Catherines, Ontario, where she teaches in the Faculty of Education’s Administration and Leadership in Education program. Following a career as a teacher in the Montessori education system, Catherine has worked with Ontario school boards, the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario, and the Ontario Ministry of Education’s Parent Engagement Office as a researcher and consultant. Catherine’s research interests include school-community relations, family involvement in schooling, schools as communities, educational leadership, values and ethics in education, social justice, professional learning communities, and educational reform. She maintains an active research agenda in these areas, and has presented and published her work regionally, nationally and internationally.