Global educator Dr. Avis Glaze

Posted on Jul 12, 2016
 
Tsawwassen resident, Dr. Avis Glaze, who founded EDU-QUEST INTERNATIONAL INC., has been recognized internationally as one of Canada's outstanding educators. From classroom teacher to Superintendent of Education in Ontario, this award winning educator has experience at all levels of the K-12 education system and at the college/university level. She has won numerous awards for her contributions to education.
 
Dr. Avis Glaze:
  • one of five commissioners on the Ontario Royal Commission on Learning, making recommendations that contributed to the Ontario school system;
  • Ontario's first Chief Student Achievement officer and Founding CEO of the Literacy and Numeracy Secretariat;
  • appointed Adviser to the Minister of Education in New Zealand on national standards;
  • Adviser to Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne;
  • written books and articles on education works with educators around the world, consulting in some 40 countries  and states;
  • received the Robert Owen Award, the first of its kind offered in Scotland;
  • invited to Norway last November by Queen Sonya to address the issue of "Can schools build better societies?"