Re-bonjour tout le monde/Hello again ACEAS/CASEA members. In this second newsletter of the new year, I would like to provide the following updates:

• 2009 CASEA/ACEAS CONFERENCE UPDATE: Thanks to Bonnie Stelmach and Matthew Meyer for organizing the review of proposals, and for timetabling this year’s conference. Please see below for more information from Bonnie and Matthew.
• Registration and Accommodation in Ottawa: Register now and receive the “early bird” rate. There are numerous events going on in Ottawa at the same time as CASEA/ACEAS 2009, including the Ottawa Marathon. Members who are attending will want to reserve accommodation ASAP.
• CASEA/ACEAS 2009 BANQUET: Our banquet will be held Monday May 25, 2009 at the LAGO Bar and Grill (www.lagobargrill.com). David Burgessis coordinating the event. Cost is $55 per person. Make cheques payable to Canadian Association for the Study of Educational Administration, and send to our treasurer at: CASEA/ACEAS Banquet, c/o Dr. Dawn Wallin, 62 St. Andrew Rd., Winnipeg, MB R2M 3H6
• CASEA/ACEAS 2009 AWARDS: Merci/thanks to members who nominated colleagues and students for the CASEA/ACEAS 2009 awards. A special thank you to Paul Newton (Margaret Haughey Masters Award), Dawn Wallin (T. B. Greenfield Ph.D. Award), and Ken Brien (Distinguished Service Award) for chairing and organizing the adjudication of these awards. Merci/thanks to CASEA/ACEAS members who volunteered to serve on these committees. All award recipients will be recognized at the CASEA/ACEAS banquet on Monday May 25.As well, the Master’s and Ph.D. award recipients will be announced at the CSSE/SCEE AGM, and the CASEA/ACEAS AGM.
• CASEA/ACEAS 2009 SPECIAL EVENTS: Plan on attending the CASEA/ACEAS “Kick Off” Breakfast (no charge) on Saturday May 23, 2009 at 7:30 am. Location: TBA. Lunch will be provided at the CASEA/ACEAS AGM on Monday May 25. Plan on attending our AGM, where we will discuss current and future initiatives. There will be a CASEA/ACEAS Book Launch Monday May 25 (refreshments provided). If you have a book you would like featured in the book launch, please contact David Young (dyoung@stfx.ca) or Matthew Meyer (mmeyer@stfx.ca). Graduate students, please take note there will be a Graduate Student Seminar as part of the 2009 program. Contact Brenton Faubert (bfaubert@oise.utoronto.ca) or Matthew Meyer (mmeyer@stfx.ca) for information. This year’s program also features an Educational Administration Seminar where the topic will be What constitutes research and evidence in the field of Educational Administration?Contact me, Rosemary Foster (ryfoster@ualberta.ca), or Matthew Meyer (mmeyer@stfx.ca) for more information. Once again, colleagues from BELMAS will make a presentation on the state of the art of educational administration in Britain. Presenters are: Colin Russell (Edinburgh), Trevor Lee (London), and Linda Hammersley-Fletcher (Liverpool). Further details about these special events will be provided in the May newsletter.
• Contact information for Executive Members and Committee Chairs is attached to the end of this newsletter.On veut vous voir à Ottawa! See you all in Ottawa in May!

Rosemary Foster

CASEA/ACEAS CONFERENCE 2009
Greetings from Program Co-Chairs
Thank you again to those who reviewed proposals and/or conversations. We especially appreciate that December is a hectic time to complete reviews, and we commend our colleagues for their commitment to ensuring an excellent program.

As CASEA aims to support the development of junior colleagues, the role of Session Chair was assigned to graduate students as much as possible. We hope the experience will be insightful and rewarding. We encourage all colleagues to review the program for both presentations and chairing when it becomes available.

The 2009 program represents our colleagues from British Columbia to Newfoundland and Labrador, as well as three papers from our BELMAS colleagues. Four bilingual presentations will be delivered. Program composition is as follows:

• 44 paper presentations
• 8 symposia
• 4 panels
• 12 round tables
• 9 conversations
• 2 posters

A bientôt tout le monde!
Bonnie Stelmach and Matthew Meyer

COMITE DES CHERCHEURS FRANCOPHONES: Nouvelles de Claire Lapointe
Tel que décidé à l’Assemblée générale annuelle de 2008, un comité a été formé afin d’encourager la participation des chercheurs francophones à l’ACÉAS./As decided at the 2008 AGM, a committee for the participation of French-speaking scholars has been put together. Members are/ Les membres actuels sont Roseline Garon (Université de Montréal), Claire IsaBelle (Université d’Ottawa), Carolyn Shields (University of Urbana-Champaign) et Claire Lapointe (Université Laval. Le comité aura sa première rencontre lors du Congrès à Ottawa.
Pour ceux qui les auraient manquées dans le dernier bulletin, voici quelques informations sur ce qui se passe en administration de l’éducation au Canada français/For those who missed the last newsletter, here are some major news relating to educational administration in Québec :
Le Ministère de l’éducation, des loisirs et du sport du Québec a adopté en mai dernier un profil des compétences qui devront être visées par les programmes de formation des directions d’établissements scolaires de la province. Ce profil est disponible en français et en anglais à l’adresse web suivante / Last May, the Québec Ministry of Education adopted a professional competencies profile for school principals. University principalship training programs will have to aim at developing these competencies. http://www.mels.gouv.qc.ca/sections/publications/index.asp?page=fiche&id=640