In the News

Spring 2009
Here are some current events that you should know about:

• Looking for information on the ATA's response to Bill 44?  Click here for more information.
• Canada's National History Society is seeking nominations for the Governor General's Awards for Excellence in Teaching Canadian History.  Click here for more information. 
• Organized by the Association for Learning & Preserving the History of WWII in Asia (ALPHA), a non-profit group with chapters in B.C., Alberta and Ontario, teachers will join a study tour of China and Korea during the first two weeks of July.  Click here for more information. 
• Ignite Change Now! Global Youth Assembly 2009 (July 30-Aug.2, Edmonton, AB) This exciting 4-day conference will tackle the theme of YOUth Building Community in a wholistic framework of human rights and ways how you can make a change globally and locally while fostering youth leadership. Click here for more information.
• Sessions were held for beginning teachers at the ATA Beginning teachers conference in September.  Click here for access to the presentations facilitated by our council president Bryan Burley on online resources. PowerPoint / Handout

Council Mailouts:

• November 2007