Ontario Educator Earns the Jiangsu International Friendship Award Hamilton educator Donna Quigley is the winner of the Jiangsu International Friendship Award for strengthening the bonds of friendship and understanding between the Jiangsu province in China and Ontario. The award is presented annually by the Chinese province to foreigners who pursue projects in the province in fields like engineering, manufacturing, agriculture and education. Donna Quigley initiated the China Experience (Professionally Speaking, March 2000), a professional development program that takes Ontario educators to Jiangsu each July to help Chinese middle school teachers of English improve their oral language skills. For more information on the China Experience, contact Lauren Tindall at ltindall@hwdsb.on.ca . Upper Canada College Centre to Study Boys’ Learning Styles and Needs A new centre opening its doors at Upper Canada College will focus on addressing the differences in learning styles and needs of boys. The centre will work with and benefit the education community across Canada. The Richard Wernham and Julia West Centre will sponsor and publish educational research and support the educational community in the area of boys’ learning. The centre will focus on fostering a greater understanding of how students learn and developing strategies appropriate to different learning styles. The centre was named after Richard Wernham and Julia West, who donated $6.9 million for the creation of the centre. It will initially be located in existing school buildings.
Online Community for Educators The Educational Network of Ontario/Réseau éducatif de l’Ontario (ENOREO) provides no-charge access to the Internet, e-mail and newsgroups for all educators in Ontario. Access is available all across the province through either a local or a toll-free number. ENOREO is an independent, non-profit corporation, begun as a joint project of the Ontario Ministry of Education and Ministry of Economic Development and Trade. Its primary goal is enhancing school-based educator professionalism through electronic networking. The network has also developed partnerships with organizations such as the Ontario Teacher’s Federation, TVO, Statistics Canada and Canada’s SchoolNet to bring professional and educational opportunities to its members. Web-accessible conferencing is available using any web browser. Conferences cover a wide range of topics, including assessment, evaluation and reporting, curriculum subject areas, education policy, professional development and grade-level divisions. Participants can get involved in ongoing discussions, work with colleagues in planning, implementing and evaluating curriculum and discussing best practices, and can involve students in several on-going projects through the ENOREO service. To join, visit www.enoreo.on.ca/Conferences/confindex.htm. Technical support is available at 1-888-556-2012 or in Toronto at 416-410-0937.
Canadian sculptor Michael C. Irving is putting the final touches to the world’s first monument to survivors of child abuse – survivors who are now adults, as well as children. Entitled Reaching Out, the monument includes two standing figures, an arch high and wide enough for three people to walk under, sculpted quilt squares with a hand motif created by survivors of child abuse and their supporters. The sculpture also includes 24 smooth squares allowing people to wet their hands on an adjacent wall or fountain and print them temporarily on the smooth squares. The monument has already been four years in the making and should be unveiled in October 2001. It will be permanently installed at the Air Canada Centre in Toronto. For more information or to participate in the Give Us a Hand campaign, contact the Child Abuse Survivor Monument Project at 416-922-8955 or visit the web site at www.childabusemonument.org.
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