Garfield Gini-Newman is a senior lecturer at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) at the University of Toronto and a senior national consultant with the Critical Thinking Consortium. Formerly, he was a curriculum consultant with the York Region District School Board and a classroom educator for fifteen years teaching a range of subjects, including history, philosophy, politics, and English. He has spoken across Canada and internationally on critical thinking, brain-compatible classrooms, curriculum design, and effective assessment practice. Garfield has also authored seven textbooks and has taught in the Faculty of Education at both York University and the University of British Columbia.