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Dr. Phil McRae is Associate Coordinator of Research at the Association and supports the research activities for the profession of teaching in the province of Alberta, Canada; facilitates the strategic planning for the profession of teaching; and liaises with local, national and international research communities on education issues. Phil has worked in many secondary and post-secondary educational contexts while living and teaching in the Middle East (United Arab Emirates), Asia (Japan), Europe (Spain), and in Alberta, Canada with the Lethbridge Public School District and at Red Crow College with the Blood Tribe (Kainai First Nation). The indigenous Blackfoot people of Alberta honoured him with the name Áípapomm, which means lightning.