About Valerie

• My role as Director of Agility, in the Teaching Centre & Agility is to provide leadership to Agility and manage the Innovation Zone. Working with faculty and students we develop and implement experiential learning opportunities. I lead the creation and delivery of a comprehensive suite of programmes that support students and community in enabling entrepreneurship activity from ideation through to prototype and product creation. My goal is to provide students with a feeling of self-confidence and belonging on campus.

I am here to ensure everything in the Innovation Zone runs as smoothly as possible, so that it is an accessible and meaningful space to everyone who comes through the door. My role is a great mixture of administration as well as planning and facilitating class visits, workshops and events. I love to connect with students and staff and learn about their projects and ideas, and I find the creative atmosphere of the Zone to be really inspiring. I also look forward to engaging with U of L faculty and seeing how the Agility Innovation Zone can support and enhance their curriculum.

About Kevin

• As a maker and part-time unofficial comedian, I like to be outside doing adaptive outdoor sports and am an advocate for getting persons with disabilities engaged in adaptive outdoor activities. What I’m looking forward to most is meeting you in the Zone, having random conversations, and building mobility scooters with adventure in mind. 
• Specializations
  • 3D Modeling + Printing
  • AutoCad Fusion
  • Everything Innovation Zone #I’llgetyoustarted #lovebrunch

I am a 4th year Environmental Science major. I am greatly interested in Science and SciFi along with fantasy, so I love to discuss and talk about many topics with people and exploring those topics in detail. 

I have extensive experience with the Laser cutter/engraver knowing a few tips and tricks when it comes to workings and utility. 

Feel free to talk with the staff of the agility centre as they are here to help you and learn what interests and intrigues you. 

Hey, I'm Alex, I'm a 3rd year computer science student at the University of Lethbridge. I decided on my degree when I built an Othello AI program that won a little tournament I hosted in high school. My favourite tool in the zone is the 3D printer along with Fusion 360 (which comes with every Uleth account, take advantage). My advice would be to put a lot of love into your designs, as once in a blue moon they'll work well on the first try. Most of the time though you'll need to iterate again and again and again. I always try to remember that Ford started out with the model A, but the one we all hear about is the model T. 

Oki niistoo niitanikoo Siksiikakoan! Hello, my name is Shane Gordon McDougall, my Blackfoot name is “BlackfootMan”, and I am from the Piikani Nation. I am a 4th year student with a Major in Indigenous Studies, and a Minor in Archaeology. I was hired as a summer student at the Agility Innovation Zone, my job was to Indigenize the space and make it more inviting to our Indigenous students at the U of L. One of the things I introduced was “Traditional Games”, four games to start, Double Ball, Ball and Tail, Make the Stick Jump, and The Stone House game. We made video’s of each describing the game’s, and we displayed these on the Agility Instagram site. I also had the freedom to show my leather work and Indigenous crafting skills, and I made numerous items, including a Elk Rattle. We also hosted some events through the summer where I was able to show case the Games, Double Ball was a big hit and along with my colleague and good friend Kevin Roelofs we are going to try to offer it as an Intramural Sport at the U of L. Another big hit was Medicine Bag Making. Going into the Fall I have lots of ideas which include Moccasin making, Ribbon skirt, and shirt making, Smudge Box kits, and Beading Workshops, we are also going to have Elder Francis First Charger in to bless the Zone, and hopefully have an Elder in the Zone one day a week, to share Traditional Knowledge. The Agility Innovation Zone and the Staff have welcomed me in and I feel as an Indigenous Man that they have made and are continuing to be a big part in Truth and Reconciliation. I look forward to working more with them now and in the future.

Names Elizabeth but call me Lizz! I study neuroscience but I'm only in my second year. Even though my career will lead into STEM my calling is art and I hope to express my love for it through all kinds of mediums. This is to show others that it's ok to be uncomfortable with something you're unfamiliar with as I am still learning a lot of that aspect. 

I really like any sort of power, craft or rotary tools and will stick to crafting with cheaper supplies that showcases that you don't need fancy tools or expensive supples to make nice things, it's just a bonus we provide for free.  And the tip of the day; don't eat anything you ain't supposed to, most of the stuff in here isn't tasty anyways.