As part of our work looking at the Power of One and living Me to We, as well as our grade sixes focus on sustainable development, Jennie Elliott School is bringing George Roter to Calgary Wednesday, November 18th from 9:15-10:30am. This presentation will be focused at the upper elementary level but we would consider other grade levels as well.
While finishing his engineering degree in Ontario, George and fellow student Parker Mitchell began talking about ways in which Canadian engineers could come together to use their skills and expertise to help reduce poverty throughout the world.
In 2000, the two created Engineers Without Borders, a non-profit organization that works with engineers all over the world to bring new, simple technologies to the developing world to help improve the living conditions of millions of people.
For any of you who are interested, we will be hosting this interactive conference of George's talk to other schools via video conference. As you can imagine, bringing someone like George Roter to Calgary comes with costs attached. Therefore, we are asking any schools interested in taking part to pay a $125.00 fee to help cover some of the costs.
We are interested in having students from other locations asking questions and therefore ask that all participating schools do some prep work with their students and come up with a series of three or four questions that could be asked during the presentation. This will help make the presentation more interactive and meaningful.
Please let me know if your school is interested as soon as possible so we can make the necessary arrangements to make sure you have video conferencing equipment in your schools and do a pre-conference test.
We hope to bring a number of you on board again this year as we move forward with this world-class event.
For more information on Engineers Without Borders, please visit
http://www.ewb.ca/en/index.html.
Simon Clarke
Vice Principal
Jennie Elliott Elementary
Calgary, Alberta
Phone: 403-777-8350
Email: sjclarke@cbe.ab.ca
