Wednesday, June 2nd, 2010

Venue: Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery, 25 Caroline Street North, Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Time: 7pm - 9pm

Penny Milton will present the case for transforming education in Canada through innovation in schools. The problems that face schooling requires adaptive ‘learning by doing’ approaches rather than ‘across the board’ technical or policy responses. Illustrations will be drawn from the Canadian Education Association’s multi-year research and development initiative, What did you do in school today?

With over 60,000 students in 120 middle and high schools informing groundbreaking research on intellectual engagement, Penny’s talk will focus on ideas and actions that can deeply engage all students in learning.

Penny Milton
CEO, Canadian Education Association

Penny Milton has been Chief Executive Officer of Canadian Education Association since 1996. She was past Chair of the Toronto Board of Education, Executive Director of the Ontario Public School Board Association, and served as Deputy Minister of the Ontario Premier’s Council of Health, Well-being and Social Justice. She has held several public appointments including current membership on The Minister’s Curriculum Council and Governance Review Committee for Ontario. She was a founding Director of the Toronto Community Housing Corporation and now serves as a Director of ArtsSmarts and Goodwill Industries. She is the author of several book chapters, numerous articles and presentations on policy issues in education.

SiG@Waterloo "Innovators in Action" Speaker Series

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