Program and speaker information

Sunday, July 2, 2023

4:00 – 6:00 pm Registration check-in (Kinnear Centre Foyer)

Monday, July 3, 2023

6:30 am Registration check-in (Kinnear Centre Foyer)
7:00 am Breakfast opens at 7:00 am (Vistas dining lounge)
8:30 am Opening – Shaw Amphitheatre
9:25 am Welcome – ASBA Execs and CSBA President (Kinnear Centre-Great Hall)
9:35 am Keynote: Naheed Nenshi
“A not very Political Life… but Everything is Political”
10:45 am Refreshment break (2nd floor Kinnear Centre)
11:00 am
Concurrent sessions

2nd floor Kinnear Centre

  • Collecting Student Demographic Data: What should you Think about and where might you start (KC 205)
  • Engaging Stakeholders When Making Difficult Decisions (KC 203)
  • Indigenous Voice and Choice in School Board Governance (KC 201)
12:15 pm Lunch (Vistas Dining lounge)
1:30 pm
Concurrent sessions

2nd floor Kinnear Centre

  • From Grief to Medicine (KC 201)
  • Equity, Diversity, Inclusion and Anti-Racism in Edmonton Catholic Schools (KC 205)
  • Rebel Governance: Challenging Perceived Boundaries (KC 203)
2:45 pm Refreshment break (2nd Floor Kinnear Centre)
3:00 pm CSBA AGM (KC 203)
5:00 pm Dinner (Kinnear Centre-Great Hall)
6:00 – 7:00 pm Entertainment – Hoja (Kinnear Centre-Great Hall)

Tuesday, July 4, 2023

 

7:00 am Breakfast opens at 7:00 am (Vistas Dining lounge)
8:30 am CSBA President remarks (Kinnear Centre-Great Hall)

  • Congress 2024 announcement
  • Cross Country Check-in
9:15 am Keynote: The Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean , 27th Governor General and Commander in Chief of Canada (2005-2010)
10:35 am Refreshment break (2nd Floor Kinnear Centre)
10:50 am
Concurrent sessions

2nd floor Kinnear Centre

  • Coming Together (KC 201)
  • Leading Change: Working Towards Racial Equity in Canadian Classrooms (KC 205)
  • Level up Calgary: Leveraging Game-Based Learning and Community Connection (KC 203)
12:00 pm Lunch (Vistas Dining Lounge)
1:00 pm AB Minister of Education  (Kinnear Centre – Great Hall)
1:15 pm Keynote: Dr. Shelly Niemi  (Kinnear Centre – Great Hall)
Weaving the Braid of Culturally Responsive Leadership and Governance
2:45 pm
Excursions on your own

Scheduled Shuttling provided (Professional Development Centre)

Banff Gondola (Click to see discount codes and link to Pre-Register with PURSUIT )
Lake Minnewanka Cruise (Click to see discount codes and link to Pre-Register with PURSUIT)
Cave and Basin (Click this link for more information – Pay at the gate)
Walking trails around Banff Centre

Onsite – Indigenous Advisory Council led group activities (Shaw Amphitheatre)

Wednesday, July 5, 2023

7:00 am Breakfast opens at 7:00 am (Vistas Dining Lounge)
9:00 am Keynote: Riaz Meghji (Kinnear Centre – Great Hall)
Every Conversation Counts: How to Build Extraordinary Relationships
10:15 am Closing Ceremonies (Shaw Amphitheatre)

  • Drumming and round dance
11:00 Lunch to go (available from 11:00 am – 12:30 pm)