Glenn BorthistleUniversity Instructor | Faculty of Education & Social Work
Email: gborthistle@tru.ca
Phone: 250.804.6311
Homepage URL: https://glennborthistle.ca/
Interests
Community Service: Mentor at Kamloops Regional Correctional Centre (CRCC), 2022-present. Emergency
Winter Shelter, Mustard Seed/Kamloops Alliance Church, 2022, 2023
Outdoor Activities: Running, Biking (Trail Riding), Golf, X-Country Skiing
Research Interests
PhD Research Proposal, The Radical Uncertainty of the Rural Superintendent: A Case Study of Appreciative
Judgment in Times of Disruption.
Graduate Research Assistant, University of Alberta: May 2021 - present. SSHRC Research Insight Grant #
435-2021-1163: Canadian School Administrators' Statistical Reasoning About Probability, Effect, and
Representativeness. Project Lead: Dr. Darryl Hunter, U of Alberta
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Alberta: 2020-21. EDPS 410 Ethics and Law in Teaching: Fall
2020, Winter 2021
Education
PhD STUDENT, STUDIES IN EDUCATIONAL LEADERSHIP | September 2020 to present. University of Alberta,
Faculty of Education: Education Policy Studies. PhD Supervisor: Dr. Darryl Hunter, University of
Alberta, Faculty of Education
MASTER OF EDUCATION IN SCHOOL ADMINISTRATION | 1996
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
BACHELOR OF ARTS IN EDUCATION | 1986
Western Washington University, Bellingham, WA
PROFESSIONAL LEARNING CERTIFICATES:
LEARNING FORWARD ACADEMY CERTIFICATE | 2017
Problem of Practice: Collaborative Inquiry for School Leaders learningforward.org,
CERTIFICATE OF ORGANIZATIONAL DEVELOPMENT FOUNDATIONS | 2014
Queen, University-Industrial Relations Centre, Kingston, ON
Publications
Borthistle, G., & Hunter, D. (2024). Leaping and Lurching into the 21st Century: A Review of The
Elective Mind, Fillion, R. (2021). The elective mind: Philosophy and the undergraduate degree. Canadian
Journal of Educational Administration and Policy, 204, 175-178.
https://journalhosting.ucalgary.ca/index.php/cjeap/article/view/78080
Hunter, D. & Borthistle, G. (2024). A Canadian Case Book for Teaching Law and Ethics, 2nd ed.
Kendall-Hunt.
Hunter, D., ElAtia, S., Essiomle, K., & Borthistle, G. (2022). Canadian school administrators
statistical reasoning about probability, effect, and representativeness: Statistical literacy of
Canadian school administrators. Alberta Academic Review, 5(1), 6-6. https://doi.org/10.29173/aar141
Employment History
POST SECONDARY: 2020-CURRENT
Graduate Teaching Assistant, University of Alberta: 2020-21. EDPS 410 Ethics and Law in Teaching.
University Instructor, Thompson Rivers University, School of Education, 2021-present.
INTERNATIONAL: 2017-2020
PRINCIPAL, Maple Leaf International School, Shanghai & Shenzhen, China. Graduation Program, Ministry
of Education of B.C.
SCHOOL DISTRICT SENIOR MANAGEMENT: 2008-2017
SUPERINTENDENT OF SCHOOLS, 2013-2017. Board of Education of School District 83, B.C. (North
Okanagan-Shuswap)
DIRECTOR OF HUMAN RESOURCES AND CURRICULUM, 2008-2013. Board of Education of School District 83, B.C.
(North Okanagan-Shuswap)
SCHOOL LEADERSHIP: 1994-2008
Principal (9 years): Pleasant Valley Secondary School, Shuswap Junior Secondary/Middle School.
Vice Principal (5 years): A.L. Fortune Secondary, Pleasant Valley Secondary.
Courses Taught
University Instructor, School of Education, Thompson Rivers University: June 2021-Current
EDUC 5280 Capstone Seminar, Winter 2022 to present
EDUC 5460 Educational Management, Summer 2021 to present
EDUC 5440 Understanding & Managing, Summer 2022 to present
EDUC 5400 Principles & Practices of Leadership, Summer 2023, 2024, Winter 2025
EDTL 3100 Teaching & Learning, Fall 2024
Professional Affiliations
K-12 Teaching Certificate #L119218 (BC)
Advisory Roles as Practitioner:
BC School Superintendents Association Advisory Panel, 2017- Thompson Rivers University Leading and
Teaching in Schools research project with Dr. Ken Leithwood, OISE & Dr. Victoria Handford, TRU,
2017
Member of Ministry of Education provincial Rural Education Advisory Committee 2015-2017
Timetable
| Description | Day | Start | End |
|---|---|---|---|
| EDUC 5460 Educational Management | Wednesday | 5:30 PM | 8:20 PM |
| EDUC 5440 Understanding & Managing Conflict | Thursday | 11:30 AM | 2:20 PM |
| EDUC 5400 Principles & Processes of Educational Leadership | Thursday | 8:30 AM | 11:20 AM |
