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From the Dean ' s desk ............................................................................ 3 Summer Institutes .................................................................................. 3 Education sector engaged in discussions on future priorities in education ............................................................. 4 Inaugural Alumni Gathering 2019 ................................................... 6 Q & A with recipient of Governor General ’ s Academic Gold Medal : Joanne Weber ........................................... 8 Alumna recipient of Prime Minister ’ s Award for Teaching Excellence in STEM : Heather Faris ............................ 10 Alumni Award Recipient : Humanitarian and Community Service Award : Brianne Urzada ............................ 11 Awards ....................................................................................................... 12 Research and Funding ........................................................................ 13 New Northern Saskatchewan Indigenous Teacher Education Program formed to help meet northern teacher shortage .................................................................................................... 14 GDI celebrates 3rd cohort of Master of Education grads ..................................................................................... 15 Mother and daughter from Nunavut : Students together at the University of Regina ......................... 16 Indigenous research and indigenous pedagogy ..................... 18 Events ......................................................................................................... 19 Looking back : Looking forward : Retirement story ................ 20 New land-based course offered ...................................................... 21 New faculty and staff .......................................................................... 22 New appointments .............................................................................. 23 Published research ............................................................................... 24
Education News magazine is a publication of the Faculty of Education , University of Regina . Editor : Shuana Niessen Contact Shuana . Niessen @ uregina . ca
ESS EXECUTIVE 2019-2020
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