Carmel Mulvany, Chief of the U.N. Works Programme, Educational Outreach Section.
Carmel Mulvany, was introduced at the start of the morning's program. Ms. Mulvany described the video series on the lives of children in many parts of the world that has been produced by the U.N. Works Programme and demonstrated one of these videos at that time. Samples of additional videos and a demonstration of the group's website were presented at various times between speakers throughout the day.
CTAUN's 2004 Best Practices Award.
The CTAUN Session, presided over by Narin Stassis, First Vice-Chair and Phyllis Hickey, Second Vice-Chair of CTAUN presented the Best Practices Award to Dianne Kehoe of the Richmond Academy in Louisdale, Nova Scotia. Ms. Kehoe's 12th grade students engaged in money-raising activities to support the UNICEF teacher education project in Afghanistan.
Their donation of $750 will pay the salary of a teacher for one year. The class then formed an Interact Club with the support of a nearby Rotary International Club to set up communications with students in Nepal, a country similar in size and population to their own province of Nova Scotia.
Dr. Nancy Brown, Dean of the Graduate School at the College of New Rochelle.
Dr. Nancy Brown announced a new graduate course now being offered for one credit for participants at CTAUN conferences. Those interested in more information about this course were advised to contact Mr. David Leonard at dleonard@cnr.edu or at 914-654-5344.
Info Fair
CTAUN's Info Fair was held from 12:15 until 1:45 in the exhibit area. Informational resources about programs related to the conference theme were made available for educators. These included books, posters and leaflets that explain projects, along with CDs and other media of use to educators that were on display.
Web sites for the organizations whose representatives spoke on the conference panels as well as others who exhibited materials of interest to educators at the Info Fair are listed on the following pages.
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