Wendy Fletcher

Wendy Fletcher is Principal and Dean of Vancouver School of Theology, a graduate school of theology and spirituality affiliated with the University of British Columbia. She also holds the rank of professor, teaching in the areas of the spirituality of leadership and social history and has served at VST for 10 years. Prior to coming to UBC, Wendy served as professor of history at the University of Western Ontario, Huron College for 12 years.

Over the past twenty years, Wendy has worked extensively with the Association of Theological Schools of North America based in Pittsburgh in a variety of roles, including serving for several years as a Commissioner on its Accreditation Commission, an accreditation visitor and a seminar leader in the areas of conflict resolution, and leadership including both the spirituality of leadership and women in leadership. She has served as Director on the Boards of various professional and academic societies. She has also published extensively in the areas of women and Christianity, spirituality and religion and ethnicity, including significant work in the arena of First Nations Education with particular reference to residential schools. She is currently writing her most recent monograph entitled, We’re Not Racist, We’re Canadian..: The Story of an Unconscious Nation. Beyond her day job, Wendy practices her research area through extensive speaking and workshop engagements in a variety of arenas and in her work as the mother of three young adults.