2021 Symposium Program

Wednesday, May 12

3:30 – 3:45pm Log on to Zoom. 

3:45 – 4:00pm Welcome & Social Connections
Symposium Hosts: Angela Stott, SD 73 Kamloops-Thompson & Michelle Iacobucci, SD 6 Rocky Mountain  

4:00 – 5:00pm Keynote Speaker – Dr. Amelia Peterson, London Interdisciplinary School
Taking off the mufflers: what’s holding your work back? 

5:00pm Wrap-Up Symposium Day 1

5:00 – 5:30pm Optional: Symposium Social
Participants will be invited to stay on Zoom, grab a beverage or snack of your choosing, and mingle with other Symposium and Network friends. There will be some great trivia and lots of prizes to be won!

Thursday, May 13

3:30 – 3:45pm Log on to Zoom. 

3:45 – 3:50pm Welcome Back for Day Two
Symposium Hosts: Michelle Iacobucci, SD 6 Rocky Mountain & Angela Stott, SD 73 Kamloops-Thompson 

3:50 – 4:00pm Keynote Speakers – Dr. Linda Kaser & Dr. Judy Halbert, NOIIE & UBC TELP

4:00 – 4:30pm NOIIE Indigenous Transitions Study – Paddling Together
Jana Fox, Transitions Study Lead & SD 54 Bulkley Valley with NOIIE Transition Schools 

4:30 – 4:40pm Break 

4:40 – 5:45pm Keynote Speaker – Dr. Alan Daly, University of California, San Diego
Better Together: The social side of the educational change equation

5:45 – 6:00pm Continuing to Paddle Together — The NOIIE Ten Years Later
Nicole Davey, SD 54 Bulkley Valley & Laura Tait, SD 38 Nanaimo/Ladysmith

6:00pm Symposium Close