MAX VAN MANEN, PhD, EdD (Hon) is professor emeritus at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Canada. His work includes pedagogical theory, epistemology of professional practice, pedagogical thoughtfulness and tact, childhood’ secrecy, pedagogy of recognition, phenomenological research and writing, human science research methods and curriculum studies. He has presented at numerous universities in the areas of education, psychology, health science, pedagogy and the arts.
MICHAEL VAN MANEN, MD, PhD, FRCPC (Peds,NICU,CIP) Endowed Chair in Health Ethics is the Director of the John Dossetor Health Ethics Centre and an Associate Professor in the Department of Pediatrics at the University of Alberta. Dr van Manen also has a clinical practice as a physician in neonatal-perinatal medicine at the Stollery Children’s Hospital. His research is primarily concerned with relational ethics within the tradition of phenomenology.