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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.
President (on leave)
2024-2026Sheryl MacMath
Fraser Valley
Sheryl dot MacMath at ufv dot ca
Past President (serving as Co-Acting President)
2024-2026Leyton Schnellert
University of British Columbia
leyton dot schnellert at ubc dot ca
Vice-President/Program Chair (serving as Co-Acting President)
2024-2026Philippa Parks
University of Sherbrooke
Philippa dot Parks at USherbrooke dot ca
Secretary-Treasurer
2024-2026Julia Rheaume
Red Deer College
Julia dot Rheaume at rdpolytech dot ca
Communications Director
2025-2027Michael Fairbrother
Saint Francis Xavier University
Mfairbro at stfx dot ca
Communications Director
2024-2026Heather Birch
Tyndale University
hbirch at tyndale dot ca
Member-at-Large
2024-2026Adam Kaszuba
University of Ottawa
akasz060 at uottawa dot ca
Member-at-Large
2025-2027Joanie Crandall
UNBC
Joanie dot Crandall at unbca dot ca
Francophone member
2025-2027Alexandre Mesquita
University of Sherbrooke
Alexandre dot Alves dot mesquita at usherbrooke dot ca
Co-Program Chair
2025-2026Mandeep Kaur Gabhi
Queens
m dot gabhi at queensu dot ca
Student representative
2024-2026Dima Zaid-Kilani
Carleton
dimazaidkilani at cmail dot carleton dot ca
Student representative
2025-2027Bonnie Mitchell
McGill University
bonnie dot mitchell at mail dot mcgill dot ca
CATE Award for Contributions to Teacher Education Research Committee:
Lisa Olding
2024-2026
Trinity Western
Lisa dot Olding at twu dot ca
Christie Fraser
2025-2027
TRU
chfraser at tru dot ca
Steven Van Zoost
2025-2027
Acadia
steven dot vanzoost at acadia dot ca
Canadian Journal of Education Rep:
Michael Fairbrother
2025-2027
St Francis Xavier
mfairbro at stfx dot ca
CSSE New Scholar Committee:
Michael Fairbrother2024-2026
St Francis Xavier
mfairbro at stfx dot ca
CATE Conference Program Committee
Sarah Oullette
2024-2026
Toronto
sarah dot ouellette at u dot toronto dot ca
Madeep Kaur Gabhi
2025-2027
Queens
m dot gabhi at queens dot ca
Sarah Oullette
2024-2026
Toronto
sarah dot ouellette at u dot toronto dot ca
Madeep Kaur Gabhi
2025-2027
Queens
m dot gabhi at queens dot ca
