President and Executive Director
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Jeff Maharaj, President - July 1, 2025 - June 30, 2026 |
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Jeff Maharaj has been a secondary school administrator with the Durham District School Board since 2007, most recently as the centrally assigned System Lead for Equitable Education, Family of Schools and School Operations. Throughout his career, he has been a strong advocate for vice-principals and principals. He has held several leadership roles within OPC Durham including President and Secondary Terms and Conditions Representative.
At the provincial level, Jeff has served as both a Provincial Councillor and an Executive Member for six years. He is honoured and excited to serve as provincial president in 2025–2026. Jeff believes that Ontario’s principals and vice-principals have a powerful collective voice. He sees the role of the OPC as working collaboratively with Members to organize and amplify that voice in support of school leaders across the province. |
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Nadine Trépanier-Bisson, Executive Director |
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Nadine Trépanier-Bisson is the Executive Director of the OPC. She is committed to high quality public education for all students, and research-based practical professional learning for school and system leaders. Nadine has been an educator for over 25 years. She has served as Executive Director for l’Association des directions et directions adjointes des écoles franco-ontariennes (ADFO), developing working relationships with many partner education organizations in Canada and internationally, and had been a system and elementary principal in the French language sector. She served as the OPC’s Director of Professional Learning for three years. Committed to evidence-based strategies for learning, leadership and conflict management, Nadine values collaboration and relationships. She continues to focus her efforts on building capacity within the OPC and among school leaders to create anti-colonial and anti-oppressive environments. As Executive Director, Nadine shifts her focus to include management of the OPC’s operations including International School Leadership (ISL), collaboration with our stakeholders on matters of common interest, advocating for high quality public education and working with the affiliated organization, Principal Association Projects (a service partner with the Ministry of Education providing high-quality professional development to Ontario’s principals and vice-principals). As a bilingual lifelong learner, Nadine holds an Executive Certificate in Alternate Dispute Resolution, is a certified Technology of Participation Facilitator and completed her Doctorate of Education (EdD) in the area of International Education in 2022. |
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