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Lisa Naylor

Candidate in the 2014 Winnipeg - 4 School Ward race.

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Questionnaire Response

Why did you decide to run in the 2014 School Board Election?

I work and live in Ward 4 and I have a teenage daughter who is a student in the division. I'm directly in touch with the needs of my community and I have a special interest in the mental health and healthy body image of children and youth. The education system can play a critical role in nurturing the development of children's self-confidence, emotional strength, problem-solving skills and other factors that influence mental health; that perspective needs to be represented at the board and I look forward to creative engagement with educators and families on these issues. My primary roles throughout my career have been as a counsellor and health educator with youth. I have also been an advocate for social change. Systemic change is required to address the social problems and inequities that contribute to individual issues. After years of working with youth and families, I am ready to contribute to sustaining a strong and healthy public school system in which children and youth from all backgrounds can reach their full potential.

What experience will you bring to compliment your role as School Trustee?

A trustee needs to think critically about a wide range of issues, listen to the needs of a diverse range of people, and make tough decisions that best represent the needs of the community. The experience and skills that I bring to the role of trustee are more important than my stance on any specific current issue. You can read my detailed biography at my website www.lisanaylor.ca and a brief summary follows:

  • I am a professional communicator. Central to my work is listening to people's problems and communicating effectively with others.
  • I participate in ongoing education to help me be respectful and competent in my communications with people whose culture or life experiences differ from my own.
  • I use consultation and research to make well informed decisions.
  • I work to consensus while not being afraid to stand alone on important issues. I am direct and articulate when challenging the popular opinion and asking tough questions.
  • I excel at problem-solving, mediation, and decision making and have experience with facilitation, supervision, and evaluation.
  • I have extensive experience with committee work at the local, provincial and national level and have served on other Boards of Directors.

What are some issues that you would like to stand for in your role as School Trustee, and why are these issues important to you?

  • Appropriate specialized education programming for students with exceptional and special needs ensures that all children can reach their full potential.
  • Music, arts, physical education and cultural activities complement and enhance academic learning.
  • Aboriginal perspectives should be integrated into all aspects of educational endeavors to support cultural competency and increase respect for Aboriginal culture and historical heritage.
  • Newcomer students and their families require effective support and programs to ensure they have an equitable chance for success.
  • Schools need to be body-friendly environments where people of all shapes and sizes are included and respected.
  • Board information, business practices and decision-making processes should be visible, easily accessible, accountable and open to participation.
  • Trustees must be committed to community engagement. A school board and its schools are intricately linked to the lives of families, to the local community, to the province and to the larger global community.
  • School administrators need to engage in pro-active outreach to specific communities that are not currently well represented on parent councils, committees or present at school events.
  • Professional development should be provided to all staff members to strengthen cultural sensitivity and increase teacher-parent liaison skills

What is one thing in particular that you appreciate about the school ward or school division you wish to represent?

The diversity of Winnipeg School Division students presents many challenges yet it is our greatest strength. 20% of WSD students identify English as an additional language and approximately 23% of families with school age children in the division are Aboriginal. Many of our students bring lived experience from all over the globe and study side by side with children from families who have lived in Winnipeg for generations. Efforts are made for inclusive education opportunities for children with varying abilities and learning challenges. This diversity can be respected and capitalized upon in order to help students develop the skills of empathy, respect for difference, and community responsibility.

Do you have any other comments regarding your candidacy?

As your trustee, I will bring the fresh perspective and the passionate energy of someone who is new to civic leadership while also bringing 25 years of experience and demonstrated skills as an advocate, leader, thoughtful decision maker and skilled communicator.


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News that Mentions Lisa Naylor

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Winnipeg girl, 14, charged after woman attacked on Portage Avenue

Monday, 30 March 2015

Winnipeg police have charged a 14-year-old girl with attacking and robbing a woman in a Portage Avenue building. Police say a 22-year-old woman was waiting for a ride in the foyer of a building in the 300 block of Portage Avenue Saturday night, just ...

Jets take win streak to Edmonton: What you need to know

Monday, 23 March 2015

The Jets take a four-game win streak into tonight's game against the Oilers in Edmonton. Winnipeg is not only rolling, but sits in the second wild card spot in the Western Conference, while Edmonton is in the second-last spot in the conference. And the ...

FP comments, March 21

Saturday, 21 March 2015

Happy Mother's Day to any and all women who rise to the challenge of raising and loving those in need, regardless of blood relation. @tyleroakley |. Letters to the Editor · Winnipeg School Division trustee Lisa Naylor · School-board decision on ...

Gospel lessons in secular schools fought

Thursday, 19 March 2015

Rookie Winnipeg School Division trustee Lisa Naylor is challenging the legal right of evangelists to share their gospel with children in secular public schools. Specifically, Naylor wants and needs the votes of at least four trustees to demand the ...

FP comments, March 18

Wednesday, 18 March 2015

Mike Babinsky's suspicions are justified by trustee Lisa Naylor's outrageous statement that the group should be denied their rights based upon her presumptions about the unacceptability (to her) of their beliefs. -- Spence Furby. ñº. @Spence Furby ...

Religion divides Winnipeg school board

Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Trustee Lisa Naylor was ready to take on Babinsky about religion. She said the group -- the only one that uses the Public Schools Act to conduct religious instruction in division schools -- holds beliefs "that do not support gay and lesbian families ...

Religion divides Winnipeg school board

Tuesday, 17 March 2015

Trustee Lisa Naylor was ready to take on Babinsky about religion. She said the group -- the only one that uses the Public Schools Act to conduct religious instruction in division schools -- holds beliefs "that do not support gay and lesbian families ...

FP comments, March 14

Saturday, 14 March 2015

Advertisement. Weather. This afternoon: Light rain 12°c Light rain This evening: Light rain 11°c Light rain. Winnipeg MB 9°, Light rain. Full Forecast · My News. Wonder what you're missing by not logging in? This My News box is where you can keep track ...

Red River College tells me to 'play fair'

Thursday, 19 February 2015

... and others believe vows to promote transparency and to be of service to the public are not sufficient to constitute a campaign platform. Winnipeg School Division candidate Lisa Naylor says she'll be accessible, accountable, and transparent — all ...

Community use of school gyms not so simple...or cheap

Tuesday, 17 February 2015

... be of service to the public are not sufficient to constitute a campaign platform. Winnipeg School Division candidate Lisa Naylor says she'll be accessible, accountable, and transparent — all admirable, but they should be givens, not the focus of a ...

From the classroom

Saturday, 14 February 2015

Advertisement. Weather. Tonight: Mainly cloudy 6°c Mainly cloudy Friday morning: Variable cloudiness 7°c Variable cloudiness. Winnipeg MB 8°, Overcast. Full Forecast · My News. Wonder what you're missing by not logging in? This My News box is where ...

Making great effort to disappoint everyone involved

Friday, 13 February 2015

... and others believe vows to promote transparency and to be of service to the public are not sufficient to constitute a campaign platform. Winnipeg School Division candidate Lisa Naylor says she'll be accessible, accountable, and transparent — all ...

Target shoppers grumble about lack of deals as stores close

Thursday, 05 February 2015

Nova Scotia official to oversee probe into Haki Sefa death, police shooting read comments · University of Manitoba raises $215M in fundraising campaign read comments; WSD trustee Lisa Naylor wants greater protection for transgender students read ...

Miami worth a trip in January

Friday, 16 January 2015

... be of service to the public are not sufficient to constitute a campaign platform. Winnipeg School Division candidate Lisa Naylor says she'll be accessible, accountable, and transparent — all admirable, but they should be givens, not the focus of a ...

PTE's Vigil delivers a darkly comic look at death

Friday, 21 November 2014

Morris Panych's Vigil makes a welcome return to Prairie Theatre Exchange, where it last ran in 1997 — and it's back with half the cast of the earlier production. Of course, the cast here is only two. But seeing Doreen Brownstone, Winnipeg's 92-year ...

Breaking Bad star Jeremiah Bitsui inspires youth at film fest

Wednesday, 19 November 2014

Breaking Bad star Jeremiah Bitsui, who is in Manitoba to help kick off the 13th annual Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival, spoke to a large crowd of aboriginal youth Wednesday about his film career and the troubled life he had been living before ...

Censure imposed on trustee

Wednesday, 19 November 2014

But Babinsky said Tuesday the internal email from trustee Lisa Naylor which he gave to the Free Press, was not labelled confidential, and that both Naylor and board chairman Mark Wasyliw are the ones breaching school board confidentiality by discussing ...

School board learning the basics

Wednesday, 19 November 2014

It included trustee Lisa Naylor's shot at Babinsky's "troubling" public accusations of board secrecy in the media, in which she also warns colleagues that "newspaper articles... are not fact and do not necessarily reperesent (sic) a balanced, objective ...

Babinsky censured for third time

Tuesday, 18 November 2014

But Babinsky said Tuesday the internal email from trustee Lisa Naylor, which he gave to the Free Press, was not labelled confidential, and that both Naylor and board chairman Mark Wasyliw are the ones breaching school board confidentiality by ...

Babinsky: 'I'm really not the devil'

Tuesday, 18 November 2014

The Winnipeg School Division board of trustees censured Babinsky only weeks into the new four-year term after he leaked a confidential email from fellow trustee Lisa Naylor to a media outlet without her permission, board chair Mark Wasyliw said Tuesday.

Censured Winnipeg School Division trustee accused of bullying

Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Babinsky, the trustee for Ward 8, claims the email in question, which came from Ward 4 trustee Lisa Naylor, was not confidential. "I'm more disappointed in the reaction that the board has taken in regards to the transparency issue," he told CBC News on ...

Babinsky censured for third time

Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Trustee Lisa Naylor had requested that the board go behind closed doors to discuss a matter of "trustee conduct." It is the third censure for Babinsky, who was first elected in 1995 but has never been board chair or chair of a significant committee ...

New era of openness for school division

Tuesday, 18 November 2014

Meanwhile, trustee Lisa Naylor asked the board to go behind closed doors Monday night for a matter involving "trustee conduct." Wasyliw would not discuss whether it was about an internal email Naylor sent the rest of the board earlier this month, which ...

University of Manitoba sets sights on $500M fundraising goal

Friday, 14 November 2014

The University of Manitoba has set a massive fundraising goal it is confident it can reach. The new Front and Centre campaign aims to raise $500 million. If they pull it off, it will be the largest fundraising campaign in Manitoba history. "Manitobans ...

Babinsky remains a rebellion of one

Friday, 07 November 2014

Meanwhile, rookie trustee Lisa Naylor emailed everyone on the board Friday to warn against believing what they read in the newspaper — the first shot of the new board against me and probably just the first in a long series of shots — and to urge ...


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