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| Kevin Lamoureux |
On Thursday, May 28, Carman Collegiate will host 340 students from around the division to a cultural proficiency workshop on "Otherness". All grade 9 to 11 students from Prairie Rose School Division (Elm Creek, Miami, St. Pauls, St. Laurent, and Carman) will converge on Carman on Thursday to become more aware what cultural diversity and proficiency mean, and what it looks like. Mr. Kevin Lamoureux is a professor at the University of Winnipeg and will be our guest presenter and facilitator for the day. He will challenge students to find what their "other" is, and help them to have an understanding and appreciation of the "other", as at some point in our lives, we may be the "other". The different schools will also have made displays to showcase their culture for the students from the other schools to view.
Mr. Lamoureux is heavily invested in the Manitoba school system and has become a well-known professional development speaker for school divisions, government agencies and community groups. His expertise in building school climates where Aboriginal students and all non-traditional students will be successful is sought after in numerous keynote speaking engagements.
Mr. Lamoureux recently won the International Centre for Innovation in Education's Young Scholar Award in Ulm, Germany, as well as the University of New England's award for outstanding academic achievement in Graduate Studies. He is currently pursuing his PhD at the University of New England.
