Laurie Anderson
Executive Director, SFU Vancouver
Dr. Laurie Anderson, Executive Director of SFU Vancouver, is an associate member of SFU's Faculty of Education and an Associate of SFU's Centre for Dialogue.
With deep roots in public education in Vancouver, from classroom teacher to interim superintendent, Laurie’s experience includes serving as a consultant on education reform with the BC Ministry of Education; as an adjunct professor in the School of Community and Regional Planning at UBC; a curriculum developer and instructor for Vancouver Community College; a facilitator of the VSB's Leadership Development Program; and a developer and facilitator of the VSB's popular Instructor Training Program, a course taken by more than 2,500 aspiring teachers of adults over the past 25 years. Laurie was a director of Canadian Bureau of International Education for six years, is an inspector of international schools in Asia, and has served as an education reform consultant to governments in Hong Kong, Cambodia, Thailand and various cities in China. Locally, Laurie has facilitated dozens of planning and visioning sessions across Metro Vancouver, and has presented at Hollyhock and the Haven. Laurie received his BEd, MA and PhD at Simon Fraser University.