Location : TELUS Convention Centre - Macleod HallAn educator giving a spelling test with imaginary words may not seem like the most traditional method of promoting learning, but then again, there isn't much that can be considered conventional in Joe Dombrowski's - or as many know him, Mr. D - classroom.While Dombrowski had been routinely posting creative, innovative and most importantly, fun ideas to his social media channels he execu...

Joe Dombrowski

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Online book store now open!Racial diversity (and harmony) as a Canadian reality, a Canadian value:  The benefits to be reaped from such richness. How the future of Canada, as a result of its remarkable racial diversity, has probably the most extraordinary future among countries in the whole world. And how we can continue working towards such a goal.

Tomson Highway

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ATA:  Understanding the Basics of Anti- Racism: Critical discussion for anti-racist classroomsHow have we arrived at this moment of reckoning with race and racism in our schools and what should we do now? This session will include a brief introduction to antiracist education. Topics will include microaggressions in the classroom, understanding the importance of the intersectionality as a lens to help teachers and school leaders understand how engage with anti-racist pedagogy wi...

Dr. Farha Shariff Ph.D

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“I’ve got this” is the rallying cry of the hopeless optimist. Educators in particular are prone to take on more than perhaps we should. In doing so, though, we often overextend ourselves, despite our best intentions. Mental toughness (MT) is a very powerful concept that helps us create a much more agile and adaptive approach to our own lives and those with whom we live and work.Mental toughness has a great deal of evidence to support its use in education, but it is also broadly misu...

Dr. Brent Macdonald

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All Keynote Speaker sessions will be recorded with the exception of Tom Jackson. Keynote Speaker sessions will be posted for viewing starting Monday, February 20, 2023 until March 20, 2023 11:59 pm.REGISTRATION TIP: You may want to add live sessions to your schedule before considering adding Keynote sessions which are recorded to your schedule. Registrants can add ONLY one session per time block, multiple sessions in a time block are not allowed by ...

Tom Jackson

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Click here to watch the recordingAll Keynote Speaker sessions will be recorded. Keynote Speaker sessions will be posted for viewing starting Monday, February 19, 2024 until March 19, 2024 11:59 pm. REGISTRATION TIP: You may want to add live sessions to your schedule before considering adding Ke...

Jared Cooney Horvath

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