Dr. Mark Lee is an Honours graduate in History and Humanities from the University of Toronto and has a B.Ed. from this same university in History and English. Mark’s international career as an educator began in Cairo in 1994 where he taught History and Economics in the IB Diploma program. Returning to Canada in 1996 to undertake his M.Ed. at Queen’s University, Kingston Ontario and then his Ph.D. in the field of Evaluation and Assessment, Mark also worked as an educational consultant and Program Evaluator for bodies such as the Ontario Ministry of Education and Trent University at Peterborough.

He has published work on assessment practices, cross-cultural programs, and health behaviour in school-aged children and has been Head of School and Principal at several schools abroad and in Ontario. These include: Yanbu International School in Saudi Arabia, Casablanca American School in Morocco, the International School of Port of Spain in Trinidad, RCS in Scarborough, and Canada’s National Ballet School.

Dr. Lee is passionate about building strong school culture where teachers and students can take risks and discover their passions. He is also particularly interested in providing students with meaningful experiences both inside and outside of the classroom so that students can find their purpose during the course of the education.