Past Events

2025 Events

Spring Assembly

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• Keynote: Crafting Policies That Support Student Thriving in an AI-Driven Future – Nina Bamberg
• The Saskatchewan Human Rights Code, 2018 and its impact on the Education Sector – A Primer for Board Members
• A Collaborative Team – The Board and the CEO Relationship – Ben Grebinski, Executive Director, LEADS

School for New Trustees

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• Keynote Speaker Slides
• Communications and Advocacy
• Cyber Risk and Governance
• Indigenous Education and the Indigenous Education Responsibility Framework
• Overview of the SSBA General Insurance Plan and Employee Benefits Plan
• SSBA Governance Handbook Overview
• What Board Members Need to Know About Financial Governance

2024 Events

Fall Assembly

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• Good Governance Over Financial Matters
• Vision Renewal

Spring Assembly

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• Saskatchewan Broadband Action Committee
• Land-Based Learning – Ile-a-la-Crosse School Division
  
• SSBA Vision Renewal Update
• Student Assessment in Saskatchewan – Dr. Scott Tunison
• Equitable Education for Students with Reading Disabilities – Saskatchewan Human Rights Commission
• Working Towards a National School Food Policy in Canada A Saskatchewan Research Perspective – Dr. Rachel Engler-Stringer

Trustee Academy

• 2024-01-24 – Indigenous Education: Implementing the Indigenous Education Responsibility Framework
• 2024-01-25 – An Introduction to the SSBA Governance Handbook
• 2024-01-29 – Enterprise Risk Management
• 2024-01-30 – Oversight of Financial Reports
• 2024-02-01 – Strategic Planning for Boards of Education
• 2024-02-02 – Director Evaluations

2023 Events

Fall Assembly

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• Dr. Jim Farney: Faith, Rights, and Choice – The Politics of Religious Schools in Canada
• SSBA Vision Renewal
• SSBA Code of Conduct Policy

Spring Assembly

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• Dr. Alec Couros, Professor of Educational Technology & Media – University of Regina
• Governance PD: Use of Committees – Ken Acton, Johnson Shoyama Graduate School of Public Policy
• Director’s Performance Assessment Guide: Update from the Quality Indicators Working Advisory Group

2022 Events

Fall Assembly

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• Dr. James McNinch and Sun West School Division – Parent Teacher Home Visits Project: Experiences of Parents
• Horizon Managed IT Solutions – The Unanticipated Effects of a Cyber Incident

National Trustee Gathering on Indigenous Education and Canadian School Boards Association Congress

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• Brigette Lacquette, Olympian – Keynote
• Nancy Pynch-Worthylake, Brigitte Cyr & Mary-Ann Zauhar-Hiscock – Putting Data to Work / Faisons parler les données: defining Canada’s French Language teacher shortage
• Dr. Scott Tunison & Dr. Ted Amendt – Mobilising Saskatchewan’s Indigenous Education Policy Framework: The Indigenous Education Responsibility Framework
• Emily Perreault & Marissa Poitras, Regina Public Schools & Dr. James McNinch – Relational Home Visits and Reconciliation: A Case Study
• Sandy Nemeth, Louis Riel School Board & Lena Kublick, Lord Selkirk School Board – The Story of David and Goliath; citizens take on the Government of Manitoba and Bill 64
• Jennifer Lamoureux, Seven Oaks School Division – Anishinaabemodaa: Ojibwe Bilingual Programming in an Urban Setting
• Shane Skjerven, Colleen Norris & Cheryl Ermine, Saskatoon Public Schools – Developing Policy to Support School Leaders – Anti-Racism and Response to Racism
• Dr. Katina Pollock & Ruth Nielsen, Western University & Dr. Pam Osmond-Johnson & Dr. Donna Swapp, University of Regina – Voice in System-level Public Education Decision-Making

Spring Assembly

• Provincial Education Plan Update
• Dr. Jim Jutras and George Rathwell – Education in Saskatchewan: A Historical Timeline of Key Developments
• Provincial Youth Council
• SSBA 101
• Dave Sandomirsky (SHSAA), Dr. Karen Chad, Dr. Louise Humbert and Dr. Kenzie Friesen – Return to School Sport
• Dr. James McNinch and Ward Strueby – Parent Teacher Home Visit Initiative: Highlights from the Interim Research Report

Trustee Academy

• Dr. Shawn Davidson – Provincial Education Plan: Overview of How We Arrived at the Plan Framework
• Rob DeRooy, Governance Solutions – Role of the Chair
• SSBA HR and Legal Services – Duty to Accommodate: Employer Obligations Regarding Employees
• Dr. Scott Tunison, University of Saskatchewan – Indigenous Education Responsibility Framework: An Overview of the Draft Framework in Development

2021 Events

Spring/Fall Assemblies

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2020 Events

Spring/Fall Assemblies

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Trustee Academy

• SSBA Strategic HR/ER – Effective Practice in CEO Evaluation
• SSBA Corporate Services – Audit Committee Effectiveness

2019 Events

Fall General Assembly

• Conference Handbook (including links to sponsor websites)
• SSBA Communications – The Best PR (Public Relations) is Good Work
• SSBA and Deloitte – Finance / Audit Committee Effectiveness
• Minister of Education’s Youth Council – Student Wellness / Mental Health Through Students’ Eyes
• Liam Choo-Foo – Sector Savings Initiative
• Aleana Young – General Insurance Plan Design Team Update

Spring General Assembly

• TransformSK
• Parent Engagement: A Vision for Saskatchewan
• Education Vision Working Advisory Group
• SSBA Executive 101
• SSBA Insurance Design Team Update

2018 Events

Fall General Assembly

• Conference Handbook (including links to sponsor websites)
• Remarks by His Honour The Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan
• Indigenous Services Canada, Saskatchewan Region – Education Transformation
• Ted Amendt – School Community Councils Review
• Jill Welke and Joe Couture – Social Media
• Council for Exceptional Children – Inclusive Education
• SAYCW – Thriving Youth, Thriving Communities Survey

2017 Events

Fall General Assembly

• Conference Handbook (including links to sponsor websites)

Fall Members’ Council

• PLT Presentation to School Boards

Spring General Assembly

• Showcasing Reconciliation in Saskatchewan Education
  • Greater Saskatoon Catholic Schools
  • Prairie Valley School Division
  • University of Regina, Faculty of Education

Spring Members’ Council

• Jeff McNaughton – Insurance 101
• SASBO Panel – School Division Efficiencies
  • Regina Catholic Presentation
  • Horizon Presentation

2016 Events

Fall General Assembly

• Conference Handbook (including links to sponsor websites)
• David Brown – Governance Handbook for School Board Members: What’s New in the 2016 Edition?
• Jeff McNaughton – Benefits for Trustees: Follow-up on 2015 Resolution

Fall Members’ Council

• Darren McKee – Expanding Board Capacity and Proficiency in Aboriginal and Indigenous Matters
• SSBA Governance Review – Role of Members’ Council
• Jamie Lerat – Advocacy for Mandatory Curriculum: FNMI pre-contact and legacy of Indian Residential Schools
• Ben Grebinski, Naomi Mellor, Maureen Jickling – Prairie Valley v. Pilot Butte Court Case

Spring Members’ Council

• Dr. James McNinch, Kyla Christiansen and Rev. Carla Blakley – Gender and Sexual Diversity
• Ministry of Advanced Education and Post-Secondary Panel – Dual Credits

2015 Events

100th Anniversary Fall General Assembly

• Conference Handbook (including links to sponsor websites)
• Philip Jones – How To Fit a Heart Attack into Your Busy Schedule
• SSBA – 100th Anniversary Video
• Jane Rooney, Canada’s Financial Literacy Leader – Financial Literacy
• Dave Jackson, SSBA – Risk Management

Fall Members’ Council

• Connie Bailey, SSBA President – SSBA Governance Review Update
• Saskatchewan Education Leadership Unit – Employee Engagement in Saskatchewan School Divisions
• Lisa Lambert, Cindy Anderson, Kevin Garinger – Life-Threatening Conditions Policy Advisory
• Guy Tetrault and Randy Fox – Shifting Minds 3.0: Redefining the Learning Landscape in Canada
• April Blondeau and Greg Zaba – Provincial Human Resources Data Warehouse Update
• Kevin Garinger – Operational Spending Outcome: Efficiency and Lean in Education

CSBA Congress

• Anita Verlangen, Flo Woods, Sandi Urban-Hall – Growing Health Promoting Schools
• Colleen Christopherson-Cote & Anita Verlangen – There’s More to Poverty than Meets the Eye
• Cornelia Laliberte & Gordon Martell – Working Together for Indigenous Student Success
• Darryl Hunter – Parents’ Interpretations of Report Cards
• Jennifer Heinrichs – Learning from and with Parents
• Laura Butler, Equitas – Play it Fair! and Speaking Rights
• Quebec English School Boards Association – Changes in Quebec’s Education System

2014 Events

Joint Conference

• Kim Ratz – People Don’t Leave Jobs – They Leave Bosses
• First Nations and Metis Education Panel
  • Aboriginal Advocate Program
  • First Nations Métis Education Success in Literacy
• Dan Perrins and David Brown – Governance and Operations

Trustee Academy

• Value for Money with EBP
  Presented by Jeff McNaughton, SSBA
• Media Relations
  Preseneted by Veronica Baker, Saskatoon Public Schools
• Connecting Schools, Youth and Industry throught the Saskatoon Industry-Education Council
  Presented by Janet Uchacz-Hart, SEIC

Aboriginal Members’ Council

• Duke of Edinburgh’s Award

Spring Assembly

• Te Kotahitanga
  Presented by Daniel Murfitt
• The Time Has Come: Education about Religions(EAR) in Public High Schools
  Dr. Mark Anderson
• School Nutrition Programs Showcase
  Preseneted by Regina Catholic School Division and Kelly Berlinic
• Student First Update
  Presented by Russ Mirasty and Patricia Prowse
• Shared Services 3sHealth
  Presented by Andrew Will