[WSCSS] Professional Development Opportunity & Travel Award News

[Gary and Robyn Cressman]

30th Annual STUDY CANADA Summer Institute for K-12 Educators (CAS 410)
Experience B.C. from the 5 Themes of Geography to the 2010 Olympics: Hot
Topics from a Not-so-Cold Country
June 22-June 27, 2008 (6 days/5 nights at Vancouver’s Terminal City Club
Tower Hotel & Whistler¹s Crystal Lodge)
$550 Registration Fee (includes 3 WWU credits/40 clock hours, daily B&B, and
RT Vancouver-Whistler transportation.
***See below for travel awards and scholarships that bring the cost down
even lower for WA State teachers!***
 
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Benefits: 
·         Earn as you learn about B.C., Canada and the Olympic tradition in
a comfortable classroom setting from government officials, tribal leaders
and university faculty.
·         Banish stereotypes while exploring two of Canada¹s most
cosmopolitan & environmentally-sustainable cities.
·         Experience Canada¹s culture, history and environment during an
urban walking tour of Vancouver, a visit to the Squamish Nation longhouse
and a TreeTrek ecotour on foot or by zipline in Whistler.
·         Preview the 2010 Winter Olympic Games through site tours and
presentations
·         Receive useful resources daily that help bring Canada to your
classroom
·         Return home with lesson plans on Canada that meet WA State/NCSS
standards
 
Contact: Please contact Tina Storer at tina.storer at wwu.edu if interested in
the many financial incentives below and registering for STUDY CANADA.
Additional program details are available online at
www.k12studycanada.org/scsi.asp <http://www.k12studycanada.org/scsi.asp> .
 
Available Awards:
·         Consulate General of Canada, Seattle - $100+ Travel Awards per
WA/OR/ID registrant
·         Canada-America Society Send-a-Teacher to Canada Scholarship ($300)
·         K-12 STUDY CANADA Canada in the Classroom Award for
Students/Beginning Teachers($100-$300)
 
Registration Deadline: May 1, 2008 (Full program fee is due with the
registration application)
* Please note that transportation to/from Vancouver, Canada, is not
included.  
 
Accommodations:  Rooms have 2D/Q beds and are assigned to 2 same-gendered
participants 
Private Room Supplemental Fee: $400 supplemental fee is charged for a
private room (50% of room cost).
Companion Supplemental Fee: $550 is charged for companions not seeking
credit and sharing a room. The fee includes round-trip Vancouver-Whistler
transportation, daily breakfasts and receptions. Entry fees are additional.
 
Sponsors:   The Pacific Northwest National Resource Center for Canada
(Western Washington University and the University of Washington) with grants
from the US Department of Education (Title VI) and Government of Canada.
 
Tina Storer, Education and Curriculum Specialist
Center for Canadian-American Studies
Western Washington University
Canada House, Rm. #202, 516 High Street
Bellingham, WA 98225-9110
Phone: (360) 650-7370
Fax:     (360) 650-3995
Email:  tina.storer at wwu.edu
Web:   www.k12studycanada.org <http://www.k12studycanada.org/>
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