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Dr. Leanne Foster has been head of Trafalgar Castle School in Whitby since 2015. She says she is always willing to speak with parents and students whenever she can.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

By Dave Flaherty\/Active Senior’s Digest<\/p>\n

As an educator, Dr. Leanne Foster has been helping to mold young minds for decades.
\nBut her character goes well beyond education.
\nShe is a mother, a lover of animals, and a cancer survivor.
\nFoster is the current head of school at Trafalgar Castle School in Whitby, an independent all-girls school with roots going back more than 140 years.
\nA veteran educator in both the public and independent school systems, Foster took over her current post heading into the 2015 fall semester.
\nClasses were out when Active Senior\u2019s Digest spoke with her, but she warmly greets some children taking part in a summer camp at the school.
\nAfter they head off, Foster leads the way to her spacious office.<\/p>\n

Her pride in Trafalgar Castle School is apparent, but she recalls it wasn\u2019t exactly an easy decision to make when a colleague told her about the open position there.
\nShe was at St. Clement\u2019s School, an all-girls school in Toronto, for some time, and was very fond of it.
\n\u201cI loved my job at St. Clement\u2019s. My house was a 10-minute walk away from the school, and I wasn\u2019t sure if I wanted to make that move,\u201d Foster says.
\nHowever, when she started researching Trafalgar Castle, her mind was quickly made up.
\n\u201cI have to say the minute I started learning about the school, and the minute I met the girls, I just fell in love, and realized this is where I wanted to be,\u201d she says.
\nSo Foster and her family, including her husband, mother, and daughter, along with their pets, uprooted themselves from the familiar surroundings of Toronto and headed east on Highway 401.<\/p>\n

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Foster, and her husband Dan Hill, stand outside the main entrance of Trafalgar Castle School.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

She says her husband was more than willing to make a sacrifice for her to further her career.
\n\u201c[He] works at Yonge and Eglington, a 15-minute walk from where our house was, so he really loves me,\u201d she says with a laugh. \u201cFor four-and-a-half-years, he\u2019s taken the GO Train every day.\u201d
\nBut only a few months after this life-altering \u2013 but exciting \u2013 move, Foster\u2019s entire existence was shaken to the core.
\nIn November 2015, she received a diagnosis of breast cancer.
\nCalling it a \u201ccomplete shock,\u201d Foster had only six months earlier received a clean bill of health during her annual mammogram.
\n\u201cCancer does not run in my family, and like many women, I was very diligent and careful about myself,\u201d she says.
\n\u201cTo find out I had breast cancer really threw me.\u201d
\nFoster admits her initial reaction was shock, then absolute fear.
\n\u201cThe first thing I thought of was my daughter, and my ability to be there for her future,\u201d she says.
\nAfter the shock wore off, Foster decided the best thing she could do was to fight, but with a realistic view.
\n\u201cI just decided I did not know what the future was going to hold, none of us do, but I was going to do anything I could in my power to become and remain healthy. I just decided I was going to be well,\u201d she says.
\nBut she couldn\u2019t do it alone.
\nAlong with her family, close friends and the Trafalgar school community, she moved forward.
\nShe also found a powerful ally in the team at Hearth Place Cancer Support Centre in Oshawa, an organization she considers herself forever indebted to, as she sits on the board of directors.
\nHer passion for Hearth Place is just as apparent as that for her school.
\nShe notes she met a \u201cwonderful community of other women with breast cancer\u201d through Hearth Place and she continues to be in regular contact with them as they move forward together.
\nIn terms of her care during treatment, Foster raves about the service she received at Lakeridge Health.
\n\u201cI want to say the level of care I received through Lakeridge was exceptional, I can\u2019t even believe to begin to thank that organization,\u201d she says.
\nWhile she was receiving cancer treatments, Foster decided she would continue working as she had just begun at Trafalgar Castle School.
\nShe says this was a \u201cpersonal choice,\u201d but it \u201ccertainly is not the right one for everyone.\u201d<\/p>\n

While the disease caused her hardship, Foster says she is now healthy, and the experience has given her a different view of life in general.
\n\u201cIt sounds like a clich\u00e9, but anyone who experiences cancer or any type of serious illness will understand when I say it gives you an appreciation for your day-to-day… it teaches you not to sweat the small stuff.\u201d
\nThis is a message Foster has tried to instill in her students and their families.
\n\u201cFocus on what is important,\u201d she adds.
\nIn addition to the support from her loved ones, Foster candidly says her faith helped her as well.
\n\u201cKnowing there were thoughts and prayers from many people far and wide helped me stay optimistic and hopeful,\u201d she says.
\nFaith was an important factor in her upbringing.
\nFoster grew up in the Salvation Army Church and points to it as a defining factor in who she is.
\n\u201cIt shaped who I am, and shaped my will to be resilient, and my dedication to compassion and giving back,\u201d she says.
\nThe faith Foster grew around was what she calls a \u201cquiet expression of Christianity.\u201d
\n\u201cThe way in which our faith was expressed was through helping each other. In my home, we were open to other religions and other cultures. It was a very non-judgmental approach to religion,\u201d she explains.
\nAnd while she came from a loving family, it was also one that was always on the move.
\nIn her youth, Foster says she attended 11 schools in the Toronto-area, often having to relocate due to her father\u2019s employment.
\nShe believes this life experience lets her understand how new students feel when they come to Trafalgar and may not know anyone.
\n\u201cI\u2019m always conscious of that when new girls come into the school.\u201d
\nFor as long as Foster can remember, she always wanted to become an educator.
\n\u201cFrom the time I was little, I just really wanted to be a teacher. I used to line up my dolls, and my teddy bears, and sometimes my younger sister, and play teacher. It\u2019s just something that was always of interest to me,\u201d she says.
\nGoing back to her upbringing in the Salvation Army Church, which puts an emphasis on helping others and giving back, she says a teaching career was the perfect fit.
\n\u201cEducation just seemed to meet all those goals, and was something I was passionate about,\u201d she says.
\nHer love for teaching was nurtured by two women who served as role models.
\nThe first was Grace Procunier, who taught Foster at Annette Public School in Toronto.
\nInterestingly enough, Mrs. Procunier had taught her mother as well.
\n\u201cMy mother encountered her at the beginning of her career, and I had Mrs. Procunier towards the end of her career, and it was just very special.<\/p>\n

Foster says she loved Procunier\u2019s focus on things such as \u201csound-old fashioned penmanship, poetry and really making sure we had a good education.\u201d
\n\u201cShe just meant the world to me. She was gracious and creative, but also upheld very high standards,\u201d Foster notes. \u201cShe was just someone who made me feel so excited about showing up every day.\u201d
\nPat Parisi influenced Foster both as a teacher and later on as a colleague.
\n\u201cShe had such an impact on me. She was rigorous and demanding but incredibly kind.\u201d
\nParisi, as head of school at St. Clement\u2019s
\nin Toronto, would hire Foster years later.
\n\u201cIt\u2019s because of Pat Parisi, in many ways, that I\u2019m in the role at Trafalgar because she was so encouraging of women to pursue higher education, and to also go for the dream job.\u201d
\nBut Foster\u2019s career in teaching did start with some obstacles.<\/p>\n

After graduating from university, Foster was faced with a situation that evokes the old saying, \u201cIf you love something, let it go. If it comes to back to you, it\u2019s yours forever. If it doesn\u2019t, then it was never meant to be.\u201d
\n\u201cIt was a time in Ontario when teachers were being laid off, it\u2019s a little similar to what is happening now,\u201d Foster recalls.
\nHer father encouraged her to take another path for the time being.
\n\u201cHis comment to me was, \u201cIf you\u2019re really meant to be a teacher, you\u2019ll find your way back. But for now, go explore other opportunities,\u201d she says. \u201cIt was the best advice ever because I ended up spending eight years in publishing.\u201d
\nDuring that time, Foster moved abroad and lived in places such as the U.K., France, and Germany.
\nAnd while she was successful in publishing, becoming a partner made her yearn for something different.
\n\u201cI thought about what I do really want to do. Having my daughter made me realize I wanted to model for her what was important in life,\u201d she says. \u201cMy dad was right, I sort of found my way back, and it was my first love and my true passion, and I haven\u2019t looked back since.\u201d
\nShe took on her first job as a junior-senior kindergarten teacher at Bedford Park Public School in Toronto, later moving into special education with the Toronto District School Board
\nAfter a stint as a special education consultant, Foster took a leave to complete her PhD.
\nWith autism services being a hot topic in Ontario, Foster says special education was looked at differently in the late 1990s.
\n\u201cWhat was different back then, was a sense of possibility. We were beginning to understand the very specific needs of children with autism, for example,\u201d she says. \u201cHaving a child with autism is very different than a child with dyslexia, or a child with Down Syndrome.\u201d
\nFoster says education boards were putting more specialists and training in place for special education, but concedes there was always a need for more resources.
\n\u201cWhen things break down, it is usually due to a lack of adequate resources or a lack of adequate training. It\u2019s rarely, in my opinion, because a teacher doesn\u2019t want, it\u2019s often because a teacher simply doesn\u2019t know how to.\u201d
\nFor parents at the time, Foster says they were realizing there is \u201cno shame\u201d in having a child with a learning disability, and the benefits of having assessments for their children were becoming more apparent.
\nWhen Mike Harris and his Conservative government took power in 1995, many in education deemed it a dark time for the school system in Ontario.
\nFoster says the biggest challenges were, again, due to resources spread too thin.
\n\u201cThe ability of smaller school boards to really address the needs of the families in their schools was being undermined through amalgamation,\u201d she says.
\nShe witnessed this as the East York Board of Education merged into what became the Toronto District School Board, a \u201cmassive\u201d organization.
\nWhile the Harris regime had a contentious relationship with educators just as the current Ford government has, Foster believes things were a bit clearer.
\n\u201cWe knew what the Harris government was coming in with. There was, perhaps what I would call, more transparency coming forward,\u201d she says. \u201cI think it was still very fraught and still very contentious, but I think there was no doubt what we were signing up for through the election.\u201d
\nWith that said, Foster doesn\u2019t necessarily believe the \u201ccurrent government is wrong in saying many boards are currently top-heavy,\u201d but thinks further amalgamation will just create more pressure that can\u2019t be handled.
\nWhile she works at an independent school, Foster says she is a \u201chuge supporter\u201d of public education.
\n\u201cI think every single Canadian should be a supporter of the public education system whether your children are in an independent school or not,\u201d she says. \u201cI think the foundation of a good society is our education, and I was very proud to be part of public education.\u201d
\nBut eventually, Foster was drawn to independent schools, first with Branksome Hall, an all-girls school in Toronto.
\n\u201cI was hired to expand its special education program. It was just a wonderful opportunity to be able to take something, and grow it,\u201d she says.
\nShe points out there are distinct differences between independent schools and private schools.
\n\u201cAnyone can start a private school by paying a fee,\u201d she explains.
\nSchools such as Trafalgar Castle are run as a non-profit and are registered with the Conference of Independent Schools of Ontario, and the Canadian Accredited Independent Schools.
\n\u201cThose two bodies work very hard collaboratively to ensure a lot of transparency and a lot of accountability,\u201d Foster says.
\nTrafalgar Castle is overseen by a board of directors and is financially supported through tuition and donations from families.
\nBut Foster points out, different than in Quebec and Alberta, provincial funding allotted for children who are attending independent schools in Ontario still go to public boards.
\n\u201cIn many ways, independent schools are lessening the burden on the public school system. We are not taking dollars away,\u201d she says.
\nThis is a system that Foster believes is quite fair.
\n\u201cAbsolutely. We are not looking for handouts from the provincial government, and I think the two [school systems] can exist side-by-side quite well,\u201d she says.
\nAway from school, Foster is a strong supporter of the local arts and culture scene, particularly music.
\n\u201cI am just passionate about music. My husband and I love going to the Regent Theatre in Oshawa, and the Courthouse Theatre in Whitby.\u201d
\nFinishing off, Foster says she is a huge lover of animals, especially her dogs.
\nWith a cancer diagnosis behind her, the present and the future are the focus for Foster.
\n\u201cI was blessed enough to have the opportunity to have many more years, and I was determined I was going to use those years well.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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