Robert Mizzi

Robert C. Mizzi is a Canadian professor of education at the University of Manitoba, where he serves as Canada Research Chair in Critical and Creative Continuous Learning. His scholarship focuses on adult and continuing education, educational administration, workplace learning, and the inclusion of 2SLGBTQ people in educational and organizational settings. He is also known for developing the concept of heteroprofessionalism.

Early life and education Mizzi grew up in rural and northern Canada. He earned an honours Bachelor of Arts in drama-in-education in 1996 and a Bachelor of Education in 1997 from the University of Windsor. He later received a Master of Education in international/global education from the University of Alberta in 2002, a Doctor of Philosophy in education from York University in 2011, and a graduate certificate in higher education online pedagogy from the University of Illinois Springfield in 2020. He then founded Queer Peace International, a Canada-based organization he directed from 2005 to 2010, which supported LGBTQ community groups in non-Western countries.

Research Mizzi's research has spanned adult and continuing education, educational administration, workplace learning, and social inclusion. Drawing on this research, he published Adventures in Teaching, a guide for international educators, in 2025. The same year, he was inducted into the International Adult and Continuing Education Hall of Fame.