Esri Canada’s Education and Research group is excited to announce our inaugural Student Story Map Competition!
They invite you to submit student entries for a chance to win one of our top 3 prizes and a chance to win a trip to San Diego in July 2018! Competition closes Thursday, May 24th.
Learn more about the competition and how to enter:
https://bit.ly/2JNUzzF

Do you teach Grade 6 or 7?  Are your students passionate about technology or the environment?  The CBC is looking for you!  The deadline for entering  CBC's science fair is April 15th.  Check out the criteria for entering on their website.  Curiosity in Action!

Educators are invited to the Winter Network gathering on January 29 from 4-6pm! The theme for this meeting is Indigenous Education
Guest Presenter, Laura Tait, Director of Instruction, Aboriginal Education, SD68 Nanaimo Ladysmith will be presenting on the AESN Transitions project, and our hosts, Jennifer Delvecchio and Brandon Curr, District Principal of Aboriginal Education, will be sharing their work in Burnaby this year.
Join us for some light refreshments and inspiring conversations. Bring a friend!
Print the following attached image or share it out on Facebook, Twitter and other networking spaces. This group is open to all curious minds and educators.
Date: Monday, January 29, 2018
Time: 4:00 – 6:00 pm
Location: Burnaby Central Secondary (Library), 6011 Deer Lake Parkway, Burnaby BC
Please RSVP to noii.aesn@gmail.com
If you forget to RSVP and still want to come, please do. The RSVP simply helps us with catering numbers.
Thank you and see you soon!
​PS: The year-end meeting will be held on June 7, 2018 (location TBA)
Registration is now open for the May 11-12, 2018 NOII Symposium, ‘Brave Bold Action’
See the attached flyer for more information: 2018 NOII Symposium Flyer.pdf
Web: www.noii.ca | Facebook: www.facebook.com/noiiaesn | Twitter @noiiaesn

Watch for the new School Newsletter coming out in January.  In the meantime we thought you might like to know about the exciting exhibition tours and creative workshops on offer for Schools and Families from January to March! They are already taking bookings so sign up early! 
New Media Gallery STEAM Team
We are looking for Student Teachers! Would you like to gain volunteer experience teaching in art, science, engineering and technology to all age ranges? If you are interested in STEAM Programming get in touch and become part of the STEAM Team at the NMG. You'll assist in delivering interactive and engaging workshops to students from Kindergarten to Grade 12. Contact us for more information! 

SCHOOL PROGRAMS CONTACT Sunshine Frére Curatorial + Educational Programmer sfrere@newmediagallery.ca 

Kick off the New Year with an exhibition that looks at the human body through genetics, science, sculpture, movement, media and more.  In CORPUS, seven international artists explore what the body means and how it is reflected in a world increasingly transformed by new technologies. Students are invited to interact with innovative media and to critically assess what the 21st Century body is, does, and can do.
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EXHIBITION TOURS FOR SCHOOLS : FREE (45 minutes) An expert Curator or Curatorial Programmer will guide students through the exhibition, encouraging them to ask questions and discuss the strange beauty of neural networks, the fragility of a beating glass heart, and the poignancy of a last breath. 
Teachers booking in advance will receive:  a description of the exhibition, vocabulary & Big-Ideas.

CREATIVE WORKSHOPS FOR SCHOOLS : $150 (1.5 - 2.5 HOURS) Starting with a tour, this workshop uses what the student has just seen in CORPUS as a jumping off point.  It will focus on creative ways to understand and reflect systems, organs and functions of THE BODY.  The workshops are technology based; using LittleBits modular electronics as well as conventional art materials.  Students work collaboratively in groups, often building a narrative around their project.  To help students imagine their project a series of short semiotic and creative assignments are used.  Facilitators work hard to assist students in realizing their own ideas and designs. The focus on encouraging process and independent thinking has resulted in wildly creative projects and innovative designs.  Advance booking required.
Teachers will receive: description of the exhibition vocabulary & Big-Ideas, pre-workshop assignment and a post-workshop summary.

SCHOOL PROGRAMS CONTACT Sunshine Frére Curatorial + Educational Programmer sfrere@newmediagallery.ca ​

Project submission for for the BC Green Games begins on January 15th and ends March 1st.
Interested?  Visit the BC Green Games website!

Join other K-12 educators, post-secondary educators, community partners, collaborators and champions for change sharing stories of place-based education success at this regional network event. Beverages and appetizers will be available.
December 21, 6-9:30pm, TELUS World of Science
Be inspired by and connect with champions for sustainability and place-based education in British Columbia.

• Celebrate and share key ingredients for success.
• Learn about new ideas, curriculum opportunities, and professional development events.
• Enjoy a selection of hors d'oeuvres and beverages. 

Learn more and RSVP!

You are welcome to join in-person, or online on the day of the event at CanadasHistory.ca/HistoryForum. This event is open to the public and admission is free.
Please RSVP
CanadasHistory.ca/HistoryForum

Did you know that you can sign up for newsletters and access free resources at the Canada's History website?  Their award winning magazine for intermediate and middle years aged students  KAYAK also has its own website with games, trivia, contests and information.  Check out the most recent issue and subscribe here.

This workshop will provide teachers with knowledge on how to provide First Peoples' perspectives in science as well as fully developed units that correspond with the BC Provincial Science Curriculum for Grades 5 - 9.  It will be held at the Sheraton Vancouver Airport Hotel in Richmond with the very reasonable registration fee of $30.00.  
For more information go to Science First People Workshop
​Register at http://www.fnesc.ca/events-lfp/
Registration deadline is 48 hours prior to the event and will not be accepted at the event.

Intangible: Memory and Innovation in Coast Salish Art
 Opening Event 
Tuesday, September 12 from 6 - 8pm
Enjoy light refreshments, a live performance by Ronnie Dean Harris aka Ostwelve, and participate in an interactive art piece with Roxanne Charles.
 
RSVP HERE
 
Six contemporary artists make profound statements about Indigenous rights, land, and sovereignty through their work. This exhibition celebrates a distinct yet intangible connection between contemporary practice and the traditional Coast Salish art of the past.

Marvin Oliver (Quinault / Isleta Pueblo) is an innovator in contemporary glass work and embeds symbolic
knowledge in glass Spirit Boards. 
Tawx'sin Yexwulla/Aaron Nelson-Moody (Squamish) invokes family knowledge of traditional copper use and combines it with contemporary techniques. 
lessLIE (Cowichan, Penelakut and Esquimault) focuses on enlarged Salish design elements to magnify issues of identity and colonialism. 
Sesemiya/Tracy Williams (Squamish) explores land sovereignty by experimenting with plant, animal, and mineral components and employing them in her cedar weavings. 
 Ronnie Dean Harris/Ostwelve (Sto:lo / St'at'imc) will use multimedia to explore traditional Salish territory within the urban environment. 
 Roxanne Charles (Semiahmoo) is a fibre artist, who frequently incorporates live performance to engage the public in contemporary issues. 
 
 Presenting Sponsor: 
The Audain Foundation
 Exhibition Partners: 
Deux Mille Foundation
The Georgia Straight
The Hamber Foundation