| October
2002, Russian Teachers and Professors Visit Canada |
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16
Russian educators will travel to Canada on October 17
for a 10 day visit to work with the Canadian Spirit
of Democracy Team and meet with Canadian teachers and
students in schools throughout New Brunswick. The visitors
will have the opportunity to tour areas of ... |
| August
2002, Support of The Spirit of Democracy work by Russian
Ministry of Education |
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In
August, Natalia Voskresenskaya, Russian Project Director,
received a letter from Minister Vladamir Phillippov,
representing the Russian Ministry of Education ,supporting
the collaborative work being done by the Russian-Canadian
Spirit of Democracy Project within the Russian school
system.. |
| April
2002, Visit to Russia by Andrew Hughes and Alan Sears |
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Andrew
Hughes and Alan Sears travelled to Russia to visit 11
schools in Moscow, Orel and Samara that are implementing
Spirit of Democracy resources within the curriculum.
Hughes and Sears found that ... |
| April
11, 2002, Russian Showcase at Bathurst Superior Middle
School |
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The
"spirit of learning" and "the spirit
of democracy" were celebrated at Bathurst Superior
Middle School when 90 Grade 6 students held a Russian
Showcase to highlight their work from the recently introduced
integrated curriculum unit on Russia. Heather Boyd Kinnie
, Spirit of Democracy Project Officer, was the
Keynote Speaker at ... |
| March
14, 2002, The Human Rights Club of Bathurst Superior
Middle School Uses Web-Site |
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The
Human Rights Club from Bathurst Superior Middle School,
under the leadership of teacher Ms. Janet Crawford,
is using the Spirit of Democracy web-site to learn... |
| February
22, 2002, In-Service Workshop for South Shore School
Board District, Nova Scotia |
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On
February 22, Heather Boyd Kinnie, Project Officer, and
David Cook, Design Team Member and Ph..D. Candidate
in International Education, conducted... |
| January
30, 2002, Russian Teacher-Leader Conducted Seminars
for Teachers |
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Larisa
Shamne, a teacher-leader from Zelenograd, near Moscow,
conducted a seminar together with 5 teachers from her
school, for 25 teachers from... |
| January
21, 2002, Bathurst Superior Middle School Launches Integrated
Curriculum on Russia |
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On
November 15, 2001, Ms. Janet Crawford, a Grade 6 teacher
from Bathurst Superior Middle School attended a seminar
on The Spirit of Democracy Project in the Faculty of
Education at UNB. As a result... |
| January
15-17, 2002, Russian Teacher-Leaders Held Seminars in
Samara |
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Sergei
Polishuk and Roman Obukhov, 2 teacher-leaders from Kinel-Cherkassy
presented a 3-day seminar for ... |
| January
11, 2002, Congratulations to our Project Officer, Emmanuelle
Tremblay, at the Canadian International Development
Agency |
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We
are pleased to announce the birth of Emmanuelle's son,
Jules, who came into our world on January 11, 2002 ... |
| November
25-December 2, 2001,Teacher Seminars In Moscow |
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Teacher
Training Seminars were held in Moscow for Russian teacher-leaders
from pilot schools in Moscow, Orel and Samara . Leadership
for the seminars was... |
| November
15, 2001, Seminar for New Brunswick Teachers |
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Seminars
for Canadian Teachers were held at UNB to introduce
the concepts and pedagogical techniques being utilized
in The Spirit of Democracy Project... |
| November
14, 2001, Faculty of Education Colloquium on The Spirit
of Democracy Project |
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The
Faculty of Education will held a colloquium for teachers
and the public to formally introduce The Spirit of Democracy
Project and the resources being created. |
| October-November
2001,Computers Delivered To Russian Teachers and Schools |
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The
Spirit of Democracy Project has provided and delivered
computers to 10 pilot-schools and teacher-leaders in
Moscow, Orel and Samara. In addition, all computers
have been joined to the Internet... |
| October
2001, Visit of Russian Web Manager Developer To UNB |
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Andrey
Voskresenskiy, Russian Web Manager/Developer from Moscow
visited UNB for two weeks in October to continue work
with Ilia Goldfarb... |
| September
-October 2001, Publication of Articles in Russian Teachers'
Newspaper |
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In
September, an article was published in the Uchitelskaya
Gazeta Civic Education Supplement on the Seminars for
Teachers delivered by Drs. Voskresenskaya, Andrei Ioffe
of Russia and Dr. Douglas Ray... |
| August
14, 2001, A Visit From His Excellency, Vitaly Churkin,
Ambassador to Canada of The Russian Federation |
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The
Canadian Design Team Members of the Spirit of Democracy
Project were visited at the UNB Faculty of Education
by His Excellency Vitaly Churkin... |
| August
2001, Dr. Natalia Voskresenskaya Participates in Opening
of A Centre For Civic Education in Kinel Cherkassy |
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Dr.
Natalia Voskresenskaya, Dr. Douglas Ray and ACE Executive
Director Irina Dimova were invited to Kinel Cherkassy... |
| July
10 and 11, 2001, Steering Committee Meeting was held
in Moscow |
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This
annual meeting was to evaluate the progress of The Project
and to determine the direction of Year 2. The meeting
was co-chaired by Drs. Natalia Voskresenskaya and Andrew
Hughes, Directors, and those present included... |
| June
25-July 9, 2001, Seminars for 80 Russian Teachers held
in Moscow Oryol and Samara, Russia |
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Teachers
with specialization in the field of citizenship education
participated in training seminars on The Spirit of Democracy
Project. The teachers were given professional development
credit... |
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Russian
and Canadian Partners Meet in Fredericton April 14-21,
2001 To Finalize Plans for Workshops/Seminars in Russia
in July... |
| December
3-17 2000, Design Team Members Visit Moscow |
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Dr.
Andrew Hughes, Project Director and Ilia Goldfarb, Webmaster,
of The University of New Brunswick attended two conferences
in Moscow, Russia in December 2000 : International Conference
on Education for Democracy, Peace and Human Rights and
... |
| November
30, Uchitelskaya Gazata published an article on the
Spirit of Democracy Project |
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In
the fall of 2000, Uchitelskaya Gazata, the Teacher's
Newspaper in Russia, published an extensive article
on the Spirit of Democracy Project written by Natalia
Voskresenskaya and Irina Dimova ... |
| October
20-21, Citizenship 2020 Conference |
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In
October 2000, members of the Project Design Team from
UNB attended the Citizenship 2020 Conference sponsored
by the McGill Institute for the Study of Canada in Montreal.
The theme of this conference was on Assuming Responsibility
For our Future: 20 years from now, where will we be
as ... |
| July
5, 2000, The official launch of the Spirit of Democracy
Project |
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The
official launch of the Spirit of Democracy Project took
place on July 5, 2000 in Fredericton at the University
of New Brunswick. At this time, CIDA's contribution
to this project in the amount of $1,145,950 was announced
by The Honourable Andy Scott, M.P. on behalf of Maria
Minna, Minister for International... |
| July
1, 2000 Steering Committee Meets |
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During
the week of July 1, 2000 the Steering Committee of The
Spirit of Democracy Project met at the University of
New Brunswick together with members of the Project Team
from Canada. In attendance from Russia were Steering
Committee members Dr. Natalia Voskrensenskaya, Andrei
Ioffe,... |
