Lisa Starr is the Department Chair and an Associate Professor in the Department of Integrated Studies at McGill University in the Faculty of Education. Her K-12 teaching career led her from Canada to Pakistan, Kuwait, Mongolia and back to Canada. Her SSHRC funded research, NEXTschool: An Innovative Approach to High School Education, is a study of Quebec high schools engaging in the process of educational reform. The goal being understanding a dramatically different way to engage students in learning.