2023 Symposium Program

2023 NOIIE Symposium: Better Together

*Program details subject to change. Final program will be sent to attendees prior to the Symposium. All noted times are Pacific Time. Specific timing of presentations will be posted closer to event date.

Day 1

Friday May 12, 2023

7:30 – 8:30 am Registration

8:30 – 4:30 pm Welcome to the Symposium – Jody Billingsley & Jana Fox

Acknowledgement of Territory – Bob Baker

Featured speakers:

    • Linda Kaser & Judy Halbert – Better Together
    • Jo Chrona – Taking Action Together
    • Joanna Macintosh – Student Leadership
    • Melanie Stewart – BC Ministry of Education
    • Melissa Larkin & D’Ari Lisle – Empowerment Through Song

Featured Events:

    • Network Reads – A Celebration of BC Authors and Books
    • Break Out Session x 2 – School and District Stories
    • Resource Booth with Strong Nations Booksellers
    • Book Signing with Network Reads Authors
    • End of Day Music & Cash Bar

Day 2

Saturday May 13, 2023

8:00 –  8:30 am Registration 

8:30 – 12:30pm Featured Speakers

    • Dustin Louie & Leona Prince – Taking Action Together
    • Nancy Perry & Monika Stahlstrom – Self-Regulated Learning Communities
    • Monique Gray Smith – Love is Medicine

Featured Events:

    • Network Reads – A Celebration of BC Authors and Books
    • Four Perspectives

2023 SYMPOSIUM INFO/RESOURCES


Network Reads – Featured Books

1. Leading Through Spirals of Inquiry: For Equity and Quality, by Judy Halbert and Linda Kaser

2. Wayi wah! Indigenous Pedagogies: An Act for Reconciliation and Anti-Racist Education, by Jo Chrona

3. Be a Good Ancestor, by Leona Prince

4. Morning Bell Brings the Broken Hearted, by Jennifer Manuel