Black History for Early Learning Educators: Viola Desmond Who?

Presented By: Natalie Royer

This workshop will allow educators to plan for Black History month and gain an understanding of Black history in Canada and how to support Black history all-year round.

Learning Objectives:

• An overview of Black History in Canada
• Curriculum ideas and learning opportunities to get you started
• Resources and books to use in the classroom

This session will be facilitated online via Zoom and you will receive a link the day before the session takes place.

About the Presenter:

Natalie Royer is a learning strategist at Saroy Group and will facilitate the following workshops. Natalie has more than 15 years’ experience working with children and families in various settings across Toronto. Natalie’s experience ranges from working in Volunteer resources at Bloorview Kids Rehab from working in the Genetic Counseling department at the Hospital for Sick Children to facilitating adult workshops for parents to teaching in ECE departments across Toronto.

She has supervised academic programs at the TDSB serving marginalized women. Most recently, Natalie took part in a two-year study funded by Social Science and Humanities Research Council (SSHRC) at Ryerson University looking at equity in early childhood education. The study was recently featured in Today’s Parent and the findings have been presented at both education and health conferences across Ontario.

For more information about this training and other professional development and training opportunities offered by York Region, please visit our Eventbrite Page or email capacitybuilding@york.ca.

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