Winter 2026

Module 2: Leadership and Organizational Change Perspective
Topic Guest Speaker Role/Board
Leading Student Achievement from a Provincial Perspective Mishaal Surti

Curriculum Assessment and Student Success, Ministry of Education
The Role of the Superintendent in Supporting Student Achievement Erin Atlosaar Superintendent of Education, Toronto District Schoool Board
Labour Relations, Employment Standards Act, Collective Agreements Andrew Gold

Director, OPSBA
Leading and Managing Change Brent MacDonald

Associate Director, Upper Grand District School Board
Equity, Inculsivity and Human Rights  

Karen Murray

System Superintendent: Equity, Toronto District School Board
How SOE Lead and Support Indigenous Education

Dr. Clara Howitt

Matthew Baker

Martine Robinson

Superintendent of Human Resources, Greater Essex County District School Board

Indigenous Lead, Avon-Maitland District School Board

Superintendent of Equitable Education, Durham District School Board
Employee Relations, Investigations, Collective Agreemengs

Sari Taha

Chief Executive Officer, SBCI
Equitable Hiring Practices

Michelle Lawrence

Sam Venneri

Senior Manager, Toronto District School Board

Human Resources Manager, Toronto District School Board

 

Module 4: The System Perspective
Topic Guest Speaker Role/Board

Panel Presentation: The SO Experience

"Leading a Family of Schools While Learning"

 

"Moving to a New School Board"

 

“Relationship Building with Senior Team and Principals”

Kervin White

 

AJ Keene

 

Elizabeth Lau

Superintendent of Education, Peel District School Board

 

Director of Education, Bluewater District School Board

 

Superintendent of Education, York Region District School Board
Building a Vision and Supporting Leadership Through an Equity Lens Matthew Webbe Superintendent of Education, Simcoe County District School Board
Strategic Planning and Implementation

Scott Miller

Dr. Dana Liebermann

Superintendent of Education, Waterloo Region District School Board

Vice-President - Research and Strategy, YMCA
Utilizing Student Census Data

Lynne Hollingshead

 

Soni Gill

Manager of Research, Peel District School Board

 

Superintendent of Education, Peel District School Board
System Leadership in a Northern Ontario School Board    

Flora Love

Michelle Probizanski

Superintendent of Education, Superior-Greenstone District School Board

Superintendent of Education, Lakehead District School Board
Relationships between Trustees and Supervisory Officers

Graham Shantz

Michael Bannerman

 

Director of Education, Avon-Maitland District School Board

Chair, Avon-Maitland District School Board

 
Communications and Media Relations for Superintendents

Christina Choo-Humm

Ryan Bird

Manager-Communications: York Region District School Board

Executive Officer: Community Relations, Toronto District School Board