About the Centre


Dr. Paul T. Begley


The OISE/UT Centre for the Study of Values and Leadership

Paul Begley, Professor and Centre Head
OISE / UT Department of Theory and Policy Studies in Education

The OISE Centre for the Study of Values and Leadership was established in June 1996.  The Centre is devoted to the support, promotion and dissemination of theory and research on values and leadership.  Paul Begley serves as Centre Head.  Other OISE/UT faculty associated with this centre include:  Elizabeth Campbell, Associate Professor;  Ken Leithwood, Professor & Head of the Centre for Leadership Development; and Jim Ryan, Professor and Ed.D. Program Coordinator.  Several members of faculty from other Canadian Universities have established ties with the OISE Centre.  These include Christopher Hodgkinson, Professor Emeritus at the University of Victoria, Keith Walker, Professor at the University of Saskatchewan, and Pauline Leonard also at the Univerisity of Saskatchewan.


UCEA Affiliation
Since its establishment in 1996, this centre has affiliated with several other university centres sharing a commitment to the study of values.  Most noteworthy is the joint participation of the OISE Centre for the Study of Values and Leadership with the University of Virginia in the establishment of a University Council for Educational Administration (UCEA) recognized program centre.  As of July 10, 1996, faculty associated with the OISE Values Centre have officially joined with faculty from the Curry School of Education, University of Virginia to form the UCEA Program Center for the Study of Leadership and Ethics in Educational Administration.  The University of Virginia faculty who have joined with the OISE / UT people identified above to form this include:  Margaret Grogan, Associate Professor & Co-Director of the UCEA Program Center;  Eric Bredo, Professor;  Daniel Duke, Professor;  Herbert Richards, Professor


Local Research Associates of the Centre
Consistent with its mandate the Centre has attracted a number of students who have become research associates.  The Centre supports their research work in modest ways through travel subsidies and access to other centre resources.   These individuals include: Katrina Gleue (Mississauga), Zephania Matanga (Zimbabwe), Cyril Coombs (St. John), Sharon Bolger (Mississauga), Clay Lafleur (Toronto), Laura Slater (Mississauga), Jill Johnson (Guelph), Lenore Duquette (Mississauga), Tony Normore (Labrador), Jan Varner (Waterloo), Dina Dalia (Brant Haldimand Norfolk Catholic), and Stuart Critchley (Newfoundland).


International Research Associates
In addition to the UCEA Program Centre affiliation, links have been established with several other universities whose representatives have been designated as international associates of the OISE / UT Centre.  These include:   Olof Johansson, Professor & Head of the Centre for Principal Development at Umea University (Sweden);  Glenda Campbell-Evans, Head of School,  Faculty of Education at Edith Cowan University, Western Australia; Gabriele Lakomski, Professor at the University of Melbourne; Pauline Leonard, Assistant Professor at the University of Saskatchewan; Dr. Kevin Roche, Queensland, Australia;  Allan Walker, Associate Professor at the Chinese University of Hong Kong;  Lejf Moos, Royal Danish School of Education; and John Collard, Lecturer at the University of Canberra.


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