Trainers:

Svetlana Pepin

Over a span of two decades, Svetlana has been engaged in various educational, social, community, and artistic practices as an educator, a foster parent to indigenous young adults, a program coordinator for a refugee children’s program, a homework volunteer at a refugee youth center, puppet programs/drama classes in schools, community centers, and neighborhood spaces, teaching English as a second language through art, facilitating open art studios, in Canada and other countries (Russia, Moldova, Ukraine, Ethiopia, Vanuatu). She also received her pedagogical and psychology degree in Russia and worked as an educator and a high school counselor before moving to Canada. In Canada, after completing the required two-year program and professional practice, she received her teaching certificate. Svetlana is an artist. She creates puppets and dolls, dances, and writes poetry and scripts.

Having acquired a lot of experience over the years, she has had many opportunities to witness…