About

Our Vision

Imaginal Education’s vision is to transform education globally with our Imaginal Ecosystem of solutions

Imaginal Education Canada, USA and the Nishimura Foundation in Brazil are three separate non-profit tax-exempt organizations working together to bring Profound Learning to the world.

Imaginal Education
Canada
Imaginal Education Canada focuses on the development of the Profound Learning Model at Master’s Academy & College and the dissemination of Profound Learning in Canada.
Imaginal Education
USA
Imaginal Education USA focuses on the development of the Geenius LTS and the dissemination of Profound Learning in the USA.
Imaginal Education
Brazil
The Nishimura Foundation in Brazil focuses on the development of the Profound Learning multiplication system and the dissemination of Profound Learning in Brazil.

Our founder

Tom Rudmik, educator and entrepreneur, is the founder of Master’s Academy & College and Imaginal Education. Tom is passionate about implementing real change and is committed to the research and development of breakthroughs in learning and sharing them with the world. Tom is also an international speaker who instructs and guides organizations that are confronting issues of obsolescence and the need for transformation. He has created an innovative and powerful organizational transformation model called Imaginal Thinking. Tom is the author of the book Becoming Imaginal. Seeing and Creating the Future of Education. Tom is also the creator and facilitator of the Imaginal Transformation Workshop process.In May 2017, Tom Rudmik was granted an Honorary Doctorate degree, for his 40 years of advancing education in Canada and globally, by Canada Christian College.

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The Imaginal Education team has decades of experience working with educators and leaders in system redesign and transformation.

At Imaginal Education We Believe

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Imaginal Education Canada focuses on the development of the Profound Learning Model at Master’s Academy & College and the dissemination of Profound Learning in Canada.

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Imaginal Education USA focuses on the development of the Geenius LTS and the dissemination of Profound Learning in the USA.

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The Nishimura Foundation in Brazil focuses on the development of the Profound Learning multiplication system and the dissemination of Profound Learning in Brazil.

Our Team

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Our team

Tom Rudmik
Imaginal Education Co-Founder

Tom Rudmik, educator and entrepreneur, is the founder of Master’s Academy & College and Imaginal Education. Tom is passionate about implementing REAL change and is committed to the research and development of breakthroughs in learning and sharing them with the world. Tom is also an international speaker who instructs and guides organizations that are confronting issues of obsolescence and the need for transformation. He has created an innovative and powerful organizational transformation model called Imaginal Thinking. Tom is the author of the book Becoming Imaginal. Seeing and Creating the Future of Education. Tom is also the creator and facilitator of the Imaginal Transformation Workshop process.

In May 2017, Tom Rudmik was granted an Honorary Doctorate degree, for his 40 years of advancing education in Canada and globally, by Canada Christian College.

Andy Rudmik
Co-Founder, CTO

Dr. Andy Rudmik, co-founder and CTO of Imaginal Education, brings extensive product development and management experience to Imaginal Education with a background in software research, telecommunication, databases, compilers, and software modeling.  At Imaginal Education, Andy is responsible for product research and development and is dedicated to developing systems that will revolutionize how students and teachers engage in authentic learning experiences. Andy’s background in system modeling allows him to bring this expertise to the modeling of the Imaginal/Geenius technology solutions for education.

Doreen Grey
Director of Profound Learning R&D

Doreen Grey, a visionary leader for change in education, was Master’s Academy's first principal. Doreen is both a risk taker and an innovator of new ideas. Doreen and her staff have undertaken several breakthrough initiatives in the areas of assessment, student empowerment, core skill development, establishing a culture for change, and intrinsic motivation towards learning, etc. In her career as a teacher, Doreen championed the cause of transforming assessment, and has offered many professional development opportunities to educators around the province. Currently Doreen provides leadership in the development of Master's FUTURE READY Education Learning Model and the Professional Development Program.

Cindy Backstrom
Developer and Trainer of Profound Learning

Cindy Backstrom is both a practitioner and a developer of Profound Learning at Master’s Academy & College. Cindy has provided ongoing support to the teachers at Master’s with the implementation of Profound Learning as well as trained many international teachers in the Profound Learning methodologies and practices.

Jeff Graham
Director of the Imaginal Design Program

Jeff Graham is a designer of programs that prepare students to become Imaginal by seeing, designing and creating the future. As a designer, Jeff’s passion is to ignite the Imaginal spirit in all students and educators.

David Crisp
Creative Director

David leads Imaginal Education’s creative team, being responsible for the development of creative content that is used to promote and propagate the vision of Imaginal Education. The creative team, under David’s leadership, captures compelling stories of Profound Learning on video as well as develops the overall branding and messaging on Imaginal Education’s website.

Paul Graham
Imaginal Education Canada, CFO

Paul Graham has many years of senior corporate administration experience. For the past 16 years, Paul has served as the CFO of Master’s Academy & College, an awarding winning K-12 R&D school in Calgary, Alberta. As well, Paul has provided senior executive leadership with numerous charities in Canada over the past 35 years.

Philip Streit
CFO

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