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CSBA Congress 2012
 
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2012 Canadian School Boards Association Congress – Connexions

Hosted by the Quebec English School Boards Association

Fairmont Château Frontenac

Québec City, Québec

Click here to register for Congress 2012.

Early-bird registration until May 1st, 2012:

Members:               $700.00

Non-Members:         $750.00

  

Registration after May 1st, 2012

      Members:              $750.00      

Non-Members:        $795.00

Please consult the program-at-a-glance

 

 

 

Rt. Hon Paul Martin
 
Paul-Martin_enDuring his tenure as Canada’s Minister of Finance, Paul Martin erased Canada’s deficit which was the worst of the G7, subsequently recording five consecutive budget surpluses. As Prime Minister, Mr. Martin and his government reached an historic consensus with Canada's provinces, territories, First Nations, Métis and Inuit leaders that would eliminate the gaps between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal Canadians in the areas of health, education, housing and economic opportunity. Since leaving office, he has been active on the national and international stage in forging dialogue and action on environmental, aboriginal and social justice issues.
 

Buffy Ste-Marie
 
Buffy-Trevor_enBuffy Ste-Marie was a graduating college senior in 1962 and hit the ground running in the early Sixties… after the beatniks and before the hippies! All alone, she toured North America's colleges, reservations and concert halls, meeting both huge acclaim and huge misperception from audiences and record companies who expected Pocahontas in fringes, and instead were both entertained and educated with their initial dose of Native American reality in the first person.

She made 18 albums of her music, three of her own television specials, scored movies, garnered international acclaim, helped to found Canada's Music of Aboriginal Canada JUNO category, raised a son, earned a Ph.D. in Fine Arts, taught Digital Music as adjunct professor at several colleges, and won an Academy Award Oscar and a Golden Globe Award for the song Up Where We Belong.
 

Mark Kelley
 
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Mark Kelley is the host of "Connect with Mark Kelley", the new nightly news talk program on CBC News Network.

Kelley has made his name connecting with Canadians. Whether he was spending seven days as a teacher in a struggling B.C. school, or living in a homeless shelter in Montreal, Kelley goes one step further to get the stories that matter to Canadians. He has been front and centre for some of the most dramatic stories in recent memory--reporting from the frontlines of the Great Ice Storm in Montreal in 1998, to anchoring the coverage of the crash of Swissair Flight 111 in Halifax, to the attacks of September 11 when he was host of CBC News: Morning.
Kelley has won three Gemini awards for his live coverage and documentary work for CBC News: Disclosure and CBC News: The National.

A graduate of Concordia University, Kelley lives with his family in Toronto.
 

Professional Development Session - Fall 2011, Ron Edwards Lecture Series
 

Best Practices

International Programs - Suanne Stein Day, Chair Lester B. Pearson Scholl Board

Small "p" for politics - Wayne Goldthorp, Director General and Rob Buttars, Assistant Director General New Fromtiers School Board

An Alternate Approach - Moira Bell, Chair of the Riverside School Board

 

 

Professional Development Program 2011
 

Professional Development Session

October 28 and 29, 2011

Hotel Delta-Sherbrooke

 

Friday, October 28, 2011

 2:00 p.m.        Board of Directors Meeting

 5:30 p.m.        Registration

 6:00 p.m.        Dinner at the Delta-Sherbrooke
                       Presentation of 2011 Award of Merit
                       Evening with the Eastern Townships School 
                       Board

 8:00 p.m.        Candidates’ debate

 9:30 p.m.        Meet and Greet
                       Hotel Bar (cash bar)

 Saturday, October 29, 2011

 8:00 a.m.        Registration

 8:30 a.m         Welcome
                       Frank di Bello,
                       Chair of the Professional Development Committee

 8:45 a.m.        State of the Association Address
                       Debbie Horrocks, President

 9:15 a.m.        Plenary Session
                       Brian Woodland, Communications Director
                       Peel District School Board

                         Commissioner Development Session:

Beyond Image: Proven PR tools to build school/board reputation—and support student success!

In this provocative and valuable session, hear why many traditional "school board (district) marketing" activities are often a waste of time and money, and discover how to go beyond image to build reputation and to connect public relations to student success.

 10:15 a.m.     Health Break

 10:30 a.m.     Annual Ron Edwards Lecture Series


Best Practices round table and discussion
session

                        a)   Recruitment (Lester B. Pearson School 
                              Board)
                        b)   Politics (New Frontiers School Board)
                        c)   Pedagogy (Riverside School Board)

 12:00 p.m.     Lunch
                      12-year award recipients

 1:30 p.m.        Annual General Meeting

 3:30 p.m.        Adjournment

 

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