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Early Years PD Day Flyer 2017

Joan Moss delivers keynote at Early Years Professional Learning Day

On Friday, September 8, about 400 teachers and early years educators met in Windsor, Ontario to think about mathematics teaching and learning in early years classroom. The event was organized by the Greater Essex County District School Board and The Mathematics Knowledge Network. There were two keynote sessions: one by

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“Facing the truth makes for a worthy celebration”

Two leading professors from the University of Toronto have written in the Toronto Star about their shared vision on how Canada’s 150th celebration can be an opportunity to answer the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s vision for a better Canada. Charles Pascal, OISE’s Special Advisor to the Dean, and Suzanne Stewart, director of

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OAME Conference logo 2017

Robertson Program and partners present at OAME 2017

The Robertson Program and many of our partner educators are in Kingston, Ontario for the next three days attending this year’s Ontario Association of Mathematics Educators (OAME) Conference. Bev Caswell and Joan Moss have been collaborating with teachers from the Rainy River District School Board (RRDSB), Seven Generations Education Institute

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Early Years PD Day Flyer 2017

On Friday, September 8, about 400 teachers and early years educators met in Windsor, Ontario to think about mathematics teaching and learning in early years classroom. The event was organized by the Greater Essex County District School Board and The Mathematics Knowledge Network. There were two keynote sessions: one by

Read More »

Two leading professors from the University of Toronto have written in the Toronto Star about their shared vision on how Canada’s 150th celebration can be an opportunity to answer the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s vision for a better Canada. Charles Pascal, OISE’s Special Advisor to the Dean, and Suzanne Stewart, director of

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Seven Gens Team on Stage 3

by Bev Caswell and Zach Pedersen Seven Generations Education Institute students gave a stellar dance performance at the Sony Centre on May 18th. The performance was the culmination of an entire year of practice, dedication and commitment to Outside Looking In, a program that offers Indigenous youth the opportunity to

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Earlier this year, George Gadanidis (University of Western Ontario) invited us to collaboratively pilot a series of coding and computational thinking lessons with teachers and children in Kindergarten to Grade 6 classrooms with St. Andrews Public School (Toronto District School Board). The lessons were designed by George Gadanidis and featured

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OAME Conference logo 2017

The Robertson Program and many of our partner educators are in Kingston, Ontario for the next three days attending this year’s Ontario Association of Mathematics Educators (OAME) Conference. Bev Caswell and Joan Moss have been collaborating with teachers from the Rainy River District School Board (RRDSB), Seven Generations Education Institute

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Students playing with math manipulatives

Welcome back from March break! We have added a series of Quick Image lessons to our math library designed by Jane Tom, a Grade 1/2 teacher from Pegamigaabo School (Big Grassy First Nation). In these Quick Image challenges, students are presented with an image for five seconds. They then have

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