Currently available in English Only - recordings have French subtitles available

*Ces offres actuelles sont uniquement disponibles en anglais. Nous cherchons activement des opportunités pour qu'elles soient proposées en français. Nous vous encourageons à suggérer des sujets et des intervenants qui pourraient répondre aux besoins de nos membres francophones. Veuillez envoyer un courriel à info@psaans.ca.

Descriptions:

ETUAPTMUMK- Two eyed seeing: Michelle Marshall-Johnson

RESCHEDULED: Tuesday, January 28th, 2025 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

The session explores how Etuaptmumk/Two Eyed Seeing – the gift of multiple perspectives in the Mi’kmaw language or braiding the strengths of Indigenous, and non-indigenous world views together. This may or can inspire, everyone to nurture, respectful, reciprocal, responsibilities relationships with the land & water, plant life, animals & other than human beings for the benefit of all.

Etuaptmumk is a guiding Principle in the words of Elder Albert Marshall Mi’kmaw Nation.

Mindfulness and Trauma, an approach for skillfully navigating the challenges of life - Blair Abbass & Jenny Kierstead

Thursday, January 30th, 2025 from 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Mindfulness and Trauma, an approach for skillfully navigating the challenges of life.

Five years ago, Jenny and Blair were planning the first Yoga in Schools Trauma and Mindfulness Conference for educators, when Jenny’s sister and educator, Lisa McCully lost her life in the mass casualty. It was the mindfulness teachings that they had curated which enabled them, as a family, to heal and move through this devastating experience. Since then, they’ve worked with thousands of educators and administrators to create trauma-sensitive environments and relationships.

Join Jenny and Blair in this one hour workshop that will provide trauma-sensitive language, breathwork, movement and mindfulness practices to support students and educators through traumatic events, during these uncertain times.

For more info on their programs, visit https://yogainschools.ca

Bio:

Jenny is the founder of national award winning Yoga in Schools and Girl on Fire Empowerment. As a visionary in the yoga movement, she received the prestigious Women of Excellence Award and the RBC Women of Influence Award for her Yoga in Schools initiative. After teaching Physical Education in Vancouver for 8 years, she designed the Yoga Grade 11 course for the Nova Scotia Department of Education, the first ever PSP yoga program implemented in Canadian public schools.

To support this curriculum, Jenny then wrote the Yoga 11 Lesson Plan Supplement. Through Thompson Publications Inc, she designed yoga posters (with manuals) for both Elementary and Secondary levels, which are used by teachers around the world. With her husband, and co-founder, Blair Abbass, they designed the evidence-based Mindfulness in Schools Manual, which is changing the way teens and teachers relate to life. Jenny continued to write, authoring the Yoga for Autism Program, Yoga for Diverse Learners Program and the revolutionary Girl on Fire Empowerment Program, which is used in schools, communities and justice departments. 

Jenny is passionate about directing her grief, or as Valerie Kaur would call it, divine rage that is not meant to destroy, but to reorder the world.

Bias Training - Veronica Merryfield

Thursday, February 25th, 2025 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

In this webinar, Veronica will speak about bias, conscious and unconscious, and the effect it has on us all. Understanding bias help us all understand our own and mitigating it.

Biography:

Veronica, an established EDI community leader, originally from England, moved to Cape Breton in 2016. Formally educated in electronic engineering just over 35 years ago, she has worked around the world in a number of markets both in engineering, sales, marketing, support, management and at c-level.

Veronica has a transgender history, is intersex and neurodiverse. Drawing from her lived experiences, her EDI training/consultancy is in demand locally and further afield. She also does some engineering work in the music business and makes musical instruments, something of a 40 year passion.

She is board chair for the Cape Breton Center for Sexual Health, Undercurrent Youth Society, Marion Bridge SAC and CBVRCE SAC, is a member of the Status of Women Advisory Council, Cape Breton Pride, and is the founder of Cape Breton Transgender Network. 

Veronica has two daughters and four grandchildren, plays bass guitar and keyboards, is a writer, photographer and partial to a decent cup of tea.

Intelligence artificielle dans l'évaluation et l'enseignement

Mars 2025

Avec Jeff Raine - Consultant en intégration technologique, TCRCE Une brève introduction à l'intelligence artificielle telle qu'elle existe actuellement dans notre monde ainsi que les implications qu'elle a sur nos pratiques actuelles d'évaluation et d'enseignement dans nos salles de classe. Quelles sont les implications pour les différents niveaux scolaires ? Quelles sont les implications sur les différentes méthodologies pédagogiques ?

EasyConnect with a Team from ApplyToEducation

Thursday, March 27th, 2025 at 4:00 PM to 5:00 PM

Having Difficult Conversations: Grace Under Pressure for School Administrators with CMS Andy MacNeil

Thursday, April 24, 2025, 4:00-5:00 pm

Having Difficult Conversations: Grace Under Pressure for School Administrators is a 60-minute virtual professional learning webinar designed for PSAANS members. Facilitated by Andy MacNeil, Coordinator of Member Services, this practical and thought-provoking session equips school leaders with tools to stay calm, clear, and composed in emotionally charged conversations. Grounded in real-world scenarios and leadership research, participants will explore strategies for regulating emotions, listening deeply, de-escalating conflict, and responding with professionalism and dignity. With a focus on respectful leadership and personal well-being, this session offers ready-to-use insights and mindset shifts to navigate high-stakes interactions with confidence and grace.