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GEOEC Conference Mission Statement
To professionally educate and share resources within the field of global, environmental and outdoor education
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Conference 2010
Save the date for the annual GEOEC conference: Creating A Legacy Together: A Conference for Global Citizenship, May 6-8, 2010, Canmore, Alberta! The GEOEC has partnered with several other groups to bring you this conference and keynote speakers:
- Chris Turner, author of The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need
- Craig Kielburger, founder of Free the Children
- Geoff Green, adventurer, educator, and founder of Students On Ice.
Teachers and educators from the non-formal sector are invited to attend this conference. The workshops on Friday will focus on promising practices for developing engaged global citizens, and help you improve your practice individually; then on Saturday we’ll work together to see what we can do collectively to change the system to optimize global citizenship and environmental education.
Overview
Thursday, May 6th
Welcome reception and Chris Turner keynote
Friday, May 7th
Craig Kielburger keynote, workshops, and banquet with Geoff Green
Saturday, May 8th
A full-day participatory session: “The future of global and environmental education in Alberta – creating an Action Plan.” Following a brief plenary in the morning (the Education Minister David Hancock has been invited to address the group), you will work in small professionally facilitated groups to generate a plan to advance global and environmental education.
Saturday will end with a party and dance celebration featuring the fabulous band TR3!
Click here for registration information.
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Keynote Speakers
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Chris Turner is the author of the national bestseller The Geography of Hope: A Tour of the World We Need, which the Globe and Mail named one of the best books of the year. Turner is also the author of the international bestseller Planet Simpson: How A Cartoon Masterpiece Documented an Era and Defined a Generation. He writes a monthly feature on sustainability for the Globe and Mail. Click here for more information about Chris Turner.
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Craig Kielburger is founder of (Kids Can) Free the Children, the world’s most influential international children’s organization with thousands of young people from more than 35 countries who participate in its activities. Among its many accomplishments, Free the Children has helped raise funds for the construction of more than 300 primary schools, portable water projects and health clinics and the distribution of medical supplies to families. Click here for more information about Craig Kielburger.
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Geoff Green is a 40-year-old Canadian entrepreneur, adventurer and educator who has been leading expeditions and adventures from pole to pole for the past decade. A former school teacher, Green has skippered yachts; taught skiing in the Swiss Alps; was the first person to water-ski in both the polar regions; has been through the Northwest Passage three times; and led the largest ever expedition to Antarctica during the Millennium. Click here for more information about Geoff Green and Students on Ice.
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Poster
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Download the
GEOEC 2010 Conference poster
Creating a Legacy Together
A Conference for Global Citizenship
geoec-conf2010-poster.pdf
(Acrobat [PDF] file, ~330K)
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Collaborating Groups
The 2010 conference/symposium is a collaborative initiative of the following groups:
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