Prior to this, he had a twenty-five-year career in Canada’s public school system as a mainstream, special education and resource teacher, guidance counsellor, and school principal. Dr. Reimer holds a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Manitoba. His primary research interests are on inclusive special education, school leadership, creativity, educational policy, graduation rates, at-risk learners and teacher collaboration. He has served as President of the Manitoba Council for Exceptional Children. Dr. Reimer has taught at the University of Winnipeg, University of Manitoba, and North-Caucasus Federal University (Russia). He has presented papers at several provincial, national and international conference sites.