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Vision:
"Be the Change we wish to see in the World" - Gandhi
Experience and Projects
Janina is a teacher in northern Alberta. Her love of learning is
shared with her students in the elementary and junior high grades through a variety of cross-curricular activities and project-based
learning. It is her mission to help guide each student towards understanding that "Each of us can make a difference".
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Helping build students for the 21st Century, Janina involves her classes
in a variety of literacy, technology, science, arts, and humanitarian projects to assist learning in the global classroom:
*All Aboard the Canadian Connection (Telus Learning Connection)
*From the Heart - A Celebration of Community (ATA's DEHR -Diversity,
Equity, Human Rights and the Telus Learning Connection)
*Project DEPTH - Diabetes Education Prevention Treatment and Help
Janina also offers workshops and presentations to teachers and parent
groups on a variety of topics and has presented for the Mighty Peace Teachers' Convention, the ATA Science Council, and Global,
Environmental, and Outdoor Education Council.
Janina is currently involved with Peace Wapiti's AISI Project, Div III Literacy Review,
and is working on a literacy review of her school as well.
Awards:
2006 - Janina is the recipient of the Centennial Medal of Honor, an award
given to some 8000 Albertans for service to the people and communities of Alberta.
2007 - Janina was also the recipient (in conjunction with Bonanza School)
of the ATA (Alberta Teachers' Association) School-Community Public Relations Award of Merit for work
with Project DEPTH.
Publications:
Trees - A poem in GEOEC magazine
Patterns - Nature Magazine - The Osprey (NFLD)
Seabird - Newfoundland's Osprey Nature Magazine
"Wabamun" - A Naturalist's Guide to Alberta
Educational Articles & Brochures -
"A First Class Journey with DEPTH" (Diabetes Education Prevention Treatment
& Help) - Setting Up Transformational Leadership Projects
"A First Class Journey with HEART" - Helping Educators Achieve Real Transformation
through Project Based Learning
Utopia and Beyond: Globalization in the Small School
Environmental Sustainability for Students
Gobbled by the Megabytes
 Web Building Experience
Nana Flute Circle site
Janina Carlstad's "SomeAre Solstice"
Landsgard Production
Bonanza School
Menno Simons School
Bear Canyon School (no longer in existence)
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| Janina Singing at Canada Day Celebrations - Photo by B. Studley |
Current Projects: (click on underlined or colored titles
to enter links)
Janina currently sings as part of a trio, "The Riled Flowers" and is busy with the girls compiling a repertoire of original and cover songs to offer their audiences.
Electric Guitar, the Native American Style Flute, and self-pulishing/recording are
also on the agenda....with the viking exploration/soul's journey "Vaer Deg Selv", "Fram og Tilbake", and the short environmental
action story, "Aspen & Terra" being primary projects on the list.
Janina has recently performed her multimedia Norse cultural saga of the soul, Vaer Deg Selv, for the International President's of Sons of Norway tour in Dawson Creek in April.
Performing under the name, "SomeAre Solstice", Janina brings the heart of the Peace Country alive through her poetry, music, and imagery. Janina is
also passionate about preserving traditions and cultures of long ago... hoping that through remembering where we have come
from, we may better know where we are going... SomeAre Solstice may be found on the NANA Flute Circle Site, Myspace and Facebook.
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