Bachelor of Education Graduates Begin Teaching Careers in Pikangikum

Bachelor of Education graduates Irene Kuan, Jade Ly, and Ryan Saunders, who were part of a group of six teacher candidates who travelled up north to Pikangikum this past March/April to complete their final five-week teaching practicum, are beginning their first permanent teaching contracts in the Ojibwe First Nation community.

The Pikangikum teaching placements were realized through a new and ongoing partnership between Lakehead University, The Ontario Provincial Police’s “Project Journey” initiative, Eenchokay Birchstick School, and the community of Pikangikum. For further details on this partnership, see the write-up in our September issue of Education Exchange Newsletter (pages 2-3).

Congratulations to the graduates as they embark on their new teaching careers! (Pictured below: BEd graduates Dianna Semenick, Irene Kuan, Ashley Roper, Vanessa Maurice, Ryan Saunders, and Jade Ly, who completed their teaching placements in Pikangikum).