ANNOUNCING
“It’s a World Café”
Tuesday, February 23rd, 7 – 9 pm
The Richelieu-Vanier Community Centre – Accueil Hall
300 Des Peres Blancs Ave., Vanier
(See below for bus and driving directions, and book sales info.)
Free parking on site.
This Café sponsored by OPERI is a follow-up to the Ottawa screening of Beyond Measure, but you do not need to have seen the film to participate. It’s an event for anyone who feels that public education needs to methodically and responsibly explore new directions. The comments of people who attended the screening reflect a strong desire for change and we need everyone with similar concerns to make themselves known.
The evening will begin with a provocative video by Peter Hutton titled: “What If Students Controlled Their Own Learning?” and then follow the World Café meeting format where people divide into groups of 4 to a table and have 20 minutes to answer a question that is provided. At the end of the 20 minutes, each table will report on what was said, and then 3 out of the 4 people will change tables and the process repeats.
The questions provided to the tables are action oriented. To bring about change, they ask:
- What is needed?
- What can we do ourselves?
- How do we do it?
- What help do we need from others?
It should be a fun and stimulating evening. Again, please invite others to join us. Feel welcome to contact OPERI if you have questions (info@operi.ca, 613-747-5689).
Directions to the World Café
Accueil Hall is a large room with a fireplace. Go towards the back of the community centre and up the wide staircase.
By Bus
Bus #5 runs regularly from St. Laurent and downtown. There is a stop right in front of the community centre.
By Car
From Hwy 417, take exit for Promenade Riverside / Vanier Parkway. Turn north onto Vanier Parkway. Turn right onto Montreal Road. Turn left onto Marier Ave. Turn right onto Longpre Street. Turn right onto Des Pères-Blancs. Building is at the end of the road. Parking is straight ahead.
Book Sales
Singing Pebble Books has ordered copies of the following titles, some of which will be available at the meeting. If you are interested in acquiring any of them, plan for sales by cash or check. Prices will be in the $20 – $35 range. Five copies of book titles with prices showing have already arrived and will be available.
- Free to Learn by Peter Gray ($21.00)
- Beyond Measure by Vicki Abeles
- What Kind of Citizen by Joel Westheimer
- Unleashed to Learn by Linda Aronson ($24.00)
- The Falling Rate of Learning and the Neoliberal Endgame by David Blacker