MPEN presents

 Educational Research in Manitoba

Thursday, November 27
Wyndham Garden Hotel
460 Madison Ave.
Winnipeg

The Manitoba Association of Professional Educators (formerly known as Manitoba ASCD) is proud to announce the first in our 2025-2026 series of professional learning sessions. The 2025-26 lineup of speakers focuses on local voices, sharing their passion, knowledge, and expertise on a variety of current educational topics and themes relevant to the Manitoba context.

Join us on Thursday, November 27th for our first professional learning session titled "Educational Research in Manitoba" to learn more about the landscape of educational research being conducted in Manitoba, by Manitoba educators. In a quick and dynamic format, we will feature a new speaker every hour, with participants getting to opportunity to learn with 4-5 presenters who will provide insight into their relevant and timely educational research.

Speakers

'Is there a better way, a more equitable way, to assess?’: Educators’ experiences with changing their assessment practices

Dr. Martha J. Koch, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba

 

We Interrupt This Programming: Confronting Gender Based Sexual Violence Through Critical Media Literacies in K-12 Schools

Dr. Shannon D. M. Moore & Dr. Jennifer Watt, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
 

The Ripple Effects of “Write Out” Pedagogies: literacies research, theory, and in practice projects designed by Manitoba educators around issues of water and water (in)justice

Dr. Michelle Honeyford & Dr. Jennifer Watt,Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba
 

Teacher “Competence”: Exposing, Controlling, and Punishing the “Bad” Teacher

Dr. Melanie Janzen, Faculty of Education, University of Manitoba