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Friday 5 November, 2021

Time Zone: (GMT-05:00) Eastern Time (US & Canada)
10:00 AM
10:00 AM - 11:30 AM | 1 hour 30 minutes
Workshop

Moderators: Debbie Horrocks, Director, The Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN)Emma Legault, Assistant Director, The Leading English Education and Resource Network (LEARN) This virtual int...

11:30 AM
11:30 AM - 12:30 PM | 1 hour

Bring your lunch and come join us at the Agora. Here is how to connect:Agora uses the online platform Wonder. This networking platform is meant to simulate the live experience of informal networking and connecting with your peers in between sessions. The virtual room is open all day, you may revisit at any point during the day.Before joining ...

12:30 PM
12:30 PM - 1:20 PM | 50 minutes
KeynoteEducation and Indigenous communitiesIndigenous languagesHigher education

Manon Tremblay, Senior Director, Indigenous Directions, Concordia UniversityCelebrating Indigenous Languages in AcademiaAs post-secondary institutions seek to reconcile with Indigenous peoples and decolonize the academy, Indigenous languages are afforded very little attention. Universities can play a key role in fostering a ...

1:20 PM
1:20 PM - 2:40 PM | 1 hour 20 minutes

Here is how to connect to Agora:Agora uses the online platform Wonder. This networking platform is meant to simulate the live experience of informal networking and connecting with your peers in between sessions. The virtual room is open all day, you may revisit at any point during the day.Before joining the room...

1:50 PM
1:50 PM - 2:40 PM | 50 minutes
Education and Indigenous communitiesIndigenous languagesEducational professionalsElementary schoolsTranslanguaging

Moderator: Lina Shoumarova, Knowledge Mobilization Coordinator, QUESCRENSpeakers:Cathy Martin, Independent Consultant "Indigenous Education Initiatives in Quebec"

1:50 PM - 2:40 PM | 50 minutes
LiteracyStorytellingHomeschooling

Moderator: Anthony di Mascio, Professor, School of Education, Bishop's University  Speakers:Gary Purcell, Project Coordinator, The Suspicious Fish Creative Literacy Organization 

1:50 PM - 2:40 PM | 50 minutes
Panel discussionVitality of English-speaking QuebecCurriculumEducational Professionals - TeachersTeaching of history

Speakers:  Paul Zanazanian, Integrated Studies in Education, McGill University Sabrina Moisan, Faculté d'éducation, Université de Sherbrooke  

2:40 PM
2:40 PM - 3:10 PM | 30 minutes

Here is how to connect to Agora:Agora uses the online platform Wonder. This networking platform is meant to simulate the live experience of informal networking and connecting with your peers in between sessions. The virtual room is open all day, you may revisit at any point during the day.Before joining the room...

3:10 PM
3:10 PM - 4:00 PM | 50 minutes
KeynoteOfficial Linguistic Minority CommunitiesDemographics - Canada

Raymond Théberge, Commissioner of Official Languages of CanadaThe Future of Education in an Official-Language Minority Setting: Demographic Change and New Points of ViewCanada’s demographic landscape is in constant evolution; it is also very different than what it was half a century ago, when the Official Languages Act was first adopted. Our population is becoming increasingly diver...

4:00 PM
4:00 PM - 4:30 PM | 30 minutes

The Education and Vitality Forum will conclude with an informal virtual discussion among participants about what they found interesting and engaging during the conference and what are some of their takeaways from this event. 

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