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Awards
The CCGE Phyllis Arnold Professional Development Award is an annual award designed to help Canadian teachers who have participated in conferences or professional development courses in geography. Applications for summer 2005 or the 2005-06 school year must be received by May 1, 2006. Awards will be announced June 1, 2006. For more details, visit CCGE Awards page.
CCGE Geographic Literacy Award
The CCGE Literacy Award honours and recognizes individual effort in the development, enhancement and/or promotion of geographic literacy in Canadian education. To submit a nomination, please send an e-mail to Lita Kaback, CCGE National office, at lkaback@ccge.org or write to the CCGE at 39 McArthur Avenue, Ottawa ON K1L 8L7. The nomination should include the person’s name and contact information. The recipient of the Geographic Literacy Award receives a $5,000 US prize, to be split between the recipient and an educational institution of the recipient’s choice.
Deadline for nominations is May 1, 2006. For more information about the award and past winners, please go to www.ccge.org/ccge/english/Awards |
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Dates…dates…dates
April 28, 2006 – Nomination deadline for the Atlantic rep position on the CCGE Executive
May 1, 2006 – Deadline for application for the Phyllis Arnold Professional Development Award.
May 1, 2006 – Deadline for nominations for the 2006 Geographic Literacy Award.
May 1, 2006 – The Green Team Challenge, part of the Canadian Environment Awards, closes.
May 5, 2006 – Deadline for entries for the Polar Bound contest, sponsored by Canadian Geographic and Students on Ice. |
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May 13, 2006 – National Online Final of the Geography Challenge. See link for more.
June 2, 2006– OAGEE Spring conference in Thunder Bay. Go to www.oagee.org for details
August 13 – 17, 2006 – Teacher Institute Prairies Migration: Exploring Grassland Animal, Plant and Human Migration. See Teacher Institutes page of the CCGE website for more info.
August 21-24, 2006 – Alberta Education’s Summer Institute in Edmonton. The focus will be on the new Social Studies program implementation in grades 5, 8 and 10. For more information, contact Shirley Douglas at: Shirley.Douglas@gov.ab.ca
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CCGE Election - Atlantic Provinces
According to the by-laws of the CCGE, regional representatives of the executive committee are up for election after a three-year term. This year the position of CCGE rep for the Atlantic region is up for election. The current rep, Peggy March, is eligible to run for another term. The position of CCGE regional rep is open to any CCGE member in the region.
CCGE members are requested to indicate their interest in serving in this capacity no later than April 28, 2006. Just send an e-mail to Lita Kaback, CCGE National office, at lkaback@ccge.org. All members in the Atlantic region will have an opportunity to vote for the person of their choice.
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2006 Teacher Institute
Southwest Saskatchewan’s Prairie Learning Centre is delighted to announce that it has received the CCGE Teacher Institute grant.
The theme for the Teacher Institute is Prairie
Migration: Exploring Grassland Animal, Plant and
Human Migration. It is for teachers
of all subject areas and will be held August 13-17
in Val Marie, Saskatchewan and the Grasslands
National Park. The institute will promote geographic
literacy on the theme of migration. Registration
and accommodation are limited so please register
early. For more information, contact Karin Smith-Fargey
at Karin.Smith-Fargey@pc.gc.ca. |
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Alberta News
The Geography Department at the University
of Calgary will be running a credit travel
course to China in Spring 2006 and to Eastern
Europe in Summer 2006. The Europe course will
be run in conjunction with Mount Royal College.
For more information, contact Aaron Williams
at awill@ucalgary.ca. |
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News from Québec
The theme of the SPGQ’s geography competition this year is “Farmland: Beyond the Fields.” Teachers unfamiliar with the competition should know that it is open to geography students at the presecondary level, as well as in the first, second, third and fifth year of high school. Membership in the SPGQ is not required to enter. Everything you need to know about how to enter the annual competition is explained at: www.recitus.qc.ca/associations/spgq.
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Atlantic Report
The Atlantic region continues to establish strong representation in all provinces. The CCGE Newfoundland and Labrador Chapter is working on several initiatives with the Ministry of Education, the Centre for Distance Learning and Innovation and the Eastern School District to provide resources to support curriculum delivery.
Associate representatives Margaret Beaton
(Cape Breton/PEI) and Janet Wiseman (Labrador)
have been appointed. If you seek resources
or expertise in these areas, contact Margaret.Beaton@strait.ednet.ns.ca or jwiseman@lsb.ca.
Communications coordinators for the Atlantic region are:
Mary van Thiel (Newfoundland and Labrador) – maryvanthiel@esdnl.ca
Ken Henderson (Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Prince Edward Island) – henderk@gmail.ca.
Please contact these coordinators if you have any news of professional development opportunities, conferences or useful resources. |
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Nova Scotia Chapter
The core steering committee of the Nova Scotia chapter of the CCGE has met several times to both define their goals and the needs of Nova Scotia. One key focus is to have something deliverable to teachers before Geography Awareness Week, and to have special events for GIS Day. Another target area is to strengthen the linkages among our interest groups. Anyone interested in joining the Nova Scotia chapter to actively promote geography and geographic education through the provision of resources or expertise, please contact one of the following:
James Boxall (Dalhousie University) –
902-494-6126 or james.boxall@dal.ca
Steve Moroney (Lockview High) –
902-860-6000 or sjm1156@gmail.com
Ken Henderson (Truro) –
902-895-1352 or henderk@gmail.com
Laura Brock (Halifax Grammar School) –
902-422-6497 or lbrock@hgs.ns.ca
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CCGE Founding Member dies
It is with great sadness that we announce the death of Helen McWilliams on Wednesday March 15, 2006 after a courageous battle with cancer. Helen, a member of the CCGE since 1993, was a dedicated teacher and spent her entire career of 30 years at Sackville High School. Her passion for geography and education was evident as she continually immersed herself in workshops, conferences and courses to further her knowledge in the field and pass on this information. A colleague wrote that “Helen is now able to transform that old geographer’s creed ‘A geographer is never lost, we are just exploring’ into her own final stamp on our lives as a friend and colleague. She is now forever exploring and we all know she is never lost!” |
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