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  • The Canadian Association for Teacher Education

    Strengthening the future of education in Canada through teacher education in research, collaboration, and innovation.

Executive members

COMMITTEE representatives

See the CATE Executive Duties for a list of the duties relating to each executive position.
Sheryl MacMath, president of CATE-ACFE

President

2024-2026
Sheryl MacMath
Fraser Valley
Sheryl dot MacMath at ufv dot ca

Past President

2024-2026
Leyton Schnellert
University of British Columbia
leyton dot schnellert at ubc dot ca

Vice-President/ Program Chair

2024-2026
Philippa Parks
University of Sherbrooke
Philippa dot Parks at USherbrooke dot ca

Secretary-Treasurer

2024-2026
Julia Rheaume
Red Deer College
Julia dot Rheaume at rdpolytech dot ca

Alexandre Mesquita, Communications Director of CATE-ACFE

Communications Director

2023-2025
Alexandre Mesquita
University of Sherbrooke
Alexandre dot Alves dot Mesquita at usherbrooke dot ca

Heather Birch, Communications Director of CATE-ACFE

Communications Director

2024-2026
Heather Birch
Tyndale University
hbirch at tyndale dot ca

Mandeep Kaur Gabhi, Member-at-Large of CATE-ACFE

Member-at-Large

2024-2025
Mandeep Kaur Gabhi
Queen’s University
mandeep dot gabhi at queensu dot ca
Adam Kaszuba, Member-at-Large of CATE-ACFE

Member-at-Large

2024-2026
Adam Kaszuba
University of Ottawa
akasz060 at uottawa dot ca
Mimi Masson, Francophone member of CATE-ACFE

Francophone member

2025-2027
Alexandre Mesquita
University of Sherbrooke
mimi dot masson at usherbrooke dot ca
Dima Zaid-Kilani, Student representative of CATE-ACFE

Student representative

2024-2026
Dima Zaid-Kilani
Carleton
dimazaidkilani at cmail dot carleton dot ca
Sasha Nandlal, Student representative of CATE-ACFE

Student representative

2023-2025
Sasha Nandlal
University of PEI
svnandlal at upei dot ca

CATE Award for Contributions to Teacher Education Research Committee:

2023-2025
Dr. Avril Aiken
Bishops’ University
aaitken@UBishops.ca

2022-2024
Michele Jacobsen
University of Calgary
dmjacobs@ucalgary.ca

2023-2025
Linda Radford
University of Ottawa
lradford@uottawa.ca

2024-2026
Lisa Olding
Trinity Western
Lisa.Olding@twu.ca

Canadian Journal of Education Rep:

2023-2025
Dr. Michael Fairbrother
St Francis Xavier
mfairbro@stfx.ca

CSSE New Scholar Committee:

2024-2026
Dr. Michael Fairbrother
St Francis Xavier
mfairbro@stfx.ca