uLead2026 - The Summit of Educational Leadership: Full Schedule

This is the Sched site for the uLead 2026.

Welcome to uLead 2026. We are thrilled you will be joining us at the Fairmont Banff Springs Hotel for our annual school leadership conference hosted by the Council for School Leadership of The Alberta Teachers’ Association.

If you have any questions during the event, we will have uLead team members throughout the venue wearing red and black plaid. The registration desk will also have our team available throughout the conference. This table can be found just outside of the Van Horne Ballroom, where all of our keynote presentations are taking place.

If you need a digital map of the facilities, you can click here

In order for our team to best determine room allocations for breakout sessions would ask that delegates log in (top right corner of this page) and select sessions that they are interested in attending.

Finally, if you are interested in earning University credits for attending uLead, please visit the uLead website

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2:45pm MDT

Lead in the Water: 5+1 Strategies for Leaders in Difficult Times

Sunday April 19, 2026 2:45pm - 3:45pm MDT

Baron Shaughnessy Room (Conference Centre)

If you spend your days wrestling with an uncertain future on behalf of someone else, you're already leading. And if we're honest, you're probably doing it while trying to keep your own head above water. In this session, we'll name the truth of leadership in times marked by conflict, crisis, and complexity. We'll explore practical, sustainable ways to care for ourselves and the people we serve. And together, we'll sketch a roadmap for building communities that don't just make it through the storm â€” but learn how to move, breathe, and even thrive in the water.

Speakers

Brian Miller

MS Principal, Great Falls School District

Brian T. Miller is a middle school principal, writer, and co-host of the Schurtz & Ties Podcast. He's known for his honest reflections on leadership, culture, and the everyday work of helping teachers and students thrive.

Sunday April 19, 2026 2:45pm - 3:45pm MDT
Baron Shaughnessy Room (Conference Centre)

School Culture

4:00pm MDT

Embedding Human Rights and Equity into Leadership

Sunday April 19, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm MDT

Baron Shaughnessy Room (Conference Centre)

Leadership is about decision making. This session will be focused around the phrase 'centering the needs of the under-represented and under-served' and will examine who school leaders centre in decision making and how school leaders can navigate the challenges of honouring human rights, competing human rights and facing resistance.

Speakers

Irfan Toor

Social Justice and Anti-Oppression Advisor, Ontario Principals' Council

Irfan Toor (he/him) has been an educator for over 30 years in many different roles and locations. Irfan has spent time as a teaching assistant, a classroom teacher, a school based Vice-Principal and Principal and also as a system based Principal. He is currently the Social Justice... Read More →

ULead (Apr 2026) Centering Human Rights pdf

Sunday April 19, 2026 4:00pm - 5:00pm MDT
Baron Shaughnessy Room (Conference Centre)

DEHR

uLead2026 - The Summit of Educational Leadership

2:45pm MDT

Brian Miller

4:00pm MDT

Irfan Toor

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