Session 1 Featured Research Presentation (Ballroom A/B)

• Positive Leadership for Flourishing in Schools – Sabre Cherkowski (BC), Keith Walker (SK), Benjamin Kutsyuruba, Rebecca Stroud Stasel, Nadia Arghash (ON)

Session 2 Workshop (Ballroom A/B)

• Using Positive Psychology to Create Cultural Change for Flourishing Schools– Lisa Sansom (ON)

Session 3.1 Research Presentations and Discussions (Ballroom A/B)

• Understanding “Well-Being” and Implications for School Education – Thomas Falkenberg (MB)
• Purpose and Agency in a Child’s School Life: Well-Being and Inquiry in Nature – Michael Link (MB)
• Using collaborative approaches to program evaluation to promote positive leadership in schools – Chantal Labonté (AB), Michelle Searle (ON), Lori Kirkpatrick; Rachael Smyth; Matthew Drabenstott (ON)

Session 3.2 Research Presentations and Discussions (Gibraltar)

• Weetutoskemitowin: Working Together for Sustainable Schools – Pamela Osmond-Johnson (SK)
• People Before Policy: Engaging in Educational Change with Relationships in Mind – Lisa Starr, Joseph Levitan, Blane Harvey (QC)
• Knowing Kids Makes a Huge Difference: Advancing a Conceptual Framework for Positive Principal-Student Relationships – Jamie Kudlats (NC)
• Growing Community One Play at a Time: How an Experimental Theatre Project led to Flourishing – Rebecca Stroud Stasel (ON)

Session 4 Featured Research Presentation (Ballroom A/B)

• Exploring the Sense of Flourishing among Outstanding Principals in Canada – Terry Kharyati (QC), Benjamin Kutsyuruba, Rebecca Stroud Stasel, John Bosica, Nadia Arghash (ON)

Session 5.1 Research Presentations and Discussions (Ballroom A/B)

• Can Being a Mentor-Coach Increase Experienced Teachers’ Wellbeing? – Trista Hollweck (QC)
• Lessons from Leaders: A Decade of Flourishing in Winnipeg School Division’s Teacher Induction and Mentorship Program – Jennifer Watt, Francine Morin, Gail Ruta Fontaine, Kathy Collis (MB)
• Building Confidence through Connection: The Work of Ontario Elementary Principals in Supporting Early Career Teachers – Jenny Gonyou-Brown (ON)

Session 5.2 Research Presentations and Discussions (Gibraltar)

• Exploring and Responding to Workplace Burnout and Well-being in Higher Education – Klodiana Kolomitro (ON)
• Foreign Language Education and Personal Competencies – A Road for Developing Emotional Wellness in Higher Education Students – Roberto Jiménez (FL)
• Relational/Positive Leadership: Discovering Doctoral Supervisors’ Effective Approach, Which Can Influence Student’s Well-being and Performance Positively – Maha Al Makhamreh (ON)
• From Popular Theory to Practical Pedagogy: How Well Do Brené Brown’s Theories of Courageous Leadership Hold Up When Viewed through the Lens of Adult Education, International Education and Online Education? – Jessica Della-Latta, Karen Burkett (ON)

Session 6.1 Research Presentations and Discussions (Ballroom A/B)

• Positive District Leadership for Flourishing Schools – Jennifer Turner (BC), Jim Brandon, Meadow Schroeder (AB)
• Adult Education and a Culture of Care – Lorraine Godden, Sandy Youmans (ON)
• Evidence of Leader Learning: Examining Empirical Data from a Cross-District and Community Infused Project Designed to Promote Student Mental Health and Wellbeing – Matthew Drabenstott (ON), Rachael Smyth; Michelle Searle (ON), Lori Kirkpatrick, Chantal
  Labonte (AB)
• Co-creative Leadership: Be A Wise Catalyst – Connie Taylor (ON)

Session 6.2 Wellbeing of School Administrators: Leader Panel and Conversation Session (Gibraltar)

• School Administrator Panel – Carmine Minutillo, Deborah Thompson, James Murray, Margaret Connelly (ON)

Session 7.1 Roundtable Discussions (Ballroom A/B)

1. Positive Leadership: Principles and Practices for Sustainability in Flourishing Schools – Darcia Roache (SK)
2. A Flourishing First Nation Community School: Findings from the School Review Process – Daryl Morrison (NB)
3. The Resilient Doughnut Model for Post-Secondary Student Leaders – Jodi Basch (ON)
4. It’s Not Just Great, It’s Positively Deviant: A POS Approach to Problem-solving in Research conducted Abroad – Rebecca Stroud Stasel (ON)
5. Conceptualizing Thriving Among Graduate and Professional Students – Heather Coe-Nesbitt, Nadia Arghash, Eleftherios Soleas, Anoushka Mousessian (ON)
6. Promoting Well-Being at Schools through a Compassion-Based Framework – Raghad Ebied (ON)

Session 7.2 *Optional: Overview of the Proposed Edited Book on “Positive Leadership for Flourishing Schools” (Gibraltar)

• This session is for potential contributors of chapters in the upcoming edited volume.