03 Oct ACDE appoints an Interim President
October 1, 2025 | The Association of Canadian Deans of Education (ACDE) is pleased to announce that Dr. Allyson Jule, Dean of the Faculty of Education, Community, and Human Development at the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV), will serve as Interim President of ACDE beginning October 1, 2025.
Dr. Jule has a long and distinguished history with ACDE. She served as Dean of the Faculty of Education at Trinity Western University from 2017 to 2021, moving to her current position at UFV in 2022. She has served as ACDE’s Treasurer since 2021.
In addition to her leadership roles in ACDE, Dr. Jule currently serves as Co-Chair of the Association of the BC Deans of Education, which connects to the BC Teachers Council. She is past President of Women’s and Gender Studies et Recherches Féministe. Dr. Jule is a Research Fellow at the University of Oxford’s International Gender Studies Centre (at Lady Margaret Hall). She is on the editorial board of Gender and Education, Women and Language Journal, and the Contemporary Journal of Religion.
Dr. Jule is stepping into the role of Interim President to fill the vacancy left by Dr. Steve Price, who is leaving his role as Dean of the Faculty of Health, Community and Education at Mount Royal University to take up an appointment as President of Portage College.
