Greetings ILEA colleagues! Now that everyone is settled into their school year, we would like to invite you to our next ILEA Institutional Forum meeting to be held on Monday, November 6 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. We are pleased that the Aga Khan Museum will be hosting this meeting. The address of the museum is: 77 Wynford Drive in Toronto. A special thank-you to Jovanna Scorsone and her team at the Aga Khan Museum for making all the arrangements to host our meeting at the museum. If you have items that you would like to include on the agenda, please email agenda items to Luca Buiani, … [Read more...]
ILEA Institutional Forum Meeting – Winter 2017
April 3, 2017 by
We hope that all is well with you and your program. The ILEA Winter Forum in 2017 is now under the new format for all future Winter Forums - Committee Forum. This approach allows for smaller groupings based on current and popular topics identified by the Institutional Members. This will give ILEA representatives an opportunity to engage in rich dialogues on the topics that are of interest. Each committee will summarize key points and make recommendations. Members who are not ready to make a commitment to a specific committee yet, can feel free to move around to different committee … [Read more...]
ILEA Institutional Forum Meeting – Fall 2016
November 9, 2016 by
Hello ILEA friends and members, ILEA Institutional Forum - Fall 2016 will take place on Wednesday, November 16, 2016 from 10:00 am to 3 pm. The meeting will be held in Mississauga, and hosted by the Dufferin and Peel Catholic School Board. If you have items that you would like to add to the agenda, please email Luca (Chair) and/or Constantine (Executive Director) care of: info@ilea.ca AND luca.buiani@ycdsb.ca Agenda: 1. Welcome and Introductions 2. Intercultural Awareness Storytelling Challenge 3. International Languages at the DPCSB 4. Report by ILEA's Executive … [Read more...]
“SEMPREVERDE:EVERGREEN”: THE FIRST GO-GREEN BILINGUAL MUSICAL CAPTIVATES THE STUDENTS OF ITALIAN IN TORONTO
November 9, 2016 by
Air and water, earth and fire … actually, metal and electricity. You may think: talking about pre-socratic philosophers? A famous R&B group of the 80's? Not at all. It’s the theme of a Canadian premiere, the Italian language edu-musical “Sempreverde/Evergreen”, that just landed in Vaughan, Toronto, at the City Playhouse Theatre, with eight performances in four days (October 24 to 27), for junior high and elementary school children who study Italian. Sempreverde is an ecological musical fully devoted to nature stewardship and a strong appeal for recycling and the preservation of the … [Read more...]
Intercultural Awareness Storytelling Challenge
May 16, 2016 by
ILEA is the subject association of IL-E and IL-S educators in Ontario and brings together teachers and administrators of the most diverse international languages and cultural backgrounds from every corner of the world. As such ILEA is committed to: · Excellence in second language education with a focus on authentic language interaction; · Inclusiveness; · Intercultural awareness; · Plurilingual education; · Strengthening identity with the goal of fostering plural identities and a sense of belonging of our students as global, cosmopolitan citizens. As an expression of and tribute to our proud … [Read more...]
ILEA Institutional Forum Meeting – Spring 2016
April 29, 2016 by
ILEA Institutional Forum! The next ILEA Institutional Forum Meeting will take place at the Toronto District School Board on Monday, May 9, 2016 from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm. Thank-you to Jolly Yang for hosting this meeting. Lunch will be provided. Location: Central Toronto Academy, 570 Shaw Street, Toronto, M6G 3L6. Room 323 (3rd Floor). There is a school parking lot. There is also street parking on Roxton Road. Please do not park on Shaw Street as cars may be ticketed. If you have items that you would like to add to the agenda, please email Luca (Chair) and/or Constantine (Executive … [Read more...]
ILEA Institutional Forum Meeting – Fall 2015
November 19, 2015 by
ILEA is the International Languages' Educators' Association and it is the subject association that the Ministry of Education works with in matters related to the teaching of International Languages at the elementary and secondary level. ILEA is particularly focused on promoting multilingualism and global learning via strong language and culture learning programs. MEETING DETAILS The meeting will take place starting at Albert Education Centre (formerly known as Ottawa Technical Learning Centre). The address is 440 Albert Street at Bay Street. Parking lot is available across the street … [Read more...]
ILEA Institutional Forum Meeting – Winter 2015
February 14, 2015 by
The next ILEA Institutional Forum Meeting will take place at the York Region District School Board on Friday February 27 from 10:00 am to 3:00pm. Thank you to Ivy Chan, Principal of Continuing Education, for hosting this meeting. The meeting will take place at: Dr. Bette Centre for Learning, 36 Regatta Avenue in Richmond Hill, L4C 9N9. Room 202 on the second floor. A light breakfast and lunch will be provided - thank you to Ivy, her staff and school board for being our hosts. If you have items that you would like to put on the agenda, please email Luca (Chair) and/or … [Read more...]
