in education, Vol. 30, Number
1, Winter 2025
Author Biographies
Adeola
S. Amos
is currently pursuing a Master’s degree in Teaching,
Learning, and Leadership at the Faculty of Education, University of Regina. She
previously earned a Master’s in Innovation in Teaching and Learning from the
University of South Wales, where her research focused on the effective use of
Information and Communication Technology (ICT) in teaching English Language in
Nigeria. At the University of Regina, her current research explores leadership
roles and critical education policies in early childhood education. Adeola also
serves as a supervisor at an early learning center, where she is actively
engaged in understanding and enhancing leadership practices within early education
settings.
Marcella
R. J. Bollers
was born in Toronto and is of African Guyanese descent. She lived part of her
early childhood in Regent Park which historically has been a racialized
under-resourced community in Toronto undergone gentrification. After her
family experienced a racist attack, she later moved to the east end of what is
now known as the Upper Beaches. In 2023 she graduated with her Master of Social
Work from the Factor-Inwentash Faculty of Social Work
at the University of Toronto where she specialized in Social Justice and
Diversity.
Will Burton is a lecturer in social and environmental education
at the University of Winnipeg. He spent a decade as a classroom teacher and
school leader at the Early and Senior Years level in Winnipeg, working in
traditional and alternative programs, predominately advocating for and
practicing project-based learning approaches to teaching and learning. He
remains involved in the K-12 system, most recently through action research
projects. Will’s research is currently focused on place-based education theory
and practice, climate change education in the kindergarten to post-secondary
system in Manitoba. Will is currently a PhD candidate in Educational Studies at
Lakehead University.
Dr.
Ardavan Eizadirad
(@DrEizadirad) is an Assistant
Professor in the Faculty of Education at Wilfrid Laurier University. He is the author
of Decolonizing
Educational Assessment: Ontario Elementary Students and the EQAO (2019) and
co-editor of The Power of Oral
Culture in Education: Theorizing Proverbs, Idioms, and Folklore Tales (2023 with Dr.
Njoki Wane), and Enacting
Anti-racism and Activist Pedagogies in Teacher Education: Canadian Perspectives (2023 with Drs.
Zuhra Abawi & Andrew Campbell). Dr. Eizadirad is also the founder and
Director of EDIcation Consulting (www.EDIcation.org), offering
equity, diversity, and inclusion training to organizations.
Maria Fjærestad holds a master’s degree in mathematics education from
Oslo Metropolitan University. She is currently a schoolteacher in Moss, Norway.
Her professional interests focus on integrating digital tools to enhance the
teaching and learning of mathematics. In particular, she is interested in
exploring how digital tools can be used effectively in the classroom to deepen
students’ understanding and cultivate their sense of achievement. Through her
research, she also seeks to inspire other teachers to recognize the relevance
of mathematics in an increasingly digital world.
Michael Link is an associate professor in the Faculty of
Education at the University of Winnipeg. His research explores nature-based
approaches that support student well-being and the transition to a just and
sustainable future. Prior to his service as a teacher educator and researcher,
Mike taught for 13 years in elementary schools in Abbotsford and Surrey,
British Columbia.
Jane
P. Preston
is a middle school teacher in Canada, Taiwan, and Kuwait, and an Associate
Professor at the University of Prince Edward Island, Canada. Currently, she is
an Adjunct Professor at the University of Prince Edward Island. Her research
topics include educational leadership, Indigenous issues, parent involvement in
schools, rural education, and international education. Primarily specializing
in qualitative research, she commonly uses research designs such as case study,
phenomenology, and narrative inquiry. Jane can be reached at jpreston@upei.ca.
Dr. Donna H. Swapp is an Assistant Professor, Educational Leadership, at the
Faculty of Education, University of Regina. Her
research interests and teaching are in the areas of school leadership,
including the work and wellbeing of school leaders, critical education policy
analysis, social justice leadership, and decolonizing educational leadership.
Donna draws on postcolonial, decolonial, and other critical frameworks in her
scholarship, including in her latest research project exploring the work and
wellbeing of Black school leaders in Canada, Grenada, and Jamaica, funded by
the Spencer Foundation.
Constantinos Xenofontos is a professor of mathematics education at Oslo
Metropolitan University in Norway. He has previously held academic positions in
the UK and Cyprus. His research focuses on the sociocultural and sociopolitical
dimensions of mathematics education, with particular attention to mathematics
teachers at various school levels and career stages. Specifically, he
investigates how cultural, social, and political factors shape teachers’
beliefs and knowledge, influencing their mathematical practices. Additionally,
his work explores the mathematical identities of learners from traditionally
marginalized groups.