A free Massive Open Online Course
October 23 – December 4
http://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/Reconciliation/
Engage with Indigenous knowledge keepers, educational leaders, and resources to enhance your understanding and knowledge of practices that advance reconciliation in the places where you live, learn, and work.

The Faculty of Education at the University of British Columbia will once again offer the Massive Open Online Course: Reconciliation Through Indigenous Education starting October 23rd.
        This free six week course supports professional and personal learning for advancing Indigenous priorities and reconciliation in community, education, and work contexts. It runs asynchronously, which means you view materials and engage in the course at your own pace. There are many exemplars from Canada, Australia, the US, and New Zealand.
                The course includes reports, innovations, and exemplars, as well as a range of multimodal materials. In addition, it brings attention to how all of us can strengthen our commitments to reconciliation through education and action in places where we live, learn, and work. If you had previously registered, the course is rich with resources that you may wish to revisit.

COURSE DESCRIPTION:  This course will help you envision how Indigenous histories, perspectives, worldviews, and approaches to learning can be made part of the work we do in classrooms, organizations, communities, and our everyday experiences in ways that are thoughtful and respectful. In this course, reconciliation emphasizes changing institutional structures, practices, and policies, as well as personal and professional ideologies to create environments that are committed to strengthening our relationships with Indigenous peoples.
         For educators, this means responding to educational reforms that prioritize improved educational outcomes for Indigenous learners. In addition, educators must support all learners to develop their knowledge and understanding of Indigenous people’s worldviews and cultures as a basis for creating equitable and inclusive learning spaces. To support these goals, teachers, administrators, young people, school staff, and researchers will learn from Indigenous Elders, educational leaders, and culturally relevant learning resources as part of their experiences in this Massive Open Online Course.
             For others who want to build their own competence and the capacity of those around them to engage in relationships with Indigenous peoples based on intercultural understanding, empathy, and respect, this course will help get you started in this process.
COURSE DETAILSThis online course is delivered using the edX platform.
DATES: October 23 – December 4, 2018
LOCATION: Online (asynchronous)
REGISTRATION: Now open!
LEARN MORE
Visit the website for more detailed information: http://pdce.educ.ubc.ca/Reconciliation/

Sponsored by the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly, the annual British Columbia Teachers’ Institute on Parliamentary Democracy is an intensive four-day professional development opportunity for teachers of social studies and related subjects in elementary, middle and secondary school. Participating teachers return to their schools with an enhanced understanding of parliamentary democracy and political process in B.C.
Upcoming Session
The next session of the B.C. Teachers' Institute on Parliamentary Democracy will be held from October 16-20, 2018 in Victoria.
Applications are being accepted until June 29, 2018.
Thank you to the 30 teachers from across the province who participated in the October 2017 session of the B.C. Teachers' Institute on Parliamentary Democracy. During an intensive four days in Victoria, the teachers collaborated to produce six engaging new lesson plans on topics related to governance, parliamentary procedure and democracy. Visit the Learning Resources page to access all lesson plans.

Classrooms To Communities Education Network Solstice Celebration
​Join other K-12 educators, post-secondary educators, community partners, collaborators and champions for change at this FREE networking event!

• 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
• Join us for a guided walking tour of New Westminster’s Pier Park. Formerly a heavy-industrial ‘brownfield’ site, multiple environmental award-winning Pier Park is an exemplar of urban renewal and environmental remediation.  

 
June 28 2018, 5:30–9:30PM
Judge Begbie's, New Westminster

To celebrate both the reopening of the Gallery after an extensive renovation and the 10th anniversary of revealing the vital and diverse Indigenous cultures of the Northwest Coast through the extraordinary work of Bill Reid and inspirational contemporary art the Gallery is pleased to offer FREE admission to the Gallery along with a whole weekend of free events at their downtown Vancouver location.   ​
When:  June 16th and 17th, 2018
Where:  639 Hornby St.  Vancouver  V6C 2G3
Times:  10:00 am to 5:00 pm
More Information:  ​https://www.billreidgallery.ca/pages/10-year-anniversary-activities

​The Learning First Peoples Summer Institute is designed to support educators to bring quality, authentic First Peoples teaching and learning into BC classrooms. Comprised of two different sessions, which can be selected individually, the sessions will introduce resources that focus on themes, issues and topics of importance to First Peoples learning and informed by the First Peoples Principles of Learning. Each session will include print resources, activities and opportunities for professional dialogue and networking. 

SESSIONS
​Aug. 20-21, 2018   English First Peoples 10, 11 and 12 Teacher Resource Guide
Aug. 22, 2018 First Nations Governance Models Teacher Resource (Elem/Sec) and Modern Day Treaty in BC Teacher Resource (Elem/Sec)

REGISTRATION & EVENT RESOURCES: www.fnesc.ca/summerinstitute
​Event contact: Riannon Nahanee        toll-free 1-877-422-3672                              riannonn@fnesc.ca 

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!