As a teacher of Social Studies Grade

7 and 9, and English Grade 9 at St.

Michael School in Calgary, Shannon

Boyle strives to provide meaningful,

experiential learning opportunities

for her students, helping them to

create connections

between the curriculum

and the world around

them.

Shannon is the leader

of St. Michael Water

Warriors, which is

affiliated with the

Centre for

Affordable Water

and Sanitation

Technology (CAWST)

Youth Wavemakers program.

Youth Wavemakers is a unique

water education program that

informs, engages, encourages action,

and celebrates the impact that youth

are having on local and global water

and sanitation issues. Through this

program, the students have been

engaged in a number of projects,

from creating weekly educational

announcements, to completing a

retrofit of urinals and water

fountains in their school in order to

conserve water. The Water

Warriors have been so successful

with their action projects, they were

invited to create a water awareness

public service announcement video

for the City of Calgary.

“If teachers want to construct a

more equitable, more meaningful

and livelier environmental

experience for their students, they

must concern themselves with

environmental and social issues

beyond the classroom walls,” states

Shannon. To do this, Shannon will

guide her students on a Water Walk

on May 8th, which will engage

students to apply their

environmental knowledge and skills

to real world issues, and to interact

with, develop compassion for, and

take action in the places where

students learn, create, and play.

Shannon was a participant in

ACGC’s 2014 Global Citizenship

Summer

Institute

(GCSI),

where she

had an

opportunity

to share her

own

experience

with other

educators,

and enhance

her own

teaching practice through learning

new ways to engage her students

about their school community,

global concepts and issues around

world. She feels strongly that

“experiencing new opportunities

and collaborating with like-minded

teachers will create a caring and

progressive professional community,

which enhances all students'

success.”

To register for GCSI 2015, visit

www.acgc.ca.

Educator Profile: Shannon Boyle

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SPRING 2015 A PUBLICATION OF THE ALBERTA COUNCIL FOR GLOBAL COOPERATION

ACGC is proud to host the Global Citizenship Summer

Institute (GCSI) again this summer in partnership with

the Centre for Global Citizenship Education & Research

(CGCER). This week-long institute is a unique oppor-

tunity for educators from across Alberta to convene on

the beautiful University of Alberta campus to learn more

about global citizenship and how to effectively integrate it

into their classrooms and school environments. This year

the Institute will take place from August 10 – 14,

2015 at the University of Alberta.

Facilitated by the Co-Founders of the Centre for Global Citizenship Education & Research (CGCER), Dr. Lynette Shultz and Dr. Ali Abdi, this institute enables participants to develop an informed and active role as global citizen educators whose work will benefit their students and our society. For the institute objectives, cost, and registration infor-mation, please visit the ACGC website. To watch videos from last year’s institute, please visit ACGC’s YouTube channel at www.youtube.com/ACGCNow

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Mahatma Gandhi Summer Institute: Building Peaceful Communities

This institute, from July 6-16, is hosted in Edmonton by the University of Alber-

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ship with the Mahatma Gandhi Canadian Foundation for World Peace. You do

not have to be currently registered in a graduate program to attend. For more

information contact epinnega@ualberta.ca or visit www.gandhifoundation.ca/

Sombrilla Yurac Yacu Youth to Youth Tour to Peru

An opportunity, from July 26-August 12, for young adults to learn about sustain-

able development, to build relationships with Peruvian youth, and to carry out a

service project. There is one spot left for paying youth (Cost $3120); 2 bursary

spots are also available to qualifying youth. Please contact Sombrilla at sombril-

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Global Youth Expedition

Expedition for high school and college students to Malawi from August 10-22.

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by June 26th. Contact Deborah@canadianhumanitarian.com or visit

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Global Citizenship: Partners in Education for Afghan Women and

Girls Save the date for a full-day symposium open to the public focusing on

women’s education in Afghanistan in Banff on October 3, 2015. There is a

strong line up of speakers and entertainment. Visit www.cw4wafghan.ca/event/

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Alberta Teachers Association: International Cooperation

There are many wonderful international and partnership opportunities available

to Alberta teachers with the ATA. Learn more by visiting the ATA Internation-

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Seminar on the United Nations and International Affairs

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August 16-21, and August 23-28. Scholarships available from ACGC member

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Join ACGC and its members in learning about the world through literature! ACGC is inviting three

classes in Edmonton and three in Calgary to participate in a “Global Literature Circle” in the Fall of 2015!

ACGC will provide your class with a set of novels. Upon completion,

we will bring a guest speaker to your classroom who can speak to the

issues raised in the novel. The following novels are offered:

Edmonton: “I am a Taxi” by Deborah Ellis. A story of 12-year-old

Diego who lives with his mother and little sister in San Sebastian

Women’s Prison in Cochabamba, Bolivia.

Calgary: “Parvana’s Journey” by Deborah Ellis. A story of young

Parvana who sets out on a perilous journey to find her family, while war

rages across Afghanistan. This novel will be followed up with a special

speaker from Canadian Women for Women in Afghanistan.

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A big 'Thank You' goes to all youth and their supporters for applying for the Change Your World: Alberta Youth Lead-ership Tour to South Africa this summer, with ACGC and Keiskamma Canada! We received applications from Pinch-er Creek to Peace River, High Prairie to High River, Leth-bridge to Leduc, and everywhere in between! We are proud to have these amazing youth working on social jus-tice issues around Alberta! ACGC and the Keiskamma Canada Foundation are pleased to announce this year’s team:

Abdul Sheikh, M.E. LaZerte High School, Edmonton

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The new Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) that will replace the

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World leaders will forge a universal, legally-binding climate deal that

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Flood of Change shares the story of three youth in Nepal and their movement to take

action around water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) issues. The story is told by

Nepalese youth who filmed 70% of the final footage and found the words and images

to share this story.

The documentary is a simplified version of the chain of events that led to the creation

of Paschim Paaila, a youth network created by the Environment and Public Health

Organization (ENPHO) to take action on a diarrhea outbreak that happened in the

Western Region of Nepal in 2009. The outbreak affected over 5,000 individuals and

caused more than 464 deaths in 18 districts.

In July 2012, the Centre of Affordable Water, and Sanitation Technology (CAWST),

supported members of ENPHO and Paschim Paaila to film Flood of Change, with the

support of CAWST’s Education Program Developer and a videographer.

Access the film and an accompanying educator’s

guide with three lesson plans on CAWST’s

website: www.cawst.org/wavemakers/

floodofchange

Featured Resource: Flood of Change: Documentary