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Tuesday, August 30 • 8:30am - 10:00am
SESSION 1: Our Students from Syria (and other Muslim Backgrounds) ROOM 128

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This session will provide teachers with background knowledge of the Arabic-speaking sector of our refugee student population, including aspects of religious belief/practice, daily life, education and more. We will briefly explore the role that trauma plays and what we may have witnessed among students as a result. There will be time for workshop participants to share stories of their own experiences with refugee students and to ask questions.
Target Audience: Teachers of Arabic-speaking refugee students
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Melaney Stutters

ELL teacher, SD 23
Melaney Stutters is a Canadian with a teaching degree having lived over a decade in the Middle East and North Africa where I learned to speak Arabic before returning to the Okanagan. To my surprise and delight I found that many Middle Eastern refugees were being settled here and I... Read More →

Tuesday August 30, 2022 8:30am - 10:00am PDT
George Elliot Secondary School

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