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Edmonton Convention
Edmonton Convention
April 23-24, 2027
April 23-24, 2027
Celebrating Talents, Amplifying Voices
Holiday Inn and Suites, Edmonton Airport
We have chosen to use the theme “Celebrating Talents, Amplifying Voices” to be consistent with the Alberta (State) Provincial theme. Members will be asked to bring items to display in our talent gallery and be willing to discuss their talents during the breaks during “Leaning In” impromptu sessions.
Our venue is the Holiday Inn and Suites Edmonton Airport and Conference Center. We are very pleased with the amenities that are available at this hotel, and their bid was the best from our research.
Committee work has started. We will be selecting our International Speaker within the next few weeks. Based on the survey done in 2025 after the BETA convention, topics will include mental health and wellness, time management (as a teacher or retired individual), mindfulness and stress relief, the joy of reading, AI, digital citizenship, issues affecting students from outside the classroom.
We hope that you consider joining us!
Contact us at women.educators.dkgalberta@gmail.com for more information!
Calgary Convention 2025
Calgary Convention 2025
Registration Table
Registration Table
Friday Night Event
Friday Night Event
Provincial Officers
2025-2027
Provincial Officers
2025-2027
See you in Edmonton April 2027!
See you in Edmonton April 2027!
Induction of Honorary member
Induction of Honorary member
Her Honor, Salma Lakhani
Her Honor, Salma Lakhani
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Lieutenant Governor of Alberta
Beta (Calgary)
Beta (Calgary)
Highlight #1. Charlene Mudry - Beta member
From Land Acknowledgement to Action: Mapping Our Personal Reconciliation Journey
Charlene Mudry’s presentation will explore why we do land acknowledgements and how they can move beyond words toward meaningful relationship and action. Participants will have an opportunity to reflect on their own journey with reconciliation and together we will consider how reconciliation can become an ongoing practice rather than simply a statement we make.
Highlight #2 Andrea Craigie
Andrea Craigie is the Director of Talent for the Rockyview County School District. Her presentation will include topics such as, teacher recruitment, new shortened education program for student teachers and how morale is being managed
Highlight #3
Our highlighted authors Cynthia Moore and Erin Retallack (contributor) !
Voices for Educational Equity Volume 22, Number 1, July 2026 ISSN 2771-8328 “Teacher Leadership”
by Dr. Debbie LeBlanc, Illinois, and Cynthia Moore, Alberta, and DKG International members.
Highlight #4 Julie Burns
Julie Burns is a nursing instructor at the University of Calgary and a recent graduate of the University of Florida’s Arts in Medicine program. A community and public health nurse, she brings very diverse expertise in mental health, dementia care, neurodiversity, and arts-based interventions, with additional (unrelated!) background in harm reduction, families, and human lactation. Julie is passionate about integrating creative approaches into public health nursing education and practice. Her recent work includes photovoice, storytelling, and interdisciplinary programming that bridge the arts and health - aiming to foster inclusion and reduce stigma in both healthcare and education settings.
Overview:
Research shows that creative practice is linked to improved wellbeing and may help protect aging brains, with artists showing lower rates of cognitive decline. This session explores how creativity supports brain health across the lifespan—from early childhood through older adulthood. We’ll look at how artistic engagement strengthens neurodevelopment, supports emotional regulation, and promotes cognitive resilience as we age.
Congratulations to Beta (Calgary) Calgary on celebrating their
60TH Anniversary!
Gamma (Edmonton)
Gamma (Edmonton)
We are looking forward to a new year. We have some new members, and unfortunately a few reserve members who cannot make it to meetings.
We hope to meet the needs of Current Members- phone calls, emails, cards, etc. for ongoing contact with each other
We hope to invite ladies to join a meeting and hopefully our Chapter.
Our Meeting themes hope to interest Current Members and Invited Guests:
September - Plan the Year; Avid Readers share about readings and exchange books
October 20-- Art as Therapy
November 21- Joint Breakfast--- YMCA presenters re: Kick Stand- ways we support the needs of individuals in our community
December - Joint Christmas Social with Alpha- enjoy ourselves, collect donations
January-
February- Fieldtrip to Muttart Conservatory
March - planning for Convention
April 20 and 21- Provincial Convention- committee setting the plans, speakers
May- Founder's Day
June- Year End Wrap Up Social, Initiation of New Members, collect dues and fees
Eta (Sherwood Park)
Eta (Sherwood Park)
Congratulations to the New ETA Chapter Presidents!
Alpha (Edmonton)
Alpha (Edmonton)
2026-2027
2025-2026
Gamma Chapter hosted World Fellowship student Nayantara Govindraja to speak on zoom about her work on breast cancer.
Nayantara received an engineering degree, specifically an engineering degree (Bachelor of Technology) in Biotechnology in India. She moved to Calgary, Alberta in 2017 to study cell and developmental biology, investigating the role of a gene involved in stem cell behavior and DNA damage and what it does in mammary development (breast cancer.) She will finish her Ph. D in the next few months, and then continue doing research and development in industry or postdoctoral work at a university which will also allow her to teach.
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