Welcome to the Maple Ridge Teachers’ Association (MRTA), representing Teachers of Public Schools in the communities of Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, in School District #42.
Our schools are found on the traditional and unceded territories of the Kwantlen First Nation and Katzie First Nation. From the Pitt River in the West, along the banks of the Fraser River to Hay-ward Lake in the East, our communities dot the lands, hemmed up against the Pitt Polder Marshlands, Golden Ears and Blue Mountain to the North.
The MRTA is an affiliated local of the British Columbia Teachers’ Federation (BCTF). We work to represent teachers both with our Employer, within structures of the BCTF, and government bodies.
Meet Our Full-Time Table Officers

Martin Dmitrieff, MRTA President BSc/BEd
martin@mrtaoffice.ca

Trevor Takasaki, MRTA 1st VP
trevor@mrtaoffice.ca
MRTA Executive Council 2023-24
Second Vice-President | Erin Smeed, THSS/MRTA | erin@mrtaoffice.ca |
Health & Safety | Leanne Dunbar | Glenwood Elementary |
Local Rep | Erin Smeed | S+CS/MRTA |
Local Rep | Leanne Dunbar | Glenwood Elementary |
Local Rep | Richard McGraw | Pitt Meadows Secondary |
Ab Ed Rep | Jocelyn McIntosh | Glenwood Elementary |
Continuing Education Rep | Kim Henneberry Glover | Continuing Education (Riverside) |
Local Election Contact | Dale Hardy | Garabaldi Secondary |
Member at Large | Melissa Carr | |
Member at Large | Kaitlin Thorarinson | Pitt Meadows Secondary |
Membership | Nicole Rowley | S+CS @ RS |
Secretary | Lindsay Zepeski | Maple Ridge Elementary |
Treasurer | Ryan Neufeld | Thomas Haney Secondary |
FFWL | Richard McGraw | Pitt Meadows Secondary |
Chair, Early Career Teachers’ | Kara Mitchell | |
Chair, Professional Development | Jennifer MacDonald | District Helping Teacher, Mentoring |
Chair, Social Justice | Hilaire Ford | Westview Secondary |
Chair, Communications | Committee postponed for 1 year |
Committee & Reps 2022-23
MRTA Committees
Working and Learning Conditions/Bargaining Committee 2022/23
Chair: Trevor Takasaki | MRTA Office |
Member: Leanne Dunbar | GL |
Member: Andrea Jeang | GL |
Member: Ali Mehrassa | GAR |
Member: Melanie Sedergreen | HP |
Member: Mark Smeed | AT |
Member: (2 vacancies) |
Professional Development Committee 2022/23
Chair: Jennifer MacDonald | HT (Ment) @ LS |
Member: Karen Carruthers | THSS |
Member: Penny Hill | EM/YEN/TTOC |
Member: Kara Mitchell | TTOC |
Member: Denise Upton | HS/LS |
Member: (2 vacancies) |
Social Justice Committee 2022/23
Chair: Hilaire Ford | WSS |
Member: Devika Chudy | GE |
Member: Jocelyn McIntosh | Ab Ed @ WSS |
Member: Valerie Miguel | THSS |
Member: Sharmilla Miller | GAR |
Member: (2 vacancies) |
Finance Committee 2022/23
Chair: Ryan Neufeld | THSS |
Member: Sharmilla Miller | GAR |
Member: Sasha Passaglia | FV |
Member: Nicole Rowley | WSS |
Member: (1 vacancy) |
Early Career Teacher Committee 2022/23
Chair: Kara Mitchell | TTOC |
Member: Victoria Csillag | TTOC |
Member: Jennifer MacDonald | HT (Ment) @ LS |
Member: Thorne Matthews | SCS @ RS |
Member: (3 vacancies) |