The final report and executive summary from the impact study on the Aboriginal Enhancement Schools Network is now available at http://inquiry.noii.ca We encourage everyone to take a look. The stories of…
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“If we are going to be professional and thoughtful teachers, then we have to ask, challenge and question” How do we do this better for kids? In our discussions we’ve…
This is a longer blog post than usual – and hopefully you will read right to the end. there is a LOT going on across BC with the networks of…
Check out the flyer for Inquiry, Innovation, Connections – Actions – the 2013 Network seminar to be held May 5 at Simon Fraser Harborside. Be prepared for an action packed day…
Linda and I are very pleased that our latest book, Spirals of Inquiry for Quality and Equity, is now available. For the past several years we have worked with hundreds…
One of the very best aspects of attending an international conference is the opportunity to gain a fresh perspective on ‘home’ through the lens of the experiences in different countries….
Today is the first full day of the 26th International Congress of School Effectiveness and Improvement in Santiago Chile. The setting is stunning, the weather is glorious (the sunshine feels…
With the rush of Christmas now over, we thought we would share some of our reading picks for the holidays and for the New Year. We’d really like to hear…
Thanks very much to Debbie Koehn, a Network leader, for sharing this story from the Nass Valley. This is the time of year when present opening plays an important role…
When we started the Network in 1999, we had no idea that thirteen years later the work would be continuing. Neither of us has ever lived in a house that…
Linda and I have just spent the last week working with hundreds of principals, district leaders, teachers, Ministry staff and consultants in four regions of New South Wales. We were…
UBC has declared this as the year of Indigenous Education and as part of this celebration, they are focusing on Indigenous Storytelling and opening up a province-wide Indigenous Storywork challenge…
Here’s some information about an upcoming (Nov 24) conference sponsored by the YMCA on Youth and Media Literacy. Check it out.
Spirals of Inquiry Today we pressed ‘send’ on the book we have been working on for over a year entitled Spirals of Inquiry. We are grateful to the BCPVPA for…
This is the title of Trish Rosborough’s doctoral thesis that she defended brilliantly on July 16. Linda and I were both honoured to be there along with several members of…
With only a few more days of school ahead, it is time to get that summer reading list ready! We’ve prepared a short list for you – some that will…
We are truly fortunate to be able to get to know and to work with so many wonderful educators. There are so many stories that never make the media –…
Within the Aboriginal Enhancement Schools Network, we take the position that learning more about Aboriginal culture and history, ways of knowing and wisdom traditions is absolutely essential for everyone in…
Students at Gleneagles Elementary School in West Vancouver wrote their names into history last week, each autographing a large cedar carving commemorating the school’s adoption of its new First Nations…