Global Summit of the Worldwide Commission to Educate All Kids (Post-Pandemic) – July 29-30, 2023

Registration now open. See you there!

Toronto, Ontario, Canada – July 29-30, 2023
The Faculty Club – 41 Willcocks Street
From The Institute for 21^st Century Questions

Day 1 – Saturday, July 29:

8.15AM – 9AM ET: Breakfast & Registration

9AM – 9.10AM ET: Special Summit Documentary

9.10AM – 9.15AM: Indigenous Greeting – Elder Whabagoon

9.15AM – 9.30AM: Introduction and Welcome

Irvin Studin – Chair, Worldwide Commission to Educate All Kids (Post-Pandemic) & President, The Institute for 21^st Century Questions

9.30AM – 10.30AM: Opening Panel – Setting the Stage – The Rise of the Third Bucket Kids

• Kirby Mitchell – High School Teacher, Peel District School Board (Canada)
• Anne Longfield – Former Children’s Commissioner for England (United Kingdom)
• Bob Pianta – Outgoing Dean of Education, University of Virginia (USA)
• Canute Fagan – Dean of Discipline, Calabar High School (Jamaica)

Morning Coffee Break

11AM – NOON: The World Education Crisis Post-Pandemic & Lessons Learned from Conflict/Emergencies

• Shantha Sinha – Former Chairperson, National Commission for the Protection of Child Rights (India)
• Fiona M. Kiggundu – Executive Director, Project Princess Initiative (Uganda)
• Eszter Salamon – Director, Parents International (Hungary)
• Biljana Maslovaric – Professor of Preschool Education, University of Montenegro & Head, Pedagoski Centar (Montenegro)

Lunch

Group photo

Media availability

1.30PM – 2.30PM ET: The Canada Education Situation Post Pandemic

• Dr. Martha Fulford – Outgoing Professor, Faculty of Medicine, McMaster University (Hamilton, Ontario)
• Steve Axworthy – Physical Education Teacher, Chan Kagha Otina Dakota Wayawa Tipi School, Birdtail Sioux Dakota Nation (Manitoba)
• Dr. Kwadwo Kyeremanteng – Head of Critical Care, The Ottawa Hospital (Ottawa, Ontario)
• Judith Barry – Co-Founder, Club des petits déjeuners du Québec/Quebec Breakfast Club (Boucherville, Québec)
• Grant Frost – 30-Year Classroom Teacher & Part-Time Faculty Member, Mount Saint Vincent University (Halifax, Nova Scotia)

2.30PM – 3PM: Extended Closing Remarks – How to Avoid the Mistakes of 2020-2022 – Setting the Stage for Sunday – and What’s to be Done?

Media Availability

Evening Dinner for Commission members and invited guests

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Day 2 – Sunday, July 30:

8.15AM – 9AM ET: Breakfast & Registration

9AM ET: Introduction and Welcome

Irvin Studin – Chair, Worldwide Commission to Educate All Kids (Post-Pandemic) & President, The Institute for 21^st Century Questions

9.15AM – 10.15AM: The Third Bucket Kids – Let’s Hear From Them!

• Elizabeth Galvin – Director, Project Youth Energy
• Keaton S, 17 (Burlington, Ontario)
• Naomi K, 23 (Toronto, Ontario)
• Kyle L, 21 (Guelph, Ontario)
• Terry Branch, P.Eng. – Mentor, Project Youth Energy

Morning Coffee Break

10.40AM – NOON: Introducing Project Youth Energy

NOON – 1PM: Lunch & Closing Keynote Address

Finis

Media Availability

Registration now open. See you there!