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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10:30am MDT

Leading for Wellbeing: School Leadership that Sustains Staff and Students

Tuesday April 21, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am MDT

Van Horne Ballroom (Conference Centre)

How can school leaders make mental health a shared condition for learning, rather than an add-on initiative? Drawing on recent Alberta pilots and whole-school cases, this session examines how leadership practices can protect staff wellbeing, integrate mental health supports into pedagogy, and sustain student outcomes. We will share concrete strategies such as embedding short daily regulation routines, protecting collaboration time, using light-touch data for improvement, and learning from implementation missteps. Participants will leave with practical guidance to strengthen both adult and student wellbeing in their own contexts.

Speakers

Stephen MacGregor

Assistant Professor | Director, Experiential Learning, University of Calgary

Dr. Stephen MacGregor is an Assistant Professor at the University of Calgary's Werklund School of Education, where he works closely with schools and communities to strengthen leadership and teaching practice. His research focuses on how educators and leaders can work together to share... Read More →

Nyasha Nyereyemhuka

Assistant Professor, University of Calgary

Dr. Nyasha Nyereyemhuka is an Assistant Professor of K-12 School leadership and governance at the Werklund School of Education. Dr. Nyereyemhuka joined Werklund as a previous SSHRC Postdoctoral Fellow from Queen's University's Faculty of Education. Her writing employs qualitative... Read More →

Tuesday April 21, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am MDT
Van Horne Ballroom (Conference Centre)

Wellness

10:30am MDT

Towards Flourishing: School Leadership in a Complex World

Tuesday April 21, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am MDT

New Brunswick Room (Main Building)

School leadership is at once a highly rewarding and highly challenging career. As school leaders, our work enhances the lives of each learner, educator and family in our school community. At the same time, it can feel as if we are navigating a never-ending set of demands and expectations. Drawing on the job demands â€“ resources model, this session weaves together current research and practice, highlighting effective strategies school leaders use to support their own wellbeing and to foster flourishing school communities.

Speakers

Kathleen Lane

Kathleen Lane is the Executive Director for the EdCan Network. Kathleen studied population health before earning her Master of Business Administration from the University of British Columbia, where her research focused on how the university learning environment affects student mental... Read More →

Tuesday April 21, 2026 10:30am - 11:30am MDT
New Brunswick Room (Main Building)

Wellness

uLead2026 - The Summit of Educational Leadership

10:30am MDT

Stephen MacGregor

Nyasha Nyereyemhuka

10:30am MDT

Kathleen Lane

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