CONNECT 2024: Full Schedule

2:05pm MDT

Action for Healthy Communities

Friday November 1, 2024 2:05pm - 3:15pm MDT

The Changing Face of K-12: By 2035, half of all Canada's children under age 15 will be immigrants and children of immigrants. Even more than now, schools throughout the country will become a singularly important hub for supporting Canada's diverse linguistic and cultural communities. How can schools adapt to support these new families and their unique needs-- and understand how best to connect with them?

Speakers

Lisa Degara

Manager, Small Centres, Action for Healthy Communities

Lisa Jane de Gara is a Manager at Action for Healthy Communities, a federally-funded not-for-profit supporting immigrants and refugees. She has a Master of Science in Digital Education and in 2023 was awarded a SSHRC grant to research immigrant youth in rural Alberta.

Friday November 1, 2024 2:05pm - 3:15pm MDT
Library

Inclusion, All