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Category: How Does Learning Happen?
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How does learning happen? An ongoing invitation for transformation Breaking the Box: Gender and Freedom in Young Children’s Lives 
There’s always a story: Strengthening Indigenous Trauma-Informed Approaches 
Nurturing Futures in the Face of Climate Change 
Tools for Well-Being:
For Yourself and the Children
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Cultivating Hope: Critical Conversations in the Early Years
Reggio Emilia’s Indications is Translated into French
The Ministry of Education has worked in collaboration with Reggio Children to translate the booklet, Indications, into French. “The Indications aim to give substance and voice to the rights of children, parents, and teachers for a high quality, participatory education capable of promoting increasing awareness that the role of the infant-toddler centres and preschools is to produce a culture of education and not just to offer educational services”, and to ensure that these are “places where the rights to well-being and learning of both children and adults are put into practice”.
Click on the links below to view the letter from the Ontario Reggio Association to learn about how you can access this resource.
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Save the Date: Cultivating Hope Virtual Speaker Series
What future are we nurturing for our children and families? We invite you to join us for a speaker series to engage in critical conversations that support early learning in Northwestern Ontario. Our speakers will lead us through inspirational conversations in a safe place where we can think, discuss, and question our ideas.
Karyn Callaghan & Kelly Massaro-Joblin: How Does Learning Happen?
November 10, 2021 @ 2pm & 7pm EST
Harper Keenan: Gender and Freedom in Young Children’s Lives
November 17, 2021 @ 2pm & 7pm EST
Tamara Bernard: Strengthening Indigenous Trauma-Informed Approaches
November 25, 2021 @ 2pm & 7pm EST
Aynsley Klassen: Nurturing Futures in the Face of Climate Change
December 1, 2021 @ 10am EST
December 2, 2021 @ 7pm EST
Carly Brown: Tools for Well-Being: For Yourself and the Children
December 8, 2021 @ 7pm EST
December 9, 2021 @ 2pm EST
More information to come!
The Courage to Listen Differently
“Listening is a complex state. It involves the abandoning of oneself as we come to know that we are only one being within this vast universe.”(CARLINA RINALDI, 2001)
The Reggio Emilia Aotearoa New Zealand (REANZ) has extended access to their free webinar about listening differently. This is part of a two-part series with the first webinar being available for three more months and the second webinar becoming available on August 30th.
These webinars are “an opportunity for educators to reflect on the critical role of listening and how this permeates the everyday choices we make when we work with children. Kirsty Liljegren and Fiona Zinn will draw on the thinking of the Reggio Emilia Approach alongside their personal perspectives which hold listening at the heart of practice” (REANZ, 2021).
You can access the first webinar here: https://www.reanz.org/events
Indigenous Knowledge Exchange- Food Sovereignty
The Indigenous Professional Learning Team is extending an invitation to early years professionals to attend an upcoming Knowledge Exchange Gathering.
September 22, 2021 from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT
This month Elders, Knowledge Keepers and early years professionals will share about the importance of Indigenous food sovereignty in relation to belonging, wellbeing, expression and engagement for children in the early years.
Click HERE to register by Monday September 20, 2021 at 4:00 pm EDT.
Indigenous Knowledge Exchange-Indigenous Song and Dance in the Early Years
The Indigenous Professional Learning Team is extending an invitation to early years professionals to attend our upcoming Knowledge Exchange Gathering.
July 21, 2020 from 2:00 pm – 3:30 pm EDT
This month Elders, Knowledge Keepers and early years professionals will share about the importance of Indigenous song and dance in relation to belonging, wellbeing, expression and engagement for children in the early years.
Be sure to register by Monday July 19, 2020 at 4:00 pm EDT.
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