Program: ASI 2008 Reading Between the Lines
Final Program - pdf version
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Tuesday August 19 |
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| 10:00 - 1:15 |
Registration - W.A. Murphy Student Centre, UPEI Campus (entrance off University Ave) |
| 1:00 - 1:45 |
Getting Started: Welcome and Orientation |
| 2:00 - 4:30 | Curriculum Workshops - Classroom Centre |
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a) Foundation: Concepts and Values |
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| 3:00 - 3:15 | Nutrional Break - Classroom Centre |
| 6:30 - 7:00 | Welcome by Dignitaries and Organizers - W.A. Murphy Student Centre |
| 7:00 - 8:00 | Keynote Speaker: Walking the Path of Literacy: A Journey of Courage - Victorin Boudreau, NB (French with simultaneous translation) - W.A. Murphy Student Centre, UPEI |
| 8:00 | Reception: Refreshments and Cash Bar, - W.A. Murphy Student Centre |
| Wednesday August 20 | |
| 7:30 - 9:00 | Registration - W.A. Murphy Student Centre, UPEI |
| 8:30 - 8:45 | Getting Organized: Introductions and Orientation |
| 8:45 - 9:45 | Plenary: Family Literacy: Can This Approach Make a Difference? Vianne Timmons, PEI (English with simultaneous translation) - W.A. Murphy Student Centre |
| 10:00 - 12:30 | Curriculum Workshops - Classroom Centre |
| a) Foundation: Models b) Application: Literacy C c) Specialization: Evidence II |
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| 11:00 - 11:15 | Nutritional Break - Classroom Centre |
| 12:30 - 2:00 | Networking Lunch - Schurman Square, Concourse, and Upper Level, Marian Hall |
| 2:00 - 4:30 | Curriculum Workshops - Classroom Centre |
| a) Foundation: Planning and Delivery b) Application: Literacy Case Study III c) Specialization: Evidence III |
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| 3:00 - 3:15 | Nutrition Break - Classroom Centre |
| 6:30 pm |
Multicultural Dinner - Confederation Centre of the Arts, Downtown Charlottetown |
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| Thursday August 21 - Atlantic Day | |
| 7:30 - 8:30 | Registration - W.A. Murphy Student Centre, UPEI |
| 8:30 - 9:00 | Announcements – Welcome to Atlantic Day One-Day Registrants - W.A. Murphy Student Centre |
| 9:00 - 10:00 | Plenary: If You Can Read This...: Linking Literacy, Crime, Health, and Injury Among Children and Youth , Robert Seymour Wright, NS (English with simultaneous translation) - W.A. Murphy Student Centre |
| 10:00 - 10:30 | Networking Break - W.A. Murphy Student Centre Concourse |
| 10:30 - 12:00 | Policy in the Round is a Town Hall Event - Connecting the Threads: What’s Next in Community Literacy? - Moderator, Gail Dugas, ON; Commentators: Dorothy Ahlgren-Franklin, Linda Shohet, Rosella Melanson, Robert Seymour Wright, Imelda Perley, John Scoville, Dianne Smith. - W.A. Murphy Student Centre |
| 12:00 - 1:30 | Lunch - Schurman Square, Concourse and Upper Level, Marian Hall |
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1:30 - 4:00
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Atlantic Canada Showcase: |
| Posterboard Presentations - Presenters will be available at their poster to answer questions and to hand out supplementary materials, if available. | |
| 1. Communication - A Workplace Strategy - Monique Comeau, NB (Bilingual) | |
| 2. Engaging Grassroots People in Community Learning and Advocacy for Youth Wellness - Ann Pohl and Katrina Clair, NB (English) |
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| 3. Health Care and Nutrition for Older Adults and Seniors - A Rural Newfoundland Perspective - Edward Wade, NL (English) |
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| 4. Hep'd Up On Life - Pam O'Neill, PEI (English) |
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| 5. Knowledge, Synthesis, Translation and Exchange (KSTE) & Health Literacy: Bridging the Gap - Philip Girvan, NS and Anna MacLeod, NS (English) | |
| 6. Northwestern N.B. Says NO to Bullying! /Le Nord-Ouest du N.-B. disent NON à l'intimidation! - Nathalie Cyr, NB (French) |
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| 7. Loving Care: The Development of a New Public Health Parenting Series for Parents with Children From Birth to Three Years - Jennifer MacDonald and Trudy Reid, NS (English) |
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| 8. Mega-Bites and ABC’s: An Examination of the Use of Integrated Technology in an Early Literacy Healthy Eating Kindergarten Program - Alaina Roach O'Keefe, PEI (English) |
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| 9. Moving Health Literacy Forward - Jinny Greaves, Catherine O'Bryan and Norman Finlayson, PEI (English) |
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| ...top | 10. The Adopt a Library Literacy Program - John Kennedy, NS (English) |
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2:00 pm Marian Hall |
Interactive Presentations that profile promising practices, programs, policies, experiences or lessons learned that relate to the theme of literacy and connect it with health, safety or crime. Each session will be 45 minutes in length: delivered twice, each time to a different audience. There will be 20 minutes for presenting and 25 minutes for engaging participants. |
| 1. Active Kids Tool Kit: Developing Physical Literacy in Young Children and Optimizing Active Play - Cindy Dickie, NB (English) |
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| 2. Literacy and Health: An Innovative Way of Meeting the Challenge in Northeastern New Brunswick - Nathalie Boivin, NB (French with simultaneous translation) | |
| 3. Antigonish Senior Safety Program “Empowering Seniors to Live Safe, Healthy and Independent Lives in Their Homes as Long as Possible” - Kimberly Timmons, NS (English) |
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| 4. Learning Through Play – Employment and Literacy/ Apprenant en jouant – l'emploi et l’alphabétisation - Colette Arsenault, Caroline Arsenault et Jeannine Arsenault. |
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| 5. Eating Between the Lines: Creating a Successful Early Literacy and Healthy Eating Program for Kindergarten Children - Jennifer Taylor, Ray Doiron, and Alaina Roach O'Keefe, PEI (English) |
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| 6. Enhancing Social and Emotional Literacy - Hazel Clarke and Frances Cole, NL (English) |
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| 7. Spinning the Medicine Wheel for Safer Communities: Understanding Mi’kmaq Language and Culture - Lori St. Onge and Roseanne Sark, PEI (English) | |
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8. The Long Reach of Early Child Development – "It Takes a Child to Raise the Village" - Jim Mustard and Susan DeWolf, NS (English) |
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2:00: Presentation Open to the Public |
Power Up To Read - Joseph Rowledge and Michael Sears, PEI (English) Location: ITEC Theatre, Robertson Library |
| 2:45 - 3:00 | Nutritional Break - Schurman Square area, Marian Hall |
| 6:30 | Barbeque: A Sweet Taste of PEI - between Main Building and W.A. Murphy Student Centre |
| 7:00 pm |
Entertainment: Nudie and the Turks - outside W.A. Murphy Student Centre, between Main Building and W.A. Murphy Student Centre |
| Friday August 22 |
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| 8:30 - 11:00 | Curriculum Workshops - Classroom Centre |
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a) Foundation: Reflection and Integration |
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| 9:45 - 10:00 | Nutrition Break - Classroom Centre |
| 11:15 | Children's Performance - W.A. Murphy Student Centre |
| 11:30 - 12:30 |
Closing Circle |
| 12:30 | Snacks to go |
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Atlantic Summer Institute on Healthy and Safe Communities