Erika Nelson is an experienced middle and high school teacher and administrator from the East Coast of Canada who has landed at the University of Alberta in pursuit of her PhD in Educational Administration and Leadership. Since beginning doctoral work in 2021, she has instructed in U of A’s BEd program and has also dabbled in the Ministry of Education’s new(ish) Alberta Teaching Profession Commission. As Erika rounds the corner in completing her dissertation, she is more passionate than ever about school leadership. Erika’s research focuses on the impact of parents’ use of social media on the professional identity of principals.

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Jodie Mattia is an experienced educational leader and doctoral candidate at the University of Alberta, specializing in Educational Policy and Leadership. Her research explores how school leaders conceptualize wellbeing and its impact on their roles. As Director of Support Services at Wetaskiwin Regional Public Schools, she oversees social-emotional supports and Indigenous programming. With over 30 years in education—as a principal, vice-principal, and school counsellor—Jodie has shaped policies that support student success and staff wellbeing. A sought-after speaker, she advocates for wellbeing, staff engagement, and systemic change in education.

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In this episode we bring you my conversation with Lee Smith about Moral Distress in Education.

With a few stints back in Canada over the years, Lee has been mostly working in and leading schools internationally since 1996. In Australia, Taiwan, Korea, and China, he has been a Literature and Humanities teacher, curriculum coordinator, vice-principal, and principal. He has been affiliated with Canadian-accredited schools abroad, specifically British Columbia offshore schools, for twelve years. In his current role as Offshore School Representative, Lee acts as the liaison between five BC offshore schools in China and the British Columbia Ministry of Education and Child Care. He started his PhD studies at the University of Alberta in 2019, and is now nearing completion of his dissertation. His doctoral study seeks to understand how fifteen principals of Canadian-accredited schools abroad make sense of morally distressing situations within the context of their own professional identities.

For more information on the study that was conducted in Alberta that referenced Moral Distress in Educational Leaders (Dr. Bonnie Stelmach), please listen to this episode of the uLead Podcast or read the study.

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