Ardith McGeown Plant is a doctoral candidate at the Werklund School of Education at the University of Calgary.  Her research interests relate to the implications of public policy and its impact on schooling and education within the K-12 system. She has worked for many years conducting research and policy work in the education sector. Currently, she teaches at the Department of Rhetoric, Writing and Communications at the University of Winnipeg, and as well at the Canadian Mennonite University.