Board of Directors

The new Prior Learning International Research Centre (PLIRC) is fortunate to have attracted nine energetic scholars, all internationally known for their research on Prior Learning, to serve as the inaugural Board of Directors.

Dr. Christine Wihak will serve as the inaugural Director of PLIRC.

Members of the Board of Directors (pending formal TRU approval) are:

Mignonne Breier, University of Cape Town, South Africa
Roslyn Cameron, Southern Cross University, Australia
Judy Harris, Bishop Grosseteste University College, England
Helen Pokorny, London Metropolitan University, England
Nan Travers, Empire State College, USA
Joy Van Kleef, Doctoral student, Paris Universitas
Patrick Werquin, OECD, Paris Universitas, France
Ruth Whittaker, Glasgow Caledonian, Scotland
Angie Wong, University of Saskatchewan, Canada

At the inaugural meeting in July, 2009, the Board agreed to establish small working groups to focus on each of the following four main activity strands:

• Research (Mignonne Breier, Judy Harris)
• Networking (Ros Cameron, Patrick Werquin, Angie Wong)
• Policy (Joy Van Kleef, Ruth Whittaker)
• Dissemination (Helen Pokorny, Nan Travers, Angie Wong)