Robert B. Macmillan, Ph.D. (OISE/UT)
I spent 10 years in the school system of Quebec where I was first a secondary social studies teacher and then a principal at both the elementary and secondary levels. In 1993 after completing my doctorate, I became a professor at St. Francis Xavier University in Nova Scotia where I coordinated the B.Ed. program until 2003. After 10 years in the same position I decided that I needed a change, thus I applied for and was appointed to the Faculty of Education at Western. This change allowed me to expand my research on the principalship, for which I had received a Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada grant. In 2005, I was appointed as Associate Dean and am currently teaching in the B.Ed. and graduate program.
My most recent publications (2005) are “Litigation in special education: From placement to programming” in Education & Law Journal, 15 (1), 31-60; and “The necessity of trust for the school leader” in H. Armstrong’s Examining the Practice of School Administration in Canada. My co-researchers and I are planning a series of papers and articles on the following topics: trust and morale in schools; the vice-principal and succession; and teachers’ experience as a mediator of perspective on administration.
Bob Macmillan appointed as Dean of Education, University of Manitoba
april 1, 2011
Warmest congratulations to Dr. Robert Macmillan, Associate Dean of Graduate Programs and Research, on his appointment as Dean of Education and Full Professor at the University of Manitoba.....Read More »
