Beaufort-Delta Divisional Education Council
Devin has been an educator in the Northwest Territories for ten years, serving originally in the Sahtu region before moving to the South Slave for four years. Afterwards Devin relocated to Inuvik to become the Assistant Superintendent at BDDEC in 2019. During his ten years in the North, Devin has taken on various leadership roles including Program Support Teacher, Principal, Instructional Coach, Regional Inclusive Schooling and Assessment Coordinator, Regional Indigenous Languages Educator (RILE), Assistant Superintendent and Superintendent.
In 2013 Devin graduated from University of Calgary completing a Masters of Educational Leadership degree in Leading and Teaching in Poverty. Devin returned to University of Calgary in 2016 enrolling in the Doctorate of Education Literacy & Languages program. Aside from teaching in the NWT, Devin has taught in London England, Quebec City and in Nova Scotia. Devin holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Dalhousie University, a Bachelor of Liberal Studies degree from University of Maine at Presque Isle and has studied French at Université de Laval. In the summer of 2018, Devin was invited to Harvard University in Boston Massachusetts to speak about his research at the annual ITEC conference. The ITEC conference later published papers from the conference including Devin’s work on Indigenous languages. Devin’s published writings also include an article in the national magazine Leaders & Learners magazine in the summer of 2016.
Devin enjoys going on the land, playing basketball, music and spending time with his family in the NWT.