Career Highlights
Gorbachev Youth Summit
In October 1987 Vancouver’s Science World hosted the former president of the Soviet Uniion Mikhail Gorbachev in a satellite-linked Summit with high school students throughout British Columbia. This was considered a groundbreaking event because in 1987 Satellite-linked dialogues were still a rare occurrence. Maria LeRose was Host and Moderator of this landmark event.
Educate The Heart - The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education
In September 2006 at Vancouver’s Orpheum Theatre , His Holiness the Dalai Lama was joined by world-renowned educators and scientists for a dialogue entitled “Educating the Heart”. Maria LeRose was moderator of this extraordinary event. Based on strong scientific research and evidence-based practice, the Dialogue explored what we know about developing social and emotional intelligence in our children and society. The event was also webcast world-wide.
Daniel Siegel, author of Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
On May 10, 2011, Maria LeRose moderated a dialogue featuring renowned author and brain researcher Daniel Siegel. The dialogue was the closing event to the Dalai Lama Center's spring Speakers Series. The theme to these events has been "Living Compassion Inside and Out" and his discussion on Mindsight was very much on key
An Intimate Evening with Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams returned to Vancouver on March 19, 2010. Hosted by the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education, she gave a talk about how she and her colleagues around the world worked together to ban landmines, work recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize, and her tireless efforts to promote human rights through the work of the Nobel Women’s Initiative.
In 1997, Jody Williams became the tenth woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She was the founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and oversaw ICBL’s growth to more than 1,300 organizations in 95 countries working to eliminate antipersonnel landmines. In 2004 she was named by Forbes as one of the 100 most powerful women in the world. Since her protests of the Vietnam War, she has been a life-long advocate of human rights.
United Way MDI Forum
United Way presented Vancouver's groundbreaking 2010 Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI) developed by Dr. Kimberly Schonert-Reichl. Maria LeRose moderated a Round Table discussion with Dr. Schonert-Reichl, the principal investigator of the study, and a professor in UBC's Faculty of Education and the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP); United Way of the Lower Mainland President & CEO Michael McKnight; Vancouver School Board Superintendent Steve Cardwell and Clyde Hertzman, Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP). More than 3,000 Grade 4 students in Vancouver completed a survey about their feelings, thoughts, assets and strengths. They also shared their needs and wishes during the after-school hours. These elements are strongly linked to well-being, health, academic achievement, and success throughout the school years and in later life. A quarter of Grade 4 public school children in Vancouver say that they are not doing well in overall health and well-being. The finding is included in a new study, the result of a research partnership between the Vancouver School Board, United Way of the Lower Mainland, and the University of British Columbia's (UBC) Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP).
International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED 2010)
The International Congress on Education of the Deaf (ICED) was first held in Paris in 1878 to bring together educators to discuss key issues in Deaf Education. Over the years, ICED has continued to meet and draw together leading educators, professionals and researchers involved in educating deaf and hard of hearing students to present the latest advances, developments and achievements. For ICED 2010, Maria LeRose was MC and Dialogue Moderator at the Leader's Summit Program. Maria facilitated in-depth discussions with leaders in the deaf community from across 29 countries on the areas of detection, early intervention, and advancing technology.
National Dialogue On Youth Resilience
In November 2008 Maria moderated the first-ever Canadian National Dialogue on Resilience in Youth. The dialogue brought together youth, researchers, practitioners and policy-makers from the fields of mental health, education, community and social services to learn about different perspectives and approaches and to foster relationships among sectors and stakeholders that would not otherwise have the opportunity to share knowledge, ideas and practices. In her role as Moderator, Maria researched and designed 8 dialogues, and facilitated each interactive dialogue in a ‘talk show format’ in front of a live audience.
United Way Learning Summit on Middle Childhood
The United Way of the Lower Mainland 2009 Learning Summit on Middle Childhood (From Research and Planning to Action for Children ages 6-12) brought two hundred people together focusing on turning research to action. Participants learned about how kids are spending their time; out-of-school programs that work; program measurement; improving community systems, and action-based policies. Maria LeRose was Moderator of this two-day event. She consulted on the Summit overall design, researched and designed individual summit elements, Emceed the event, and conducted live-interactive “talk show” format interviews.
The Boeing Company “Taking Care of Business”
The task of training more than 21,000 managers nationwide is a daunting one. When the Boeing Company was faced with this challenge, their solution was to deliver management training through an innovative series of live, interactive broadcast workshops. And to ensure success they hired Maria LeRose as Moderator of the training broadcasts. Called "Taking Care of Business," the workshops included interviews with content experts, live dramatization built around case studies, commentators, and live questions and answers. Key Boeing senior executives participated in each broadcast workshop during the six-month run. Programming originating from KCTS-TV studios in Seattle and was broadcast to Boeing sites throughout North America as well as to England, Tokyo and Australia. As Moderator, Maria designed and conducted live on-air interviews, coached Executives on television presentation, provided on-air continuity for the workshops, and facilitated virtual Q&A sessions with participants.
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Workplace Stress and Aggression Project
In response to increased stress and aggression in the workplace, the US Department of Veteran Affairs launched a four-year grass roots project designed to improve organizational performance by reducing workplace stress and aggression. The VA employs 220,000 people throughout the US. To bring these employees together in a cost effective and efficient manner, the VA used interactive satellite-linked broadcasts that originated in a Washington DC studio, and were broadcast to VA sites across the country. Maria LeRose was host and moderator of these live broadcasts. As a key player in the process, Maria synthesized information, facilitated planning sessions, designed and conducted interviews that elicited clear concise information about the subject, and engaged virtual participants in an interactive dialogue with studio guests.
Sunrise family services Society - Adoption Lives
Sunrise Adoption produced a series of lectures feature world renowned experts on international adoption. The series was targeted at an audience of parents. Maria LeRose designed and moderated this series of dialogues.
In October 1987 Vancouver’s Science World hosted the former president of the Soviet Uniion Mikhail Gorbachev in a satellite-linked Summit with high school students throughout British Columbia. This was considered a groundbreaking event because in 1987 Satellite-linked dialogues were still a rare occurrence. Maria LeRose was Host and Moderator of this landmark event.
Educate The Heart - The Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education
In September 2006 at Vancouver’s Orpheum Theatre , His Holiness the Dalai Lama was joined by world-renowned educators and scientists for a dialogue entitled “Educating the Heart”. Maria LeRose was moderator of this extraordinary event. Based on strong scientific research and evidence-based practice, the Dialogue explored what we know about developing social and emotional intelligence in our children and society. The event was also webcast world-wide.
Daniel Siegel, author of Mindsight: The New Science of Personal Transformation
On May 10, 2011, Maria LeRose moderated a dialogue featuring renowned author and brain researcher Daniel Siegel. The dialogue was the closing event to the Dalai Lama Center's spring Speakers Series. The theme to these events has been "Living Compassion Inside and Out" and his discussion on Mindsight was very much on key
An Intimate Evening with Nobel Peace Laureate Jody Williams returned to Vancouver on March 19, 2010. Hosted by the Dalai Lama Center for Peace and Education, she gave a talk about how she and her colleagues around the world worked together to ban landmines, work recognized with the Nobel Peace Prize, and her tireless efforts to promote human rights through the work of the Nobel Women’s Initiative.
In 1997, Jody Williams became the tenth woman to receive the Nobel Peace Prize. She was the founding coordinator of the International Campaign to Ban Landmines (ICBL) and oversaw ICBL’s growth to more than 1,300 organizations in 95 countries working to eliminate antipersonnel landmines. In 2004 she was named by Forbes as one of the 100 most powerful women in the world. Since her protests of the Vietnam War, she has been a life-long advocate of human rights.
United Way MDI Forum
United Way presented Vancouver's groundbreaking 2010 Middle Years Development Instrument (MDI) developed by Dr. Kimberly Schonert-Reichl. Maria LeRose moderated a Round Table discussion with Dr. Schonert-Reichl, the principal investigator of the study, and a professor in UBC's Faculty of Education and the Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP); United Way of the Lower Mainland President & CEO Michael McKnight; Vancouver School Board Superintendent Steve Cardwell and Clyde Hertzman, Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP). More than 3,000 Grade 4 students in Vancouver completed a survey about their feelings, thoughts, assets and strengths. They also shared their needs and wishes during the after-school hours. These elements are strongly linked to well-being, health, academic achievement, and success throughout the school years and in later life. A quarter of Grade 4 public school children in Vancouver say that they are not doing well in overall health and well-being. The finding is included in a new study, the result of a research partnership between the Vancouver School Board, United Way of the Lower Mainland, and the University of British Columbia's (UBC) Human Early Learning Partnership (HELP).
International Congress on the Education of the Deaf (ICED 2010)
The International Congress on Education of the Deaf (ICED) was first held in Paris in 1878 to bring together educators to discuss key issues in Deaf Education. Over the years, ICED has continued to meet and draw together leading educators, professionals and researchers involved in educating deaf and hard of hearing students to present the latest advances, developments and achievements. For ICED 2010, Maria LeRose was MC and Dialogue Moderator at the Leader's Summit Program. Maria facilitated in-depth discussions with leaders in the deaf community from across 29 countries on the areas of detection, early intervention, and advancing technology.
National Dialogue On Youth Resilience
In November 2008 Maria moderated the first-ever Canadian National Dialogue on Resilience in Youth. The dialogue brought together youth, researchers, practitioners and policy-makers from the fields of mental health, education, community and social services to learn about different perspectives and approaches and to foster relationships among sectors and stakeholders that would not otherwise have the opportunity to share knowledge, ideas and practices. In her role as Moderator, Maria researched and designed 8 dialogues, and facilitated each interactive dialogue in a ‘talk show format’ in front of a live audience.
United Way Learning Summit on Middle Childhood
The United Way of the Lower Mainland 2009 Learning Summit on Middle Childhood (From Research and Planning to Action for Children ages 6-12) brought two hundred people together focusing on turning research to action. Participants learned about how kids are spending their time; out-of-school programs that work; program measurement; improving community systems, and action-based policies. Maria LeRose was Moderator of this two-day event. She consulted on the Summit overall design, researched and designed individual summit elements, Emceed the event, and conducted live-interactive “talk show” format interviews.
The Boeing Company “Taking Care of Business”
The task of training more than 21,000 managers nationwide is a daunting one. When the Boeing Company was faced with this challenge, their solution was to deliver management training through an innovative series of live, interactive broadcast workshops. And to ensure success they hired Maria LeRose as Moderator of the training broadcasts. Called "Taking Care of Business," the workshops included interviews with content experts, live dramatization built around case studies, commentators, and live questions and answers. Key Boeing senior executives participated in each broadcast workshop during the six-month run. Programming originating from KCTS-TV studios in Seattle and was broadcast to Boeing sites throughout North America as well as to England, Tokyo and Australia. As Moderator, Maria designed and conducted live on-air interviews, coached Executives on television presentation, provided on-air continuity for the workshops, and facilitated virtual Q&A sessions with participants.
US Department of Veterans Affairs
Workplace Stress and Aggression Project
In response to increased stress and aggression in the workplace, the US Department of Veteran Affairs launched a four-year grass roots project designed to improve organizational performance by reducing workplace stress and aggression. The VA employs 220,000 people throughout the US. To bring these employees together in a cost effective and efficient manner, the VA used interactive satellite-linked broadcasts that originated in a Washington DC studio, and were broadcast to VA sites across the country. Maria LeRose was host and moderator of these live broadcasts. As a key player in the process, Maria synthesized information, facilitated planning sessions, designed and conducted interviews that elicited clear concise information about the subject, and engaged virtual participants in an interactive dialogue with studio guests.
Sunrise family services Society - Adoption Lives
Sunrise Adoption produced a series of lectures feature world renowned experts on international adoption. The series was targeted at an audience of parents. Maria LeRose designed and moderated this series of dialogues.