PSA Conference Details Now Available!

Hey everybody!

I hope that the new school year is off to an excellent start for you and your students.

This is the official notice of the Wellness and Our Environment Conference: brought to you by the BCTF Aboriginal & Environmental Educators’ Provincial Specialists Associations, the Langley School District Aboriginal Program and the Social Justice Committee.  The conference will be held on Friday, October 21, 2011 at Fort Langley Elementary School.  Looking forward to seeing you there!

In the mean time, you can find our poster here, and you can find a rundown of our workshops and the registration form here. 

*Please note that the registration form is at the very end of the second document. 

Wellness and Our Environment Conference

October 21, 2011 Fort Langley, BC AEA (Aboriginal Education Association) "Wellness and Our Environment." Keynote speaker: Dr. Jan Hare, Associate Dean of Indigenous Education, UBC. Fabulous workshops including, protocol and ceremony, mask making, rattles, blankets, anti-racism, cedar pouches, enhancement agreements, environmental learning and experience framework and more. Langley Elementary, 8877 Bartlett Street, Fort Langley, BC. More information will be posted here shortly,  or contact Gail Stromquist at 604-888-4819, ext. 232 or gjstrom@hotmail.com.

Conference News

Planning for the AEA Conference 2011 is underway for October 21 on the provincial Professional development day.  The conference will be held at Fort Langley Elementary School.  Further details will be released as we complete preparations.

Our last conference in October 2010 was a successful gathering of educators, sharing and learning on themes in Aboriginal education, as well as the ever-popular art workshops.