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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Exhibit Space
Criteria
We are seeking to have a balance of for-profit and non-profit exhibitors. The number of spaces for exhibitors has yet to be determined but will be based upon available space at the Radisson. Exhibitors will be selected on a first-come-first-served basis, with priority given to those who are:
- Selling or distributing materials pertaining to the conference theme
- Able to commit to staying for the duration of the conference
- Selling or distributing materials in alignment with one or more of the following values promoted by the parties involved in hosting the conference:
- Environmental education
- Peace education
- Democracy
- Global development
- Social justice
- Human rights
Cost
The cost of each unit of exhibit space (exact size TBD) will be $100 for for-profit organizations and $50 for non-profit organizations.
All proceeds from the rental of exhibition space will be used to subsidize the conference registration fees for high school students who wish to attend the conference.
Note: Please do not send any money until you are notified that you have been accepted as an exhibitor at the upcoming conference.
Would you like to apply for exhibit space?
If you’d like to apply to host an exhibit at our conference, please fill out the form below using a word processor and e-mail it to:
Thom Sawchuk
GEOEC Conference Committee
tsawchuk@rockyview.ab.ca
Download the exhibit space application form:
conf2010-exhibit-application.doc
(Microsoft Word format, ~320K)
Exhibit application deadline: March 31, 2010
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Collaborating Groups
The 2010 conference/symposium is a collaborative initiative of the following groups:
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