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May 2010

May 6 - 7, Symposium Annuel Francophone, Ottawa, ON. www.ctf-fce.ca/symposium2010/

May 6 - 8, Creating a Legacy Together: A Conference for Global Citizenship. Canmore, AB. http://www.aenweb.ca/events/conferences/upcoming

May 13 - 14, 2010 Conference on Learning Disabilities. Halifax, NS. www.ldans.ca

May 15, The Arts for Social and Environmental Justice Conference. Toronto, ON. www.ltta.ca/

May 15, Investigating Our Practices 2010. Faculty of Education, UBC. Vancouver, BC. 13th annual conference. Teachers from different educational contexts convene at UBC to share their investigations, understandings and questions. Deadline for proposals: March 19. Registration fee: $25 ($15 for students). Lunch and refreshments included. Visit http://eplt.educ.ubc.ca/programs/institutes/iop.php or contact judy.paley@ubc.ca .

May 27 – 28, Our Time to Shine: The Association of Early Childhood Educators of Quebec and the Canadian Child Care Federation annual conference. Montreal, QC. www.aeceq.ca

May 27 – 29, Opening the Door to Adventure in Early Childhood Education: The Manitoba Child Care Association annual conference. Winnipeg, MB. www.mccahouse.org

June 2010

June 2 – 23, "Innovators in Action" Speaker Series. Waterloo, ON. www.sig.uwaterloo.ca/

June 16 - 17, Equity from the Start: 10 Years of EDI & Beyond International Conference. Hamilton, ON. Presented by the Offord Centre for Child Studies, McMaster University, Council for Early Child Development and the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. http://www.councilecd.ca/files/EFTS-Flyer1.pdf

June 28 - July 2, Teaching for a Better World: A Summer Institute for Teachers at The Institute for Humane Education. Surry, Maine. Learn about interconnected global issues including environmental preservation, human rights, animal protection, media and culture; explore the role education can play in the health and future of our world. Space is limited. 4.0 CEUs/ 40 contact hours; group discounts. Register: http://humaneeducation.org/sections/view/summer_institute , or contact Amy at (207) 667-1025, amy@humaneeducation.org

July 2010

July 5 - 8, Developing Successful Schools 2010 Institute: Fostering Assessment Literacy in Our Schools, Guidelines for School Administrators. Sackville. NB. www.nlta.nl.ca/pd_opportunities

July 5 -10, Benchmarks of Historical Thinking Summer Institute. Ottawa, ON. http://eplt.educ.ubc.ca/programs/institutes/bht.php

July 5 - 30, Teaching for a Positive Future - A Distance Learning Summer Institute. A month-long distance learning summer institute for educators who want to inspire their students to become leaders and changemakers for a healthy, peaceful, and sustainable world; 3.5 CEUs/ 35 contact hours; early bird deadline: June 13 (save $25!). Special discounts for teachers from the same school. Register: http://humaneeducation.org/sections/view/teaching_for_a_positive_future , or contact Amy at (207) 667-1025, amy@humaneeducation.org

July 16 - 20, Brain Development & Learning: Making Sense of the Science. Vancouver, BC. www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/bdl.html

July 18 - 22, ICED 2010: 21st International Congress on the Education of the Deaf. Vancouver, BC. www.ICED2010.com

July 21 - 23, Teaching and Learning with Monarch Butterflies. Winnipeg, MB. www.monarchteachernetwork-westerncanada.com

August 2010

August 4 - 6, Assessment, Evaluation and Grading: Essential Understandings. Saskatoon, SK. This workshop will provide an opportunity to examine, explore, refresh and refine understanding and practices in assessment and evaluation. www.stf.sk.ca

August 10 – 13, The Learning Summit: Conference on New Teaching and Classroom Techniques (CONTACT). Corner Brook, NL. www.nlta.nl.ca/pd_opportunities

September

September 25, Dyslexia: Signs, Symtoms and Solutions: Council of Special Services Fall Workshop. St. John's, NL. www.nlta.nl.ca

September 30 – October 2, The Fab5: A conference for teachers in their first five years. Winnipeg, MB. www.mbteach.org

October 2010

October 5 - World Teacher's Day. World Teachers’ Day was proclaimed by UNESCO in 1994 to raise awareness and understanding of the challenges facing teachers. The Education International web site features resource materials and suggestions for activities. www.ei-ie.org/worldteachersday

October 12 - 15, EDGE Conference 2010 - e-Learning: the horizon and beyond. St. John's, NL. www.mun.ca/edge2010/

October 14 - 15, PEI Teachers' Federation Annual Convention. www.peitf.com

October 21 - 23, 2010 Ophea and PHE Canada National Conference. Toronto, ON. Workshops and interactive sessions on innovative strategies for health and physical education, development of physical literacy and health literacy, sport and intramural activities, and health promotion topics. www.phecanada.ca/toronto2010/eng/main.htm

October 27 - 29, Childhood and Adolescent Obesity 2010, Hamilton, ON. www.interprofessional.ubc.ca/Obesity_Conference.htm

October 31 - November 5, Teachers Institute on Canadian Parliamentary Democracy. Ottawa, ON. Application Deadline: April 30. www2.parl.gc.ca/Sites/LOP/Education/TeachersInstitute/index.asp

November 2010

November 4 - 7, 38th Annual International Conference of the Association for Experiential Education: Experience the Oasis. Las Vegas, NV. www.aee.org/conferences/intl/