RDPSD Division Wide Staff Learning Day 2025: Full Schedule

8:30am MDT

Be An Upstander: Finding Hope in Complex Times

Friday April 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:45am MDT

Global crisis’, rights and equity issues are entering, and sometimes disrupting, classrooms within increasing frequency, leaving both students and educators feeling overwhelmed and hopeless. In this session, participants will explore approaches that create environments where they can explore complex topics and equip students with tools to address injustice. Participants will also examine how classroom culture, courage to engage in complex conversations and project-based learning, can be used together to help students find hope and equip them with skills to take action.

Speakers

Sarah Adomako-Ansah

Manager, Education Outreach, Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Sarah Adomako-Ansah is a graduate of the University of Alberta, B. Ed (’13). She is a former teacher with the Edmonton Catholic School Division, teaching grades three through six from 2013 until 2021. She was the Division’s first Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Anti-Racism Consultant... Read More →

Friday April 4, 2025 8:30am - 9:45am MDT
2402

Equity and Social Issues, Division 1, Division 2, Division 3, Division 4, Teacher / Administrator

10:15am MDT

Be An Upstander: Finding Hope in Complex Times

Friday April 4, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am MDT

2402

Speakers

Sarah Adomako-Ansah

Manager, Education Outreach, Canadian Museum for Human Rights

Friday April 4, 2025 10:15am - 11:30am MDT
2402

Equity and Social Issues, Division 1, Division 2, Division 3, Division 4, Teacher / Administrator