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Friday, November 20th, 1:00pm – 5:00pm EST
Master of Ceremonies: Stephen Hurley of VoicEd Radio
Land Acknowledgement: Monique Manatch, Algonquin Knowledge Keeper
Welcome Remarks: Ottawa City Mayor Jim Watson
- Session 1 – 1:00pm – Opening Ceremonies: The Indigenous Perspective – Educating for Justice
- Session 2 – 2:00pm – The UN Child Friendly Cities Initiative
- Session 3 – 3:00pm – Tribute to Sir Ken Robinson: Putting Children & Youth into a World Perspective
- Session 4 – 4:00pm – The Child Friendly Home
Saturday, November 21st, 9:00am to 4:30pm
- Session 1 – 9:00am – Yaacov Yecht on Democratic Education
- Session 2 – 10:00am – Derry Hannam and the Democratic Teacher – Click here for the text of Derry’s talk.
- Session 3 – 11:00am – A Case Study from Portsmouth, UK
- Session 4 – 12:30pm – A Sense of Wellbeing
- Session 5 – 1:30pm – Imagining the Possibilities
- Session 6 – 2:30pm – Teachers as Change Agents – Part 1
- Session 7 – 3:30pm – Teachers as Change Agents – Part 2
Sunday, November 22nd, 9:00am to 4:00pm
- Session 1 – 9am – 9:50am: Youth led – Sofa Chat with Bella Vasquez and Yaacov Hecht
- Session 2 – 10am-10:50am: Youth led – Sofa Chat with Bella Vasquez and Derry Hannam
- Session 3 – 11am-11:50am: Jim Flannery on Student Mental Health
- Session 4 – 12-12:50pm: National Collaboration for Youth Mental Health
- Session 5 – 1pm-1:50pm: Sociocracy in Democratic Schools – a case study
- Sessions 6 & 7 – 2pm-3:50pm: Brainstorming Session and chat with Youth and Adults Who Spoke at the Conference