The rise and fall of separate departments focused on educational administration has given way to units with other larger and more diverse structures. This less specialised and more diverse setting leads to a question as to who is focused on educational administration in Canada and what types of research and writing are being produced? In answering this question, while linking established and emerging scholars of Canadian educational leadership (Anderson, 2010),this paper shares the ideas around the substance and dissemination of the concept emerging Canadian scholars in school leadership.
The first Department of Educational Administration in Canada started at the University of Alberta over 50 years ago. To my knowledge, the last remaining and distinct Department of Educational Administration is at the University of Saskatchewan’s College of Education. The rise and fall of separate departments focused on educational administration has given way to units with other larger and more diverse structures. In this less specialised and diverse setting this leads to a question as to who is focused on educational administration in Canada and what types of research and writing are being produced? Answering this question led to the compilation of an edited book called The Leadership Compendium: Emerging Scholars of Canadian Educational Leadership (Anderson, 2010), herein called the Compendium.