GenNEXT Leadership Lab Expression of Interest

We’re glad you decided to take the time to apply! Please answer the below questions to the best of your ability.

The information gathered from the Expression of Interest will be used to select participants for GenNEXT Leadership Lab. All expenses related to participation in GenNEXT sessions will be reimbursed by the BCTF (including accommodations, childcare, and LOAs).

The last day to submit an Expression of Interest will be Friday, November 9, 2026, by 5:00 p.m. Selected delegates will be informed by the end of November, and the first in-person session will be held in February 2027.

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Section 1—Identity

Teaching position

Classroom Teacher
Specialist teacher (e.g. Learning Assistance, Teacher-Librarian, Inclusion Support, Special Education, Deaf and Hard of Hearing, Counsellor, English Language Learning, Speech Language Pathologist, Aboriginal or Indigenous Support)
Teacher teaching on call (TTOC)
Adult/Continue Education teacher
Distributed Learning Teacher
District Co-ordinator or District Helping Teacher

Do you identify as Aboriginal, Indigenous, Black, or racialized? (includes, but is not limited to self-identification as a visible minority, person of colour, non-white, biracial, multiracial, mixed-race, or similar term)

Yes
No

Do you identify as a person with a disability or disabled person? (includes, but is not limited to self-identification as a person with a physical, mental health-related, cognitive, intellectual, sensory, developmental, visible, and/or invisible disability)

Yes
No

Section Two—Short answer

As you answer these questions, please keep in mind the following:

Use examples from where you are in your professional/community life.
Focus on what you did and what you learned.
Be yourself, be you. We value your voice and your stories.

What communities, identities, experiences, or perspectives do you bring that you feel are important to your leadership?

1,500 characters maximum

Share a time where you helped improve something for a group of people, supported someone through a challenge, brought people together around an issue, or advocated for change. What did you do, and what did you learn?

1,500 characters maximum

What does it mean to you to build a union movement where people from equity deserving communities can participate fully and exercise leadership?

1,500 characters maximum

Why now? What is happening in your life, workplace, union, or community that makes developing your leadership feel important at this point?

1,500 characters maximum