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CAP 2026 Conference

Growing Leaders, Growing Communities

To all CAP members

As you head into your well-earned holiday break coming up later this week, I want to wish you and your loved ones a joyful and relaxing holiday season.

On behalf of the Canadian Association of Principals, thank you for all your dedication, and hard work you put into supporting students across Canada. I truly enjoy collaborating with you and look forward to continuing our work together in 2026.

Message from CAP

Powerful Leadership in Changing Times: Cultivating Sustainable, Innovative and Healthy Learning Environments

European School Heads Association 2025 Conference: Rome, Italy
October 27th to 31st, 2025 – www.esha.org

First, we would like to extend our sincere thanks to the CAP Board of Directors for supporting our participation at this year’s European School Heads Association (ESHA) Conference in Rome, Italy. It quickly became clear that ESHA is an international organization with which CAP should continue to grow a strong relationship. The opening keynote speaker framed the week by identifying the five biggest challenges facing educational leadership today:

• Recruitment and retention of teachers
• AI integration
• Inclusion
• Personal and staff well-being
• Parent engagement (both limited and overwhelming)

ESHA is a professional organization representing national school leader associations across Europe. Its membership includes organizations for school heads and deputy heads across (pre)primary, secondary, and vocational education, with nearly all European countries—both EU and non-EU—represented.

Representing CAP at the ESHA Conference in Rome provided significant benefits for our members across Canada. This international gathering offered valuable insights into how school leaders around the world are addressing challenges that mirror our own, including…

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CAP Journal - Fall 2025

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