Founder at MetroCascade Media Inc.
British Columbia, Canada
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- Co-Founder, Contributor at JohnsonStreetBridge.ORG
- Founder at MetroCascade
- Board Member, Arts Advisory Council at Capital Regional District (CRD)
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- Writer at Focus Magazine
- School Planning Council (SPC) and Parent Advisory Council (PAC) member at South Island Distance Education School
- Lecturer at Harvard University, Extension School
- Assistant Professor at Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dep’t. of Architecture
- Assistant Professor at Brown University, Dep’t. of History of Art & Architecture
- Teaching Fellow and Tutor at Harvard University, Dep’t. of History of Art and Architecture
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- Harvard University
- The University of British Columbia
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Yule Heibel’s Summary
An experienced writer, well-versed in both academic and popular media. Specializing in architecture and public art; place-making; creative cities; urbanism and urban design. Also experienced in writing about education (distributed learning; learning styles; gifted issues). Brings to the fore a synthetic view of technology, entrepreneurship, and the arts as producers of value. Lateral thinker able to synthesize across disciplines; skilled multitasker capable of absorbing new information rapidly. Engaging public speaker who uses visual material effectively. Consistently meets deadlines. Passionate about connecting people and ideas.
Since 2008, founder at MetroCascade Media Inc., an online local news and blog aggregator.
Goals: help communities by providing social media platforms; build my writing career by developing relationships and publishing opportunities in online and print media.
Yule Heibel’s Specialties:
Research, writing, community liaison/ management, urban design critic
Yule Heibel’s Experience
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Co-Founder, Contributor
JohnsonStreetBridge.ORG
(Online Media industry)
July 2009 — Present (6 months)
JohnsonStreetBridge.ORG is a website that Mat Wright (of the Wright Result), Ross Crockford (journalist, writer), and I co-founded in July 2009. It provides a community resource and information platform, primarily for Victoria BC residents. My role is one of strategic adviser and consultant on community development, which also includes marketing to attract new site members. In addition, I analyze policy and write articles for our blog.
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Founder
MetroCascade
(Privately Held; Online Media industry)
August 2008 — Present (1 year 5 months)
In 2008, two partners and I co-founded MetroCascade, a local news aggregator designed around my long-standing desire to break down communication silos and to provide a platform for local bloggers, photographers, technologists, and creatives in Greater Victoria (Canada).
Among other things, my role includes defining concept and direction, creative brainstorming, communications, marketing, and community management. As an entirely boot-strapped start-up venture, however, my role changes according to what's needed. -
Board Member, Arts Advisory Council
Capital Regional District (CRD)
(Government Agency; 1-10 employees; Non-Profit Organization Management industry)
February 2006 — Present (3 years 11 months)
I serve with 10 other volunteer board members who meet monthly on the Capital Regional District's Arts Advisory Council. We work with the CRD's Arts Development Office to adjudicate project and operating grant applications from Victoria-area arts groups of regional significance. Based on recommendations by the Arts Advisory Council, CRD Arts Development Office, together with the Arts Committee, awards project grants totalling ~$95,000 and operating grants totalling ~$2 million annually.
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Writer
Focus Magazine
(Privately Held; Writing and Editing industry)
October 2006 — June 2009 (2 years 9 months)
I wrote a regular monthly feature for Focus Magazine, which is a magazine of people, ideas and culture, published in Victoria British Columbia by Campbell Communications, Inc.
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School Planning Council (SPC) and Parent Advisory Council (PAC) member
South Island Distance Education School
(Educational Institution; 51-200 employees; Primary/Secondary Education industry)
February 2003 — November 2007 (4 years 10 months)
From February 2003 till November 2007, I worked with South Island Distance Education School (S.I.D.E.S.), British Columbia's leader in online distributed education, as a volunteer member of the School Planning Council and the Parent Advisory Council. In recent years, B.C. Education Ministry changes in funding of and access to e-learning, as well as revisions in high school graduation requirements made the creation of a flexible, student-centered and teacher-led program focused on active learning imperative to S.I.D.E.S.'s ongoing success. I am proud that I have been able to contribute to its development.
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Lecturer
Harvard University, Extension School
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 1997 — January 1999 (1 year 5 months)
* Designed and taught lecture courses in 19th & 20th centuries Art History
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Assistant Professor
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Dep’t. of Architecture
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
January 1992 — January 1997 (5 years 1 month)
* Designed and taught lecture course in Modernism and Mass Culture; designed and taught a graduate student seminar in European Post-World War II Modernism; taught lecture courses in 19th century Art History as well as Introduction to Art History
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Assistant Professor
Brown University, Dep’t. of History of Art & Architecture
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
January 1993 — May 1993 (5 months)
* Designed and taught a lecture course as well as a graduate seminar in Modernism & Modernity and European Painting of the 1920s and 30s
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Teaching Fellow and Tutor
Harvard University, Dep’t. of History of Art and Architecture
(Educational Institution; Higher Education industry)
September 1987 — May 1989 (1 year 9 months)
* Designed and taught undergraduate tutorial, Art of Europe Between the Wars;
* Assisted in teaching undergraduate lecture sections: Romanticism; Abstraction; Beginnings of Modernism
Yule Heibel’s Education
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Harvard University
PhD , Art & Architectural History , 1986 — 1991
Prior to academic studies, the hands-on:
Sculpture Studio, Pre-Diploma, Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, Germany, 1977-1980 -
The University of British Columbia
M.A. , Art History , 1981 — 1986
B.A.Hons. '83 (Fine Arts), M.A. '86 (Fine Arts)
Additional Information
Yule Heibel’s Websites:
Yule Heibel’s Interests:
E-learning, education, learning and cognitive styles; new media; design, architecture, urban planning, urbanism, urban infrastructure; evolutionary psychology, biophilia; painting, sculpture.
Yule Heibel’s Groups:
College Art Association, CRD Arts Advisory Council, Downtown Residents Association (Victoria)
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VIATeC - Victoria Advanced Technology Council -
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Social Media Club - Victoria Chapter -
IVY GROUPS - The Professional Network for Ivy League Alumni
Yule Heibel’s Honors:
* Alternate, Postdoctoral Fellowship: Columbia University, New York, Society of Fellows in the Humanities
* Dissertation Fellowship: Social Science Research Council, New York, Berlin Program for Advanced German and European Studies
* Doctoral Fellowship: Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada (initial award, plus two renewals)
* First Alternate, Merit Fellowship, Harvard University
* Award for Distinction in Teaching, Danforth Center for Teaching and Learning,
Harvard University
* Graduate Fellowship, University of British Columbia (awarded two years in a row)
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