Day 1 - Monday, August 11, 2025
3:30 - 6:15 p.m. Registration
4:00 - 5:30 p.m. ILA Pre-Conference Event
Attention ILA Alumni and ILA Current Participants!
Are you eager to reconnect and network with like-minded educational leaders from across the province? Do you miss the rich dialogue and meaningful connections that came with your ILA experience?
Join us for the ILA Birds of a Feather pre-conference session!
This special session is exclusively for ILA Alumni and current ILA participants, offering a unique opportunity to gather, collaborate, and discuss key issues aligned with the main conference agenda. You'll have the chance to choose from predetermined topics or create new ones that are important to you.
Let’s come together to share insights, tackle common challenges, and continue to grow as educational leaders. We look forward to seeing you there!
This session includes a light supper and is FREE for ILA Alumni!
6:30 p.m.
Stephanie Isenor-Ryan, Outgoing Executive Director of ELCNS & Conference Chair (Welcome)
Michelle Marshall-Johnson & Nevin Jackson, Diversity & Equity Specialists, ELCNS (Land & People Acknowledgements)
Amy Hunt, Chair of Board of Directors, PSAANS (Welcome and Introduction of Keynote Speaker)
6:45 p.m.
Tyler Hayden, CSP, HoF, Professional Speaker and Innovative Team-Builder
7:45 p.m. - 9:45 p.m.
Musical Entertainment provided by: Sandy Bottom Duo - An acoustic duo with good times in mind. serving up classic harmony favs, and sprinkling 70s, 80s, and 90s love
Hot & Cold Appetizers will be served
Cash Bar will be available
Informal Chat & Conversation time
Day 2 - Tuesday, August 12, 2025
Product, Publication, and Service Display (Main Hallway)
8:45 a.m.
Tim Simony, Executive Director of PSAANS (Welcome and Land Acknowledgement)
Michelle Marshall-Johnson, Diversity & Equity Specialist, ELCNS (Group Smudge)
Nevin Jackson, Diversity & Equity Specialist, ELCNS (People Acknowledgement)
Tracey Barbrick, Deputy Minister of Education and Early Childhood Development
Patrick Murphy, ELCNS Board of Directors (Welcome & Introduction of Keynote Speaker)
9:15 a.m.
Presenter - Dane Jensen, CEO, Third Factor, Acclaimed Speaker, Instructor at Queen's University and the University of North Carolina, and regular contributor to Harvard Business Review, and author of "The Power of Pressure"
10:30 a.m. Nutrition Break and Device Check
11:00 a.m. Concurrent Sessions - Leadership Stream
Park Centre AB: Dane Jensen
Title: Building Resilience: Explore the Why, What & How of Resilience
Commodore A: Annie Baert, Andrew Coates & Alicia Nolan, Department of Education and Early
Childhood Development, with virtual guests from New Brunswick (department staff and school administrators)
Title: Safe Schools
Commodore B: Rejean Willis, PhD
Title: Beyond the Books: Cultivating a Village of Care
Commodore C: Dr. Ashley Margeson, ND
Title: Beyond Burnout: Building Capacity for Sustainable Leadership in Education
Concurrent Sessions - Communication Stream
Burnside A: Trevor Floyd & Jeff Brennan
Title: Stakeholder Engagement During Times of Outrage, Distrust and Misinformation
Burnside B: Sean Lewis & Ashley MacMillan
Title: Delivering Effective and Engaging Presentations
Brownlow: Tyler Cameron & Ben Wishart
Title: Media Relations in the Age of Digital Communications
Banook: Robert Newcombe & Alexandra Theroux
Title: Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Challenges for Education
12:15 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 p.m. Concurrent Sessions - Leadership Stream
Park Centre AB: Rod Francis & Beth MacInnis
Title: Mi'kmaw Ways of Being & Knowing and Wholistic Educational Success
Commodore A: Elizabeth Harvey, PhD
Title: Parlons tempérament : la création d'une communauté d'apprenants pour soutenir le développement de compétences sociales et émotionnelles FRENCH SESSION
Commodore B: Glenn Thompson
Title: Building a Sense of Community Through a Relational Approach
Commodore C: Dr. Ashley Margeson, ND
Title: Beyond Burnout: Building Capacity for Sustainable Leadership in Education
Concurrent Sessions - Communication Stream
Burnside A: Trevor Floyd & Jeff Brennan
Title: Stakeholder Engagement During Times of Outrage, Distrust and Misinformation
Burnside B: Sean Lewis & Ashley MacMillan
Title: Delivering Effective and Engaging Presentations
Brownlow: Tyler Cameron & Ben Wishart
Title: Media Relations in the Age of Digital Communications
Banook: Robert Newcombe & Alexandra Theroux
Title: Artificial Intelligence: Opportunities and Challenges for Education
2:15 p.m. Break
2:30 p.m. Closing Keynote (Park Centre AB):
Title: Assessing Race Based Trauma: Harms and Exposures to ANS Youth
Lana MacLean - Director of Community Health and Mental Health, North End Community Health Centre, Halifax, NS
3:30 p.m. Closing Remarks/Thank You/Door Prizes/Conference Feedback Form
Stephanie Isenor-Ryan, Outgoing Executive Director of ELCNS and Conference Chair
3:45 p.m. Departure