About me
Dr. Stacey Hannay, Executive Staff Officer, Alberta Teachers’ Association. Dr. Stacey Hannay holds a Ph.D. in curriculum theory and teacher professional development, with a research focus on how teachers come to understand and live the concept of Physical Literacy in their teaching and learning. Her scholarly and professional work weaves together Curriculum Perspectives and Implementation, Pedagogical Practices, Modes of Inquiry, Physical and Health Education, Land-Based Learning, and Teacher Education across K–12 contexts, guided by a belief that curriculum is not only what we teach, but how we live together in relationship. As an Executive Staff Officer with the Alberta Teachers’ Association, Stacey walks alongside Le Conseil Français de l'Alberta Teachers' Association, the Indigenous Education Specialist Council, spaces of diversity with the Gender and Sexuality Alliances within the Diversity Equity Networks, Leadership Mentorship, and Committee work with Curriculum and the Women in Leadership. Stacey firmly values supporting collective growth through mâmawohkamâtowin, the spirit of working together. She brings to this role a deep sense of gratitude and humility, recognizing that all teaching and learning are acts of wahkohtowin, relationships that connect people, place, and purpose.Stacey’s educational journey has been shaped by the generosity of many French Canadian and Indigenous communities across Canada. She acknowledges the teachings gifted to her by Elders, Knowledge Keepers, and the land itself; from the two-footed to the four-footed, the finned, the feathered, the flora, and all faunae. These relationships have deepened her understanding of pimâtisiwin - the good life - as a balance of wellness, connection, and continual learning. Before joining the ATA, Stacey served as a consultant, teacher, and administrator with Edmonton Public Schools, as Vice-President of Leadership, Curriculum, and Pedagogy for the Health and Physical Education Council of Alberta. Stacey is the CEO and Founder of Movement Academy working with at risk and Indigenous Youth through Physical Literacy and Wellbeing. Across all these roles, she continues to invite educators to see curriculum as a living dialogue, one grounded in respect, reciprocity, and the ever-evolving stories of the land and its people.
