Kacie Haberlin, from our 2018 grad class comes back to Delview to talk about her pandemic crocheting hobby that became a small business with large a social media following (@haberlinshobbies) of tens of thousands of people who are inspired every day by her work. She tells us about how she got started and the ups and downs of running a side business…

What is it like to be given a group of students for a short amount of time and be asked to take them on a journey of learning all the while trying to build relationships, solve all sorts of unique problems, and complete lesson plans, assessments, and coursework all at the same time? We ask our student teachers Ms. Jorssen and Ms. Webster what that …

2024 Grads Gurnoor Malhi and Annabelle Chen stop by for a chat about their plans after graduation, what it’s like in India and Taiwan, driving, school, and almost everything else as they make their way out of Delview and into University. It’s a conversation with two close friends. I taught Gurnoor in Innovation 10 as well as InfoTech and Engineerin…

Mr. Bennett who has been at Delview for 21 years is retiring! Mr. Waldman and Mr. Yuill join us in conversation with this Delview legend. We talk about his life, career, and of course about the greatest place on Earth, Manitoba! Join us for the stories, the banter, and the laughter as Mr. Bennett looks forward to moving on after so many years.…

Grad 2022 Harnoor Sandhu drops in from Kelowna during a few days off from her studies. She has been volunteering and working as a paramedic and first responder since high school. She shares her many experiences as a paramedic and talks about some of the trials and tribulations of the job as well as her enthusiasm for helping others.…

Dayanara Sinclair, Class of 2017, visits us in the podcast studio a couple of weeks after giving an inspiring talk to Media Arts students in Mr. Choy’s class about her journey from Disney dream to reality as she is now a 3D animator on the Disney Jr. show, “Alice’s Wonderland Bakery”. We talk about how hard work and persistence paid off even though…

From the first sketch we saw coming from Han, we knew she was talented. Over the five years she's been at Delview, she's participated in many Fine Arts Nights, and has produced posters, logos, book covers, social media art, and plenty of whiteboard masterpieces that were painful to erase. She has been practicing for a long time and hopes to continu…

We love when alumni come back! Tiana Gordon, who graduated from Delview in 2015, returns to talk about her experiences as an interior designer and production designer. She has worked on numerous short films, commercials, and feature films including, “It’s A Wonderful Knife” (feat. Jane Widdop, Justin Long, Joel McHale) - in theatres this Christmas,…

Former Delview International Student Nele Haas is back from Germany for a visit! She talks about finishing high school in Germany and looking forward to studying International Relations and Sustainability. We compare the differences and similarities in the customs and traditions of Germany and Canada (including yummy food), and talk about Nele’s tr…

Diane has always been an amazingly positive and kind person, but when cancer struck her just a few days into the start of the school year in 2021, she showed everyone what “making the best of it” truly means. In this episode, Diane takes us into the world of Pokémon and anime, travelling, and the tribulations and ultimate triumph over Hodgkin’s Lym…

In this episode we chat with Delview student, Akari Ishige, who is from Tokyo Japan. She’s one of our International Students and someone we’ve come to know very well here at Delview with her involvement in everything our school has to offer from her Live At Lunch performances as a singer and pianist to Drama productions including "Urinetown The Mus…

Nancy's retiring! Our Assistant Superintendent and educator of 42 years, Nancy Gordon, came in to talk to us not once, but twice. Unfortunately, for the first time ever on the podcast, the audio file corrupted and Nancy graciously offered to come back for a redo, this time with multiple backups. Mark Turpin and I ask her about her career, legacy, a…

Mr. Sahli and I speak to the very talented Kaydee Deane about Radiohead, violin, guitar, and her Live At Lunch performances at our school. We talk a lot about music we like and how to deal with nerves before performing for an audience. Music has taken Kaydee on a path that she loves and we will be hearing more from her in the near future!…

Who doesn't love Mr. Sahli? You'll love him even more after you listen to him talk about his interests in music, sports, and how he got into teaching. Besides being a really nice person and a talented teacher, Mr. Sahli loves collecting records and playing the drums. After many episodes of him as a co-host, it was about time we had a chat just abou…

Alexa tells us more than the latest weather or sports scores (she's never heard that one). She talks about how a knee injury changed her life, growing up in North Delta, and what it's like to be graduating high school. We get into sports, Formula 1 racing, driving, and much more. Ms. Hanson joins us for this chat with the ever positive Alexa Liptak…

Delview teacher Dave Yuill tells us some stories about growing up as an army brat, his own time in the military, his business experience, the pharmaceutical industry, and how all of that lead to him finally becoming a teacher with a ton of life experience to share with others. The man has so many stories that he could have his own podcast! Mr. Turp…

After a long pandemic hiatus, we are back! We talk to Marten and Nele, two of our International Students from Germany. They discuss their experiences growing up in Germany and about what surprised them when they arrived in Canada for the first time. Both Marten from Hamburg and Nele from a town near Frankfurt have been wonderful additions to our sc…

Grad 2008 and Embedded Engineer Edwin Chand talks about the challenges and rewards of his career at Apple, how he got there after going through SFU Engineering and Blackberry, and the most important ingredients for success in any endeavour. Edwin also talks about how his family immigrated from Fiji and the challenges of becoming Canadians. This epi…

Aleysha Johnson, Grad 2018, model, actor, and activist joins us after famously trolling the President of the United States by posting a video on Tik Tok showing how easy it was for her to reserve free tickets to the Tulsa Oklahoma rally and not show up (she was busy organizing lint from her carpet). We got in touch when I spotted her on a Late Show…

This year, Delview alumna Jenaya Robertson (Grad 2015) won the U SPORTS Chantal Navert Memorial Award which is awarded to the most outstanding player in Canada for university women's soccer. As the 5th year captain for the Trinity Western University Spartans, Jenaya broke her school's scoring record with 14 goals while leading her team to a first p…

Ashley Prasad, Delview Grad 2013 talks to us about her latest project, an eBook she helped out with as a volunteer for Empower The Future Association entitled, "Life After High School: A Post-Secondary Student's Guide to Success". She also reminisces about her time at Delview, Poli Sci at SFU, career discovery, and finding your own way in life. She…

Mr. Minichiello, a relatively new staff member at Delview talks about growing up Armenian / Italian in Squamish and East Van, History, how he got into Teaching, and Super Smash Bros. He also shares his experiences being someone who is talented enough to teach anything at Delview (or will figure out how). Mr. Sahli and I interrogate our fellow colle…

Class of 2009 alumna Angie Grant is the Education Coordinator at the Delta Cultural Centre in Ladner. Mr. Sahli and I talk to her about her Incredible experiences being a huge part of Patti Hillman's drama program at Delview, her role in the city of Delta, and the Heritage Week Three-minute Film Festival which anyone can enter before December 20th …

Cam Cunningham (Class of 2017) pays us a visit to talk about his sciencey world and how much he's learned since he started working in grade 11. He talks about his criminology program at KPU and how wonderful and stressful university life can be. Then we all travel back in time at 88 mph to talk to our younger selves.…

Talented, funny, and eager to learn, twins Kristie and Kassie Lind join us to talk at length about musicals, acting, memes they love, morse code, languages, movies, and lettuce burgers. They are in grade 8 and just finished playing mafia heavies / pastry chefs in Delview's production of The Drowsy Chaperone which featured their big musical number, …

Mark Pocock, PE teacher and Athletic Director, stops in to talk to Mr. Sahli and I about his obsession with movies, composing music and playing guitar for a rock band ("Between Takes" on streaming and iTunes), and what led up to his first teaching gig at Delview. I forget to ask him about being a poster boy in the late 80's for Nintendo but I'll po…

Diaz is back along with two of our HEROS - Isabelle Levy and Bhawna Handa! The students demonstrate ASMR (leaving Diaz confused), talk about the mission of the HEROS (Helping Everyone Respect Our Society) program, debate about phones and social media, and for the first time, reveal their career aspirations after they graduate. An amazingly fun and …

Maya, daughter of our day custodian Cecelio chats with us about her experience traveling by herself as a young girl to Japan, her aspirations to become an elementary school teacher, and balut. Mr. Sahli co-hosts in the first episode ever without an intro (student council is on hiatus due to a restructuring - some exciting news to come after Spring …

Longtime Delview teacher and co-founder of Thanks For Giving Ron McNeill, now retired, helps us walk down memory lane as we celebrate our 50th year as a school. He tells stories about what the school was like in the past and also what makes us culturally special as we move into the future. Wendy Goltz makes her first appearance ever at the start of…

Delview alum (Grad 2015) Agape Mngomezulu sheds some light on the movie and television industry in B.C. As a professional stage and screen actor, Agape has appeared on shows such as "Supernatural" and most recently landed a recurring speaking role on "The Bletchley Circle: San Francisco" (IMDB). He also talks about life in Swaziland where he was bo…

Delview alums Nathan Naiker and Shivneel Reddy talk to us about life after high school, what it's like to be a YouTuber, videography, Riverdale, the burger challenge, 3D movies, Disney, drama, designated survivors, and politics - wha?! Also, Khushi and Amrika join us for the last time as high school students for their final Student Council update o…

Trevor Morten - musician, actor, wise guy. We spend some time talking about saxophones, Nintendo, drama, deafblindness, and sign language. Stick around till the end for some great advice! Raksha starts us off with a very succinct briefing on what's coming up at Delview.

Ms. Taffinder slides into our podcast studio for a grand slam of an episode as she talks about her experiences playing softball in North Dakota, her base line teaching experience as an 8 year old, and she even throws us a curve ball when she declares her love for the Detroit Red Wings. We change up our co-host position with Mr. Sahli on this one. D…

Inspiring young artist Jilliana Baccay (@chromatickid on Instagram / chromatickid on YouTube) shares what drives her to keep practicing and learning as she produces her art. Jill talks about her influences, interests, and her own process for creating stuff. She also gives us a sneak peak of a couple big projects that sound amazing! Taman from the S…

The podcast comes full circle with Cecelio and Ms. Hanson (they were both in Episode 0 - the mic test episode). We talk about plumbing, the Philippines, basketball, reffing, custodial work, pig farms, and more. Amrika informs us about the week to come in school activities. Fun times ahead!

Stella and her safety walk buddy Chahat drop by to chat about their recent boost in confidence performing for a Delview audience at Live At Lunch and Drama productions. We talk about The Beatles, Liverpool, and the girls entertain us with some tunes on the uke! Deora informs us about what's left in 2017. Stay tuned for the end for special holiday s…

Our 20th Episode!!! Mr. Sahli and I talk to Jacob Andresen about his performances as an actor at Delview as well as his adventures in Europe. He tells us what it's like to be a bass player in our new favourite band @theoakstones, performing rock concerts live, and the intense process of working on their first studio recording to be released near th…

Laz, freestyle rapper and just a wonderful, thoughtful person in general joins Mr. Turpin and I in the Drama Studio for a fun conversation about hip-hop, Star Wars, history, and how to get into "flow". Turpin tries to go Aaron Burr on me to start things off but before that, Jivan visits us one last time before graduation to talk about the week and …

Miss Alandra Matei - singer, actor, retail salesperson. In this episode we talk about what Alandra gets out of performing, her ridiculous experiences with store mannequins, and what she plans to do in the future to try to combine all her passions. Mr. Turpin surprises us with some impromptu beatboxing and Khushi practices her high-fives.…

Ms. Miller shares her wisdom on salmon dresses, throat voices, pets, food, sports, and other crazy things. Things do get a bit crazy with Ms. Hanson, Ms. Schalk, and Ms. Miller around the mic. Khushi starts us off with what's on the weeks ahead and we finally connect on a high five!

Our new music teacher and resident Aussie expert shares his story full of travels and adventures and how he managed to survive while growing up in a country full of reasonably deadly flora and fauna. Mr. Kim is slightly more subdued this time as co-host until he pulls out his phone and Shagun tells us what's coming up.…

Breigh fascinates us with conspiracy theories, universities, politics, and the BCYP (BC Youth Parliament - @bcyparliament) where she represents our riding as a youth MLA. Mr. Sahli joins us Andy Richter style except with more talking and witty retorts while pianoman Jivan gives us the goods on what's going on for students at our school. #illumisahl…

Nicole Dennis from small town Laird, Saskatchewan shares her wisdom from growing up as one of 3 teenagers in a town of 200. She's as multi-talented as she is humble! Ms. Hansen co-hosts, Shagun joins us with school event updates, and I try to fend off the mysterious swarm of flies making my microphone buzz... unsuccessfully - sorry!…

Justin Cotter, amazing student teacher for both Ms. Schalk and I, talks to us after being hired as a TOC by Delta and Surrey. He tells us how he decided to become a teacher and what high school was like for him, we get nerdy about education, and Ms. Schalk gets on a dinky plane. Amrika starts us off with student council business and shocks me with …

New teacher John Kim talks to us about his experiences being a new teacher at Delview, traveling around the world, growing up and coping with ADHD, and some funny family experiences. Also, it is revealed that he is an excellent dancer. Khushi helps us start this episode with updates on events and other stranger things.…

Bradley Lambert, student, guitarist, and welder joins us in the detention room (a la Folsom Prison Blues but not quite) to talk about his passion for music, building things, and all things guitar. Mr. Bonikowsky joins in on a 12 bar blues jam session and talks about his own rock n' roll experiences. Jivan Johal (one of many musical collaborators wi…

Basketball coach and teacher Vlad Nikic talks about life in Yugoslavia, psychology, mental health, being a teacher, and of course basketball. There is no way you can listen and not feel the passion this man has for everything he does. Mr. Turpin joins me as Mr. Nikic shares his appreciation for the Delview family and shares his most recent story of…

Former White Caps defender and our very well loved Youth Care Worker Diaz joins us to talk about immigrating from Uganda, soccer, and life as a pro athlete. Mr. Turpin makes up for my severe lack of soccer knowledge (and brief absence to deal with an issue) and members of the Class of 2016 join me for updates.…

The multi-talented Beth Scott talks to us about unicycling, band, singing, dancing, musical theatre, Alexander Hamilton, anxiety, NYC, dogs, acting, improv, and more! My new co-host Shagun is fired Trump-style (even though she told me she'd be late). This was recorded during our 30 Hour Famine (sorry no clips!).…

Ms. Hanson joins us in a conversation with Youth Olympic Athlete Giovanna Barros who recently played for the Brazilian Curling Team in Lillehammer Norway. She talks about curling, The Youth Olympics, Brazilian food, culture, and the upcoming Olympics in Rio. What are you waiting for? Just listen! Calm down Shia.…