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Have thoughts on what you liked or didn’t like? Letters to the editor for possible publication can be emailed to Elissa Corsi, editor-in-chief, elissa.corsi@ata.ab.ca or Cory Hare, managing editor, cory.hare@ata.ab.ca. We want your feedback
Great work Although I am neither a teacher nor a parent, I enjoyed several stories in the recent edition of the online ATA Magazine , such as the profiles of pioneer teacher Lillian Osborne, and the still-working Ben Galeski, who obviously was born to be a teacher. I also appreciated the scope of coverage and resources devoted to climate change. Two years ago, I went with a friend down to a community hall in the foothills west of Fort Macleod to listen to 50 farmers and ranchers talk about water. At one point in the evening, I stuck up my hand and asked a rancher at the front of the room if he had noticed any impacts from climate change. He said, “Our wets are getting wetter, and our dries are getting drier.” We are ill-served by the wilful ignorance of our provincial government, and I applaud the ATA for teaching teachers that it’s still important and possible to discuss climate change in the classroom. – Roger Gagne, Calgary
Climate change content sparks student curiosity I'm happy to share that I used the informa- tion contained in the climate change feature on pages 18 to 28 of the fall 2025 issue of the ATA Magazine in my Grade 6 classroom. I had the students read all the sections and use sticky notes to write down what they wondered or had questions about, interesting information, and any further research they would like to do. These were the questions we answered. • How do you feel about climate change? What questions do you have? Is there an area you are most interested in? • What project could you do? What steps do you have to take? What research do you have to do first? How is it connected to our school? • What impact will it have? What change are you hoping to make? How will you educate others? We have just started the research pieces, and students are researching how changing sea levels are affecting aquatic life, how we can reduce emissions, how we can continue water conservation even after city water-use restrictions are lifted. – Antonia Kousouris, Grade 6 Learning Leader, Hillhurst School, Calgary
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