Max has served in a leadership role with the Canadian Education Association/EdCan Network since 2007, and as its CEO since 2017. With the support of the Board of Directors and Advisory Council, Max propels EdCan’s strategic areas of action, which are focused on the research, knowledge mobilization, convening and professional learning required to enhance educators’ capacity to explore and respond to public education’s emerging systemic opportunities and challenges. In doing so, Max is responsible for the effective management of EdCan’s operations, revenue diversification, partnerships and communications to achieve the ultimate impact of heightening every students’ well-being and opportunities for meaningful learning to help them discover their purpose and path in life.
Max occupe un rôle de leadership au sein de l’Association canadienne d’éducation / Réseau EdCan depuis 2007 et à titre de PDG depuis 2017. Avec le soutien du conseil d’administration et du conseil consultatif, Max propulse les domaines d’action stratégiques d’EdCan qui sont axés sur les la recherche, la mobilisation des connaissances, la mobilisation et l’apprentissage professionnel sont nécessaires pour renforcer la capacité des éducateurs à explorer et à répondre aux opportunités et aux défis systémiques émergents de l’éducation publique. Max est responsable de la gestion efficace des opérations d’EdCan, de la diversification des revenus, des partenariats et des communications afin d’obtenir un impact et rehausser le bien-être de chaque élève et les possibilités d’apprentissage significatif pour les aider à découvrir leur but et leur chemin dans la vie.
Newly elected separatist PQ government hits the ground running by proposing controversial policy shifts in private school subsidies, eliminating early English-as-a-second-language classes, and adding a more sovereignty-focused history curriculum.
Education-related controversies persist with parents requesting pre-approval of sensitive subjects taught to their children and the increasingly divisive teacher labour disruption.
The annual throng of September education media articles includes the ongoing tenuous teacher labour negotiations in Ontario and B.C., updates on cyberbullying prevention, and heaps of advice to parents.
Plus groundbreaking anti-bullying and copyright legislation, and heated Ontario teacher labour negotiations keep media focus on education during the traditional summer downtime
A teacher suspended for giving students zeros touches off an emotional and polarizing discussion among educators and the public about no-zero policies.
An in-depth series from the Hamilton Spectator explores tough choices that must be made – and the implications on families and neighbourhoods – when 11,000 empty student spaces pile up in an urban centre.
From inclusion programs in New Brunswick referred to as ‘extreme’ to contentious school closures and new cyberbulling laws in Nova Scotia, there’s lots of education news from the East Coast.
No end in sight for the ongoing tensions between the Ministry of Education and the B.C. Teachers’ Union. Elsewhere, test score rankings and real estate companies make for a cozy relationship.
An Alberta school reform plan, the launch of Toronto boutique schools, cutting New Brunswick school board, and the cost of minority language education are lightning rods for debate among stakeholders and the public.
Over the last month, the education media have highlighted some serious issues and shortcomings in our public education systems, while shedding some light on what innovation looks like in the classroom.
CEA’s Focus on Equity Campaign will share diverse perspectives to advance our thinking on the challenge of ensuring that all learners have equitable opportunities
With children denied the right to bring their hard balls to school, parents question how far we will go to protect our children on the playground. Meanwhile, a landmark decision to open Toronto’s first Africentric high school gains approval.
Cyberbullying and teen suicide, abolition of Quebec school boards, failing our First Nations students, confronting the persistent dropout issue, and continued B.C. teacher labour unrest have made headlines in recent weeks.
Angst-filled consultation awaits a province still bruised by the great 2008 immersion debate. For some, the upcoming task force headed by two former education ministers comes too little too late.
Toronto District School Board mulls rewards for at-risk students; freshly sworn in Alberta Premier Redford makes funding cut reversal for substantial teacher rehiring; and the Ontario College of Teachers faces a scandal that leaves Ontarians slack-jawed.
Much ado in Ontario, as startling fundraising inequities are uncovered between schools in rich and poor Toronto neighbourhoods, while EQAO province wide testing results and ETFO election ads are released.
A barrage of quality coverage on classrooms, teaching, and equity issues compete for space alongside updates on the B.C. teacher labour dispute and education policy promises from the Ontario campaign trail.
Advice on curbing back-to-school anxiety, homework meltdowns, and paying for school essentials, except in B.C., where a high-stakes labour dispute is ready to unfold.
As back-to-school time approaches, the growing parental demand for niche market programs reflects a desire for their children to be more engaged in school.
The difficult issues that play out for muslim prayer space in Toronto and for religious education in Morinville Alberta are balanced by inspiring stories of parental and community engagement.
A busy week of education media focusing on the fallout from Ministerial education budget cuts in several provinces, a case for year round schooling, and language learning in Nunavut.
Education media uncovers rising tension facing Catholic schools that are directed by Ministries to help schools fight homophobia while seeking to uphold the Vatican’s stand against gay sex.
L’initiative Bien dans mon travail du Réseau ÉdCan aide les intervenants* scolaires du primaire et du secondaire à relever les défis sans précédents du retour à l’école.
En précipitant l'enseignement de l'alphabet au préscolaire, le ministère de l'Éducation, du Loisir et du Sport (MELS) et la Centrale des syndicats du Québec (CSQ) vont empêcher les enfants d'apprendre à leur rythme, craignent les enseignants du préscolaire.
Le plus important regroupement d'enseignants au Québec s'oppose à la décision du gouvernement d'imposer l'apprentissage intensif de l'anglais à tous les élèves de sixième année, estimant que cette mesure va compromettre la réussite des enfants dans les autres matières.
La campagne Mettre l’accent sur l’équité de l’ACE diffusera plusieurs perspectives afin de faire progresser notre réflexion sur le défi de veiller à ce que tous les apprenants disposent de possibilités équitables.
Enseignants, directeurs et étudiants en enseignement des quatre coins du Québec se sont donné rendez-vous à l’école primaire Wilfrid-Bastien, le 1er novembre, pour assister à un événement d’envergure internationale : le premier camp pédagogique (EdCamp) francophone.
Le nombre de jeunes qui terminent leur cours secondaire avant l'âge de 20 ans a connu une augmentation modeste depuis l'an dernier, a annoncé mercredi la ministre de l'Éducation du Québec, Line Beauchamp.
