Christine and Brenda will be traveling to Reggio Emilio, Italy to study early childhood education programs. This Canadian Study Tour is organized by Reggio Children, a mixed public-private company that the Municipality of Reggio Emilia, along with other interested subjects established in 1994. In 1991, Newsweek Magazine identified the Diana School of Reggio Emilia, Italy as the best childhood institution in the world.

Christine Danyluk is currently teaching Pre-Kindergarten in the mornings and Grade 3 in the afternoons at the Canora Junior Elementary School in the Good Spirit School Division. She is currently enrolled in the Special Education Certificate program in the College of Education and is participating in the review of the draft of the Early Learning Program Guide Saskatchewan Learning.

Brenda Dyer is currently teaching French Immersion Kindergarten at Ecole Holy Cross School in the Prince Albert Catholic School Division. Her dedication to teaching French Immersion Kindergarten has been an incentive to become involved in division, provincial and national initiatives to enhance the delivery of the French Immersion Kindergarten Program.

The Kirkpatrick Travel Award is administered jointly by the University of Saskatchewan College of Education, the University of Saskatchewan Alumni Association, and the Saskatchewan Teachers’ Federation. The annual award celebrates the contribution the late Dean Emeritus Balfour Kirkpatrick made to education in Saskatchewan.

For more information, please contact:

Dr. Cecilia Reynolds
Dean, College of Education
University of Saskatchewan
966-7647