Victoria Handford

We keep hearing about teacher shortages, but many experienced educators remain sidelined, underemployed or forced into careers outside education. (Dallas Penner/Unsplash)

December 9, 2025

Internationally experienced teachers: An overlooked resource to address teaching shortages

Gloria Ramirez, Thompson Rivers University; Victoria Handford, Thompson Rivers University, and Wei Lin Ang, Thompson Rivers University

Internationally educated and experienced teachers are not a problem to be fixed — they are part of the solution to a system under strain.

From the perspective of international students’ parents, working with the education agent is reassuring because the agent can understand both context and language and thus help navigate a huge emotional and financial decision. Shutterstock

January 7, 2019

School agents benefit both Canada and China

Victoria Handford, Thompson Rivers University and Haiying Li, Thompson Rivers University

Education agents play a significant role in the fact that China is the number one source country of international students who study in Canada.

Research shows that trustworthiness involve three major attributes: Ability, integrity and dignity. (Shutterstock)

September 20, 2018

Should you trust your boss? Your lover? Here’s how to measure it

Victoria Handford, Thompson Rivers University

Research shows that trust is ‘knowable’ – you can calculate whether you can trust an individual, based on their behaviours.

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Internationally experienced teachers: An overlooked resource to address teaching shortages

School agents benefit both Canada and China

Should you trust your boss? Your lover? Here’s how to measure it

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