Developing Minds 2019

Schedule

* More details coming soon. Schedule subject to change. 

Friday, February 15th, 2019

TIME

EVENT

SPEAKER / TITLE

8:00am

Check-in/Registration    

8:30am 

Welcome to SFU 
  • Welcome and land acknowledgement - Catherine Murray 
  • Drumming ceremony

8:45am 

Introduction Addresses
  • The Hon. Jinny Sims, MLA, Minister of Citizens' Services 
  • Message from The Hon. Rob Fleming, MLA, Minister of Education 
  • Kris Magnusson, Dean, Faculty of Education 

9:00am 

Keynote Deanna Reder Reading the Indigenous Archive

9:45am 

Power Talks
Sean Zwagerman 
 
I Just Don't Believe It: The Problem of Conviction, and Some Possible Remedies 

Joel Heng Hartse and Jiang Dong


Critical Thinking in a Second Language
 

11:15am 

Coffee    

11:30am 

Breakout Sessions
  • Gillian Judson 
  • Marela Dichupa
  • Dylan Flint 
  • Valia Spiliotopoulos
Moderated sessions addressing Power Talks and developing practical lesson plans

12:15pm

Lunch    

1:00pm 

Welcome Back    

1:00 pm

Power Talks Peter Cramer 
Rhetorical Games, Writing and Composition

Azadeh Yamini-Hamedani
 

On Drake: Designing Simple Exercises to Stimulate Critical Reading 
 

2:30 pm

Breakout Sessions
  • Zuzana Vasko
  • Fatima Jalali 
  • Dylan Flint 
  • Valia Spiliotopoulos
Moderated sessions addressing Power Talks and developing practical lesson plans

3:15 pm  

Spoken Word and Closing Remarks
  • Natalia Gajdamaschko 
  • Catherine Murray 
  • Sean McGarragle
 

3:45  — 5:00 pm

Reception