UNESCO: Canadian Commission

RTAM partners with UNESCO Canadian Commission

The Retired Teachers Association of Manitoba (RTAM) is proud to announce a new partnership with UNESCO Canadian Commission and their school based programs here in Manitoba. Our goal in the partnership is to grow awareness about UNESCO schools and programs, promote their need for volunteers to work with students here in province, and how RTAM will promote those opportunities to our members for the next two years through our various media platforms and channels. Come back often for updates on programs and volunteer opportunities.

UNESCO Schools Network

Filmed during the UNESCO Schools National Conference in Winnipeg, the video presents the UNESCO Schools Network in Canada. Students and educators collaborate on common themes and projects focusing on global citizenship, sustainable development and reconciliation. Members share with us the rich and diverse experiences from within the network.

Click here to view a list of current UNESCO Canada schools found in Manittoba.

A message from UNESCO Canada (Manitoba) and Linda Connor (Manitoba Education and Early Childhood Learning)

Greetings from the UNESCO Schools Network!

Locally, nationally, and internationally, UNESCO Schools network together to "create a culture of peace" in school communities. Established by the United Nations in 1953, the United Nations Education, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO) Schools Network was created. Manitoba was the first province in Canada to initiate the UNESCO Schools Network in 2002 with 5 schools; there are currently 29 in Manitoba from the English, French and French immersion programs, and, nationally, the network has grown to 130 schools in 9 provinces and 1 territory. UNESCO schools are part of an international network of 12, 500 schools in 182 countries.

Each year, our Manitoba UNESCO Schools network with administrators, educators and students as "laboratory of ideas" for themes connected to curriculum, such as Human Rights, Reconciliation, and Sustainability. One exemplary network initiative was the book, Answering the Calls: A Child's View of the 94 Calls to Action. This year, we are working to create Stories of Place, and the Place of Stories/Histoire de lieux, lieux d’histoire. This initiative will have schools connect to the significance of the land on which their school is located - past, present and future- and create story maps which will be featured on the ESRI ArcGIS Education site. Schools will also be sending representatives to a National UNESCO Schools Conference at York University in Toronto in April where they will have the opportunity to be part of Learning for a Sustainable Future (LSF) workshops.

Being part of the UNESCO Schools Network builds upon a whole-school approach to enrich the knowledge and understanding of our world, locally, nationally, and internationally.

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RTAM MEMBER BENEFITS	STUDENT BENEFITS
1. The project will provide the means and incentive to increase communication between RTAM members and their family high school students they are sponsoring.	1 Portfolios encourage the collection of artifacts and evidence by the student to support their successful writing of award and scholarships applications.
2. Recognizing the importance of a post-secondary education, RTAM members can feel pride in the role they will play in supporting their family members to be awarded funding to help with the high costs of today’s world.	2 Portfolios help students focus on their knowledge, skills and attitudes to support their successful applications for bursaries and scholarship.
3. This project will provide RTAM members with an opportunity to experience renewed passion in their roles as teacher and mentor working with their family members.	3 Portfolios help students track their changes and growth in important leadership skills through their high school experience.
4. RTAM member involvement with their family members will promote positive mental health opportunities during a time when COVID has caused many to experience social and physical isolation.	4 Portfolios assist the student in becoming more aware of their own learning experiences and history.
5. RTAM member involvement will support a sense of purpose in their lives and offer them a sense of social value to society.	5 Portfolios provide a framework to encourage students’ self-assessment leading to a more accurate choice of how they want to spend their future, their career aspirations.
6. RTAM members will increase their opportunities to know and understand their youth family members’ challenges and issues while developing a relationship and creating a sense of trust.	6 Portfolios provide a framework with resources for building a resume and completing university/college entrance applications as well as job applications.
7. RTAM members can offer direct input into the writing of the applications to enhance the students’ chances of being successful.	7 Portfolios save the student the time and agony of trying to recall their experiences and gather all their information to complete applications in their graduating year.
	8 Portfolios provide students support to practice informed decision-making regarding their personal and professional opportunity selections.

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