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SUMMARY:Pandora Poetry Contest Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Get your students writing poetry and enter our annual Pandora Poetry contest! Cash prizes for outstanding poems!
URL:https://www.matemb.ca/event/pandora-poetry-contest-deadline-2/
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SUMMARY:Readaholics Book Club
DESCRIPTION:The next meeting for MATE’s Readaholics Book Cub is May 31. The book is The Strangers by Katherena Vermette. MATE will reimburse you when you provide a receipt for your book purchase. Confirm your presence by emailing Shaylyn Maharaj-Poliah at smaharaj-poliah@smamb.ca.
URL:https://www.matemb.ca/event/readaholics-book-club/
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SUMMARY:Pandora Poetry Contest Deadline
DESCRIPTION:Don’t miss the May 8\, 2023  deadline for MATE’s signature poetry contest for grades K-12. Teachers may access the mandatory parent-permission form at the Pandora Poetry link on the website. We had over 300 entries last year and offered cash prizes to all winning students and well-deserved gift to participating teachers. Check out the 2021 and 2022 winning poems on the website.
URL:https://www.matemb.ca/event/pandora-poetry-contest-deadline/
CATEGORIES:Pandora Poetry Submission Date
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SUMMARY:MATE Book Club: 'Readaholics'
DESCRIPTION:The book chosen for this year is …And This Is The Cure by Annette Lapointe. Book clubbers can purchase the book and then submit their receipts to MATE for reimbursement. Contact Shaylyn Maharaj-Poliah at smaharajpoliah@wsd1.org ton confirm that you’re in for this VIRTUAL EVENT. \n 
URL:https://www.matemb.ca/event/mate-book-club-readaholics/
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SUMMARY:National Council of Teachers of English (NCTE)
DESCRIPTION:The U.S.’s signature ELA conference features former First Lady Michelle Obama\, George M. Johnson\, Colson Whitehead\, Amanda Gorman\, Nikole Hannah-Jones\, Renee Watson\, and Nikkolas Smith.
URL:https://www.matemb.ca/event/national-council-of-teachers-of-english-ncte/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Video Conference\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
CATEGORIES:NCTE Conference Event
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SUMMARY:MATE M.T.S. PD DAY 2021
DESCRIPTION:MATE M.T.S.  PD DAY will feature keynote Penny Kittle who will speak on the theme \, “Reading\, Writing\, and Re-engaging.” She will speak for the entire morning. We’ll be doing a ZOOM event. Registration opens August 25. Note that a late fee is included for registrations  after October 20.
URL:https://www.matemb.ca/event/mate-m-t-s-pd-day/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Video Conference\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
CATEGORIES:MTS-Development day
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SUMMARY:MATE BOOK CLUB 1st MEETING
DESCRIPTION:Join the inaugural meeting of MATE’s first ever book club. How exciting!  MATE will buy your book! Email Shaylyn at smaharajpoliah@wsd1.org to sign-up and get the details.
URL:https://www.matemb.ca/event/mate-book-club-1st-meeting/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Video Conference\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
CATEGORIES:MATE Book Club
ORGANIZER;CN="MATE%20BOOK%20CLUB":MAILTO:smaharajpoliah@wsd1.org
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SUMMARY:"Teaching ELA in Challenging Times" with Sonya Ballantyne and Dr. Troy Hicks
DESCRIPTION:Sonya Ballantyne is a filmmaker\, writer and public speaker from Misipawistik Cree Nation. Her short films have played in festivals worldwide including most recently the Vancouver International Film Festival. She was the winner of the 2016 ImagineNative Short Film Pitch Competition and the 2014 winner of the RBC Emerging Filmmakers Pitch Competition. Her work focuses on Indigenous women and girls in non-traditional genres and presenting them as the heroines they are. Sonya recently published “Kerri Berry Lynn” a children’s book about a little Cree girl and her 7 dogs and will be publishing a graphic novel about professional hockey player Brigette Lacquette in 2020. She has spoken at such events as We Day 2017\, San Diego Comic Con 2018\, and New York Comic Con 2019. \nDr. Troy Hicks is a former middle-school teacher and current professor of English and education at Central Michigan University who focuses his work on the teaching of writing\, the intersections of literacy and technology\, and\, more broadly\, teacher education and professional development. He directs both the Chippewa River Writing Project and the Master of Arts in Learning\, Design & Technology program. Dr. Hicks is author of the Heinemann titles Crafting Digital Writing (2013) and The Digital Writing Workshop (2009) as well as a co – author of Because Digital Writing Matters (Jossey – Bass\, 2010)\, Create\, Compose\, Connect! (Routledge/Eye on Education\, 2014)\, Connected Reading (NCTE\, 2015)\, Research Writing Rewired (Corwin Literacy\, 2015)\, Coaching Teacher-Writers (Teachers College Press\, 2016)\, Argument in the Real World (Heinemann\, 2017)\, and From Texting to Teaching (Routledge/Eye on Education\, 2017). His edited collection\, Assessing Students’ Digital Writing (Teachers College Press\, 2015) features the work of seven National Writing Project teachers. Hicks has authored or co – authored over 40 additional scholarly contributions and blogs regularly at hickstro.org. He is the father of six digital natives and is always learning something new about writing and technology from them. Follow him on Twitter: @hickstro \n 
URL:https://www.matemb.ca/event/thinking-indigenous/
LOCATION:Zoom Online Video Conference\, Winnipeg\, Manitoba\, Canada
CATEGORIES:MTS-Development day
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SUMMARY:NCTE Leadership & Advocacy Summit April 7 and 8
DESCRIPTION:NCTE Leadership & Advocacy Summit \nAs we have witnessed the COVID-19 pandemic impact organizations\, universities\, and school districts nationwide\, we are taking the appropriate measures to ensure that the content to be shared in the 2020 NCTE Leadership and Advocacy Summit will not be delayed. The Summit has moved to online-only events\, and we are working carefully to cultivate a wonderful digital program. We hope this exciting news will provide comfort regarding travel concerns with the spread of COVID-19.\n\nWe are pleased to have reconfirmed Tony Wagner’s session for April 7\, 4:30–5:30 p.m. ET\, and Ernest Morrell’s session for April 29\, 4:30–5:30 p.m. ET.\n\nREGISTRATION IS OPEN! 
URL:https://www.matemb.ca/event/ncte-leadership-advocacy-summit-april-7-and-8/
CATEGORIES:NCTE Conference Event
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SUMMARY:National Poetry Month
DESCRIPTION:National Poetry Month began in the US in 1996\, spearheaded by the Academy of American Poets on the steps of a post office in New York City.  The month is celebrated in many countries around the world. Canada is no exception. Check out the site below for info about a network of poetry organizations and resources available for your classroom. The purpose of the month is to increase awareness and appreciation of poetry. What are you and your students doing to celebrate National Poetry Month?
URL:https://www.matemb.ca/event/national-poetry-month/
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