Learning a new trade

There’s a growing need for workers in many skilled trades across Canada. While governments are working to address the problem through immigration, retraining programs, and by reducing barriers to completing apprenticeships, high schools are also doing their part by highlighting the diversity of potential career options to youth before they begin post-secondary studies.

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Media Advisory: Hands-on Technological Education Learning for Local Elementary School Students at Queen’s

Queen’s University is partnering with the Limestone District School Board to bring hands-on technological education to local students as they prepare to enter high school in September. Students will engage in active learning with university-level instructors and teacher candidates at the Technological Education Learning Lab located in the Queen’s Faculty of Education.

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Community of Practice Event: Literacies Call for Proposals

November 30
4:30 - 6 pm
Duncan McArthur Hall

Faculty and graduate researchers, alumni, and educators in the community are invited to submit 90-minute workshop proposals. We are defining literacy broadly and hope to have workshops that encompass early years, exceptionalities, multiliteracies, literacy and I-EDIAA, evaluation and assessment of literacies, etc.

We hope to cover four broad categories: I-EDIAA; Languages, Literacies and Early Years; Professional Practice; and Evaluation and Knowledge Translation.