The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, 27th Governor General, Commander-in-Chief of Canada |
Natasha Henry-Dixon
Brooke Campbell is the program coordinator for youth and education at Canada’s History Society, a national charitable organization that seeks to inspire and encourage all Canadians to engage more deeply with their country’s past. She supports the organization’s education and recognition programs, including the Governor General’s History Awards and Heritage Fairs. She also coordinates educational content, resources, and lesson plans for the Canada’s History Society website.
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Nat Paul (Canadian Civil Liberties Education Trust) is the Director of Education for the CCLA. He holds a Master of Arts in Sociology of Education and a B.Ed in Inner City Education from the University of Toronto. Nat has spent over a decade supporting teachers and community groups by developing and delivering resources, programs and professional development related to law and social justice.
Kathy M. Robinson is Professor of Music Education at the University of Alberta where she teaches courses in elementary musics, world musics and culturally responsive pedagogy and has directed Umculo! Kimberley, a professional development program for inservice teachers featuring immersion in Kimberley and Galeshewe, South Africa. She has studied Ghanaian drumming and dance in Legon, Ghana, children’s songs and choral music in South Africa, Chinese traditional music at Liaocheng University in Shandong province, China and holds Orff Schulwerk certification from the University of St. Thomas, MN. Dr. Robinson has led more than 100 presentations focusing on world musics and Canada’s Black Music History for elementary classroom and music teachers and choral directors throughout the United States, Canada, the Netherlands, Germany, Malaysia, China, the Republic of South Africa and Australia.
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Warren Woytuck (Director, The Critical Thinking Consortium (TC2)): With more than 25 years of experience as K-12 educator and elementary and junior high school principal, Warren’s diverse professional background also includes leadership experience in government and not-for-profit organizations. In addition to co-leading the development of the 2005 provincial high school social studies curriculum, he has led the development of numerous TC² teaching and learning resources. He is the recipient of the Alberta Teachers’ Association Social Studies Council Award of Excellence and the Royal Roads University Leadership Award. When not crafting artisanal questions, Warren can be found on the nearest mountain biking trails or searching for a great latte.
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Sana Waseem is an award-winning education professional with over 13 years of experience in multiple settings. She currently works as a grade 9 teacher for CBE, and serves on many provincial and local ATA committees including the ATN. Sana’s dedication to promoting diversity is unwavering. Being a woman of colour who has lived in Africa, Pakistan, and 3 Canadian provinces, Sana understands the often nuanced biases and barriers that exist within different intersectionalities, and she aims to gently address them. When not teaching, Sana spends time with her family and beloved dog, volunteers to promote girls in STEM, reads and publishes books, travels, enjoys nature, and engages in many arts & crafts including but not limited to the art of henna which Sana uses regularly to introduce diversity into different spaces in a fun and healing way.