{"id":7129,"date":"2021-06-17T15:01:33","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T19:01:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/?page_id=7129"},"modified":"2025-11-30T13:37:03","modified_gmt":"2025-11-30T18:37:03","slug":"council","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/en\/council\/","title":{"rendered":"Council"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"7129\" class=\"elementor elementor-7129\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-418bafc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"418bafc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8db92d3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"8db92d3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9cee16 e-grid e-con-boxed e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f9cee16\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-19c5dce e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"19c5dce\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-59bc50b elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"59bc50b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Council<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bba7a12 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"bba7a12\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>The<\/strong> <strong>primary function of the Council<\/strong>, along with the General Secretary, is to strengthen the relationship between members and branches and groups in Canada. It also works with initiatives that may arise within the membership of the Society. As well, it seeks to intensify the connection between the Canadian Society and the General Anthroposophical Society in Dornach, Switzerland.\u00a0<\/p><p>Councillors are chosen by their facility to work actively and collegially out of anthroposophy. Ideally, each area of the country is represented by a Councillor who serves for a term of seven years.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fa1e8eb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"fa1e8eb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-afa2c45 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"afa2c45\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"500\" height=\"633\" src=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Goetheanum-Dornach-by-Aron-Lorincz.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-7665\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Goetheanum-Dornach-by-Aron-Lorincz.jpg 500w, https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/08\/Goetheanum-Dornach-by-Aron-Lorincz-237x300.jpg 237w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 500px) 100vw, 500px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Goetheanum, Dornach, Switzerland<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-83be1fc e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"83be1fc\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-986f97e e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"986f97e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0c2ddd1 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"0c2ddd1\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6dcd51a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"6dcd51a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rubeena-Sandhu-Image-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14141\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rubeena-Sandhu-Image-scaled-1.jpg 270w, https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Rubeena-Sandhu-Image-scaled-1-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-caad22e elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"caad22e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2121\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2121\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Rubeena Sandhu (BC)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2121\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2121\"><p><b><i>President<\/i><\/b><\/p><p>president@anthroposophy.ca<\/p><p>Rubeena has been a dedicated Waldorf class teacher, administrator, and board member for almost twenty years.\u00a0\u00a0Her journey began with the founding of the Okanagan Waldorf School, a farm and forest school where animal husbandry, gardening, and wildcrafting rhythms were woven into everyday life.\u00a0\u00a0From this beginning, Rubeena has been guided by the living principles of Anthroposophy. Over the past several years, she has served as an adult educator within the movement, including as a faculty member and grades program director for the West Coast Institute of Anthroposophy.\u00a0\u00a0She is a certified New Adult Educator, a program based on the 7-fold learning processes developed by Coenraad van Houten.\u00a0\u00a0Since 2020, Rubeena has volunteered as the Northwest Pacific Leader for the Association of Waldorf Schools of North America.\u00a0\u00a0As a member of the General Section, Rubeena views Anthroposophy as a lifelong, embodied quest to understand human nature in relation to the world and spirit, and to live guided by that understanding.\u00a0She looks forward to her new role as president of the Anthroposophical Society in Canada.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-88199e7 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"88199e7\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5cd724f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5cd724f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sebastian-image-upscaled.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14143\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sebastian-image-upscaled.jpg 270w, https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/sebastian-image-upscaled-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eab73f3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"eab73f3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2461\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2461\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Sebastian Bilbao (QC)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2461\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2461\"><p><strong><em>Treasurer<\/em><\/strong><\/p><p>sebastian@anthroposophy.ca<\/p><p>I became a member of the Anthroposophical Society in Canada in 2011 and shortly thereafter joined the Economics Conference at the Goetheanum to work with colleagues from around the world. I arrived in Canada in 2005, lived in Vancouver and Toronto, and now live in Montreal. I accepted to join the Council and role of Treasurer to fulfill\u00a0my passion to serve Rudolf Steiner&#8217;s World Economy Course and find ways to bring about the healing benefits of the Threefold Social Organism.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-395b07d e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"395b07d\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3da2043 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"3da2043\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/catarina-pic.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14129\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/catarina-pic.png 270w, https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/catarina-pic-231x300.png 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1c32d9e elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"1c32d9e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2951\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2951\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Catarina Burisch (ON)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2951\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2951\"><p><b><i>General Secretary<\/i><\/b><\/p><p>catarinaburisch@anthroposophy.ca<\/p><p>Catarina became the council member representative for Ontario in 2019. Anthroposophy has always been intrinsically woven into the fabric of both her personal and professional life, as she values the strength and breadth it provides. Catarina was born in Montreal, educated in French, English and German and attended a Waldorf kindergarten. She has lived in various Canadian metropolises including Montreal, Winnipeg, Vancouver, Ottawa and Toronto and worked in all of the aforementioned cities. Her passion for languages led her to a career in education as a public-school teacher, Waldorf class teacher, school guidance counsellor, school principal and therapeutic counsellor. Catarina has been a member of the Anthroposophical Society since 1985, joined the First Class in 2005 and IFAPA in 2021. Exploring Anthroposophy\u2019s many facets, enables her to apply its wisdom, thereby making it current and relevant to those she meets. She enjoys discovering the many different ways Anthroposophy can be accessed by each individual and then applied to enrich their lives.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c21a551 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"c21a551\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b6a5800 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b6a5800\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f8c0fab e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"f8c0fab\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4d1cb22 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4d1cb22\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/corinna-snip.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14131\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/corinna-snip.jpg 270w, https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/corinna-snip-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ecbfded elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"ecbfded\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2481\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2481\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Corinna Sons (ON)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2481\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2481\"><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">corinnasons@anthroposophy.ca<\/span><\/p><p>Corinna was born and grew up in Germany. She did not attend the nearby Waldorf school but visited it several times, and the colours and forms of the building made her curious about anthroposophy. After graduating high school she enrolled in Foundation Studies on a bio-dynamic farm in Wuppertal. Her life path then took her to Eastern Germany, later to Russia, and finally to Canada where she completed her Waldorf teacher training. Having immersed herself in the vibrant anthroposophical communities around the Waldorf schools in Montreal and Toronto, she decided to become a member of the Anthroposophical Society in 2017. Corinna now lives in London ON, and teaches French at the London Waldorf School. She loves her local community where she is active in anthroposophical study groups, and the Christian Community. She has also joined the First Class. Corinna has been working with the Council since April 2024 and was confirmed as a full member at the 2025 AGM.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b114e7b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"b114e7b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bb2e88f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bb2e88f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6876-1-scaled-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14135\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6876-1-scaled-1.jpg 270w, https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_6876-1-scaled-1-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-68a5044 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"68a5044\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1091\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1091\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Elisabeth Chomko - Administrator<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1091\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1091\"><p>admin@anthroposophy.ca<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>I emigrated to Canada in 1976 to be the Grade One teacher at the Toronto Waldorf School. I had joined the Anthroposophical Society in America a few years earlier when I was teaching in Pennsylvania.\u00a0<\/p><p>I taught for many years at the Toronto Waldorf School, mostly as a class teacher, but also as a French and music teacher. I currently substitute in local public schools. My husband Richard and I have three children who all live in Montreal.<\/p><p>Richard and I live at Hesperus Village, across the field from the Toronto Waldorf School. We enjoy the many anthroposophically inspired activities in this area. I joined the First Class in 2009 and am active in the Christian Community. I am very interested in Social Threefolding.<\/p><p>When I was growing up, I moved frequently. My family and I lived in Switzerland, Sweden and the US.<\/p><p>I am pleased to be the Membership Administrator and appreciate being able to connect with members from across Canada.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-43df48f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"43df48f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4064aee elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"4064aee\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/grant-davis.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14133\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/grant-davis.jpg 270w, https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/grant-davis-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7cc9ea0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"7cc9ea0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1301\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1301\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Grant Davis (ONT)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1301\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1301\"><p class=\"MsoNormal\"><b><i>Candidate<\/i><\/b><\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8f166c4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"8f166c4\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eac37d3 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"eac37d3\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-01bf72f e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"01bf72f\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1682c37 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1682c37\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Barb-pic.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14127\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Barb-pic.jpg 270w, https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Barb-pic-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8b188c5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"8b188c5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1451\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1451\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Barbarah Nicoll (BC)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1451\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1451\"><p>barbarahnicoll@anthroposophy.ca<\/p><p dir=\"ltr\">In the course of my life I have continuously been involved and devoted to research, learning, human development and community engagement. I have started and supported the development of schools, businesses, cooperatives, not for profit organizations, TEDx Talks, international youth exchanges, graduate program development and mentored adult learning at the Masters level since 2013. My current membership in the EdD in Educational &amp; Professional Practice, Waldorf Education program, Antioch University is a continuation of my formal studies.<\/p><p>My background includes a Master of Integrated Arts, Waldorf High School Teacher certification, BA General Studies, Liberating Structures training and practice, Expressive Arts certification, Youth Development diploma from Grant MacEwan College, Improvisation for the Classroom &#8211; Paul Sills and The Art of Facilitation Training with Caroline Estes\u00a0of\u00a0the Alpha Institute.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-af3bfcb e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"af3bfcb\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58c370e elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"58c370e\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mark-M.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14139\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mark-M.jpg 270w, https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Mark-M-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8ab86a3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"8ab86a3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-1451\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-1451\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Mark McGivern (BC)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-1451\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-1451\"><p>communications@<\/p><p>anthroposophy.ca<\/p><p>I have been a teacher most of my life, living and working at times in\u00a0 Nicaragua, Japan, Dubai and Toronto.\u00a0<\/p><p>In 2002 I graduated from the Rudolf Steiner College Canada as a class teacher and taught middle grades for 6 years in Nelson BC. More recently I have been write online courses, editing and working with Waldorf teachers in training. I published a book with Steiner books in 2024, Tolkien&#8217;s Hidden Pictures: Anthroposophy and the Enchantment in Middle Earth.\u00a0<\/p><p>I am the director of communications for the society.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c16f64e e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"c16f64e\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1de86f9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1de86f9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"270\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kaitlin-Brown.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14137\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kaitlin-Brown.jpg 270w, https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Kaitlin-Brown-231x300.jpg 231w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 270px) 100vw, 270px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e6cd39c elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"e6cd39c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-2421\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-2421\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Kaitlin Brown (NS)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-2421\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-2421\"><p>kaitlinbrown@anthroposophy.ca<\/p><p>I was first introduced to anthroposophy while volunteering\u00a0at a small Waldorf school initiative, Sisonke School in the village of Port St.\u00a0John\u2019s, in the Transkei region of South Africa when I was 19 years old. The\u00a0agricultural lectures were my first Steiner readings as at 19 years\u2019 old after\u00a0growing up in Northern Alberta in a very mainstream atheist home I had the<br \/>sudden realization that as a human being I was a part of nature and not\u00a0something foreign.\u00a0\u00a0Out of that realization I dedicated my life to\u00a0being a naturalist.\u00a0\u00a0I travelled around to many different farms\u00a0gathering skills such as organic gardening, biodynamic animal husbandry,<br \/>natural dying, hand crafting my own clothing, natural building, herbalism,<br \/>among many other practical self-sustaining skills. In 2009, I met my soon to be<br \/>husband and had my first child In December 2010. With the blessing of expecting\u00a0a baby I turned my study to the incarnating human being. I read and re-read\u00a0education of a child, among many other Steiner books on the topic of<br \/>incarnation and Waldorf education. In 2011, I visited my first Waldorf school<br \/>in Durban, South Africa. I can clearly remember the impression it had on me.<br \/>Firstly, it was strikingly different from the mainstream schools in South<br \/>Africa which are mostly large cement buildings with bars over the windows and<br \/>electric fences all around them. This school I saw as \u201crolling hills and bunny<br \/>cages.\u201d At that first Waldorf school site I decided I wanted to be a Waldorf<br \/>kindergarden teacher.<\/p><p>\u00a0<\/p><p>In March of 2019, I took the position of senior kindergarten\u00a0teacher at the South Shore Waldorf School in Blockhouse Nova Scotia and am\u00a0still the kindergarten teacher this present day. I have grown a lot from the<br \/>experience of working in a Waldorf school. My kindergarten children are very<br \/>dear to my heart and I consider them angels. Those children are surrounded by<br \/>love and warmth. We share such a caring love in which their beings are<br \/>nourished and are met with a deep welcoming gesture. The Waldorf kindergarten<br \/>is a safe and loving place. I joined the anthroposophical society after being<br \/>introduced to it by Micah Edelstein, a council member who devotionally built a<br \/>new addition to the South Shore Waldorf school in 2018.\u00a0<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0f9d457 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"0f9d457\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ac6d5c8 e-grid e-con-full e-con e-child\" data-id=\"ac6d5c8\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a491480 e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"a491480\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-bacbff6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"bacbff6\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"769\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jacques-Chapeau-Etoile-769x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-14346\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jacques-Chapeau-Etoile-769x1024.jpg 769w, https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jacques-Chapeau-Etoile-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jacques-Chapeau-Etoile-768x1023.jpg 768w, https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jacques-Chapeau-Etoile-1154x1536.jpg 1154w, https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jacques-Chapeau-Etoile-600x800.jpg 600w, https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jacques-Chapeau-Etoile-700x932.jpg 700w, https:\/\/anthroposophy.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/Jacques-Chapeau-Etoile.jpg 1538w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 769px) 100vw, 769px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3dce324 elementor-widget elementor-widget-toggle\" data-id=\"3dce324\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"toggle.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-toggle-item\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-title-6481\" class=\"elementor-tab-title\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"button\" aria-controls=\"elementor-tab-content-6481\" aria-expanded=\"false\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon elementor-toggle-icon-right\" aria-hidden=\"true\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-closed\"><i class=\"fas fa-caret-right\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened\"><i class=\"elementor-toggle-icon-opened fas fa-caret-up\"><\/i><\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a class=\"elementor-toggle-title\" tabindex=\"0\">Jacques Racine (QC)<\/a>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\n\t\t\t\t\t<div id=\"elementor-tab-content-6481\" class=\"elementor-tab-content elementor-clearfix\" data-tab=\"1\" role=\"region\" aria-labelledby=\"elementor-tab-title-6481\"><p>jacques.racine@anthroposophy.ca<\/p><p>Born: September 25, 1949.\u00a0<\/p><p>Only child, modest family, virtuous parents. Enchanted by the stories and life of Jesus, I want to become a priest. I enter the seminary as a boarder. Two shocks: The first is to go from a room of your own to sharing a dormitory with 125 young people. The second is to realize that priests have faults and that everything becomes ritual instead of life.\u00a0 The subject of my master&#8217;s thesis in Philosophy at the University of Sherbrooke was Education, according to Bertrand Russell. It was the same era as Montessori, Free Children of Summerhill and Waldorf. I found nothing about Waldorf Education!<\/p><p>It was only in 1982 that I came across Waldorf Education and as I was a stay-at-home dad I quickly got involved as a volunteer. It was with the John the Baptist Branch in Montreal that I was introduced to Rudolf Steiner and felt that a new world was opening up to me. I later became a member of the Anthroposophical Society in Canada.<\/p><p>In 1985 I founded Mandragore, which imported Steiner and Waldorf books and products. I served all schools and branches in Canada.<\/p><p>I started teaching physical education at the Steiner School in Montreal, then at the Toronto Waldorf School and completed my training in Spatial Dynamics (Bothmer Gymnastics) with Jaimen MacMillan. Then I taught at the \u00c9cole Les Enfants de la Terre.<\/p><p>I have participated in numerous congresses and conferences both at the Goetheanum, and in Europe, the United States and Canada. I was co-founder of the publishing house Perceval with Arie Van Ameringen, I retired after a few years.<\/p><p>I was President of the Parents&#8217; Board of the \u00c9cole Les Enfants de la Terre and I obtained a loan of $650,000 US for the construction of the building that houses the Kindergarten.<\/p><p>In Waterville, the Boutique Caf\u00e9 has hosted several lectures, book launches, and workshops, both Anthroposophical and Waldorf.<\/p><p>In January 2025 I joined the board of directors of The Anthroposophical Society of Canada and also founded the Althea spiritual school whose activities take place at Mandragore.<\/p><\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e70746c e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e70746c\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-e22468b e-con-full e-flex e-con e-child\" data-id=\"e22468b\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3c6d4ba e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"3c6d4ba\" data-element_type=\"container\" data-e-type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4c90de9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"4c90de9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Council The primary function of the Council, along with the General Secretary, is to strengthen the relationship between members and branches and groups in Canada. 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