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"Education for All Day"

A conference about the difficulties of achieving universal primary education, and what can be done to surmount these difficulties.

"Wanda Bedard – Sixty Million Girls"
9:00am, Amphitheatre B-223
What could motivate a dedicated mother and successful business woman to start a public foundation in order to help struggling young girls in other countries around the world? She realized that she was born in a country that offers women a chance to succeed through education and employment: a chance that is never offered to many girls, actually to 60 millions of them throughout the world. Find out Wanda Bedard's moment of inspiration by attending this event. Only 100 seats available.

A representative of WUSC
11:00am, Amphitheatre B-223
A leading Canadian international development agency, World University Service of Canada (WUSC) is a network of individuals and post-secondary institutions. Their mission is to foster human development and global understanding through education and training. Come to this presentation to learn more about the WUSC. Only 100 seats available.

Glynis Williams – Action Refugiés Montréal
12:30pm, Amphitheatre B-223
Rev. Glynis Williams is a former nurse and has been ordained since 1989. She currently works with refugees and is interested in fair trade and overseas development. In Spring 2007 she spent four months in Syria working with the UN Commission of Refugees. Attend this presentation to hear the heart-wrenching stories of Rev. Glynis Williams. Only 100 seats available.

Sharon Peters – Teachers Without Borders
2:00pm, A342
Education is a basic human right. Teachers helping teachers is a great philosophy. Sharon is a high school teacher of English and computer studies as well as technology integration coach at The Study, an independent school in Montreal. During the summer of '08, she joined two teams who served with Teachers Without Borders in the townships of South Africa and Kenya. Her students have participated in several award-winning international online collaborative projects with classes around the world using various online tools and environments. Only 60 seats available.

Location:
Vanier College.
821 avenue Sainte-Croix
Saint-Laurent, QC H4L 3X6.

Contact:
E-mail: marguerite.corriveau@vaniercollege.qc.ca
www.vaniercollege.qc.ca