For more information about this event, please contact 778.782.8120, or visit the Summer Institute 2009 web site.
These lectures are orchestrated in such a way as to provide for dialogue between speakers, a dialogue that will extend to involve institute participants. Each of the four days are structured to provide an opportunity for participants to hear, respond to, and share ideas with three scholar practitioners. Each keynote will address sub themes of the main conference theme as follows:
Opening Keynote: Leading Change in Education: The Maori University
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Dr. Graham Smith is currently the CEO of Te Whare Wananga o Awanuiarangi in Whakatane, New Zealand. A prominent Maori educationalist, Dr. Smith has been at the forefront of numerous Maori initiatives in the education field and beyond. His recent academic work has centered on developing theoretically informed transformative intervention strategies in Maori cultural, political, social, educational and economic crises. Dr. Smith is actively involved in the development of Tribal Universities. He is the former Pro Vice Chancellor (Maori) at the University of Auckland where, under his leadership, the Maori University structure was established. Dr. Smith has made significant contributions to the social and cultural advancement of indigenous Maori communities. He has also worked extensively with other Indigenous/ First Nation’s peoples across the world.
Dr. Smith is no stranger to British Columbia having worked at UBC as the Universitas 21st Distinguished Professor in Education. |
Educational Change: Bridging Theory and Practice
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Dr. Charles Ungerleider is Director of Research and Knowledge Mobilization, for the Canadian Council on Learning. The Council is an independent, not-for-profit organization established to improve the quality and availability of information about learning for all Canadians.
Dr. Ungerleider, one of Canada’s best known and most highly respected researchers in the field of learning and education, has taken a leave of absence from the University of British Columbia where he is a professor of the sociology of education to work with the Council to provide leadership in developing and applying research on learning.
From 1998 until 2001, Dr. Ungerleider served as Deputy Minister of Education for the Province of British Columbia. Prior to assuming responsibility as Deputy Minister, Dr. Ungerleider was Associate Dean for Teacher Education (1993-1998) at the University of British Columbia. |
Practitioner Leadership
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Yrsa Jensen is a Director of Programs for the British Columbia Educational Leadership Council. She has over 30 years experience in the administration of schools and school district programs.
Ms. Jensen was seconded to the Ministry of Education to develop and administer programs on Assessment for Learning, Assessment Literacy, Professional Learning Communities and Supervising for Learning. In her current role with BCELC, Ms. Jensen is responsible for the Provincial Leadership Seminar Series for newly appointed principals and vice principals. She is also responsible for the Provincial Assessment for Literacy Webcasting series. Ms. Jensen earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Simon Fraser University.
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Transformational Leadership
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Dr. Micha Popper holds a BA from the Hebrew University in Jerusalem and an MA and PhD in Organizational Psychology from Tel-Aviv University, Israel. He was head of the Organizational Psychology Program at the University of Haifa Israel and the founder and director of the Center for Outstanding Leadership in Zikhron Yaakov, Israel.
Dr. Popper was a scholar of the US Army Research Institute (ARI), a consultant to organizations in Israel, Singapore and Europe and a visiting professor at Simon Fraser University and the University of Western Ontario.
Dr. Popper’s research and consulting concern leadership development, the dynamics of leader-follower relationships and organizational learning. He has authored five books on leadership, a book on organizational learning and numerous articles in leading academic and applied journals. |
Promoting and Nurturing Best Practice: Teacher as Researcher
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Dr. Cynthia Lewis is currently an Adjunct Professor in the Faculty of Education, Simon Fraser University. Cynthia enjoyed a rich career in the British Columbia Education System. She was a Principal and Vice Principal with the North Vancouver School District, a Director of Instruction and Area Superintendent responsible for District Programs with the Surrey School District, and Coordinator, French In-service Education, with SFU.
Dr. Lewis continues to be called upon to conduct and coordinate research in BC in areas related to school effectiveness, school improvement and teacher leadership. She is an alumnus of SFU, having completed her PhD and Master of Arts in Language Education and Professional Learning in the Faculty of Education.
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