Calgary Board of Education

Minto Communities creates new vision for former Viscount Bennet High School site

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, November 15, 2023
Sale, CBE, Calgary Board of Education, MCIP, Partner (business rank), Creativity, City, Marda Loop, Calgary, Social, Master of European Design, Public, Commerce, University of Calgary, Council, Crowchild Trail, RPP, University, Housing, Municipal council, Population growth, Hospital, R. B. Bennett, Minto Group, Mount Royal University, Bed, Oil, Retail, Tourism

Minto Communities is reimagining how 2501 Richmond will continue to serve the community of Richmond Knob Hill for future generations.

Key Points: 
  • Minto Communities is reimagining how 2501 Richmond will continue to serve the community of Richmond Knob Hill for future generations.
  • Redevelopment of the site presents a unique opportunity to deliver enhanced public amenities and housing options that are not currently available in the area.
  • The vision for this site is to incorporate multi-unit residential buildings, with distinctive open green spaces that will connect to the existing community.
  • Minto’s proposed redevelopment plan is based on the belief that diverse and connected places contribute to resilient communities and neighbourhoods.

Corporate Canada and Indigenous communities to advance economic reconciliation at Forward Summit 2023

Retrieved on: 
Thursday, April 20, 2023
CCAB, Workforce, Partnership, Education, Truth, Citizenship judge, Leadership Council, AB, Indigenous peoples, Calgary Board of Education, Sale, Government, Organization, Student, Reconciliation, Summit, Whaling, Management, Tourism, STEM

CALGARY, Alberta, April 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Forward Summit , Canada’s premier event for advancing economic reconciliation, announced today it will return this year with two exciting events: Forward Summit WEST, May 17-18 in Calgary, AB and Forward Summit EAST, Sept. 27-18 in Orillia, ON.

Key Points: 
  • CALGARY, Alberta, April 20, 2023 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Forward Summit , Canada’s premier event for advancing economic reconciliation, announced today it will return this year with two exciting events: Forward Summit WEST, May 17-18 in Calgary, AB and Forward Summit EAST, Sept. 27-18 in Orillia, ON.
  • “Forward Summit is a truly immersive experience that fosters the conversations necessary to address and correct the growing economic gap between Indigenous and non-Indigenous Canadians,” said Miki Reeder, President and Founder, Forward Summit.
  • Forward Summit also recognizes the crucial need for Indigenous youth voices to be included on the path to reconciliation.
  • Tickets for Forward Summit WEST, May 17-18 and Forward Summit EAST, Sept. 27-28 are on sale now.

New Digital Library Captures Insights from Schools Around the Globe, Innovating in the Midst of the Pandemic

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
STEM, Biology, Technology, Creativity, Curriculum, Calgary Board of Education, Smart Connect Interchange, Learning, Student, SMART, AB, Solution, Albert S. Brandeis Elementary School, Research, Smart Technologies, School, Culture, Mathematics, Television, Toy, Tutoring

CALGARY, AB, Oct. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SMART Technologies (SMART), an edtech company with a 30-year track record of pioneering learning solutions that enable millions of educators to build connections that matter, has announced a new library of videos, lesson activities, and resources to surface insight from a cohort of innovative schools, available to SMART's larger community of 3 million schools around the world.

Key Points: 
  • The digital library, which will be launched this Thursday, recognizes schools that demonstrate effective and innovative uses of technology in classroomsboth virtually and in person.
  • These schools join a global community of educators, innovators and teacher ambassadors who are supporting innovation in learning to foster student engagement in more than 175 countries.
  • Research demonstrates that strong connections between students and caring adults play a positive role in their academic and social-emotional development.
  • With a full range of products used by millions of educators and students around the world, SMART creates connections that matter.

New Digital Library Captures Insights from Schools Around the Globe, Innovating in the Midst of the Pandemic

Retrieved on: 
Wednesday, October 27, 2021
STEM, Biology, Technology, Creativity, Curriculum, Calgary Board of Education, Smart Connect Interchange, Learning, Student, SMART, AB, Solution, Albert S. Brandeis Elementary School, Research, Smart Technologies, School, Culture, Mathematics, Television, Toy, Tutoring

CALGARY, AB, Oct. 27, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- SMART Technologies (SMART), an edtech company with a 30-year track record of pioneering learning solutions that enable millions of educators to build connections that matter, has announced a new library of videos, lesson activities, and resources to surface insight from a cohort of innovative schools, available to SMART's larger community of 3 million schools around the world.

Key Points: 
  • The digital library, which will be launched this Thursday, recognizes schools that demonstrate effective and innovative uses of technology in classroomsboth virtually and in person.
  • These schools join a global community of educators, innovators and teacher ambassadors who are supporting innovation in learning to foster student engagement in more than 175 countries.
  • Research demonstrates that strong connections between students and caring adults play a positive role in their academic and social-emotional development.
  • With a full range of products used by millions of educators and students around the world, SMART creates connections that matter.