Proceedings of the 25th Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education

Welcome to the 14th Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education (WCCCE 2009)! Thanks to Simon Fraser University for hosting the Western Canadian Conference on Computing Education for the first time. I would like to thank all members of the WCCCE 2009 Steering Committee, all members of the Conference Committee, all members of the Local Organizing Committee, as well as all authors and panelists, reviewers, session chairs, exhibitors, workshop organizers, sponsors, keynote speakers, and the invited speakers for their constant support in organizing this conference. It was very encouraging to receive a large number of high quality submissions for papers, panel discussions, and workshops from all over Canada, USA, and the rest of the world. The Conference Committee members and the reviewers faced quite a challenge deciding what to accept/reject for presentation. It gives me a lot of pleasure that we will be joined by four speakers of national and international fame. I am sure that all delegates will enjoy the very informative presentations by our two keynote speakers (Dr. Bjarne Stroustrup & Dr. Gary Poole) and two invited speakers (Dr. Yan Xu and Mr. Paul Denny) on Friday and Saturday. Thanks to all speakers, once again! We are delighted that for the first time in the history of this conference, WCCCE will run in cooperation with ACM and SIGCSE. As part of this in cooperation status, the proceedings will be included in the ACM Digital Library.