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I'm a kindergarten drop-out who, excluding those six months of kindergarten, has never been to school. Instead, I grew up following my passions and figuring things out in my own time. In my late teens I became fascinated with the education (often referred to as unschooling) I'd grown up with, and started reading everything I could about unschooling and freedom-based education, going to unschooling conferences, and writing the blog I'm Unschooled. Yes, I Can Write. At some points I've also been very involved with the freedom-based education movement in my home city, as well as the wider unschooling/freedom-based education community. I've been lucky enough to have made connections with and friendships through the unschooling community from across North America (and beyond!). I think unschooling has been a very important part of my own life, and that the ideas found in this philosophy can be a powerful tool of both personal and social transformation.
Along with writing my blog, I've had articles published in Home Education Magazine, Life Learning Magazine, and Our Schools, Our Selves, as well as numerous websites and blogs. I've also spoken at The Quebec Association of Home Based Educators Symposium, the Toronto Unschooling Conference, the Northeast Unschooling Conference, the Montreal Anarchist Bookfair, and Rethinking Everything Conference, and have been featured in articles from La Presse and the Montreal Gazette. |
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