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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.

Annual Conference

2026 CATE KEYNOTE SPEAKER

June 2, 2026
3:00 – 4:15pm
2W16 Convovation Hall
Dr. Thomas Falkenberg

Thomas Falkenberg is a professor of education at the University of Manitoba. He is the editor of the Handbook of Canadian Research in Initial Teacher Education (2015) and the editor or co-editor of a number of other books, including Well-Being and Well-Becoming in Schools (2024). In his current research, he is focused on human flourishing as a core purpose of formal education and on the role that contemplative, holistic, and integrative approaches to education can play in addressing this core purpose. More details about his work can be gleaned from http://thomasfalkenberg.ca.


Annual general meeting 2025

Click here to consult our previous keynote speakers (2024 to 2015).