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Michael Bator has been in the field of Education for 32 years. Currently, Michael is the Chief Executive Officer/Director of Education for the Dufferin-Peel Catholic District School Board, which is located west of the City of Toronto, Canada. The Board educates approximately 90,000 students in 140 school sites throughout the region. Among the broad range of programs designed to meet the diversity of the area and student needs, the Board fosters international linkages and student work experience.

Michael was born in Toronto. He was raised in a family of eight boys. Michael attended elementary schools in Dufferin-Peel and his secondary education was completed within the region. He attended and graduated from St. Michael’s College at the University of Toronto and the University of Caen in Normandy, France. He received his Masters Degree in Education from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto. He is married and has three children.

He is particularly interested in the promotion of the Arts and the integrated use of Technology in our classrooms, as well as volunteerism within our communities. Michael believes that our local community must tap into the richness of the diversity with which we have been blessed and ensure that our students become global citizens, sensitive to the needs of the international community with a commitment to servant leadership. Michael believes strongly in the translation of personal belief statements into practice. Leadership is not exclusive, it is rather invitational and inclusive, available and accessible at every level in the organization. He believes that leaders have an obligation to demonstrate exemplary practice throughout the organization and the communities in which they live.

Local, national and international activities have included:

• Vice Chair, International Partnership Network
• Co-Chair, National Council on Education, Conference Board of Canada
• Regional Director, Canadian Forces Liaison Council
• Board of Directors, The Learning Partnership, Toronto
• Executive Committee, World Youth Day 2002, Archdiocese of Toronto
• Economic Development Advisory Committee, City of Mississauga
• Principal’s Advisory Committee, University of Toronto, Mississauga
• Chair, Healthy City Stewardship Centre, City of Mississauga
• United Way Peel, Campaign Cabinet

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