2010 Bell Montreal Regional Science & Technology Fair March 21-23, 2010 at Concordia University

For more information, please click on the links below:

Teacher PDF

Student PDF

and

Bridges That Unite : Exploring Canada's Global Leadership Role March 7 to 26, 2010 at Concordia University

This exhibit is an initiative of the Aga Khan Foundation Canada. Through the creative interplay of audio, video, text panels, bold graphics and interactive components, "Bridges That Unite" challenges visitors to confront typical assumptions about what international development is and what it can achieve.

For more information on the exhibit, please click on the links below:

English PDF

French PDF

Spend a day with ERC colleagues, MELS trainers and LEARN  consultants exploring resources, ERC LES,  and tools in a hands-on collaborative process.

Session cost: None. Bring a collaborative spirit!

Registration:

Send an email to Rosie Himo – rhimo@learnquebec.ca by Friday, March 12th

The group will be divided into  high school and elementary focii for most of the day.

1. Re-visit the Ministry LES’
2. Co-construct additional tools and resources
3. Learn to to be at ease in the ERC Learning Community
4. Learn how to find support materials on the web
5. Define needs that LEARN can help put into reality for September 2010

Let’s LEARN together!

Hands-on, teacher centered, QEP-friendly workshops! Small groups, dynamic presenters and hot topics.

Click here for a PDF with more detailed information of the event.

Click here to register for the workshop.

LEARN is pleased to announce a province-wide license for our public sector schools. Access to these Canadian-based resources: Web Awareness Workshop Series, Passport to the Internet, Reality Check! Evaluating Online Information, Deconstructing Online Hate and Exploring Media & Race is available through your LEARN user name and password. Please note that Passport to the Internet and Reality Check are tools designed for students and are directly available to them through their LEARN user name and password. The attached handout will provide you with a brief description of each resource. More detailed descriptions, reviews and comments can be found on the Media Awareness site at: http://www.media-awareness.ca/english/catalogue/index.cfm The term of licence agreements are June 1, 2009 to May 31, 2010 with the exception of Reality Check! Evaluating Online Information which is licensed in perpetuity. Media Awareness will offer new licensees train-the-trainer sessions for school board representatives. There is no cost to these sessions, however they require that expenses be covered (travel from Ottawa, accommodation and per diems.) If you have questions regarding the resources or are interested in training, please contact Matthew Johnson, Media Education Specialist at mjohnson@media-awareness.ca If you have questions about this license agreement, please contact services@learnquebec.ca For More information Visit this link: Http://www.learnquebec.ca/resources/rss_enclosures/Media_Awareness_Provincial_License.doc

Distinguished Educators Seminar Series - www.mcgill.ca/edu-dise/centres/cel/seminar/ Leadership Institute for Principals and Centre Directors

Program to support reseach and development in special education.

LEARN is proud to announce the launch of the LEARN store.

Print and DVD productions can all be ordered on line!

Visit us at http://www.learnstore.ca/

The fifth journal issue (Literacy) is available.

Editor: Lynn Butler-Kisber

Centre for Educational Leadership, Department of Integrated Studies, McGill University. Download seminar descriptions and registration information here: http://www.mcgill.ca/edu-dise/centres/cel/seminar/

In this workshop you will be using media and the internet to create media texts. (hands-on digital storytelling).

http://www.onf-nfb.gc.ca/eng/cultural-olympiad-2010/

The workshop will be held;

Friday, Jan. 22, 2010

9:00 ­ 3:00

Riverside School Board

299 Wilfrid Laurier Blvd. St. Lambert, Q.C.

This workshop is open to teachers with space for 20 participants..

To reserve a space please contact;

tstenzel @ learnquebec.ca

First come first served. Bring your own computer if you have one.

The Canada Science and Technology Museum is Canada’s only comprehensive, multi-disciplinary science and technology museum. Museums are part of the creative economy, part of the knowledge economy. A Science and Technology museum helps us to honor our past, understand our present and inspire our future showing the importance of Science and Technology in our society. This national institution, with its unique collection of thousands of artifacts, now needs to find a new home to continue this work.

The Museum is consulting Canadians on creating a new, state-of-the art science and technology museum that reflects the importance of science and technology to our country’s past, present and future. We are writing to invite you to take part in this consultation process. The Museum is reaching out to a wide range of stakeholders across the country, asking them to share their insights on how we can make this new museum a truly national endeavour. *** Your input is confidential and any information we share from this process will only be in aggregate form.

DATE: THURSDAY DECEMBER 3rd 2009
TIME: 8:30 AM TO NOON
LOCATION: DELTA CENTRE-VILLE, ST-LAURENT ROOM 777 UNIVERSITY STREET, MONTREAL, QUEBEC, H3C 3Z7

An outline of the event is below:
8:30 a.m. Continental breakfast and sign-in
9:00 a.m. Welcome and introductions
9:15 a.m. Presentation on the New Museum and Q&A
9:45 a.m. Consultations (including a one break)
12:00 p.m. Closing remarks and Lunch

We sincerely hope your schedule will permit you or someone from your organization to join us. Canada’s Science and Technology sector accounts for 35% of jobs in Canada. The 21st century will be reshaped by new and emerging technologies and companies that invest in them will become more efficient and will outpace the competition. This is why it is vital to bring the stories of achievement and excellence in Science and Technology of the country into our museums and the museum’s stories into the country.

Please RSVP by replying to this RSS. A representative from the museum will call your office to confirm your participation and answer any questions you might have.
Kind regards,
Marie-Josée Richard (514) 525-0387
Janet Sandor (416) 481-7070 ext. 25

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Le Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada est l’unique musée multidisciplinaire complet de sciences et de technologie au Canada. Les musées font partie de l’économie de création, de l’économie du savoir. En montrant l’influence prépondérante des sciences et de la technologie dans notre société, un Musée des sciences et de la technologie nous aide à honorer notre passé, comprendre notre présent et nous intéresser à notre avenir. Cette institution nationale, avec sa collection de milliers d’artéfacts, a aujourd’hui besoin d’un nouveau toit pour poursuivre sa mission.

Le Musée procède actuellement à une consultation auprès des Canadiens et des Canadiennes sur la création d’un nouveau musée des sciences et de la technologie de pointe, qui reflète l’importance des sciences et de la technologie pour le passé, le présent et l’avenir de notre pays. Nous vous invitons, par la présente lettre, à participer à ce processus de consultation. Le Musée entend s’adresser à un large éventail d’intervenants à travers le pays, afin de recueillir leurs idées sur la réalisation de ce projet de dimension nationale.

DATE : JEUDI LE 3 DÉCEMBRE 2009
HEURE : 8H30 À 12H00
LIEU : DELTA CENTRE-VILLE, SALLE SAINT-LAURENT 777, RUE UNIVERSITÉ, MONTRÉAL, (QUÉBEC), H3C 3Z7

L’horaire prévu est le suivant :
8 h 30 Petit-déjeuner continental et accueil
9 h 00 Mot de bienvenue et introductions
9 h 15 Présentation du Nouveau Musée – période de questions
9 h 45 Consultations (incluant une pause)
12 h 00 Allocution de clôture et lunch

Nous espérons sincèrement que votre horaire permettra, à vous-même ou à un membre de votre organisme, de vous joindre à nous. Rappelons que le secteur des sciences et de la technologie représente 35 % d’emplois au Canada. Les technologies nouvelles et émergentes vont transformer le XXIe siècle ; les entreprises qui investiront dans ces secteurs laisseront leurs concurrents loin derrière. C’est pourquoi il est crucial que nos musées présentent les histoires de réussite et d’excellence du Canada en sciences et en technologie, et que les histoires racontées par le musée se retrouvent partout au pays.

Merci de nous confirmer votre participation en répondant à ce courriel. Un représentant du Musée appellera votre bureau pour confirmer cette participation et répondre à vos questions.

Nos sincères salutations,
Marie-Josée Richard (514) 525-0387
Janet Sandor (416) 481-7070 poste 25
Conseillères, Musée des sciences et de la technologie du Canada

Part of the "From the Field" video series, this is a new LEARN-sponsored project. In this video Teachers express their opinions, discuss their own experiences, share teaching strategies, and learn about the new ERC program and its objectives as they go. Students are observed grappling with new concepts and skills related to the three subject competencies.

Ted Wall will facilitate this institute designed to provide school and centre leaders with a chance to reflect, network and enhance their practice. Make time for your own learning and register now for an excellent seminar and opportunity to network with colleagues from across Quebec.

Join teachers across Montreal for a unique training opportunity! A hands-on, creative, one-day professional development program designed for educators to learn innovative ways to incorporate the Quebec Education competencies for MEDIA LITERACY into their classrooms.

Attached you will find an invitation for a reception on Thursday November 19, 2009 planned to coincide with the beginning of the QPAT Annual Convention. The event is hosted by Patricia Peter and Holly Hampson from NANS (New Approaches, New Solutions); Julie Hobbs, Carol Marriott and Diane Wood from SAST (Supporting School Administrators Support Team); and Sandra Salesas from GOAL (Guidance Oriented Approach). Over the past year a group of MELS- SCA resource people have developed an informal mini consortium that we refer to as the Learning Partners. The partnership aims to coordinate the various initiatives in a way that will replace the tendency to work in silos with a more coordinated and collaborative approach. Our event appears in the QPAT program as session B 018 but we have extended the time and moved the event to the Embassy Suites across the street. This venue is better suited to the networking and relationship- building momentum that we want to create. We hope that you are able to join us ,and, please help us out by spreading the word.

Full-day, hands-on, bilingual workshop on the portfolio process while exploring EPearl, an on-line portfolio tool available in many Québec school boards.

The Biosphère is pleased to offer free training in English and French for elementary and secondary school teachers, educational advisors and science teachers across Canada. These training sessions will help teachers integrate environmental concepts into their teaching and encourage young people to take action to protect the environment. Varying in length from one to two days, the sessions are offered at the Biosphère or at your school on request and during specific periods throughout the year. Introduction to the concepts, principles, and practices of teaching about the environment and environmental engagement. This intensive training facilitates an understanding of the various levels of commitment and integrates this concept into teaching. Experiential learning strategies can be used to help students acquire new behaviours and new competencies. The aim of this training is to develop and enrich the competencies of teachers in using these practical techniques. After this session, participants will be able to use strategies such as nature field trips, decision making, and resolving environmental problems. Offered in two separate blocks, this training allows educators to learn about climate change and energy or about water and forests. Participants will receive practical tools to help them design learning activities on these subjects and the issues involved.

Ateliers proposes par le Domaine des langues pour l'annee scolaire 2009-2010