Wendy Priesnitz is a
Canadian
Canadians (french: Canadiens) are people identified with the country of Canada. This connection may be residential, legal, historical or cultural. For most Canadians, many (or all) of these connections exist and are collectively the source of ...
advocate of
alternative education and
environmentalism
Environmentalism or environmental rights is a broad philosophy, ideology, and social movement regarding concerns for environmental protection and improvement of the health of the environment, particularly as the measure for this health seeks ...
. She was leader of the
Green Party of Canada from July 1996 to January 1997.
Early life
Priesnitz originally trained to be a teacher. She then decided to educate her children at home.
She founded the Canadian Alliance of Home Schoolers in 1979.
Teaching and publishing career
She focuses on lifelong learning and biomimicry as a reason to look at decentralised or home (or autonomous) education.
She is known for her advocacy of
homeschooling/
unschooling
Unschooling is an informal learning that advocates learner-chosen activities as a primary means for learning. Unschoolers learn through their natural life experiences including play, household responsibilities, personal interests and curiosit ...
and
home-based/
green business. She describes the educational benefits as, "
nschoolingchildren generally live and learn, with the support of their families, based on their own interests and their timetables, and without curriculum, tests, or grades.".
Priesnitz and her husband run
Life Media (formerly
The Alternative Press). Since 1976, she has co-owned and edited
Natural Life (magazine)
''Natural Life'' is a Canadian magazine, founded in 1976 by Rolf Priesnitz. It is owned by Life Media, an independent Toronto-based book and magazine publishing company owned by Wendy Priesnitz who is the magazine's editor. The magazine is publ ...
, an award-winning sustainable lifestyles magazine. In 2002, she founded ''Life Learning Magazine'', which she owns and edits.
She is the author of several books on homeschooling.
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Homeschooling in Canada
In Canada, homeschooling has increased in popularity since the advent of the 21st century. It is legal in every province, with each province having its own regulations around the practice. In some provinces, funding is available. In 2016, the numb ...
References
External links
Biography of Wendy PriesnitzLife Media
Green Party of Canada leaders
Female Canadian political party leaders
Canadian women in federal politics
Canadian women non-fiction writers
Homeschooling advocates
Living people
Advocates of unschooling and homeschooling
Year of birth missing (living people)
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