OPC Provincial Executive and Provincial Council Contact List

Eryn Smit has spent the last 12 years as an elementary school administrator with the Lambton Kent District School Board, leading K-8 schools in both the Chatham and Sarnia areas. Currently the Principal of Victor Lauriston Public School in Chatham, Eryn has been an active member of the OPC District 10 Executive for most of his administrative career, serving as Chair, Past Chair, Treasurer and Member. He represented his colleagues in Terms and Conditions negotiations with the LKDSB in our last round of bargaining and will serve in this capacity again in the coming months.

As an elected Provincial Councillor for District 10, Eryn served as a member of the International School Leadership Advisory Committee and the Executive Director Recruitment Committee and is looking forward to engaging with the Executive as Member-at-Large for 2023-2024 school year.

Eryn holds a BA in History from the University of Toronto, a Certificate in Education from Medaille College (Buffalo, NY) and a Masters’ Degree in Educational Leadership from Western University.

Patsy started her involvement with the OPC as the co-chair of the Bytown association in Ottawa. She was a Provincial Councillor for five years, a member of the Provincial Executive for 3 years and in July 2022 started her one-year term as Provincial President.

Patsy obtained her B.A. in History and Sociology and her B.Ed. from Lakehead University, her Honours BA from McMaster University and her Master’s degree in Educational Leadership from Charles Sturt University.

Amy Johnson lives and works on the traditional, unceded and unsurrendered territory of the Algonquin people. She has been an administrator with the Renfrew County District School Board for 16 years. She has been a principal in both panels and is currently in the Equity, Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression system role. Amy has been involved with the OPC at the local level in both an executive and T&C capacity. She is a passionate educator and eager to contribute to the OPC in a positive way. Amy is a tireless advocate for principals and vice-principals in her own board and is looking forward to the increased provincial perspective in her role on the OPC Executive as Member-at-Large for 2023-2024. If you can’t find Amy engaged in an enthusiastic, professional debate with colleagues, you might be able to find her on the dance floor.

Nadine Trépanier-Bisson is the Executive Director of the OPC. She is committed to high quality public education for all students, and research-based practical professional learning for school and system leaders.

Nadine has been an educator for over 25 years. She has served as Executive Director for l’Association des directions et directions adjointes des écoles franco-ontariennes (ADFO), developing working relationships with many partner education organizations in Canada and internationally, and had been a system and elementary principal in the French language sector. She served as the OPC’s Director of Professional Learning for three years.

Committed to evidence-based strategies for learning, leadership and conflict management, Nadine values collaboration and relationships. She continues to focus her efforts on building capacity within the OPC and among school leaders to create anti-colonial and anti-oppressive environments.

As Executive Director, Nadine shifts her focus to include management of the OPC’s operations including International School Leadership (ISL), collaboration with our stakeholders on matters of common interest, advocating for high quality public education and working with the affiliated organization, Principal Association Projects (a service partner with the Ministry of Education providing high-quality professional development to Ontario’s principals and vice-principals).

As a bilingual lifelong learner, Nadine holds an Executive Certificate in Alternate Dispute Resolution, is a certified Technology of Participation Facilitator and completed her Doctorate of Education (EdD) in the area of International Education in 2022.