TWO Canadian Summer Teachers Institutes offered this summer

WEST COAST: June 21-26, 2009 “Experience B.C. - From the 5 Themes of Geography to the 2010 Olympics”

In this six-day program which begins and ends in Vancouver, BC, participants will experience a wide range of classroom sessions and cultural activities. Faculty from WWU, UW and Simon Fraser University offer core curriculum sessions while speakers from the Vancouver Organizing Committee for the 2010 Winter Olympics, the Four Host First Nations, Statistics Canada, the Canadian Consulate General, Seattle, and the U.S. Consulate General, Vancouver, will round out the agenda. Activities range from a walking tour of Vancouver to gliding on ziplines through Whistler’s tree canopy.
Rolling deadline to a maximum of 20 participants.
For more information: http://www.k12studycanada.org/scsi.asp
Contact: Tina Storer (Tina.Storer@wwu.edu)

EAST COAST: July 5-11, 2009 “Lake Champlain: Charting a New North America”

Looking at the links between the land and history, the change and continuity, from the days of New France to the present, this institute will traverse the Richelieu River/Lake Champlain watershed to examine Champlain’s 17th century connections and contributions, 18thcentury French colonial settlements, 19th-20th century immigration, and the resulting composition of contemporary economies and cultures. Beginning and ending in Burlington, VT with travel to Montreal (Quebec) and environs and to Plattsburgh and Ticonderoga, NY, this Institute brings participants first-hand experience with the 17th to 21st century sites and artifacts of Lake Champlain’s evolution from a militarized frontier region to a destination for Quebec immigrants, to today’s flows of trade. The Institute content aligns with social studies and geography curriculum, and will provide participants with teaching resources.
Rolling registration to May 31st.
For more information: http://www.umaine.edu/canam/k-12outreach/Institutes/ACTI/ACTI09.htm
Contact: Amy Sotherden (sotheral@plattsburgh.edu)