CSRI in a Nutshell
- A practical platform for professional development
- An integrative framework for promoting self-regulation ... in kids, and the adults that support them
- Innovative responses to emerging needs and priorities
- A growing network of educators and allied practitioners
- Leadership to generate a culture of self-regulation in our schools and our communities
Our Core Team
Mike McKay
As Director of the Canadian Self-Regulation Initiative, Mike McKay works with schools, districts and communities to support increased understanding and application of self-regulation and the connection between neurophysiology and education. Mike began working with Dr. Stuart Shanker several years ago, facilitating and co-presenting at conferences, and advising school systems on how to build capacity and success by applying the neuroscience of self-regulation at the individual student and classroom levels. Mike’s commitment to Every Child, Every Chance, Every Day translates into exploring how we can activate what we now know about human development and social-emotional learning and ensure it supports capacity-building throughout our system.
At the end of 2013, with 35 years’ experience in education, Mike retired as Superintendent/CEO of the Surrey School District, a diverse and dynamic school system. In addition to having taught at both elementary and secondary levels, Mike has served as a school and district administrator. He also worked with the B.C. Ministry of Education as Director of Educational Innovation responsible for provincial intermediate and graduation programs. His leadership experiences have led him to encourage schools to engage in value-added improvement processes, through which school communities commit to enhancing capacity in a positive, appreciative inquiry environment.
Mike has served on the Boards of several organizations committed to championing Canada’s public education system and promoting B.C. internationally. In addition to his focus on self-regulation, he is also active as a resource person on system improvement through innovative leadership, accountability, ethics and professional learning communities.
Tam Lundy (Associate)
Tam Lundy is a consultant and educator who has been active in the field of human and social development since the early 1970’s. She works with leaders, practitioners, policy-makers and other change agents in diverse sectors and settings, including health, human services, education and government. Tam has led both large-scale initiatives and grassroots engagements; advised and supported professionals, policy-makers and grassroots change leaders, and has developed and delivered numerous learning events, including workshops, seminars and training modules. She has also taught graduate courses in health promotion and education, and leadership for healthy change. And she has written extensively on topics ranging from community development, health promotion and capacity building, to human development and the challenge of change. Tam holds a doctorate in human and social development from the University of Victoria.
In recent years, Tam has developed a keen interest in self-regulation, and provides leadership by bringing an integrative lens to self-regulation thinking and practice. She is particularly interested in the connections between self-regulation and learning, mental health, social engagement, and healthy human development. Tam’s professional experiences have taken her into diverse settings and sectors, including early childhood development, child and youth work, health promotion, community-based social planning, and citizen participation in health planning and policy-making. As a result, she has gained practical perspectives on an important self-regulation strategy: cross-sector collaboration. Her experience in educational settings includes two terms as an elected school trustee.
CSRI Resource Team: We collaborate with educators and allied professionals who are playing a leadership role in bringing self-regulation thinking and practice into their classroom, school, district and community.
As Director of the Canadian Self-Regulation Initiative, Mike McKay works with schools, districts and communities to support increased understanding and application of self-regulation and the connection between neurophysiology and education. Mike began working with Dr. Stuart Shanker several years ago, facilitating and co-presenting at conferences, and advising school systems on how to build capacity and success by applying the neuroscience of self-regulation at the individual student and classroom levels. Mike’s commitment to Every Child, Every Chance, Every Day translates into exploring how we can activate what we now know about human development and social-emotional learning and ensure it supports capacity-building throughout our system.
At the end of 2013, with 35 years’ experience in education, Mike retired as Superintendent/CEO of the Surrey School District, a diverse and dynamic school system. In addition to having taught at both elementary and secondary levels, Mike has served as a school and district administrator. He also worked with the B.C. Ministry of Education as Director of Educational Innovation responsible for provincial intermediate and graduation programs. His leadership experiences have led him to encourage schools to engage in value-added improvement processes, through which school communities commit to enhancing capacity in a positive, appreciative inquiry environment.
Mike has served on the Boards of several organizations committed to championing Canada’s public education system and promoting B.C. internationally. In addition to his focus on self-regulation, he is also active as a resource person on system improvement through innovative leadership, accountability, ethics and professional learning communities.
Tam Lundy (Associate)
Tam Lundy is a consultant and educator who has been active in the field of human and social development since the early 1970’s. She works with leaders, practitioners, policy-makers and other change agents in diverse sectors and settings, including health, human services, education and government. Tam has led both large-scale initiatives and grassroots engagements; advised and supported professionals, policy-makers and grassroots change leaders, and has developed and delivered numerous learning events, including workshops, seminars and training modules. She has also taught graduate courses in health promotion and education, and leadership for healthy change. And she has written extensively on topics ranging from community development, health promotion and capacity building, to human development and the challenge of change. Tam holds a doctorate in human and social development from the University of Victoria.
In recent years, Tam has developed a keen interest in self-regulation, and provides leadership by bringing an integrative lens to self-regulation thinking and practice. She is particularly interested in the connections between self-regulation and learning, mental health, social engagement, and healthy human development. Tam’s professional experiences have taken her into diverse settings and sectors, including early childhood development, child and youth work, health promotion, community-based social planning, and citizen participation in health planning and policy-making. As a result, she has gained practical perspectives on an important self-regulation strategy: cross-sector collaboration. Her experience in educational settings includes two terms as an elected school trustee.
CSRI Resource Team: We collaborate with educators and allied professionals who are playing a leadership role in bringing self-regulation thinking and practice into their classroom, school, district and community.
