Also, the Congress provides media with an excellent opportunity to discover the challenges faced by educators around the world and the common goals shared by representatives of 30 million education workers around the world. Many of the delegates can be available for interviews.
Key events for Tuesday, July 21:
8:45 a.m. to 4:15 p.m. Women’s Caucus: Plenaries I and II (Ottawa Salon)
1:20 to 4:15 p.m. Women’s Caucus workshops
Engaging men in gender equality work with education unions (Ottawa Salon)
Gender and Education Goals in the New Sustainable Development Framework (Room 211)
Passing on the Baton: mentoring and nurturing the next generation of women leaders in education unions (Room 210)
Privatisation in and of Education and its impact on women and girls (Room 212)
5 p.m. Official opening ceremony (Canada Hall rooms 1, 2 and 3)
EI event schedule http://www.ei-ie.org/congress7/theprogramme/fullprogramme
Resolutions http://www.ei-ie.org/congress7/en/publications/resolutions
Details of the World Congress:
When: July 21-26, 2015
Where: Ottawa Congress Centre
Theme: Unite for Quality Education
EI Congress Web site: www.ei-ie.org/congress7/
EI Web site: www.ei-ie.org
Timo Linsenmaier (Coordinateur principal, Communications, IE), 613-806-1873
Andrew King (Coordinateur, Médias et Communications, IE), 613-806-1873
Francine Filion (FCE), +1 613–899-4247
Valérie Dufour (ACPPU), + 1 613–293-1810
Christine Marceau (CSQ), +1 514–235-5082
France Désaulniers (FNEEQ-CSN), +1 514–219-2947
Hans-Olivier Poirier Grenier (FQPPU), +1 514–755-5858
Claude Fortin (FPPU), +1 819–649-1822
