Dates & Times
Friday, October 18, 2024 | 4:30PM – 8PM (dinner provided)
Saturday, October 19, 2024 | 9AM – 1PM (breakfast and snacks provided)
Registration Fee: $275 CAD/person
Location
UBC Vancouver Campus
Robert H Lee Alumni Centre | Jack Poole Hall – 2nd Floor | Map
6163 University Boulevard
Vancouver, BC V6T 1Z1
UBC is very accessible by car, transit and bicycle. The closest parking to the Robert H Lee Alumni Centre is the University Boulevard Lot.
If you are coming from out of town and require accommodation, you may want to consider staying on UBC Campus. You can contact UBC accommodations directly for bookings.
Event Program
*To be confirmed
Hosts
Niels Nielsen
(TELP 16-17), Principal, SD 37 Delta
Niels Nielsen has been learning and working in the Delta School District for over 40 years, 18 years as student and 25 years as an educator. Niels is currently the Principal at McCloskey Elementary School in North Delta. Niels finished both his Bachelors and Masters at SFU; he has background in both Education and History. In 2016-17 Niels was part of the second Transformative Educational Leadership Program (TELP) cohort. As a leader Niels is passionate about creating and fostering a positive school culture that allows all learners and educators to flourish.
John Mann
(TELP 16-17), Principal, SD 37 Delta
John Mann has been a teacher and educational leader for 22 years. John taught in the Coquitlam School District and is currently a Principal in the Delta School District. John earned his Bachelor of Education with a focus on Self-Regulated Learning and his Master in Educational Leadership with a focus on Social Justice at the University of British Columbia. He has also completed the Transformative Education Leadership Program (TELP) at UBC.
John is passionate about enhancing student outcomes by shifting school culture to embrace inclusion and equity through connections and community.
Land Acknowledgement
Dr. Lynne Tomlinson
(TELP 15-16), Assistant Dean, Innovation & Strategic Initiatives, UBC Faculty of Education
Dr. Lynne Tomlinson was appointed Assistant Dean, Innovation and Strategic Initiatives on July 1, 2024. Dr. Tomlinson has served as a teacher, coordinator, principal, and district leader in BC public schools. As a regional leader for the Networks of Inquiry and Indigenous Education (NOIIE), she works with educational leadership teams both provincially and internationally to support school and district networks. As Assistant Dean, Dr. Tomlinson coordinates infrastructure support for credit and non-credit programs. She works closely with the Learning Design & Digital Innovation (LDDI) team to support innovative teaching practices in the Faculty of Education and supports the planning, marketing, and implementation of new professional development programs. Dr. Tomlinson’s research focused on developing comprehensive Indigenous education programs through meso-level leadership to promote Indigenous student success. She is passionate about improving the life chances of all students.
Keynote Speakers
Dr. Sofia Noori
Assistant Professor, UBC Faculty of Education
Dr. Sofia Noori became an Assistant Professor at UBC’s Faculty of Education, Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy, here in K’emk’emeláy̓ in 2022. She completed her PhD in 2020. Before coming to UBC, Dr. Noori taught classes ranging from K-12, college courses, undergraduate classes, and professional teacher training courses across the Greater Tkarón:to Area. She received the prestigious President’s University-Wide Teaching Award at York University in 2021.
Dr. Noori’s research and writing focuses on how refugee youth navigate schooling systems, in the aftermath of living in civil unrest or war, migration, transitory states, or refugee camps, and resettlement. Her work is informed by postcolonial theory and developmental psychology. She is working with educators from across the country to develop resources, materials, and strategies to help meet the academic and psychosocial needs of newcomer students from war zones.
Her recent publications are “Decolonizing Forced Displacement” in a UBC press peer reviewed book collection of refugee stories entitled Geographies of the Heart and “From a Shattered Self to an Integrated Self: Analysing Autobiographies of People who Experienced Refugee Situations” in Citizenship Education Research Journal.
Dr. Noori currently teaches preservice teachers two courses: “Biology Methods of Teaching” and “Refugee Education.” Her course “Contemporary Research in Critical Refugee Education” is offered to graduate students.
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Drs. Judy Halbert & Linda Kaser
TELP and NOIIE | Designs for Belonging
Dr. Judy Halbert and Dr. Linda Kaser lead the Transformative Educational Leadership Program at the University of British Columbia. They are deeply committed to achieving equity and quality for all learners and to networking for innovation and improvement across systems. They are the co-authors of Leading through spirals of inquiry for equity and quality (2022), The Spiral Playbook (2017), Spirals of Inquiry (2013), Leadership Mindsets: Innovation and Learning in the Transformation of Schools (2009) and with Helen Timperley, A Framework for Transforming Learning in Schools: Innovation and the Spiral of Inquiry (2014).
TELP Alum Presentations
Jo Chrona, (TELP 2020-21), Educational Consultant
Jo Chrona is a speaker, education consultant, Indigenous education advocate, and author of Wayi Wah! Indigenous Pedagogies: An Act for Reconciliation and Anti-Racist Education (2022). Jo is Ganhada (Raven) of Waap (House) K’oom of the Kitsumkalum First Nation, a Ts’msyen community in British Columbia, and also has European ancestry. She currently lives on Salt Spring Island, traditional territories of the W̱SÁNEĆ (Tsawout) and Quw’utsun.
Jo’s professional experience includes over 25 years teaching in both the K-12 and post-secondary systems in BC, working as a Policy Analyst and Curriculum Manager for the First Nations Education Steering Committee (FNESC), an Advisor to the BC Ministry of Education, and a Faculty Associate in Simon Fraser University’s (SFU) Teacher Education Program.
Jo has also been involved in curriculum development and resource writing, professional learning through inquiry networks, and Indigenous education. She participated in various aspects of educational transformation in BC’s K-12 system and development of Indigenous education policies, as well as managed and contributed to the development of authentic Indigenous teacher resource guides.
Jo has a Bachelor of Arts from SFU, a Diploma in Education and Master’s Degree in Educational Technology from the University of British Columbia (UBC), and completed UBC’s Transformative Educational Leadership Program (TELP). She maintains her BC Teacher Certification.
In between consulting and providing professional learning sessions that focus on the intersections of Indigenous and anti-racist education, how Indigenous-informed pedagogies create stronger educational experiences for all, and how high-expectations relationships can help move us forward, she is currently examining the connections between the First Peoples Principles of Learning, equity, and assessment.
Deena Kotak Buckley and Riley McMitchell, (TELP 2023-24), SD39 Vancouver
Deena Kotak Buckley lives and works on the ancestral and unceded lands of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwxwú7mesh Úxwumixw (Squamish Nation) & səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh Nation). She started her career in education in 1995 and has served as a Teacher, Vice-Principal, Principal, District Principal and Director of Instruction for public education, in Surrey, Vancouver and Hong Kong. She has been on multiple district and ministry committees in support of inclusive education and anti-racism. She completed her undergraduate degrees in French and French as a Second Language and has a Diploma and Masters degree in Inclusive Education; focusing on inclusion and the law. Deena recently completed a Doctorate in Education looking at building human-centered organizations based on the ethic of community, principles of co-design and grassroots methodology. Deena hopes to bring her personal and professional experience to this program and co-learn through a framework of cultural humility.
Riley McMitchell currently serves as an elementary school Principal with the Vancouver School Board. He is passionate about the holistic growth of students through nurturing caring communities. Prior to formal school leadership, Riley was a curriculum coordinator, mentor teacher, and elementary teacher. He is passionate about professional learning and loves helping to innovate learning communities through creativity and collaboration. Riley has presented across Canada and the United States on instructional leadership and equity for LGBTQ2+ communities. He is a former board member of BC Learning Forward and a recent graduate of the Transformative Education Leadership Program at UBC. He is currently serving as the Director of Leadership and Learning for the Vancouver Elementary Principals and Vice-Principal’s Association.
Lys Parades, (TELP 2023-24), SD36 Surrey
I am a Chilean Mestiza woman, mother, and partner. I have been an educator for 23 years in Surrey, and past President of the Surrey Principals and Vice Principals association. I continue my work on the SPVPA executive as an Elementary Principals Director. Proud Principal at Edgewood elementary. Always listening, learning, unlearning. I value building relationships with students, families and staff and developing professional networks that work to move us forward in our equity work. I am grateful for the community of BIPOC leaders that give me support as I learn from our shared experiences. I was part of the 9th cohort of TELP, where I learned to embrace the “say yes to opportunity” philosophy and expanded my network of partners in education. I am currently in the first year of my Doctorate of Education (Diversity, Equity, and Social Justice) through Western University.
Activities
- Time to connect between and across cohorts
- Presentations from TELP colleagues (more information to come)
- Social time to meet again, or meet in person for the first time!