For students about to graduate, making the move from classroom to career can be daunting.
In hopes of gaining a leg up during the transition, close to 500 of Brock’s graduating Consecutive and Concurrent Teacher Education students attended the Department of Teacher Education’s Career Information Day at the Hamilton Campus on Wednesday, Jan. 17.
Brock University Alumni Association, Hamilton Campus
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Sheila Bennett has devoted her career to advocating for the inclusion of students with special needs into regular classrooms.
Her years of experience brought her to Ottawa in November, when she was invited to share her message with the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration (CIMM).
Sheila Bennett, Special Education
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Join Dr. Chantal Buteau and Dr. Eric Muller from the Department of Mathematics and Statistics along with Dr. Joyce Mgombelo from the Faculty of Education for a Math Ed Seminar Series @ Brock event.
Joyce Mgombelo, Math Ed Seminar Series @ Brock, Mathematics
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Faculty of education staff and faculty collected donations for Gillian’s Place this festive season. Gillian’s Place is a comprehensive emergency shelter for women and children facing domestic abuse. Since 1977, it has offered more than 17,000 women and their children emergency shelter and support services.
Community involvement
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Brock staff, professors and students celebrated Computer Science Education Week (CSEdWeek) from Dec 4. to 10, helping to promote computer science skills in their communities.
Brock volunteers gathered at a Thorold elementary school on Dec. 2 to create a little holiday magic for children in the local community.
Organized by the Concurrent Education Student Association (CESA), the annual Holiday Extravaganza partnered each Brock volunteer with one of the approximately 150 students at Prince of Wales S Public School for a day of festive crafts and activities.
Susan Tilley, a professor in Brock’s Faculty of Education, has been elected the new Secretary-General of the International Society for Teacher Education (ISfTE).
ISfTE, Susan Tilley
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It took nine years for Snezana Ratkovic to feel fully at home in Canada. Having settled here as a refugee from the former Yugoslavia, she understands the challenge of creating a new life in an unfamiliar country.
Ratkovic, now a research officer and instructor in the Faculty of Education, heard similar stories from other refugee women while doing her PhD research.
Catherine Longboat, Kari-Lynn Winters, Snezana Ratkovic, Spy Dénommé-Welch
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Michael O’Sullivan (Associate Professor and Associate Dean, Graduate Student Services, Research, and International) interviews award-winning Master of Education (MEd) students about their experiences in the Faculty of Education.
