Laurie Anderson is the Executive Director of SFU Vancouver and an Adjunct Professor in SFU’s Faculty of Education. Laurie has been actively involved with SFU’s Centre for Dialogue since 2012, both as a facilitator and as the Centre’s acting Executive Director. Previously, Laurie spent 30 years in the K-12 system in Coquitlam and Vancouver, serving in every educational role for teacher to superintendent. Laurie’s work in leadership development has taken him from Penticton to Phnom Penh, from Kowloon to Kelowna, and from Surrey to Santiago. Laurie has supported the implementation of the principles of imaginative education in many schools, has taught in the Imaginative Leadership MEd program, written about the power of imagination in leadership, and co-developed and teaches in the SFU’s MEd in Contemplative Inquiry and Approaches to Education. Laurie is a denizen of SFU, having completed his BEd, PDP, MA and PhD there.
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