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CEO & Co-founder, C21 Canada™

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Yukon Dept of Education: February 25, 2020 

Education leaders from across Canada are in Whitehorse for the C21 Canadians for 21st Century Learning & Innovation CEO Academy Winter Summit. This is the first time this summit has taken place in Yukon.

This summit’s theme of Cultural Responsiveness, Relationships and Common Messages provided an opportunity for education leaders to learn about Yukon’s approach to student learning in Kindergarten through Grade 12 public education. Discussions included culturally responsive assessment and learning, Yukon First Nations Education Agreements, as well as how Yukon schools work in partnership with Yukon First Nations governments to support learning that is grounded in the community context and focused on reconciliation.

 

archdaily.com: February 24, 2020 

Centennial College, Ontario's first public college, has collaborated with DIALOG, Smoke Architecture, and EllisDon to design and build the first zero-carbon, mass timber higher-education building in the country. Scheduled for completion in 2023, the new gateway structure will bring together Indigenous and Western cultures in both form and function.

"We wanted to raise the bar for future post-secondary projects […] At Centennial we view sustainability, inclusivity and Indigeneity as wholly interconnected ideas and we wanted a building that demonstrates that crucial relationship. -- Craig Stephenson, President and CEO, Centennial College.

cbc.ca: February 23, 2020 

Over the past year, grade 12 students at St. Patrick High School have been participating in a program that has allowed them to learn the ins and outs of video game creation.

The program is facilitated Youth Fusion, a not for profit organization, and brought mentors into the classroom, one of which is an associate producer from a well known video game design company.

"The creative energy here is absolutely mind blowing," said Kartik Jayaraman, associate producer for the core technology Ubisoft team in Toronto, in an interview with CBC. "They wanted to create a lot of different game experiences, it will help them pursue a career that has video games in mind and creative arts in mind."

"Something different and something really spectacular"

Updated designs will feature natural light, improved school yards and exposed wood

The Quebec government has plans to build and renovate hundreds of schools in the province, with an emphasis on larger common areas, nicer school yards and more natural light.

The plan also includes an emphasis on sustainable construction and the use of Quebec materials like wood and aluminum.

"It's a bit embarrassing that of 2,400 schools in Quebec, 1,800 of them — that's three quarters — are in bad shape," said Premier François Legault. "As a society, we can't be proud of that."

 

windsorstar.com, February 18, 2020

Who better to design a vehicle of the future than the next generation of computer engineers or software developers?

The WindsorEssex Economic Development Corporation (WEEDC) launched just such a competition Tuesday for local high school students. All high school students in the Windsor-Essex Region are invited to enter. The winning design will become part of WEECDC’s marketing campaign to rebrand this area as Canada’s Automobility Capital.

A group of 30 students from Leamington District secondary school and Tecumseh Vista Academy gathered at WEEDC’s Institute for Border Logistics and Security for the launch.

The Leamington students are part of the school’s Specialist High Skills Major (SHSM) program while the Vista students are from that school’s Entrepreneurship in Science, Technology, Engineering, Arts and Mathematics (e-STEAM) program.

cbc.ca, February 21, 2020

 

Post secondary schools, worker transition programs and the energy industry are putting a lot of their eggs in the tech basket, hoping it can become a more stable economic pillar than the highs and lows of oil and gas, experts tell CBC News.

Tyler Farmer, now with the Information and Communications Technology Council, used to work in oil and gas. He says technology is impacting the oil and gas sector in ways many people could not have imagined just years ago.

 

thompsoncitizen.net: February 21, 2020

Skills Canada Manitoba held a trades and technology conference for Grade 8 students at the Thompson Regional Community Centre Feb.20-21, with girls attending on Wednesday and boys on Thursday.

 

Trades and professions represented were engineering, environmental science, non-destructive testing, millwright, electrician, instrumentation, fire and emergency services, mechanics, cooking, hairstyling, automotive, carpentry, horticulture, geology and mining and milling. Participating organizations included Thompson Fire & Emergency Sergices, R.D. Parker Collegiate, Manitoba Hydro and Vale.

ept.ca:  February 21, 2020

The aim is to develop innovative processes that will meet growing needs of digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI)

 

To develop innovative and increasingly powerful processes that meet the growing needs of digital technologies and artificial intelligence (AI), the Université de Sherbrooke and IBM Bromont have renewed their partnership with the NSERC/IBM Canada Industrial Research Chair in High-Performance Heterogeneous Integration and the launch of a complementary Collaborative Research and Development (CRD) project in support of the Chair.  

In 2014, UdeS came together with IBM Canada Ltd. in a unique corporate-university partnership by launching the NSERC/IBM Canada Industrial Research Chair in Smarter Microelectronics Packaging for Performance Scaling. The Chair’s first mandate was to develop a number of new approaches ranging from robust industrial manufacturing processes to the development of new materials that increase the durability and reliability of electronic components. While building on scientific progress and industry transfer over the past five years, the research teams are pooling their expertise to meet tomorrow’s tech challenges by increasing the power of microelectronic components that let digital systems and AI develop even more quickly.

9. C21 Canada Announces the Launch of the C21 CIO Alliance

C21 Canada: February 24, 2020 

C21 Canada, a leading not-forprofit organization promoting the accelerated change in teaching and learning practices across Canada announces the launch of the C21 CIO K – 12 Leadership Alliance at the CEO Academy Winter meetings.

“The CIO role continues to evolve at an accelerated pace given the technological revolution and complex delivery systems required across Canadian schools. C21 Canada is excited to play a leadership role in the country’s digital transformation in education. We offer a national lens, research and professional learning network to facilitate alignment with stakeholders and a deeper understanding of pedagogical needs in support of student success,” says Robert Martellacci, CEO and Co-founder, C21 Canada.

10.  EdTech Pioneer Lü Accelerates Rollout of K-12 Immersive Learning Spaces

 

 CNW: February 25, 2020

Lü Interactive Playground, a pioneer in educational technology systems for K-12 students, today announced it will strategically collaborate with Dell Technologies to bring immersive learning to schools and children around the world. Through this collaboration, Lü systems will become more widely and easily available to school districts worldwide.

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