About Dr. Ken
Ken Leslie has a Ph.D. in Neuroscience from Brandeis University. He has held academic positions at Harvard Medical School, Dartmouth College, and the University of Victoria, and has worked as a learning consultant for the Wondertree Alternative School in Vancouver. He has published in the fields of sleep psychology, synaptic plasticity, and the neurobiology of empathy. He is the Director of Education for Northwest Community College (NWCC) on Haida Gwaii.
“Dr. Ken” also enjoys playing the ukulele, inciting boffer battles, pushing the boundaries of what can be made with cardboard, and blowing giant bubbles. He started MYOF.org in 2009 as an alternative approach to learning that focused on play and embedding learning in the real world.
