About us

The Canadian Association for Teacher Education (CATE) promotes dialogue on teacher education, research and collaboration in this field across Canada. CATE is a constituent association of the Canadian Society for the Study of Education.

Our mission

 
CATE/ACFE - Leyton Schnellert
 
President /2022-2024
Leyton Schnellert
University of British Columbia
leyton.schnellert@ubc.ca
 
 
Past President /2022-2024
Cathryn Smith
Brandon University
smithc@brandonu.ca
 
 
Vice-President/ Program Chair  /2022-2024
Sheryl MacMath
Fraser Valley
Sheryl.MacMath@ufv.ca
 
 
Secretary-Treasurer / 2022-2024
Julia Rheaume
Red Deer College
julia.rheaume@rdc.ab.ca
 
 
Communications Director / 2023-2025
Alexandre Mesquita
Université de Sherbrooke
Alexandre.Alves.Mesquita@usherbrooke.ca
 
 
Communications Director / 2022-2024
Caroline Riches
McGill
caroline.riches@mcgill.ca
 
 
Member-at-Large /2022-2024
Mandeep Kaur Gabhi
Queen’s University
m.gabhi@queensu.ca
 
 
Member-at-Large /2022-2024
Philippa Parks
Université de Sherbrooke
Philippa.Parks@USherbrooke.ca
 
 
Membre francophone / 2023-2025
Mimi Masson
Université de Sherbrooke
mimi.masson@usherbrooke.ca
 
 
Student representative / 2022-2024
Sarah Ouellette
OISE/ Toronto
sarah.ouellette@mail.utoronto.ca
 
 
Student representative / 2023-2025
Sasha Nandlal
University of PEI
svnandlal@upei.ca
 

COMMITTEE representatives

Canadian Journal of Education Rep: Dr. Michael Fairbrother, St Francis Xavier, (2023-2025),

mfairbro@stfx.ca

CSSE New Scholar Committee: Dr. Jodi Nickel, Mount Royal University, (2022-2024), jnickel@mtroyal.ca
CATE Award for Contributions to Teacher Education Research Committee: Dr. Avril Aiken, Bishops’ University (2023-2025), aaitken@UBishops.ca; Michele Jacobsen, University of Calgary, (2022-2024), dmjacobs@ucalgary.ca; Linda Radford, University of Ottawa , (2023-2025), lradford@uottawa.ca

 

See the CATE Executive Duties for a list of the duties relating to each executive position.