Bruce Joshua

Born and raised on Isle Madame in rur­al Cape Bre­ton, he now lives in the Évan­ge­line region of Prince Edward Island. He has a strong his­to­ry of com­mu­ni­ty engage­ment in areas rang­ing from lit­er­a­cy and edu­ca­tion to cul­tur­al and sports/​recreation ini­tia­tives to improve the qual­i­ty of life and access to resources and ser­vices in his com­mu­ni­ty. He has been an active vol­un­teer and a mem­ber of sev­er­al boards of direc­tors out­side his pro­fes­sion­al prac­tice as an edu­ca­tor. He earned his Bach­e­lor of Edu­ca­tion (Phys­i­cal Edu­ca­tion) from Uni­ver­sité de Monc­ton pri­or to com­menc­ing his career. He has sub­se­quent­ly , while employed full time, earned three Mas­ter of Edu­ca­tion degrees: School Admin­is­tra­tion from Uni­ver­sité de Monc­ton; Cur­ricu­lum and Instruc­tion from the Uni­ver­si­ty of New Brunswick; and, Lead­er­ship and Admin­is­tra­tion with spe­cial­i­sa­tion in Men­tal Health from St. Fran­cis Xavier Uni­ver­si­ty. He has in excess 25 years of pro­gres­sive expe­ri­ence in edu­ca­tion, includ­ing var­i­ous admin­is­tra­tive roles, and has been respon­si­ble for devel­op­ing and deliv­er­ing pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment and learn­ing oppor­tu­ni­ties at the local, region­al, provin­cial, and nation­al lev­els. He cur­rent­ly serves as an instruc­tor in the Mas­ter of Edu­ca­tion pro­gram at St. Fran­cis Xavier Uni­ver­si­ty, offer­ing the fol­low­ing cours­es: Dynam­ics of Change and Lead­er­ship and Admin­is­tra­tive The­o­ries. He has devel­oped and offered numer­ous pro­fes­sion­al devel­op­ment work­shops in areas from out­door edu­ca­tion to com­mu­ni­ty-based edu­ca­tion to mind­ful­ness, to cite a few exam­ples. He has worked with non-prof­it orga­ni­za­tions in areas of gov­er­nance, con­duct­ing effective/​efficient meet­ings, dif­fi­cult con­ver­sa­tions, recruitment/​retention/​succession plan­ning (HR), to high­light a few areas of strength. His suc­cess and ded­i­ca­tion as an ath­lete, a vol­un­teer, an edu­ca­tion pro­fes­sion­al, and an entre­pre­neur have pre­pared him to accom­pa­ny your lead­er­ship team in mov­ing for­ward and inspir­ing your staff, clients, mem­bers, and communities.