Marilyn Chapman:  

Marilyn is from Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, United Kingdom. She is married to Roland Chapman, and they have 5 kids and 8 grandchildren. Her schools include Richmond High School. She later attended University of British Columbia (BEd Elementary _ Primary and Special Education), then did a Masters at Western Washington University, followed by a PhD at the University of Victoria. She is a Full Professor at the University of British Columbia, in the Department of Language and Literacy Education, and the Director of the Institue for Early Childhood Education and Research (IECER). Marilyn and Roland have five adult children - Dan (Michele) and Cathy live in Langley; Tracy lives in Sunnyvale, California; Sean lives in Tsawwassen, ad Lindsey lives in Burnaby. They have 8 grandchildren (5 boys and 3 girls): Spencer (2001), Nolan, (2007), and Brady (2005) in Langley; Jake (2000) and Kyle (2002) in Sunnyvale; Trinity (2000) and Aliyah (2011) in Burnaby, and Kaitlyn (2005) in Tsawwassen. Marilyn's work interests include language and literacy education and early childhood education. Personal interests include spending time with family and friends, singing, dancing, and riding her bike. She sings (first soprano) with a local ensemble of 16, called Sound Eclectic. They perform at small gigs - seniors' centres, etc. She loves to exercise - rides her bike to UBC campus most days, does salsa aerobics several times week, and also spin bike classes, and yoga. She likes to read a lot of non-ficti...Expand for more