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Wednesday
, February 20
6:00pm MST
Welcome Reception & Registration
MacEwan Hall A
Dennis Sumara
Thursday
, February 21
8:30am MST
Opening Keynote - "Gimme Shelter: Building Advocacy, Facilitation, and Confidence in Today's Youth"
MacEwan Hall A
Shirley Steinberg
9:30am MST
Travel Time
Education Classroom Block
9:40am MST
A1.1 - Assessing the impact teaching abroad has on current teacher’s practice
Education Classroom Block 350
Janessa Bretner
A1.2 - Welcoming Parents Involvement Into Our Classrooms
Education Classroom Block 350
Martika Merriman-Scheffer
A2.1 - Understanding the value of coaching and mentoring to support new and developing teachers
Education Classroom Block 351
Maddison Fritze • Katherine Mueller
A2.2 - Link2Practice: A Model of Ongoing Teacher and Teacher Candidate Professional Learning
Education Classroom Block 351
Isabelle Archibald • Dana Bell • Hilary Graham • Laura Lancaster • Kerry Robertson • Kathy Sanford • Gracyn Tanche
A3.1 - Analyzing reading curricula for ideology and representation: The case of Raz-Kids
Education Classroom Block 353
Maren Aukerman
A3.2 - Developing Course Responsive Resources
Education Classroom Block 353
Brian Gilbert
A4.1 - Identifying authentic assessment tasks in mathematics textbooks
Education Classroom Block 354
Olive Chapman • Merrick Fanning • Kelsey Gay • Kim Koh
A4.2 - Rethinking Repetition: Building Numeracy Competence in Early/Middle Years
Education Classroom Block 354
Zabrina Cornelisse
A10 - Inspiring and Connecting with Students Through Mural Making
Education Tower 146
Janna Li
A5 - Nightmare on WestCAST Street: Students’ Perceptions of Popular Culture & Literacy
Education Classroom Block 356
Jesse deHaan • Arsh Grewal
A6 - Space, Place, and Relationships: Fostering Meaningful Connections with Students and their Environments
Education Classroom Block 357
MacKenzie Bouchard • Aaron Larsen
A7 - So you think you can escape? Creating an escape room for your class!
Education Classroom Block 374
Sue (Nursurya) Mylde
A8 - Rocky View School's Design Thinking Cohort
Education Classroom Block 370A
Chantal Chapin • Karmen Green • Natasha Randawa • Stephanie Spahmann
A9 - Integrating Indigenous Pedagogies in Cross-Curricular Instruction
Education Classroom Block 352
Marika Schalla
10:50am MST
Travel Time & Nutrition Break
Education Classroom Block
11:00am MST
B1.1 - Designing Middle School Social Studies Lesson Plans and Assessment Tasks: Problem-Based Learning and Authentic Assessment
Education Classroom Block 350
Olive Chapman • Kim Koh • Adam Townley
B1.2 - The Great STEM Race Developing 21st Century Skills through a STEM Inquiry-Based Unit of Study
Education Classroom Block 350
Dianne Dodsworth • Adam Quirante • Daniel Walsh
B2.1 - Understanding the Factors that Contribute to High School Students’ Decisions to Study Physics in Higher Education
Education Classroom Block 353
Kelvin Au
B2.2 - How Students Operationalize Mechanical Dissection in a Science and Technology Class
Education Classroom Block 353
Jolyane Damphousse • Audrey Groleau • Ghislain Samson
B3.1 - Multiple Sites of Learning: Exploring Teacher Education Through Competencies
Education Classroom Block 354
Dana Bell • Nicole Carson • Spencer Grimm • David Heffernan • Emily Mayne Oliveira • Kerry Robertson
B3.2 - The Benefit of Inquiry Based Learning for Teacher Candidates
Education Classroom Block 354
Isabelle Archibald • Dana Bell • Hilary Graham • Kerry Robertson • Gracyn Tanche
B4.1 - Showing Students that Summer Break doesn’t mean a Break from Learning
Education Classroom Block 356
Nicole Barry
B4.2 - Authentic Assessment - How the shaping of assessment can inspire our students
Education Classroom Block 356
Briar Hildebrand
B5 - Seeing is Believing: Challenging Alternate Conceptions in Genetics by Connecting Micro and Macro Level Processes
Education Classroom Block 357
Alexis Hampe • Whitney Lodge-Zaparnick • Elvina Mukhamedshina
B6 - Connecting with Compassionate Communication
Education Classroom Block 352
Sebella Viljoen
B7 - Digital technologies: Connecting theory with effective practice
Education Classroom Block 370A
Alex Vaughan • Norm Vaughan
B8 - But do I Belong? Fostering a Sense of Belonging Through The Wonder of Names
Education Classroom Block 374
Katie Jardine
B9 - Valued AND Vulnerable: The complex experiences of male elementary teachers
Education Tower 146
Brian Gilbert • Garry Jones • Todd Webber
12:10pm MST
Lunch
Education Classroom Block
1:30pm MST
C1.1 - Indigenous Knowledges and Sustainability
Education Classroom Block 350
Yvonne Vizina
C1.2 - Incorporating Indigenous Perspectives in Outdoor Education
Education Classroom Block 350
Jan Hare • Brittany Seymour
C2.1 - Comparing Panel Interviews with Multiple-Mini-Interviews for Admission into Teacher Education
Education Classroom Block 351
Sheryl MacMath • Barbara Salingre
C2.2 - Transforming thought through reflexive experiential learning: Applying reflective thought to pre-service teacher practice
Education Classroom Block 351
Linda Rappel
C3.1 - “Children like stories”: How to inspire teachers to integrate evolutionary theory through nonfiction picturebooks
Education Classroom Block 353
Erin Spring • Annemie Treier
C3.2 - How First Peoples Traditional Storytelling Can Be Used as a Strategy to Improve Literacy in the STEM Classroom
Education Classroom Block 353
Lisa Andrykew • Jennifer Clausen
C4.1 - Effective Physical Activity in the Classroom
Education Classroom Block 354
Kari Herman • Anny Peplinski • Kristina Siroishka
C4.2 - Toward Worthwhile Life: Inspiring Capability, Narrative, and Cultural Awareness in Literature/Social Classrooms
Education Classroom Block 354
Leah C. Fowler
C5 - Technology Infused Pedagogy: Virtual Reality Brings Learning to Life
Education Classroom Block 356
Ryan Poirier
C6 - Let’s Talk Science in the Classroom - Inspiring the Leaders of Tomorrow
Education Classroom Block 357
Ian Dimopoulos
C7 - Connecting with children on the autism spectrum through music and literature
Education Classroom Block 352
Sheila Scott
C8 - Case Scenarios and Supervision Dimensions: Reflective Tools for Engaging with Supervision Practice
Education Classroom Block 370A
Dawn Burleigh • Greg Ogilvie
C9 - Language and Belonging Through Socratic Seminar
Education Classroom Block 374
Dana Bell • Nicole Carson • David Heffernan • Emily Mayne Oliveira • Kerry Robertson
2:40pm MST
Travel Time & Nutrition Break
Education Classroom Block
2:50pm MST
D1.1 - Inspiring Youth Leadership: 3 Years of Change in Southern Alberta
Education Classroom Block 350
Alix Esterhuizen • Sharon Friesen • Michael Holden • Elizabeth Howard • Sandy Miller • Sean Sager
D1.2 - Connecting Students, Schools, and Communities through Service-Learning
Education Classroom Block 350
Hamnah Altaf • Amy Hensch • Michael Holden • Sean Lam • Aaron Park
D2.1 - Calgary Secondary Teachers' Perceptions of Homework
Education Classroom Block 351
Angelo (Joey) Cayanan • Kim Koh
D2.2 - Design Based Thinking and the Reshaping of Student Teacher Pedagogy and Practice
Education Classroom Block 351
Lyndsay Cooper • Dianne Dodsworth • Morgan Marek • Danielle McKinnon • Caterina Olivito-Veltri • Faith Perratt • Dana Sigurdson • Julie Tran • Patricia Wall • Ema Zejnilovic
D3.1 - Digital Good Relations in a Community-Based Indigenous Teacher Education Program
Education Classroom Block 353
Jessica Creyke • Johanna Sam
D3.2 - Teaching for First Nations Students: An Inquiry into the Effectiveness of our teaching during final practicum
Education Classroom Block 353
Johanna McClements • Carrie Robinson
D4 - Empowering Students through Inquiry
Education Classroom Block 354
Jordan Grenier
D5 - Destination Imagination After School: Connecting and Inspiring with Vulnerable Youth
Education Classroom Block 356
Madison Hanson
D6 - The power of hands-on learning - a practical workshop
Education Classroom Block 357
Sue Mylde
D7 - Yoga to Inspire and Connect
Education Tower 01
Emily Blackmore
D8 - Drawing Connections Between Western Educational Theories and Indigenous Worldviews and Pedagogies
Education Classroom Block 370A
Samantha Gilbert • Tom Owen
D9 - Learning through Making: How Do We Design and Assess the Learning?
Education Classroom Block 374
Laurie Androsoff • Sandra Becker • Paula Hollohan • Jennifer Lock
4:00pm MST
Travel Time
Education Classroom Block
4:10pm MST
E1.1 - Connecting Indigenous and Non-Indigenous Youth: Learnings from a National Youth Gathering
Education Classroom Block 350
Bilal Abdulghani • Madison Fleischhacker • Michael Holden • Yung Hsiang Huang • Natalie Lauchlan • Karishma Samra
E1.2 - How Beaver Got a Flat Tail: Engaging Teacher Candidates and Teacher Educators in Indigenization
Education Classroom Block 350
Laura Howard • Roxane Letterlough • Gloria Ramírez • Mariah Wilson
E2.1 - Authenticity as a catalyst for inspiration and connection: Conversations and strategies shared between a student teacher and a practicing teacher
Education Classroom Block 351
Eileen Abad • Isabelle Panrucker
E2.2 - Side-by-Side Learning: Teacher Candidates Transforming Practice Through Peer Assessment During Field Experience
Education Classroom Block 351
Deborah Koehn • Christine Younghusband
E3.1 - Homophobia in the hallways: Heterosexism and transphobia in Canadian Catholic schools
Education Classroom Block 353
Tonya Callaghan
E3.2 - Implications of the Legalization of Marijuana in Canada Affecting Educational Policy
Education Classroom Block 353
Darren E. Lund • J. Daniel Walsh
E4.1 - ITEP PD School Model
Education Classroom Block 354
Ariel Paul
E4.2 - Pre-Service Teachers' Attitudes and Beliefs Towards Comprehensive School Health
Education Classroom Block 354
Victoria Nieborowska • Shelly Russell-Mayhew • Elizabeth Tingle • Emily Williams
E5 - Inspiring Intrinsic Motivation in Elementary Science Class
Education Classroom Block 356
Eilis Whelan
E6 - Infusing Creative Movement into the Curriculum
Education Classroom Block 357
Megan Friesen
E7 - Readers Theatre: Connecting Reading and Writing in Dual Language Books
Education Classroom Block 374
Yan Guo • Xiaoli Liu
E8 - STEM Introductory Electronics Course
Education Tower 146
Leonard Cohen • Bogdan Alexandru Georgescu • Christy Thomas
E9 - Classroom-Based Physical Activities
Education Tower 01
Kevin Croot • Sarah Galbraith • Aaron Roemmele
5:30pm MST
Réception en français
Education Tower 146
Sylvie Roy - Professeure & Associate Dean (Research)
6:00pm MST
Thursday Student Social
Education Classroom Block 179
Education Students' Association
Friday
, February 22
8:30am MST
F1.1 - Artwork from Residential Schools as a Window into Understanding Canadian Residential Students’ Experiences
Education Classroom Block 350
Adrienne Sande
F1.2 - A critical inquiry into a pedagogical framework for incorporating First Nations perspectives in science teaching
Education Classroom Block 350
Byran Laloge • Colleen Latham • Judy Leamon • Carrie Robinson
F2.1 - Teacher Candidates' Perceptions and Reflections on their Social Emotional Competencies
Education Classroom Block 351
Nancy Norman • Barbara Salingre
F2.2 - Digital ePortfolios: Bridging teacher education and professional practices in schools
Education Classroom Block 351
Tim Hopper • Kathy Sanford
F3.1 - Partnering for Transformation: Seeking the Threads That Connect Us
Education Classroom Block 353
Mary-Lynn Epps • Paige Fisher • Debbie Koehn • Susanne Maguire • Emily Newbery • Leyton Schnellert • Heather Shippit • Hannah Taves
F3.2 - Building today's classroom: Mortimer Adler's theory and Constructivism
Education Classroom Block 353
Devon Aisenstat • Anna Law
F4.1 - Connecting with Refugee Students Through Trauma Informed Practices
Education Classroom Block 356
Janine Pelletier
F4.2 - Connecting Across Cultures: What happens when people play the Refugee Journeys Board Game?
Education Classroom Block 356
Michelle Lam
F10 - Transgender Awareness: Proactively Creating Safe Spaces in Our Classrooms
Education Classroom Block 354
Landon Jackson • Julie Stewart
F5 - E.P.P.I.K: Educational Professionals Planning Interdisciplinary Knowledge
Education Classroom Block 352
Sue Mylde • Suzanne Piechotta
F6 - The Value of Connections Outside of the Classroom in Pursuit of Inspiring Students
Education Classroom Block 357
Zoee Fenelon
F7 - Connecting Educators to Competency Based Education
Education Classroom Block 370A
Parneet Kahlon • David Scott
F8 - Rediscovering your schoolyard: A Lesson in Orienteering
Education Tower 146
Karen Goodwin • Craig Hyslop • Chelsea McJunkin • Ryan Smithson
F9 - Creating a Sensory Smart Classroom
Education Classroom Block 374
Tanya Elwood • Rachel Pequeno • Nan Stevens • Mariah Wilson
9:40am MST
Travel Time & Nutrition Break
Education Classroom Block
9:50am MST
G1.1 - Our First Teacher: The Land - Inciting Students' Curiosity in Math & Science through Relevancy
Education Classroom Block 351
Terri Lyn Dixon • Gabrielle Lytle • Amjad Malik • Flora Packo
G2.1 - Designing an interdisciplinary course: Identity, citizenship, authenticity, and real-world problems in secondary science
Education Classroom Block 353
Anastassia Martynova
G2.2 - Inspiring Students to Feed the World: Careers in Food and Agriculture
Education Classroom Block 353
Gursevak Kasbia
G3.1 - Strategies for Promoting Engagement, Communication, and Self-Regulation for Children with Autism
Education Classroom Block 354
Hannah Taves
G3.2 - Perfectionism and its connection to Mental Illness
Education Classroom Block 354
Amy Hensch
G4 - Environmental Science Curriculum Development Project for the Stream to Sea Program: Students share their learning
Education Classroom Block 370A
Jonathon Koltun • Nan Stevens • Bobbi Vojtko • Janna Wale
G5 - Engaging preservice teachers in selecting mathematics tasks based on level of cognitive demand
Education Classroom Block 356
Olive Chapman • Merrick Fanning • Kelsey Gay • Kim Koh
G6 - Elementary Computer Coding
Education Tower 146
Marianna Makkai
G7 - Using Math Work Stations in the K-8 Classroom
Education Classroom Block 357
Kaitlyn Bartel • Cristina Diaz • Chelsea Flett • Elizabeth Hernandez • Allison Wood • Marisa Wood
G8 - Who are the Métis?: An Experiential Introduction to the Lifeways of the Red River Métis & the Sociocultural Impacts of Canadian Expansion
Education Classroom Block 374
Cooper Skjeie
G9 - Teaching Aboriginal Perspectives in our classrooms
Education Classroom Block 352
Emily Newbery
11:00am MST
Travel Time
Education Classroom Block
11:10am MST
H1.1 - Let's see what happens: The Importance of Being Earnestly Curious
Education Classroom Block 350
Tammy Flanders • Paula Hollohan
H1.2 - Developing the life-long critical thinker
Education Classroom Block 350
Bartlomiej Lenart • Carla Lewis
H2.1 - Connecting Imagination
Education Classroom Block 351
Shane Love
H2.2 - Aspiring to Inspire
Education Classroom Block 351
Farwa Wajahat
H3.1 - Ready, Set, Action: Using Film in Foreign Language Classes
Education Classroom Block 353
Nicole Rocha
H3.2 - British Columbia French teacher candidates’ experiences navigating the digital terrain of the language classroom
Education Classroom Block 353
Liza Navarro
H4.1 - From deserted classrooms to vibrant classrooms alive with boys! Opening Calgary's only public boys' school
Education Classroom Block 354
Garry Jones
H4.2 - Current events, the classroom and student needs: An eco-system for success and connection
Education Classroom Block 354
Geetika Kaur Bhasin
H10 - Mindfulness and Meditation: Activities and Benefits for the Classroom
Education Tower 01
Timothy Sailor
H5 - Enhancing Mathematical Understanding With Manipulatives in Grades 4 - 6
Education Classroom Block 356
Amber Baker • Marianna Makkai
H6 - Cool Careers in the Classroom: Creative Approaches to Infusing Career Development into Middle Years Classrooms
Education Classroom Block 357
Ian Mullins
H7 - The Importance of Character Strengths for Building Resilience
Education Classroom Block 370A
Jodi Basch
H8 - Stay Fit with Micro:bit
Education Classroom Block 374
Carley Braaten • Matthew Helliwell • Jessica Scott
H9 - Representing Canada's policy history with its First Peoples through the Arts
Education Classroom Block 352
Charlene Baker • Meg Henderson • Susu Robin • Carrie Robinson • David Skelton
12:20pm MST
Travel Time
Education Classroom Block
12:45pm MST
Closing Keynote & Buffet Lunch - "Creativity in the Classroom"
MacEwan Hall A
Jennifer D Adams
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