Browsing Archive: July, 2013

Geographic Education for Canadians: Vision, Engagement and Action—a National Meeting

Posted by Bob Sharpe on Tuesday, July 9, 2013,
The Canadian Association of Geographers (CAG) and the Royal Canadian Geographical Society (RCGS) have launched a joint initiative to work together to strengthen geographic education in Canada by building a coalition of organizations and associations committed to effecting positive change.  As a first step, we are holding a meeting on August 9th and 10th of this year in St. John’s, Newfoundland, just prior to the Annual Meeting of the CAG.

The objectives of this meeting are to:
  • Generate a live...

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Certificate program to be reviewed

Posted by Bob Sharpe on Tuesday, July 9, 2013,
Our experience so far has been that the teaching and learning workshops have been well received but that only a few participants have followed through with post-workshop assignments. It also has been a challenge to organize and offer the full range of workshops intended.  As a consequence, the Education Study Group will be considering its next steps in offering its professional development workshops.

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