Jessica Rutherford

Animate Experience

In November 2025, Dr Alan Price and I hosted a webinar to share our presentation from the recent CanFASD Research Conference in Toronto, Canada. The open invitation ensured a relaxed atmosphere, free from time constraints where we could share our… Read More »Phase 1 Recap Webinar

Survivor, a short film inspired by the book Hatchet, by students in British Columbia, Canada 24/25 Romans, inspired by the invasion of Britain, by students in North East England 24/25 Anglo Saxons, inspired by the invasion of Britain, by students… Read More »The Animation Curriculum’s first Student Films!

Last Month I attended the 9th International Research Conference on Adolescents and Adults with Fetal Alcohol Spectrum Disorders, the “Vancouver Conference” (from pre pandemic times) now hosted by FASD UNITED South of the border in Seattle. Firstly, I need to… Read More »The “Vancouver Conference” in Seattle!

As you can see, The Animation Curriculum’s logo is a larger circle, made up of seven, smaller, connecting circles. These seven smaller circles represent the seven modules of the curriculum and the path students follow to complete the curriculum. You… Read More »Let’s look at our logo

As the first blog post since launching my site, I wanted to introduce myself. My name is Jessica Rutherford, originally an animator and film maker, then (and still) researcher, yoga teacher and mother of two. This unlikely mix of roles… Read More »hello, and welcome!