Matthew Sheahan (he/him/his)
Matthew Sheahan is the Past President of the Council of Ontario Drama and Dance Educators (CODE), the Vice President of the General Meeting Committee of the International Drama/Theatre Educators Association (IDEA), and Managing Editor of Provocations drama + dance Journal. He has presented numerous workshops across Ontario and internationally, focussing predominantly on infusing and elevating marginalized and Indigenous voices in a good way, free from appropriation. In 2021, Matthew served as the project manager for the Grounded in Space and Place resource writing project, and facilitated the re-write for all Drama and Dance AQ and ABQ requirements through the Ontario College of Teachers. He is a veteran Drama teacher and an instructor with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in Intermediate and Senior Drama. Currently, Matthew is an Indigenous Education Instructional Coach with the Hastings and Prince Edward District School Board K-12. The text we are using is We Are Water Protectors by Carole Lindstrom and illustrated by Michaela Goade.