Faculty Spotlight: Rachel Chong
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Faculty Spotlight: Rachel Chong

Taanishi kiiyawow. As Rachel Chong greets me in Michif, the native tongue of her people, she smiles brightly. “I’m in no way an expert, but I’ve been trying to learn the traditional language of my ancestors recently. I’m still very new at this.” Crediting her newfound skill to St. Albert Further Education, where she recently…

Who comes first in the ‘new normal’ of pandemic pedagogy? The teacher or the learner?
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Who comes first in the ‘new normal’ of pandemic pedagogy? The teacher or the learner?

As trending hashtags and commercial taglines keep reminding us, the answer is neither, for we are in this together. If ever there was a time to yank the sage off the stage and extend a hand as a guide on the side, it is now. As we all suffer collective whiplash from the sudden pivot…