is currently an instructor in the School of Business at the British Columbia Institute of Technology. She spent five years teaching at a local college in the United Arab Emirates where she learned the personal and social benefits, not to mention the joy, of work life balance.

She is focusing on the creation of a model for increasing work life balance that will:

• foster discussion about the importance of work life balance
• assist individuals and groups to identify ways to increase work life balance
• increase the opportunity for individuals to become more involved in their communities

Her starting point is to conduct appreciative interviews with colleagues, students, graduates and their employers to learn how they define work life balance. In the course of the interviews she will identify techniques that individuals use and support systems that enable them to take part in the activities in their lives that are important to them. She will also determine how the interviewees contribute to their community when they have balance in their lives.

Bonnie sees work life balance one of the pivot points for social change. Her observation is that when people have time outside of their work and home duties, they become involved in their communities, contributing in their areas of interest and expertise, building a stronger, more caring community. This contribution often extends beyond their local community to the national and international community leading to large scale social change. Creating a model that can be used by individuals, educational institutes and business to increase work life balance has the potential to create an avenue for increasing positive social change.