Recognizing the Leader Within: An Introduction Section I: School Leadership Identities Section Introduction Chapter 1: Searching for Myself: Identity Formation Through Participation in a School Leader Learning Network Chapter 2: Matriarchs in the Making: Stories of Indigenous Women in Leadership Chapter 3: A Feminist Postcolonial Examination of Experiences of Black and Indigenous Female Principals in Canada Section II: Building Relationships to Lead Transformative Change Section Introduction Chapter 4: Relationships Are a Gift Chapter 5: Leading with Heart for Transformative Change: A Relationship-Centred Approach Centering Critical Hope Chapter 6: Learning to Lead Transformatively: Using a Graphic Representation of Holistic Leadership to Guide the Range and Scope of Transformative Leadership Practices Section III: Students at the Centre Section Introduction Chapter 7: Growing Shared Knowledge in Schools: Cultivating Curiosity and Engaging Educator Reflexivity Chapter 8: Disrupting a Streaming Structure in Elementary Special Education Chapter 9: Decentering What We Think We Know: Making Space for Student Voice in School Improvement Planning Section IV: Connecting with Parents, Caregivers, and Community Section Introduction Chapter 10: Anti-Oppressive Parent and Caregiver Engagement: An Ethos for Leadership Chapter 11: My Story Matters: Using Duo-Ethnographic Discussions as a Method for Engaging Diverse Voices to Build Caring and Empathetic School Communities Chapter 12: Principles for Principals: Naturalizing Indigenous Knowledge in an Elementary School Section V: Supporting Wellness and Well-Being Section Introduction Chapter 13: Teacher Occupational Resilience: Reimagining the Occupation of Teaching Chapter 14: Walking: Attuning to a Decolonized, Wholistic Path of Teacher Well-being Chapter 15: Stop the Burnout: Protecting the Well-Being of School Leaders Section VI: Making Space for All to Lead Section Introduction Chapter 16: In Most Troubling Times, Silence is Seldom the Answer Chapter 17: Shapeshifting Between Spaces: Indigenous Leadership, Surviving Within the Western Colonial System Chapter 18: Leading Through Fragments: If I Can't Lead with All the Parts of Me . How Can I Lead with You? Concluding Thoughts Author Biographies Index.