June 2009

Alberta’s Education Minister Dave Hancock has accepted an invitation to an international roundtable in Singapore on July 6 and 7, joining a select group of education leaders to showcase and share best practices.
 

The new Northern Student Teacher Bursary, available this coming September, will provide financial support for post-secondary students who are interested in teaching in northern Alberta communities.
 

The Government of Alberta has teamed up with Northland School Division and other northern school jurisdictions to provide a tuition and cost-of-living subsidy to support up to 40 First Nations, Métis, and Inuit (FNMI) adults in northern communities as they study to become teachers.
 

More than 1,000 Albertans shared their ideas about the future of education at 10 community conversation sessions held by the Alberta government in eight locations across the province between April and June. Edmonton hosted the final session in the first phase of Inspiring Education: A Dialogue with Albertans, with more than 100 people in attendance.
 

The Government of Alberta augmented national Aboriginal Day celebrations across Canada by hosting a noon-hour gathering in downtown Edmonton, celebrating a $25,000 award winner and announcing a new pilot project under the Safe Communities Innovation Fund (SCIF).
 

Approximately 120 Albertans from the Calgary area shared their ideas about the future of education in the ninth of a series of 10 discussion sessions being held by the Alberta government in eight locations across the province between April and June.
 

Approximately 100 Albertans from the Red Deer area shared their ideas about the future of education in the eighth of a series of 10 discussion sessions being held by the Alberta government in eight locations across the province between April and June.
 

A $1.2-million grant from the province’s Safe Communities Innovation Fund (SCIF) will enable a partnership group led by the Society for Safe and Caring Schools and Communities to implement an intervention and prevention program targeting at-risk youth.
 

About 1,000 parents, teachers, school authority staff, trustees, and community members from across Alberta provided input to the government on proposed changes to special education.
 

An education system that ensures inclusivity for all students is the goal of a proposed new framework for special education in Alberta.
 

Approximately 100 Albertans from the Bonnyville area shared their ideas about the future of education in the seventh of a series of 10 discussion sessions being held by the Alberta government in eight locations across the province between April and June.
 

Keyano College inFort McMurray, the Myer Horowitz Theatre in Edmonton, the Fine Arts & Multi Media Centre in Olds, the EPCOR Centre in Calgary and the Esplanade in Medicine Hat have been chosen as this year’s feature celebration sites for Arts Days 2009. Each of the sites received support from the Government of Alberta to plan and produce Arts Days activities.
 

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