Wednesday, May 21, 2025 (Garry Oak Place)
Participants: Lynai, Sherri-Lynn, Cinder, Elvis, Celine, Mary, Jamie, Amber, Meredith, Narda
Draft Agenda
-check-in (everyone)
-Willow Tree Place June 3rd event reminder (Mary, Jamie, Narda)
-year-end offerings (discussion)
-September exhibit: curatorial committee Call for Participants (CFP) (Narda)
-Atrium traces (Jamie & Narda for discussion/input)
Wednesday, April ___
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 9:15-10:45am (HLP Atrium)
Participants: Lynai, Amber, Elvis, Meredith & Noreen, Jamie, Mary, Michelle O. (Acorn), Kim, Sadaf, Narda
Agenda/Discussion items:
- check-in (2-3 mins)
- Kim (5 mins), re: leaving work early
- Sharing Traces (Supervisors to bring a trace for discussion – how is your centre activating/living a pedagogy of listening?) (3-5 mins/centre)
- Educator Consent Forms (Narda to pick up/answer questions)
- Songhees Collective Reading (pp. 32- 35), time allowing (we did not get to this item)
Thursday, January 9, 2025 – 9:00am (Arbutus Place, in person)
Participants: Lynai, Sherri-Lynn, Elvis, Cinder, Emily, Jamie, Mary, Celine, Sadaf, Narda
Agenda:
- Check-in/agenda review
- Collective Reading: Songhees pp. 28-31
- Ethics-consent form (upcoming distribution)
- Pedagogy of Listening – what now for teams? where are we at? where might we go?
- September 2025: Japan-Sweden visitors confirmed/possible tours & public events (UVic CC)
Wednesday, December 4, 2024 (Salal Place, in person)
Participants: Lynai, Sherri-Lynn, Angie, Meredith, Jamie, Crystal, Celine, Elvis, Cinder, Sadaf, Narda
Agenda:
- Check-in
- Collective Reading: Songhees pp. 25-27
- Individualism in Early Childhood Education (implications for ethical practice)
- Working with a Pedagogist (clarifying the role, what does it mean for UVic CC)
- *Reminder: December: Acorn ‘Being With Paint’ Gathering (5pm-6:30pm)
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Wednesday, Nov. 6, 2024 (in person, Maple Place)
Participants: Lynai, Sherri-Lynn, Amber, Emily, Jamie, Nina, Celine, Elvis, Teresa, Sadaf, Narda
Agenda:
- Check-in
- Collective Reading: Songhees pp. 20-25
- Field Notes considerations/discussion in connection with Weekly Plan (documentation practices)
- December: Acorn ‘Being With Paint’ Gathering (5pm-6:30pm)
Thursday, Oct. 3, 2024 9:15-10:15am
Participants: Cinder, Mary, Teresa, Lynai, Amber, Elvis, Sherri-Lynn, Sadaf, Narda
Agenda:
- Hello/Check-in Round
- Listening: overarching provocation for the year ahead
- Preliminary share-back/musings on Japan-Sweden-Canada Project
- Follow-up:
- Narda to share Dame Evelyn Glennie Q (CBC) interview podcast link via email
- Narda to schedule visits for next week
Wednesday, Mar. 6 9am-10:30am
Attendees: Celine, Mary, Amber, Jamie, Heather, Sadaf, Narda
Agenda:
-Collective Reading: Songhees (2013) pp. 12-21
-March 27th Evening Seminar (update on details to share with teams + ‘Hold the Date’ flyer)
-Float positions (discussion re: email invitation/provocation for Floats to co-author blog post)
-Follow up Israel’s war on Gaza and the violation of children’s rights (Wells, et al., 2024)
-Black History Month blog post
Collective Reading Resource:
Songhees (2013), pp. 12-21
Pedagogical Monthly Group Meeting (P-MGM) Agenda 18.01.23
Supervisor Mtg. Agenda 11.01.22