Hosted in partnership with the Canadian Association of School System Administrator and The Learning Partnership. By popular demand, this accessible, virtual learning opportunity for senior educational leaders across Canada will continue to be offered throughout the 2021/2022 school year. The series is built on evidence-based research, problem-based learning, professional publications, and practical strategies for leading. The speakers and topics have been chosen based on feedback and urgently identified leadership priorities and equity is weaved into each session. The series focuses on effective approaches and strategies that can be implemented in a timely manner to optimize support for staff, students and communities served. Each series consists of three modules, 90-minutes in duration, delivered online, in an interactive webinar format. Each module connects and builds on the learning from the previous module. Most sessions will be recorded and provided to all participants within 48 hours via the CMC Leadership online learning platform. Additional resources will be provided. The topics, speakers and dates for section three will be announced in the new year. To learn more, visit: cmcleadership.ca/leadership-for-equity/

1. IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
PRESENTED BY:
LEADERSHIP FOR EQUITY
2021 to 2022 Second Annual Webinar Series
By popular demand, this accessible, virtual learning opportunity for senior educational
leaders across Canada will continue to be offered throughout the 2021/2022 school
year. The series is built on evidence-based research, problem-based learning,
professional publications, and practical strategies for leading. The speakers and topics
have been chosen based on feedback and urgently identified leadership priorities and
equity is weaved into each session. The series focuses on effective approaches and
strategies that can be implemented in a timely manner to optimize support for staff,
students and communities served.
Access to the CMC Leadership online learning platform is included in your registration.

2. PART TWO: District Systems to Support
Equitable and High-Quality Teaching
& Learning
Date: January 25, 2022
Speaker: Meredith I. Honig, Ph.D., Professor,
Education Policy, Organizations & Leadership and
Director, District Leadership Design Lab (DL2),
University of Washington
Deepening Our Understanding of Equity,
Inclusion & Diversity
Date: October 21 at 11:00am EST
Speaker: Dr. Michele Manocchi, Founder & Owner
of Michele Manocchi Organizational Consulting;
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychology at
Western University, London, ON
LEADERSHIP FOR EQUITY
Developing a Quality Leadership
Development Program with a Focus on
Equity
Date: November 18 at 11:00am EST
Speakers: Dr. Kenneth Leithwood, Emeritus
Professor at the University of Toronto, OISE and
Prof. Dr. Philip Hallinger, TSDF Chair Professor of
Leadership and Sustainable Development at the
College of Management, Mahidol University
Understanding Truth & Reconciliation by Kevin
Lamoureux, University of Winnipeg
Effective Presentations - Delivering Your Leadership
Message by Angie Flynn-McIver, communications skills
specialist, certified leadership coach, and theatre
professional.
Managing Change Through Turbulent Times by Peggie
Koenig, President and CEO of Koenig & Associates Inc.
Possible topics and speakers for Module 8 and 9:
Speakers, topics, dates and times for Module 8 and 9 will be
confirmed in January 2022 - stay tuned!
SECTION ONE
SECTION TWO
SECTION THREE
2021 to 2022 Second Annual Webinar Series
Building Diverse & Inclusive
Organizational Culture through
Effective Hiring Practices
Date: December 1 at 11:00am EST
Speaker: Janet Stewart, Founder & Principal
Consultant, EduSelect
Register at
cmcleadership.ca
/leadership-for-equity/
$299 + tax
per section
three (3) webinars
$775 + tax
for the full series
nine (9) webinars
Module 1, 2 and 3 have already been hosted. If you choose to
purchase the full webinar series, you will have access to the
recordings and resources from Section One via the
CMC Leadership online learning platform. To learn more on
those Modules, visit cmcleadership.ca/leadership-for-equity
BONUS MODULE: Peel District School Board’s
Journey Towards Culturally Responsive School
Leadership
Date: November 10 at 11:00am EST
Speakers: Rashmi Swarup, Director of Education; Neerja
Punjabi, Superintendent of Education; Yonnette Dey,
Superintendent of Education and Farah Slimati, Vice Principal

3. Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion. Some definitions and clarifications.
Why we need a Systemic Approach and an Intersectional lens.
What Culture is and how we talk about it.
Why intercultural relationships can be so difficult?
The intrinsic power of our privileges.
What can we do at the individual, organizational, and community levels?
This module has been designed to build on the learnings from Module 3, Culturally
Responsive School Leadership with Dr. Muhammad Khalifa. It will focus more deeply on
understanding that inclusion is a process. It will explore what inclusion means at the
school district level through the lens of leadership. Michele will describe how he
supports organizations and communities in tackling complex social issues such as
equity, diversity, inclusion, racism, systemic discrimination, and implicit bias.
Inclusion is not a goal that we can achieve once and for all, but a process that we want
to experience and, hopefully, enjoy. With this necessary clarification in mind, Michele
will explore what inclusion means at the individual and organizational levels, with a
specific lens on leadership. He will also consider active listening and speaking as crucial
game-changers.
Key areas of focus:
Dr. Michele Manocchi
Founder & Owner of Michele Manocchi Organizational Consulting;
Adjunct Faculty, Department of Psychology at Western University,
London, ON
DEEPENING OUR UNDERSTANDING OF EQUITY,
INCLUSION & DIVERSITY
Date: October 21, 2021
Time: 11:00am EST
WEBINAR
FOUR
SectionTwo
Register at
cmcleadership.ca
/leadership-for-equity/

4. Informed and inspired by the Ministry Review, the Peel District School Board has
embarked on a journey to build capacity for culturally responsive school leadership in
all schools. This shared commitment by school administrative teams, Superintendents
of Education and the Director’s Office, informs our work and our guiding principles as a
school Board.
Dr. M. Khalifa’s book, Culturally Responsive School Leadership, has been the most
influential tool to achieve that goal. His work challenges our leaders to interrogate
leadership behaviours from an anti-oppressive and anti-colonial lens to confront the
disparities in outcomes for Black and Indigenous students. The Peel Board believes that
leadership training and development is the key ingredient to ensure system
transformation for the most underserved students.
The Ministry Review was an extensive audit of our system, and we are accountable to
its Directives. We believe that community-based leadership in all current and future
school leaders is an asset. It leverages the goals, aspirations, and commitments of our
diverse community and positively impacts our programs, policies, and practices. We are
committed to being intentional in our approach to be responsive and critically self-
reflective about our practice as it relates to race. In Peel, this journey begins with our
Parent Advocacy Groups, Trustees, committed leaders like Rashmi Swarup (Director of
Education), Neerja Punjabi (SOE), Yonnette Dey (SOE) and Farah Slimati (VP).
PEEL DISTRICT SCHOOL BOARD’S
JOURNEY TOWARDS CULTURALLY RESPONSIVE
SCHOOL LEADERSHIP
Date: November 10, 2021
Time: 11:00am EST
BONUS
WEBINAR
Section Two
Register at
cmcleadership.ca
/leadership-for-equity/
Rashmi Swarup, Director of Education
Neerja Punjabi, Superintendent of Education
Yonnette Dey, Superintendent of Education
Farah Slimati, Vice Principal
Speakers:

5. Evidence shows that nothing a district can do to improve equitable outcomes for its
students is more powerful than improving the capacities and dispositions of its school-
level leaders. Based on the most recent research, this session will identify the
characteristics of effective approaches to leadership development with special
attention to those capacities school leaders need to improve equitable outcomes for
students.
This module will focus on the components of a quality leadership development program
that school districts can consider when building the capacity of their leadership teams.
Specifics examples shared in this session will focus on the behaviors, practices and
specialized professional knowledge potentially needed to be successful as an
educational leader and processes that will assist districts in the acquisition of
leadership skills.
Date: November 18, 2021
Time: 11:00am EST
WEBINAR
FIVE
Section Two
Register at
cmcleadership.ca
/leadership-for-equity/
DEVELOPING A QUALITY LEADERSHIP
DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM WITH A FOCUS
ON EQUITY
Dr. Kenneth Leithwood
Emeritus Professor at the University of
Toronto, OISE
Prof. Dr. Philip Hallinger
TSDF Chair Professor of Leadership and
Sustainable Development at the College of
Management, Mahidol University

6. Building and sustaining efforts related to equity to enhance student success requires
attention not only to programs and policies, but also our workforce. As leaders, if we are
serious about equity to benefit students, we must also build and sustain a diverse and
inclusive workplace where all employees feel they belong. An important starting place
is examining human resource practices and how we hire. This critical step in an
employment relationship – the entryway to the future generation of workers – needs to
be considered if leaders are serious about equity. In this session, current human
resource issues related to diversity, equity and inclusion will be discussed, and relevant
research will be examined. The benefits of committing to this important work will be
deliberated, as will the many ways unconscious bias impact human resource decision-
making processes. Finally, several current, relevant, and specific employee recruitment,
selection and retention strategies will be presented.
Janet has held a variety of senior and executive leadership roles within the British
Columbia K-12 sector and recently founded EduSelect Services, a K-12 consultancy
focused on supporting school districts across Canada with human resource practices.
Her book, Hiring Well: Building Strong Selection Practices in K-12 was published in April
2021.
BUILDING DIVERSE & INCLUSIVE
ORGANIZATIONAL CULTURE THROUGH
EFFECTIVE HIRING PRACTICES
Janet Stewart
Founder & Principal Consultant, EduSelect
Date: December 1, 2021
Time: 11:00am EST
WEBINAR
SIX
Section Two
Register at
cmcleadership.ca
/leadership-for-equity/

7. For more information, email:
Catherine McCullough, CMC Leadership
catherine@cmcleadership.ca
OR
Register today at:
cmcleadership.ca/leadership-for-equity/
Your registration also includes access to the CMC Leadership online learning platform
that includes access to the webinar recordings, presentations, additional resources
and discussion questions for further application in your School District.
IN PARTNERSHIP WITH:
PRESENTED BY: