This question will help you reflect and apply your learning in the session you attended at Conference Week 2021. It will also confirm your attendance in the same.

Session Description and Speaker Bio

Indigenous Education: This session will help teacher candidates understand Indigenous education programs and how to support their Indigenous students better.

This session will be presented by a representative of the Ontario Ministry of Education under their professional development program for teacher candidates. Shelley Duquette-Lafortune, is a bilingual Education Officer for the Indigenous Education Branch of the Ministry of Education. Before coming to the Ministry in 2017, Shelley was a teacher, a High School Principal and an Indigenous Education Lead within a Northern French Public School Board. She is a member of Dokis First Nation and works primarily with the French Language Boards but also holds various Ministry Portfolios pertaining to Indigenous Education. You can access more resources for teacher development and learning on the Ontario Ministry of Education website at http://www.edu.gov.on.ca/eng/teachers/.