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DESCRIPTION:Community partners\, alumni\, scholars and practitioners visit 
 campus to discuss ideas and professional journeys in Education.\n\nOpen to
  all Education students. Light snacks served at each event.\n\nRSVP here.
 \n\n\nPLEASE NOTE: *All events will be held in-person at the Learning Comm
 ons in the Faculty of Education (Rm 121). In the case of a continued publi
 c transit strike\, events will be delivered online. Please RSVP to be info
 rmed of any changes**\n\n \n\nThursday\, November 13 – 5 - 7pm\n\nNo One T
 old Me That… - Conversation on the First Five Years of Teaching\n\n(panel 
 conversation\, Q&A)\n\nRSVP here\n\nPanel of four current teachers discuss
 ing their first five years of professional practice working in various edu
 cational settings and what they wish they could tell their younger selves.
  The conversation and Q&A will explore various themes related to wellness\
 , relationships with students and the school ecosystem\, managing expectat
 ions and how to make the most of those first five years where 20-30% of te
 achers in Canada leave this essential vocation.\n\nRead article: Why Canad
 ian Teachers Are Working Like No One Else by Heidi Yetman - Canadian Teach
 ers Federation\, May 2025 \n\nGuests:\n\nKarina Capano – Secondary ESL\, É
 cole secondaire Antoine-de-Saint-Exupéry\n\nHaneefa Corbie - Secondary Sci
 ence (grades 7\,8)\, Selwyn House School (private)\n\nYilin Guo - Elementa
 ry\, Arts Plastiques (currently English Montreal School Board)\n\nGary Pur
 cell - English Language Arts (currently PACC Adult Education Centre and Vo
 cational Training)\; Executive Director\, Suspicious Fish Storytelling Hub
 \n\nModerator: \n\nSabi Hinkson – Math & Science Educator\, Founder of STE
 M with Miss Sabi\, 3rd Year PhD Student at 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ (in DISE)\n\n
 \nFriday\, November 21 – 12:30-2:00 *SESSION FULL*\n\nEmotional Labor: Str
 ategies for Awareness and Resilience as Teachers\n\n(interactive workshop)
 \n\nThis interactive workshop invites teachers to explore the emotional di
 mensions of teaching through mindfulness\, reflection\, and arts-based met
 hods.\n\nParticipants will examine emotional labour\, engage in scenario-b
 ased discussions\, and create personalized self-care toolkits. The session
  fosters emotional awareness\, professional identity development\, resilie
 nce\, and sustainable engagement in teaching practice.\n\nFacilitator:\n\n
 Laura Taylor is a full-time secondary-level teacher for an alternative pro
 gram for at-risk students aged 16-20 and a third-year PhD student in the D
 epartment of Integrated Studies in Education. Her research explores teache
 r emotional labour and disengagement through arts-based and affective fram
 eworks.\n\n\nTuesday\, November 25 – 12:00-1:30\n\nSustainability in and b
 eyond the curriculum\n\n(panel & group dialogue)\n\nRSVP here\n\nLearning 
 in the 21st Century inevitably means confronting complex sustainability ch
 allenges like the climate crisis. Critics have increasingly called for sch
 ools and universities to do more to help learners understand and act on th
 ese challenges\, but we also know how important it is to support action be
 yond the classroom. In this panel we'll hear from educators and change-mak
 ers working to confront sustainability challenges in Montreal and beyond. 
 We’ll learn about the challenges and the opportunities for pursuing sustai
 nability inside our schools\, universities and beyond.\n\nRead article: Cr
 eating a space for sustainability in the curriculum by Patrick McDonagh - 
 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ News\, May 2025\n\nGuests:\n\nBrooklyn Frizzle & Mozhdeh Babagoli -
  Co-Coordinators at ECOLE Project\n\nDr. Mitchell McLarnon - Assistant Pro
 fessor\, Education\, Concordia University\n\nKristen Perry - Urban Agricul
 ture Manager - The Depot (NDG)\, Consultant\, Facilitator\, Farmer\n\nJust
 us Wachs\, PhD Candidate and Facilitator\, Faculty of Education\, 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ U
 niversity\n\nModerator:\n\nDr. Blane Harvey – Associate Professor\, Integr
 ated Studies in Education\, 9IÖÆ×÷³§Ãâ·Ñ\n
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LOCATION:Learning Commons (Room 120)\, Education Building\, CA\, QC\, Montr
 eal\, H3A 1Y2\, 3700 rue McTavish
SUMMARY:Community Speaker Series in Education - Nov 2025
URL:/education/channels/event/community-speaker-series
 -education-nov-2025-368676
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