PROFESSIONAL EXPERIENCE
● Invited & Visiting Professor, Master of Education program, Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa
● Director of Education (CEO) & Secretary of the Board, Ottawa-Carleton District School Board
● Director of Education (CEO) & Secretary-Treasurer, Avon Maitland District School Board
● Assistant Director of Education; Superintendent, Ottawa Board of Education
● Joint Coordinator Local Education Improvement Committee (Ministry of Education mandate, served as senior official designing merger of Ottawa and Carleton boards of education)
● Sessional Lecturer, Master of Education program, Faculty of Education, University of Saskatchewan
● Head of Adult Education; Principal of Continuing Education; Head of Science; Teacher (chemistry and mathematics), Bathurst Heights Secondary School, North York Board of Education
RELATED EXPERIENCE & COMMUNITY INVOLVEMENT
● President and Chairman of the Board, Ottawa-Carleton Education Network Inc. (OCENET) (Recruitment, ESL instruction and academic preparation of foreign students, recruitment and training for foreign teachers and school administrators)
● President, Foundation for Enriching Education Perth Huron
● Treasurer, Ottawa-Carleton School Day Nursery Inc.
● President, Ontario Association of Adult and Continuing Education School Board Administrators (CESBA)
● Branch President (3 times elected), Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation
● Board of Directors, Tamir Foundation (serving disabled adults)
● Board of Directors, Ottawa Student Transportation Authority
● Executive Committee, Council of Ontario Directors of Education (CODE)
● Steering Committee, Ontario Institute for Education Leadership
● Board of Directors, OCRI (Ottawa Centre for Research and Innovation)
● Board of Directors, City of Ottawa Crime Prevention Board
● Steering Committee, Roots of Empathy Ottawa-Carleton
● Board of Directors, Education Foundation of Ottawa
● Council of Partners for Success by Six
● Board of Directors, Stratford General Hospital
● Board of Directors, Hillel Lodge (Seniors Residence)
AWARDS
● Lifetime Achievement Award, Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization (OCISO)
● Excellence in Education Award, by Avon Maitland District School Board and District 8 OSSTF
● Inscribed in the Anti-Slavery Society of Canada Record of Honour by J’nikira Dinqinesh Education Centre and Ottawa-Carleton Police Service for exemplary efforts in creating and implementing the Ottawa Board of Education’s anti-racism and ethnocultural equity education policy
● Ontario Association for Continuing Education Honourable Mention Award for Writing Excellence in the field of Adult and Continuing Education
PUBLICATIONS
● “All students deserve a chance”, Ottawa Citizen, Thursday, 7 May 2009 p A15
●”The top 10 things I expect from my communications professional”, Education Today vol.18 (Summer 2006) pp 32-33
●”The ‘degree’ of instructor education and child outcomes in junior kindergarten: A comparison of certificated teachers and early childhood educators”, Coplan, R.J.; Wichmann, C.; Lagace-Seguin, D.; Rachlis, L.M. and McVey, M.K., Journal of Research in Childhood Education, vol. 14 (1999) pp 78-90.
● "Educating for work", The Canadian School Executive, vol.12 (March 1993) pp 8-21
●"Child-centred education and alternative schools in Ottawa", The Canadian School Executive vol.11 (February 1992) pp.19-22 and (March 1992) pp 7-9
● "Administration of adult basic education programs" in Draper, J. and Taylor, M.C., Adult Literacy Perspectives, Culture Concepts Inc. (1989) pp 399-406
● "From second-class citizens to third-class citizens? The effect of Bill 30 on continuing education students in Ontario", Orbit vol.17 (October 1986) pp 18-20
● "Many adults are going back to school", CEA Newsletter no.349 (March 1983) p 5
● "Adult students in our schools", Orbit Vol.14 (April 1983) pp 16-18
● "Where you can't tell teachers from students", OSSTF Forum vol.9 (April/May 1983) pp 81-82
● "Adult students in our schools", Education Canada, vol.23 (Summer 1983) pp 16-21
● "Addressing the needs of returning adult students", The Clearing House vol.54 (April 1981) pp 376-378
