Global Education Cohort News
Faculty of Education, University of Ottawa, Fall 2021
Welcome!
Welcome also to Year One students, who are new to the program and perhaps to Global Education. We look forward to meeting you in the days ahead and to supporting your professional development over the next two years.
Although our cohort activities will mainly be fully online, through the use of technologies we will try to create opportunities to build a vibrant, close community of educators interested in bringing global perspectives and issues into the classroom across the curriculum.
This newsletter includes a brief introduction to the Global Ed Cohort and to upcoming activities in the fall of 2021.
Let us know if you have any questions or suggestions. See you soon!
Dr. Diane Watt (she/her/hers)
Dr. Saba Alvi (she/her/hers)
Global Education Cohort Co-Leaders
YEAR ONE Orientation: Tuesday, Sept. 7th - 1:00 to 2:00 p.m.
Join Us on Zoom!
YOU'RE INVITED! FALL 2021 EVENTS
Teacher as Healer, Shyam Patel - Sept. 21st 7:00 to 8:00 p.m.
The Talk
“What’s love got to do with it?” is a question that opens an important conversation in educational practice. Responding to this and inspired by Thich Nhat Hanh’s “The Teacher as a Healer,” this talk examines the importance of love in the classroom and how it serves as a practice of healing for our students. Starting with a flight from Montréal to Mumbai, then to a teacher training in Pune, and finally to memories from a classroom in Ahmedabad, this story unfolds from one of feeling displaced to a sense of belonging that formed over time, with love at the centre of it all.
Shyam Patel (he/him) is currently a graduate student at the University of Ottawa. Prior to that, he was a teacher candidate at the Faculty of Education, and he worked in a Teach for India classroom from 2014 to 2017.
TO JOIN:
Year One & Year Two Global Education students will be sent a link via their UOttawa email accounts to join this Zoom session. You are asked not to share the link without permission from Diane or Saba.
Teaching in Japan, Yeti Mallavi - Sept. 30th, 7:00pm
The Talk
Come join us on Thursday, September 30th, as Yeti Mallavi shares her experiences as an assistant language teacher on the Japan Exchange and Teaching (JET) Programme in Japan!
Yeti spent 4 years in Sasebo City, Japan.
During this session, she will talk about her personal experiences, the JET Programme and how to apply, as well as some things to consider when pursuing a career or job in international education.
From the JET Programme website:
Aiming primarily to promote grassroots internationalisation at the local level, the JET Programme invites young college graduates from around the world to participate in internationalisation initiatives and be involved in foreign language education at Japan’s local government offices, Boards of Education, elementary schools, junior high schools, and senior high schools. The JET Programme has gained high acclaim both domestically and overseas for being one of the world’s largest international exchange programmes. We hope that all people involved in the JET Programme, both the participants and the local people with whom they live and work, will build an international network and become successful in today’s global society.
TO JOIN This Talk:
Year One & Year Two Global Education students will be sent a link via their UOttawa email accounts to join this Zoom session. You are asked not to share the link without permission from Diane or Saba.
Dr. Veena Balsawar on Global Children's Literature
Tuesday, October 5th, 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Zoom
Veena Balsawer has a Ph.D. in Education from the University of Ottawa. She works at the Ottawa Public library as a Children's Storyteller and is also a part-time professor at the University of Ottawa.
She is interested in Stories (Narratives) and story-telling as pedagogy, and believes that it is the thread of stories that binds people together. In this session Veena will introduce books that educators can use to bring global perspectives into the classroom.
A hands-on workshop on how to teach kids about key environmental issues
A hands-on workshop that introduces how to teach topics related to population education in the K-12 classroom. Visit their website for more information & resources.
Population Education, a program of Population Connection, is the only national program (based in Washington, D.C.) with a strong emphasis on curriculum resources and professional development for K-12 educators that focuses on human population issues.
TO JOIN This Talk:
Year One & Year Two Global Education students will be sent a link via their UOttawa email accounts to join this Zoom session. You are asked not to share the link without permission from Diane or Saba.
A Chat with Michael Kusugak, Inuit Storyteller & Children's Author
Monday, November 8th - 7:00 to 8:00 p.m. on Zoom
Michael Kusugak is a storyteller and a children's writer, who tells stories about Arctic and Inuit culture.
He grew up in Repulse Bay, NWT (now Nunavut). During his childhood, his family travelled by dog sled, living a traditional Inuit lifestyle. He is the author of twelve children's books, including: The Littlest Sled Dog, The Curse of the Shaman, T is for Territories, Northern Lights: The Soccer Trails, winner of the Ruth Schwartz Award; Hide and Seek; My Arctic 1, 2, 3; and Baseball Bats for Christmas; and was co-writer of A Promise Is a Promise (with Robert Munsch).