TEAM's Matiul Alam will advocate for Vancouver's youngest residents and their school communities by:
- Working with the Province to ensure there are convenient school options in every neighbourhood and supporting walkable communities with enough school capacity to account for population growth; we need to build schools where kids live and where they will live
- Providing pathways for students to discover and pursue their passions
- Offering programs that ensure learners across the academic spectrum are supported and challenged
- Making better use of school facilities by coordinating with the Park Board to offer more community programs
- Keeping school buildings and property in public hands and owned by the School Board for the benefit of current and future needs of Vancouver families
Biography
Living in this multicultural city, working as an educator, collaborating with dozens of community groups, and raising children through Vancouver's K-12 education system for over thirty years, Dr. Matiul Alam has learned much about the policymaking needed to prepare our youngsters to become dynamic problem solvers and effective agents of change in the world. Our children are our future leaders!
Born in Bangladesh, Matiul obtained a Master's in Statistics (JU), Post Graduate Diploma in Learning Resources (London, England), Master's in Education (Queen's), Ph.D. in Curriculum and Instruction (Simon Fraser University), and a Certificate in Education (Harvard).
Matiul has taught in education at SFU, Western Washington University, UNBC, Commonwealth Open University, and UBC for decades, and is now an Honourary Research Associate appointed by that university's governing body. He manages the Vancouver-based educational consulting firm, World Education Canada.
His experience with the Vancouver Multicultural Society, St. John Ambulance (as Director of Education), the VSB's Race Relation Committee, UNESCO's Anti-Racism Consultative Committee, the BCTF and global agencies such as Grameen Bank and the BRAC, prepares him to be an active and resourceful trustee for the Vancouver School Board.
Matiul possesses the knowledge and skills to research, collaborate, and network with parents, students, communities, teachers, and District and Education Ministry personnel to develop innovative policies to meet the challenges of post-Covid-19 education reform.