.

Juying Yang holds Master in Modern Language Education from UBC. Originally from Beijing China, she has more than five years experience teaching Mandarin to adults in Canada. She devotes herself to make the Mandarin learning to be a fun, socialized and culturally enriching experience and pays specially attention to students’ needs. Many of her students can speak fluent Mandarin and are using this language in their social life, working place and international business right now.

Georgia Youngs recently moved to Kerrisdale bringing with her years of teaching art to adults and children. She has previously taught through her own art schools, Montessori schools, Park and Recreation Centres, Public Galleries and School Boards in Ontario and BC. She is always developing new and creative ways to teach while making sure everyone has fun. Having previously owned 6 galleries, she continues to be a consultant as well as mentoring aspiring artists. For further information check her web site www.georgiayoungs.ca

John Zitnik began his training in Japanese martial arts in 1973 (at the age of nine) when he began practicing Shito-ryu Karate. John practiced for four years until the school closed. He then began training Kodokan Judo under Sensei Tamoto at the Vancouver Judo Club. He competed twice for the Vancouver team in the B.C. Winter Games, both in the junior category at 16, and as an adult at 19, taking two gold medals and one silver in the individual and team Judo competitions. When Sensei Tamoto retired and closed the Judo school, John moved onto college, and after four years of study returned to training under Sensei Hirokuni Fujiyama of the Manseikan Aikido School in 1990. Sensei John Zitnik has made several trips to Japan to train at the Manseikan main dojo and has widely traveled throughout Japan practicing at many aikido and aiki-jujutsu dojo’s to expand his knowledge and experience. In 2002 John took the position of chief instructor of the Vancouver Isshinkan Aikido Dojo.