Dear Lakehead Students,
My name is Emma Willoughby and I am a third year student at Queen’s University and the Conference Chair for the 2022 Queen’s Conference on Education. We, the QCE 2022 team, would like to cordially invite you to our conference! Since its inception 21 years ago, QCE has evolved into an annual event dedicated to providing inspiration, practical, and enriched opportunities for undergraduate students interested in the field of teaching to professionally develop their skills as educators.
This year, QCE is proud to present the theme of “Evolving and Adapting as a Global Learning Community.” As educators, we are committed to the role of life-long learners, in order to best-equip our students to grow and enact change. With a rapidly evolving society and the ongoing pandemic, it is imperative that educators are able to navigate the use of technology in the classroom, as well as guiding students through learning how to balance academics with personal wellbeing. For QCE 2022, we have pivoted the focus of this year’s conference on building connections and safe spaces in education through our theme: Evolving and Adapting as a Global Learning Community. In our conference, we will focus on the role of educators as much more than a facilitator of curriculum, but as role models who are able to foster a safe space to prepare students to reach their full potential.
The conference will be taking place from Saturday, February 5th, to Sunday, February 6th, 2022 at the Queen’s Faculty of Education. The fee for the conference itself is $90.00, which includes the following:
- Two keynote speakers
- A special lunch-time presentation by Richard Van Camp
- Four workshops that explore the themes of:
- Diversifying and Decolonizing Curriculums
- Health and Wellness
- Connecting Globally
- Education through a different lens
- Interactive Q&A Panels of one of the following topics
- Education Beyond the Classroom
- Creating Inclusive Spaces and Recognizing Positionality
- Practical Classroom Strategies for Primary/Junior Teachers
- Practical Classroom Strategies for Intermediate/Senior Teachers
- A number of catered meals over the course of the weekend
- A formal banquet and social with all delegates
- A great opportunity to meet peers, and professionals from both similar and different backgrounds, who all share a similar passion for education
This year, we will also be offering an online version of the conference to accommodate delegates who are unable to join us in person. This will also be running on February 5th and 6th and will cost $30.00. This version of the conference will consist of the same keynote and panel presentations and it will have workshops that follow the same themes, but are designed specifically to be run online.
We welcome speakers and delegates who want to get involved through either an online or in-person format. The QCE team is continuing to monitor public health guidelines and have
contingency plans in place in the case that these protocols change. Additionally, as per the direction of both Queen’s University and the Ontario Government, all in-person attendees must be fully vaccinated.
In this email, I have included a poster graphic that can be distributed to your students and faculty members or can be hung around campus to spread the word!
Students are invited to register beginning Sunday, November 14th 2021, until Sunday November 21st or spots are filled. A limited number of bursaries are available for external delegates at the link to the bursary application can be found here: https://docs.google.com/forms/
For any questions concerning transportation or accommodation, or other general questions about the conference, please contact me at qce_chair@cesa.queensu.ca. Registration details, bursary information and workshop descriptions will be available on our website at www.
Sincerely,
Emma Willoughby
Conference Chair
