BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//132.216.98.100//NONSGML kigkonsult.se iCalcreator 2.20.4// BEGIN:VEVENT UID:20260625T143409EDT-3010aXDsah@132.216.98.100 DTSTAMP:20260625T183409Z DESCRIPTION:Community partners\, alumni\, scholars and practitioners visit campus to discuss ideas\, trends and professional journeys in Education.\n \nOpen to all Education students. Light snacks served at each event.\n\n\n All events held in-person at the Learning Commons in the Faculty of Educat ion (Rm 120)\n\nEVENTS: No One Told Me That… Conversation on the First Fiv e Years of Teaching | Emotional Labor: Strategies for Awareness and Resili ence as Teachers | Sustainability in and beyond the curriculum\n\n\nThursd ay\, November 13 – 5 - 7pm\n\nNo One Told Me That… Conversation on the Fir st Five Years of Teaching\n\n(panel conversation\, Q&A)\n\nFull recording of conversation on YouTube\n\nPanel of four current teachers discussing th eir first five years of professional practice working in various education al settings and what they wish they could tell their younger selves. The c onversation and Q&A will explore various themes related to wellness\, rela tionships with students and the school ecosystem\, managing expectations a nd how to make the most of those first five years where 20-30% of teachers in Canada leave this essential vocation.\n\nRead article: Why Canadian Te achers Are Working Like No One Else by Heidi Yetman - Canadian Teachers Fe deration\, May 2025 \n\nGuests:\n\nKarina Capano – Secondary ESL\, École s econdaire Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry\n\nAfter teaching elementary for two ye ars and completing a Master’s in Educational Psychology\, Karina made the switch to high school ESL where she teaches Secondary 3 Enriched and Regul ar\, and recently finished a Master’s in Educational Leadership.\n\nHaneef a Corbie - Secondary Science (grades 7\,8)\, Selwyn House School (private) \n\nHaneefa has taught Grade 7–8 Science at Selwyn House since 2017. Previ ously\, she taught at Queen of Angels Academy\, where she served two years as Head of Indigenous Resources. She has also taught English in Japan and Science in the UAE. Haneefa holds a BSc and BEd from UOttawa and an MEdTe ch from UBC.\n\nYilin Guo - Elementary\, Arts Plastiques (currently Englis h Montreal School Board)\n\nWith experience in Indigenous community classr ooms\, resource teaching\, and art\, I build supportive\, culturally aware \, and creativity-driven learning environments.\n\nGary Purcell - English Language Arts (currently PACC Adult Education Centre and Vocational Traini ng)\; Executive Director\, Suspicious Fish Storytelling Hub\n\nGary has be en a teacher at the Lester B Pearson Schoolboard in both the youth and adu lt sector for the past twenty years. He founded the Suspicious Fish Creati ve Literacy program in 2008.\n\nModerator: \n\nSabi Hinkson – Math & Scien ce Educator\, Founder of STEM with Miss Sabi\, 3rd Year PhD Student at McG ill University (in DISE)\n\nSabi’s teaching journey began while working as a scientific laboratory technician for the Lester B. Pearson School Board . She only worked with students during lab periods\; however\, they consis tently fed off her enthusiasm for Math and Science and expressed how much they loved her teaching style: this led her to realize she could have a gr eater impact as a classroom teacher.\n\n\nFriday\, November 21 – 12:30-2:0 0 *SESSION FULL*\n\nEmotional Labor: Strategies for Awareness and Resilien ce as Teachers\n\n(interactive workshop)\n\nThis interactive workshop invi tes teachers to explore the emotional dimensions of teaching through mindf ulness\, reflection\, and arts-based methods.\n\nParticipants will examine emotional labour\, engage in scenario-based discussions\, and create pers onalized self-care toolkits. The session fosters emotional awareness\, pro fessional identity development\, resilience\, and sustainable engagement i n teaching practice.\n\nFacilitator:\n\nLaura Taylor is a full-time second ary-level teacher for an alternative program for at-risk students aged 16- 20 and a third-year PhD student in the Department of Integrated Studies in Education. Her research explores teacher emotional labour and disengageme nt through arts-based and affective frameworks.\n\n\nTuesday\, November 25 – 12:00-1:30\n\nSustainability in and beyond the curriculum\n\n(panel & g roup dialogue)\n\nRSVP here\n\nLearning in the 21st Century inevitably mea ns confronting complex sustainability challenges like the climate crisis. Critics have increasingly called for schools and universities to do more t o help learners understand and act on these challenges\, but we also know how important it is to support action beyond the classroom. In this panel we'll hear from educators and change-makers working to confront sustainabi lity challenges in Montreal and beyond. We’ll learn about the challenges a nd the opportunities for pursuing sustainability inside our schools\, univ ersities and beyond.\n\nRead article: Creating a space for sustainability in the curriculum by Patrick McDonagh - McGill News\, May 2025\n\nGuests: \n\nCo-Coordinators at ECOLE Project:\n\nBrooklyn Frizzle\n\nNot an educat or themselves\, Brooklyn is a long-time advocate\, recently turned adminis trator\, passionate about enabling teachers and community educators with t he support and infrastructure necessary to succeed in their fields. Brookl yn recently joined the ECOLE\, where they support the Project as its Inter nal Coordinator.\n\nGeorgina Kouwenhoven\n\nGeorgina began their journey a s an educator at Evans Lake Forest Education Society\, where they led hike s and ecology lessons. This experience led to their next position as an ed ucator and volunteer coordinator for Fusion Urban Nature\, which provides free nature education in urban parks to camps across Montreal.\n\nJulia Wr ight\n\nJulia co-founded MycoNurseries\, a nonprofit promoting climate act ion and changing food systems through urban oyster mushroom farming on McG ill campus. The group involves youth in their growing process to help them explore what local and regenerative food systems can look like. Julia is currently pursuing a B.Sc. in Mathematics\n\nDr. Mitchell McLarnon - Assis tant Professor\, Education\, Concordia University\n\nMitchell McLarnon is an Assistant Professor in the Department of Education at Concordia Univers ity. His forthcoming book\, Rethinking Urban Gardens\, is under contract w ith the University of Toronto Press. His more recent work explores the soc ial relations of community gardening at harm reduction organization in Mon treal that's situated near an elementary school.\n\nKristen Perry - Urban Agriculture Manager - The Depot (NDG)\, Consultant\, Facilitator\, Farmer \n\nKristen has worked in community urban agriculture and food justice for over a decade\, and is currently the Urban Agriculture Manager at The Dep ot\, the owner of Ecogardens by Kiki\, and an agronomy candidate at McGill . In her community work\, she prioritizes nurturing spaces for connection\ , healing\, and exchange.\n\nJustus Wachs\, PhD Candidate and Facilitator\ , Faculty of Education\, McGill University\n\nJustus Wachs is a facilitato r\, activist\, and researcher whose work bridges non-formal education\, cr eative activism\, and contemplative practice. Over the past decade\, he ha s facilitated spaces for reflection\, regeneration\, playfulness\, and hea ling within social movements. His research explores how such inner-directe d practices catalyze systemic transformation.\n\nModerator:\n\nDr. Blane H arvey – Associate Professor\, Integrated Studies in Education\, McGill Uni versity\n\nBlane Harvey is a DISE graduate (both Master’s and PhD) and has worked in a wide range of settings including the United Nations\, policy think-tanks\, a research funding agency and academic institutions in Canad a and the UK. Across all of these experiences his work has focused on supp orting learning that helps us better address climate and sustainability cr ises\, in Canada and globally.\n DTSTART;VALUE=DATE:20251113 DTEND;VALUE=DATE:20251125 LOCATION:Learning Commons (Room 120)\, Education Building\, CA\, QC\, Montr eal\, H3A 1Y2\, 3700 rue McTavish SUMMARY:Community Speaker Series in Education - Nov 2025 URL:https://www.mcgill.ca/isa/channels/event/community-speaker-series-educa tion-nov-2025-368676 END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR