The Adventures of Anansi

Facilitator: Marjan de Visser-Lemstra
Target group: teachers
Date: Thursday, September 25th, 2025
Time: 2:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

What do we do when we are in a difficult situation? Are you allowed to steal if you’re hungry? Do you have to share when you have a lot and someone else has very little? Are you allowed to lie? Or take advantage of someone? Do you only take care of yourself, or do you also think about others? Should you always be honest? Experience it all in this workshop about the adventures of Anansi, the notorious spider who plays all kinds of tricks to benefit himself. Listen, watch, and think along: what would you do?

AI and Storytelling Workshop

Facilitator: Janelle Presentacion
Target group: students aged 12+
Date: Saturday, September 27th, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Location: Government Building Conference Room 1 & 2

This workshop aims to explore how AI can enhance creativity and storytelling. Students will have the opportunity to bring their stories to life using creative tools like Book Creator and ChatGPT. This engaging workshop will help students understand how AI can be a tool for creativity and personal expression. To fully participate, each student will need to bring their own device.

Please bring you own (fully charged) device to the workshop.

Voices on Canvas: A Journey Through Mixed Media & Visual Poetry

Facilitator: Leslyn Telford
Target group: students
Date: Saturday, September 27th, 2025
Time: 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.
Location: USM room 102

This creative workshop invites students to explore self-expression by blending visual art with poetic language. Participants will create a mixed media artwork that integrates painting, collage, and expressive text or poetry. The goal is to help students channel their emotions, stories, and perspectives into powerful visual-poetic pieces.

In Freedom I Speak

Facilitator: Jörgen Gario
Target group: Everyone is welcome!
Date: Saturday, September 27th, 2025
Time: 10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
Location: Government Building; conference Room 3

We will gather to share how language can function as a tool for liberation. During this workshop you will get practical tips on how to get straight to the core of what you want to say. Easy writing and performance tips. These tools will help you sculpt your originality. No more beating around the bush with your words. This is a tell it, like you want to tell it session. If language is a map, this workshop will bring you home with your own words.

Please bring a pen and paper to the workshop.

Reading tips for early and fluent readers

Facilitator: Patti Maier-Illidge’s
Target group: parents, teachers and educators working with grades K-6
Date: Saturday, September 27th, 2025
Time: 11:00 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.
Location: USM room 104

This interactive workshop will focus on effective strategies for developing reading skills in children from kindergarten through grade 6. The first part of the session will explore approaches to teaching letters, sounds, and word recognition. The second part will focus on building vocabulary and strengthening reading comprehension. Participants will gain practical methods and insights to support literacy development in the classroom.

Please bring a pen and paper to the workshop.