Keynote & Speakers
Joseph Boyden
Canadian novelist, short story writer and teacher of creative writing. His first novel, Three Day Road won the First Novel Award and the Rogers Writers' trust Fiction Prize. His second novel, Through Black Spruce, won the 2008 Giller Prize, and his third book, The Orenda was named the winner of the 2014 edition of Canada Reads.
Born in 1966 in Willowdale, Ontario Joseph Boyden is of Irish, Scottish and Métis descent and currently resides in both Louisiana and Ontario. He teaches creative writing at the University of New Orleans and frequently travels back to Ontario to spend time with his family. Boyden attended the Jesuit-run Brebeuf College School in Toronto while growing up. Afterwards he worked on his creative writing degree at both York University and at the University of New Orleans. He has spent time teaching in the Aboriginal Student Program at Northern College.
Canadian novelist, short story writer and teacher of creative writing. His first novel, Three Day Road won the First Novel Award and the Rogers Writers' trust Fiction Prize. His second novel, Through Black Spruce, won the 2008 Giller Prize, and his third book, The Orenda was named the winner of the 2014 edition of Canada Reads.
Born in 1966 in Willowdale, Ontario Joseph Boyden is of Irish, Scottish and Métis descent and currently resides in both Louisiana and Ontario. He teaches creative writing at the University of New Orleans and frequently travels back to Ontario to spend time with his family. Boyden attended the Jesuit-run Brebeuf College School in Toronto while growing up. Afterwards he worked on his creative writing degree at both York University and at the University of New Orleans. He has spent time teaching in the Aboriginal Student Program at Northern College.
Anne-Marie Kee
Anne-Marie is the Executive Director of Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS), a community of independent schools that pursue continuous improvement and innovation. CAIS schools meet National Standards by choosing to undergo a reflective and collaborative accreditation process that focuses on all areas of programs and operations.
She completed a B.A. in English, a B.Ed. and an M.Ed. from Queen’s University in Kingston; her Additional Qualifications include Special Education, Design & Technology and Principals Qualifications. She taught for the Lennox and Addington School Board for six years before moving to Montreal. In 2006, she became Executive Director of the CESI where she initiated the National Tracking Project, co-authored the National Technology Project: A Report on Effective Practice and lead the organization through a national collaborative review of the standards and procedures of accreditation, which eventually lead to recognition by the NAIS International Commission of Accreditation and the Association of Accrediting Agencies of Canada.
Anne-Marie is the Executive Director of Canadian Accredited Independent Schools (CAIS), a community of independent schools that pursue continuous improvement and innovation. CAIS schools meet National Standards by choosing to undergo a reflective and collaborative accreditation process that focuses on all areas of programs and operations.
She completed a B.A. in English, a B.Ed. and an M.Ed. from Queen’s University in Kingston; her Additional Qualifications include Special Education, Design & Technology and Principals Qualifications. She taught for the Lennox and Addington School Board for six years before moving to Montreal. In 2006, she became Executive Director of the CESI where she initiated the National Tracking Project, co-authored the National Technology Project: A Report on Effective Practice and lead the organization through a national collaborative review of the standards and procedures of accreditation, which eventually lead to recognition by the NAIS International Commission of Accreditation and the Association of Accrediting Agencies of Canada.
John Leroux
Architect, artist and art historian John Leroux takes a holistic view of his profession, seeing beyond buildings themselves into the cultural, intellectual and physical landscapes to which they contribute. Born in Fredericton, Leroux graduated from the McGill School of Architecture in 1994 and completed a Masters degree in Canadian Art History at Concordia University in 2002. Over the past two decades, he has worked at several award-winning architecture firms in Toronto, Atlanta and Fredericton. In 2012 he was a team member whose work was selected to represent Canada at the prestigious Venice Biennale in Architecture in Venice, Italy.
He has won many awards for architectural and public art projects throughout Canada, he has worked on set design for Theatre New Brunswick, and has taught at UNB, St. Thomas University and the New Brunswick College of Craft & Design. John has been honoured with grants and awards from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, the New Brunswick Arts Board, and the City of Toronto Public Art Commission. In 2008 he curated and designed the landmark exhibition “Building New Brunswick” at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.
Architect, artist and art historian John Leroux takes a holistic view of his profession, seeing beyond buildings themselves into the cultural, intellectual and physical landscapes to which they contribute. Born in Fredericton, Leroux graduated from the McGill School of Architecture in 1994 and completed a Masters degree in Canadian Art History at Concordia University in 2002. Over the past two decades, he has worked at several award-winning architecture firms in Toronto, Atlanta and Fredericton. In 2012 he was a team member whose work was selected to represent Canada at the prestigious Venice Biennale in Architecture in Venice, Italy.
He has won many awards for architectural and public art projects throughout Canada, he has worked on set design for Theatre New Brunswick, and has taught at UNB, St. Thomas University and the New Brunswick College of Craft & Design. John has been honoured with grants and awards from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Royal Architectural Institute of Canada, the New Brunswick Arts Board, and the City of Toronto Public Art Commission. In 2008 he curated and designed the landmark exhibition “Building New Brunswick” at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery.
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