Dr. Candy Jones is currently an Associate Professor in the Faculty of Education (Department of Curriculum and Pedagogy) at Brandon University. She is passionate about teacher education as well as the provision of effective and meaningful teacher professional development, particularly for teachers in rural contexts. As an educator who taught in three different rural Manitoba communities over her 20-year teaching career, Candy both advocated for equity for rural teachers, and worked towards the improvement of professional development opportunities available to educators. Her Ph.D. research, which built on her previous work as a PD committee chair and part-time Numeracy Coach, examined possibilities for developing contextually responsive PD models that mitigate challenges divisions and teachers face with regards to providing and accessing meaningful PD. In her work at Brandon University, Candy has been heavily involved in the design and  renewal of both the Bachelor of Arts/Bachelor of Education Integrated Program and the Bachelor of Education After Degree Program. She teaches across both of these programs and in both the PENT Indigenous Education Program and the Master of Education Program. Candy’s research interests include: teacher identity development, rural education, teacher professional development, mathematics education, self-study, rural identity, recruitment and retention of rural teachers, community-based teacher education programs, climate change education, and the impact of menopause on women academic leaders.