CAFE
ACÉFÉ
Executive Officers of the Board
President
Dr. Jonathan Aniuk
Jonathan Anuik is an Associate Professor in the Educational Policies Studies Department in the Faculty of Education at the University of Alberta. A long standing member of CAFE and its SIG CHEA, he has acted in the very
challenging role of Second Vice President (Programme Chair) position for the past few years. Each of these years, a face-to-face conference was supposed to be held in Alberta (2021) and in Montreal (2022), only to have it pivot to an on-line venue.
First Vice-President - Chair of Awards
Dr. Sandra Kouritzin
Sandra Kouritzin is is a Distinguished Professor in the Department of Curriculum, Teaching and Learning of the Faculty of Education at the University of Manitoba. A longstanding member of CAFE, she has held a few positions on the executive committee in the last few years: First as a CJE representative, then as the Secretary-Treasurer since 2019.
Second Vice-President - Program Chair
Dr. Jeannie Kerr
Jeannie Kerr is an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education at Simon Fraser University, and co-Editor of the Canadian Journal of Education (CJE). She is a long-standing member of CAFE and has previously been the CAFE representative on the Board of Consulting Editors for CJE, and for the past four years has held the First Vice-President (chair of awards) position. She is currently responsible for the Program for CAFE at CSSE - the first in-person conference in three years. She is a member of the executive of the CAFE SIG Canadian Association of Sociology of Education and co-Program Chair for that growing SIG.
Secretary - Treasurer
Dr. Gemma Porter
Gemma Porter is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Saint Thomas University. She is currently serving as Secretary-Treasurer of CAFE as well as Recruitment and Outreach Officer, and is also President of the Canadian History of Education Association.
Past President
Dr. Lynn Lemisko
Lynn Lemisko is a professor in the Department of Educational Foundations in the College of Education at the University of Saskatchewan. Her teaching experience includes seven years of work in Alberta public school systems where she taught students in grades four through nine, and many years of teaching post-secondary students courses in Canadian and European history, trends and issues in curriculum development, social studies curriculum and instruction and the history of education. Her research interests include investigations into issues in teacher education (past and present), social studies & citizenship education, and the history of education.
Members of the Board
CJE Editorial Board Representative
Dr. Michelle Forrest
Michelle Forrest is a professor in the Faculty of Education at Mount Saint Vincent University, she has been one of the
association’s longest supporters, and CJE representative since 2015. Note: For the past five years there have been two different positions on the CJE. This year, CAFE is amalgamating these into one representative position.
Member at Large (Special Events)
Dr. Paul W. Bennett
Paul W. Bennett is Founding Director of Schoolhouse Consulting and Adjunct Professor of Education, Saint Mary's University, Halifax, NS. A charter member of researchED UK since 2015, he chaired the first Canadian researchED conference, Nov 10-11, 2017 at Trinity College, University of Toronto. He is also an Education Services Consultant with CAIS, Canadian Accredited Independent Schools.
Member at Large (Communications)
Recruitment & Outreach Officer
Dr Gemma Porter
Gemma Porter is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Saint Thomas University. She is currently serving as Secretary-Treasurer of CAFE as well as Recruitment and Outreach Officer, and is also President of the Canadian History of Education Association.
Special Interest Group (SIG) Chairs
CHEA President
Dr. Gemma Porter
Gemma Porter is an Assistant Professor in the School of Education at Saint Thomas University. She is currently serving as Secretary-Treasurer of CAFE as well as Recruitment and Outreach Officer, and is also President of the Canadian History of Education Association.
CPES Chair
Dr. David Waddington
David I. Waddington is a Professor in the Department of Education at Concordia University who specializes in the philosophy of education. Current research foci include teacher free speech, video games and citizenship, philosophical questions in science and technology education, and the history and philosophy of progressive education (esp. John Dewey).
CASE Chair
Dr. Alana Butler
Dr. Alana Butler is an Assistant Professor in the Faculty of Education at Queen’s University. Her research interests include the academic achievement of low-socio economic students, race and schooling, equity and inclusion, and multicultural education. Her teaching and publications engage with critical social theories, Black feminist theories, and decolonial theories.
Emerging Scholars Committee
(vacant)