We are thankful to be welcome on these lands in friendship. The lands we are situated on are covered by the Williams Treaties and are the traditional territory of the Mississaugas, a branch of the greater Anishinaabeg Nation, including Algonquin, Ojibway, Odawa and Pottawatomi. These lands remain home to many Indigenous nations and peoples.

We acknowledge this land out of respect for the Indigenous nations who have cared for Turtle Island, also called North America, from before the arrival of settler peoples until this day. Most importantly, we acknowledge that the history of these lands has been tainted by poor treatment and a lack of friendship with the First Nations who call them home.

This history is something we are all affected by because we are all treaty people in Canada. We all have a shared history to reflect on, and each of us is affected by this history in different ways. Our past defines our present, but if we move forward as friends and allies, then it does not have to define our future.

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FEd hosts workshops for teacher candidates

November 21, 2014

Dr. Suzanne de Castell, Dean, FEd, teaching coding to students.

On Friday, November 21, the Faculty of Education (FEd) is hosting workshops for teacher candidates on the topics of Bansho teaching strategy and educational coding, Undergraduate students who are interested in FEd’s Connected program* are also invited to attend.

The workshops are part of a series of events that will be held each Friday of the Bachelor of Education (BEd) academic year. All workshops will be held in the Education Building.

Workshop details:

Bansho: Provoking collective knowledge production

Guest speaker: Dr. Kathy Kubota-Zarivnij, Mathematics Program Co-ordinator, K-12; Teacher Educator; Past President, Ontario Association for Mathematics Educators (OAME); and Co-editor of education research publication Abacus.

Dr. Kubota-Zarivnij will discuss how the Bansho teaching strategy can help teachers:

Build success criteria from students’ work
Create anchor charts for conceptual development
Differentiate instruction
Value student thinking

Educational coding

Workshop leader: Laura Morrison, Sessional Lecturer, FEd

Morrison will discuss how teaching coding to students can:

Engage and empower 21^st-century learners
Help them develop creative, technical and practical skills
Contribute to the development of strategies and pedagogy (the thinking and practice associated with teaching).

For workshop times and locations, see the event poster.

*About the Connected program

The Connected program offers a new and exciting way to connect undergraduates in faculties such as Science and Health Sciences with FEd so they can explore the possibilities of careers in teaching and education. Students in years 1 through 4 are eligible to register for the program.

To find out more about the Connected program, contact a BEd Academic Advisor or Dr. Wendy Barber, BEd Program Director.

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