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MONTREAL, APRIL 10, 2012 – The Canadian School Boards Association (CSBA) is pleased to announce the election of its new President, Sandi Urban Hall of the Saskatchewan School Boards Association. Presidents of the eight provincial school board associations participated in the election at the Board of Directors Spring Meeting in Montreal, where they unanimously selected Ms. Urban Hall to a one-year term, effective July 4th, 2012.
Ms. Urban Hall became a trustee with the Prairie Valley School Division Board of Education in 2003 and has been a member of the Executive of the Saskatchewan School Boards Association (SSBA) since 2006. She was elected Vice-President in 2007 and 2008 and from 2009 to the present has served as President. Her relationship with the CSBA began when she was appointed Chair of the 2008 CSBA Congress in Regina and she has continued to be a valued and active member since that time. We look forward to having her lead us through what promises to be a year full of challenges and are confident that her guiding vision of “student achievement and opportunity” will serve the association, its member boards and the youth of Canada well.
The CSBA delegates also elected by acclamation, Ms. Catherine Fife, as Vice-President. Ms. Fife, President of the Ontario Public School Boards Association, has been serving as CSBA’s Vice- President already over the past year and agreed to continue in this leadership role to serve the board and its members.
Over the past year, the CSBA has had the privilege of working with the current President Ruth Ann Furgala who has served the Association since 2008 and has greatly helped the association navigate some difficult challenges. She leaves CSBA in a strong position to move forward in supporting and strengthening public education across the country. All of the members of the CSBA Board thank her for her important contribution and wish her the best of luck in her future projects.
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The Health of Canada’s Young People: a mental health focus is based on 2009/10 Canadian data and examines the mental health of young Canadians. Young people’s mental health is an important issue today and is strongly …
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Please see our Congress page for program and registration information for Congress 2012, hosted by the Québec English School Boards Association in Québec City.
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Last week, CSBA presented three of its provincial associations’ initiatives in the area of aboriginal education at the CMEC Educators’ Forum on Aboriginal Education. Local initiatives are having a powerful impact on student engagement, community …
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Lakehead District School Board is located in the Thunder Bay area of Ontario. With a student enrollment of just over 13,000, the board consists of twenty-five elementary, four secondary and one adult education centre. Lakehead District is …
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This post, written by Melanie Jackson of the British Columbia School Trustees’ Association, is an excerpt from “The Way Forward is the Way Back: Saving the Haida Language.”
When Haida Gwaii Trustee Wayne Wilson was a …
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First held throughout the Commonwealth in 1919, Remembrance Day commemorates the armistice to end the First World War, which came into effect at 11 a.m. on Nov. 11, 1918.
For Canadian students, an important resource is …
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Media Literacy Week takes place this year from November 7-11 across Canada.
Canada’s youth are exposed to media content on a daily basis, and are continually asked to understand the “nature, techniques and impacts of …
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Last week, the government tabled Bill C-11, a re-introduction of Bill C-32 that was originally introduced in June 2010.
See the CSBA copyright page for CSBA’s 2010 submission to Canadian Parliament.
Although there are many provisions in the Copyright …
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Its International Literacy Day-established by UNESCO in 1965, this day calls attention to the need to eradicate illiteracy across the globe. The theme of International Literacy Day 2011 is “Literacy for Peace.”
Canada is celebrating with …
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As of July 1st, in accordance with the CSBA Constitution and by-laws, there has been a change in leadership and the composition of the Board of Directors for the Canadian School Boards Association:
Ruth Ann Furgala …
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