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School Library Day Colloquia
School Library Day Colloquia: Engaging Youth With Indigenous Materials in Libraries and Classrooms
When? Wednesday, 24 October @ 4:30pm
Where? IKBLC, Dodson Room (302)
Assessing and incorporating teaching and learning resources by and about First Nations, Metis and Inuit peoples is critical for librarians, educators and parents. Awareness of diverse epistemologies, notions of cultural authenticity and historical accuracy, and the influence of colonialism, are essential when considering books, films and interactive media for library and classroom collections. This panel will address challenges facing Indigenous and non-Indigenous librarians, educators and parents when drawing upon materials representing Indigenous peoples and cultures. They will offer insights about such issues as cultural appropriation, stereotypes, addressing colonialism and what to do with dated resources. This session is ideal for teacher candidates, classroom teachers, teacher-librarians, youth librarians and parents.
Convener: Jo-Anne Naslund, UBC Education Library
Moderator: Lisa P. Nathan, Assistant Professor and Coordinator of the First Nations Curriculum Concentration, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies
Panelists:
Debra Martel, Associate Director, First Nations House of Learning
Jan Hare, Assistant Professor, Department of Language and Literacy Education
Allison Taylor-McBride, Adjunct Professor, School of Library, Archival and Information Studies.
Canada Recieves Report card from UN Committe on the Rights of the Child
While Canada has improved in some areas, such as laws to protect children from sexual exploitation, problems remain, including differences in services among the provinces and territories.
Click here for the full article in the Toronto Star by Marv Bernstein
Inner City School Celebrates 100th anniversary
Florence Nightingale Elementary School, which is celebrating is 100th anniversay, has a long history of community service.
Click here for the full article in the Vancouver Sun by Gerry Bellett
Attention Children’s Literature Fans!!!
UBC’s Master of Arts in Children’s Literature Program and the Vancouver Children’s Literature Roundtable are sponsoring a talk by world-renowned children’s literature critic and historian, Leonard Marcus.
The talk is titled: Let the Wild Rumpus Start’: Maurice Sendak as Storyteller and Psychologist and is being held tomorrow (Friday, Oct 12) from 4:30-5:30 pm in the Lillooet Room, Room 301, Level 3, Chapman Learning Commons.
This is event is free and doesn’t require registration. Refreshments will be served and you’ll have the opportunity to purchase books and have them signed.
We hope to see you there!
Education can end double discrimination faced by girls around the world
Globally, there is an effort to end the double discrimination of gender and age experienced by girls.
Click here to read the full article in the Vancouver Sun, written by Daphne Bramham.