Dr. Veronica Pacini-Ketchabaw, PhD, Professor of Early Childhood Education in the Faculty of Education and Director of the Interdisciplinary Centre for Research in Curriculum at Western University. Prior to joining Western University, she was a Professor at the School of Child & Youth Care at the University of Victoria in British Columbia. 

Dr. Pacini-Ketchabaw has been awarded the AERA Critical Perspectives in Early Childhood Education SIG’s 2024 Distinguished Career Contribution Award, and the 2021 NORRAG’s Senior Fellowship. I have held international visiting academic appointments with the University of Canberra, Victoria University, Edith Cowan University, and the University of Modena at Reggio Emilia.