Jeanne Sauvé Foundation | Past Events Archives

WordPlay: A One Day Symposium

April 14, 2012
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Past Events, Sauvé Scholar Presentations

WordPlay: A One Day Symposium on Literacy and Arts Education in Special Education On 21 April, 2012, Simangele Mabena organized and delivered WordPlay, the Sauvé Foundation’s first ever “each one teach one”. The symposium was attended by profession...

Teaching Peace in Palestine: A Way Forward

April 16, 2012
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Past Events, Sauvé Scholar Presentations

On Monday 16 April, Mohammed Shaban, 2011-2012 Sauvé Scholar from Gaza, addressed a broad audience on the power of education to transform his society. As a schoolteacher mandated by his home Ministry of Education to design and develop a Peace Curriculum...

2012 Jeanne Sauvé Address by Commissioner Marie Wilson

On Thursday 29 November 2012, the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation hosted the 2012 Jeanne Sauvé Address, Truth and Reconciliation in Canada: Lessons Learned from Canada’s Residential Schools Experience, delivered by Commissioner Marie Wilson. Her eloquent and...

Len Blum discusses how story telling is a political interaction

By Tairah Firdous Story telling is a political interaction. It was this thought that inspired a young musician to switch from music to storytelling. Len Blum, who started as a guitar player and record producer and also wrote songs and produced musical com...

Kahnawake Survival School Students Map their Community with Sauvé Scholars

By Kahienes Sky, First Nations Student Success Program Coordinator On Thursday, March 28th, the Kahnawake Survival School (KSS) was host to the 2013 Jeanne Sauvé Scholars.Twenty KSS Students were selected to represent their grade level in a one-day cultu...

Sauvé Fellow Presentation by Mame Diarra Bousso Ndiaye

April 23, 2013
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News, Past Events

Mame Ndiaye on empowering women through social entrepreneurship and social economy On the evening of Tuesday, April 23rd, 2013, the Sauvé Foundation hosted a presentation and panel discussion entitled “Empowering Women Through Social Entrepreneurship a...

Project Presentations Handy Acosta and Gioel Gioacchino

April 26, 2013
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News, Past Events

On Friday 26 April 2013, Handy Acosta and Gioel Gioacchino co-hosted an event at Maison Jeanne Sauvé on “Making Youth Protagonists in Community Development and Climate Change Adaptation”. Each discussed the work they were involved with over the cours...

Guy Milongo Hosts Rights and Dignity for Children of the Street

April 28, 2013
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Past Events, Sauvé Scholar Presentations

As a social worker, Sauvé Scholar Guy Milongo presented a project focused on researching new approaches for the social reinsertion of school children. He was inspired to reflect on the topic by the African proverb « it takes a village to raise a child �...

Tairah Firdous Presents Cargo: Stories From a Torture Cell

May 1, 2013
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Past Events, Sauvé Scholar Presentations

Tairah Firdous used her time as a Sauvé Scholar to complete her documentary film on torture victims in Kashmir. After many months of intensive editing, she screened this remarkably powerful film, Cargo: Stories from a Torture Cell, to a packed Sauvé Ho...

Sauvé Scholar Jonathan Sas hosts Journalism on(the)line

May 10, 2013
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Past Events, Sauvé Scholar Presentations

On Friday 10 May 2013, the Jeanne Sauvé Foundation hosted ‘Journalism On(the)line’, a lively conference coordinated and chaired by Sauvé Scholar Jonathan Sas (2012-13). The engaged audience packed Sauvé House. Inspired by Jonathan’s research...

Vox Method: The Art of Speaking Persuasively in Public

Leadership is not only about vision. It is also about persuading others to share that vision, and inspiring them to take action. To help the 2012-13 Sauvé Scholars master the art of persuasive speaking, we partnered with two expert speaker trainers: Stev...

UN Habitat Roundtable Discussion on Global Urban Issues

September 16, 2013
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Past Events, Special Guests

The Jeanne Sauvé Foundation hosted a the Global Urban Issues roundtable on Monday 16 September 2013. Attending the roundtable from UN-Habitat were Andrew Cox, Chief of Staff, and Douglas Ragan, Chief of the Youth and Livelihoods Unit (see bios below). Th...

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