Michael Furdyk (@mfurdyk) 's Twitter Profile
Michael Furdyk

@mfurdyk

Creating youth engagement programs that foster creative confidence, global competence and #digitalskills! (@TakingITGlobal/@TIGed/@AConnectedNorth) [he/him]

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Toronto District School Board (@tdsb) 's Twitter Profile Photo

๐ŸŽต Exciting news! We have teamed up with TakingITGlobal to offer Grades 5-12 students a cross-curricular learning experience involving coding, music, social justice, and Indigenous education.

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After realizing in grade 12 that his passion lies in learning and that teaching seemed like his destiny, Loran Scholars Foundation Kyran Alikamik went onto university in the South. Tune in for his recent #FiresideChat โœจ firesidechats.ca/video/kyran-alโ€ฆ

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We were thrilled to bring #YourVoiceIsPower Hackathons with Dakota Bear to six schools across KeewatinPatriciaDSB Calgary Board of Education over the last two weeks! Thanks to Amazon #FutureEngineer & ISED #CanCode for their support ๐Ÿš€๐Ÿง‘โ€๐Ÿ’ป๐ŸŽถ

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When people look for the helpers in his community, Sergeant David Laviolette is one they will find. He almost became a paramedic but his hockey coaches in high school got him thinking about policing as a career. Hear his story in his #FiresideChat: firesidechats.ca/video/david-laโ€ฆ

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The next installment of our Youth Sector Capacity Building series is here! This month we have a webinar on How to Create a Podcast to Promote your Cause, hosted by David Thibodeau, host and founder of the Sports for Social Impact podcast. Register now! ow.ly/zsM950Rf65h

The next installment of our Youth Sector Capacity Building series is here! This month we have a webinar on How to Create a Podcast to Promote your Cause, hosted by David Thibodeau, host and founder of the Sports for Social Impact podcast. 

Register now! ow.ly/zsM950Rf65h
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Excited to be connecting our network of schools live to the Nunavut Quest race this week, in Sessions led on the land by student timekeepers from Igloolik! 12 Mushers will be making a one-week trek from Arctic Bay to Pond Inlet. Thanks to Willow Fiddler for helping to prepare

Excited to be connecting our network of schools live to the Nunavut Quest race this week, in Sessions led on the land by student timekeepers from Igloolik! 12 Mushers will be making a one-week trek from Arctic Bay to Pond Inlet. Thanks to <a href="/WillowFiddler/">Willow Fiddler</a> for helping to prepare
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Happy Earth Day!!๐ŸŒ To celebrate, we launched an update to Commit2Act.org: new avatars of aquatic species, colourful interactive dashboards of your impact and a new sign up flow to improve on boarding. We canโ€™t wait to see the impact of your actions!

Happy Earth Day!!๐ŸŒ To celebrate, we launched an update to Commit2Act.org: new avatars of aquatic species, colourful interactive dashboards of your impact and a new sign up flow to improve on boarding. We canโ€™t wait to see the impact of your actions!
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Last week we hosted a #YourVoiceIsPower hackathon with @AmazonCA @AmazonMusic Canada & Warner Music Canada for @TDSB students to learn coding while remixing beats from Indigenous artists on EarSketch! Thanks to our industry panelists including WOLF SAGA for inspiring students

Last week we hosted a #YourVoiceIsPower hackathon with @AmazonCA @AmazonMusic Canada &amp; <a href="/WarnerCanada/">Warner Music Canada</a> for @TDSB students to learn coding while remixing beats from Indigenous artists on <a href="/EarSketch/">EarSketch</a>! Thanks to our industry panelists including <a href="/enterwolfsaga/">WOLF SAGA</a> for inspiring students
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Join Ridhwanlai Badmos at our next Youth Sector Capacity Building Series. He is a UBC student & the founder of Wake Up Mental Health. His focus is on supporting mental well-being and educating youth on the importance of mental health! ๐Ÿง  Register now at: ow.ly/Ahku50SifCv

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Doing what she says sheโ€™s going to do authentically is the secret of success for Angie Saltmanโ€™s businesses. Learn how she gained perspective overseas, overcame addictions and gained new skills in her recent #FiresideChat โœจ firesidechats.ca/video/angie-saโ€ฆ

TakingITGlobal (@takingitglobal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Calling all ๐Ÿ‡จ๐Ÿ‡ฆ teachers! Looking for differentiated learning? Get your students #coding music in EarSketch to express their voices on social justice for Indigenous peoples! Learn more at our free teacher-led online PD for #YourVoiceIsPower next Thursday: tigurl.org/yviprsvp

Michael Furdyk (@mfurdyk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

There's still time to join us for today's PD day - offering 4 educator-led sessions about #YourVoiceIsPower - bring coding, music and Indigenous histories to your classroom this year: tigurl.org/yviprsvp - we'll send you access to recordings if you can't join the full day ๐Ÿš€

TakingITGlobal (@takingitglobal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're proud to share that #YourVoiceIsPower has been recognized with an @AnthemAwards Gold Award for the impactful coding, music & Indigenous histories program designed by @ChristineMLot, Marika Schalla, Peter Skillen & Susan Ibach in collaboration with UBCโ€™s Cloud Innovation Centre (CIC)!

Connected North (@aconnectednorth) 's Twitter Profile Photo

We're excited to welcome Henry Coaster Memorial School in Marten Falls First Nation, our 200th school partner! We look forward to serving students in the new year with their first interactive learning Sessions: stories.tigweb.org/connected-nortโ€ฆ

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Extracurriculars are an essential part of the learning experience. So why are nearly a third of parents in Canada going into debt to pay for them? Discover the causes and solutions to this urgent issue TakingITGlobal presents The Walrus Talks at Home: Public Education and

Extracurriculars are an essential part of the learning experience. So why are nearly a third of parents in Canada going into debt to pay for them? Discover the causes and solutions to this urgent issue <a href="/takingitglobal/">TakingITGlobal</a> presents The Walrus Talks at Home: Public Education and
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With the help of Elder Eileen Beaver, Connected North โ€“ a program that brings interactive virtual field trips to northern students โ€“ has seen explosive growth. cabinradio.ca/227652/news/soโ€ฆ

TakingITGlobal (@takingitglobal) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Our team was excited to share our new โ€œWhatโ€™s the role of AI in Songwriting?โ€ #YourVoiceIsPower Lesson with Indigenous students across Canada today at the Indspire Soaring gathering with Deloitte Canada! Middle & High school teachers, explore here: yourvoiceispower.ca/ai

Our team was excited to share our new โ€œWhatโ€™s the role of AI in Songwriting?โ€ #YourVoiceIsPower Lesson with Indigenous students across Canada today at the <a href="/Indspire/">Indspire</a> Soaring gathering with <a href="/DeloitteCanada/">Deloitte Canada</a>! Middle &amp; High school teachers, explore here: yourvoiceispower.ca/ai
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Join us on May 21st at 4:30 Eastern for a free AI PD webinar with STAO & Susan Ibach ! AI in STEM: Getting Started in your Classroom: us06web.zoom.us/webinar/registโ€ฆ

Michael Furdyk (@mfurdyk) 's Twitter Profile Photo

Great talk by Werner Vogels at #AIforGood on the importance of data (and especially mapping) for social change and implementing #SDGs! Thinking about how data can help us strengthen education outcomes Connected North

Great talk by <a href="/Werner/">Werner Vogels</a> at #AIforGood on the importance of data (and especially mapping) for social change and implementing #SDGs! Thinking about how data can help us strengthen education outcomes <a href="/AConnectedNorth/">Connected North</a>