Our Staff

Vincent Hill

Principal/Associate Director

Vince joined this project as a former Director of Education, and school administrator. His administrative experience has been a considerable asset in bringing together an excellent team to build this project. In addition to his administrative experience, he has taught all grade levels for over ten years within a First Nations context.

In his spare time, he likes to spend time with his family, or read a good book. Vince also is very involved with Virtues Project International, an organization that promotes character education and development, in schools, work, and at home.

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Blair Haas

e-Teacher

Blair grew up on a farm by Saltcoats, Saskatchewan. His high school years were in Yorkton, Saskatchewan. He took his Bachelor of Education at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon where he majored in math and minored in physics and computers. He has taught math, science, and physics for nearly 20 years in the Prairie Spirit School Division. He is involved in hockey in the winter and camping and fishing in the summer. One of his favorite pass times is hunting.

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Kristine Dreaver-Charles

e-Teacher

Kristine is originally from Prince Albert. She is a band member of the Mistawasis First Nation. Since her graduation from SUNTEP Saskatoon, Kristine has been teaching in northern Saskatchewan. She completed her first year of teaching in Wollaston Lake and had spent eight years teaching in Stanley Mission. She has had the opportunity to teach a wide variety of subjects. She is looking forward to the new experiences that teaching at a virtual high school will bring.

Kristine is married to Barney, who is from Stanley Mission. The couple have a dog named Charles. She is also working towards completing a humanities degree through Athabasca University. Kristine enjoys doing crafts and scrap booking.

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Nancy Carswell

Instructional Designer

Nancy considers her instructional designer position for math and science a dream job as it combines teaching and computers. In her first year of teaching, a colleague introduced her to the Apple IIe and she recognized how helpful computers were for teaching. After years of teaching in First Nations schools, Nancy went back to school herself at Woodland SIAST and earned her New Media Communications Certificate. She is a webmaster and has authored an interactive family history CD. When she returned to teaching, she found her New Media skills invaluable.

At home, Nancy and her husband enjoy supporting a family talent search. They encourage their three children, Alanna, Amber, and Andrew, in academic, athletic and artistic pursuits. Nancy enjoys aerobics and dance and is an avid reader.

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Don Doré

Systems Administrator

Don is working as a Technology Consultant working with the PAGC schools to build capacity into the computer networks and working with Credenda as a Systems Administrator. He began his career in the computer world in 1987, when he completed an Electronics program at SIAST Kelsey Campus. In1999, he left the field to work at SIAST as an Instructor in the Micro-Electronics courses. After 5 years of teaching Don decided to get back into the mix of things by joining the PAGC Education Department.

On a more personal note, Don enjoys spending his non-working time with his beautiful wife Carmen and their two young children, Danielle who is eight and Caleb who is five. Fishing, camping and hunting head up the list of hobbies that have to be scheduled into an already busy lifestyle.

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Deanne Riese

Technical Trainer

Deanne Riese is the Instructional Technology Consultant for PAGC. After taking Microcomputer Management, a 1-year computer course at SIAST Kelsey Campus, Deanne worked for a year creating customized computer programs. When her husband was transferred to Prince Albert in January 2003, she started working as Instructor Aide for the Office Education and Business Computer Programmer programs at SIAST Woodland Campus. Deanne started her instructing career teaching non-credit computer night classes while working towards a Vocational Technical Education Certificate through the U of R. Once she received her certificate she was able to teach credit courses at SIAST and continued to do so for 7 years.

Deanne started with PAGC in March 2004 and she is enjoying traveling to the schools to help the teachers learn various aspects of using computers as well as conducting staff training. Currently, Deanne is being trained in WebCT and Elluminate to deliver further training to our staff.