The Alberta Teacher’s Association’s Women in Leadership (WIL) Committee and WIL Summit Planning Committee are hosting a Speaker Series in the 2022/2023 school year.
Please join us at 4:30 pm on Monday, October 17, 2022 as the Women in Leadership Speaker Series hosts Heidi Yetman with a one hour live virtual session on “Women and Teachers Organizations – How to Get Involved and Why it Matters” followed by a Q&A. Registration is free and open to all ATA members. Once registered, a link to join the session will be sent to the provided email address closer to the event date.
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Heidi Yetman started her journey as a teacher in Quebec and her insights regarding teacher organizations are informed by her 23 years teaching high-school art and science, her involvement with her local and as a provincial and national teacher organization leader. Prior to becoming Quebec Provincial Association of Teachers (QPAT) president and president-elect for the Canadian Teachers’ Federation (CTF), Heidi was president of her local, the Pearson Teachers’ Union. In addition, Heidi served as Vice-President of the CTF from 2018-2019 and again in 2021. Her CTF experience made her ideally suited to Chair two Advisory Committees and delegate to the 2019 Educational International World Congress where she facilitated a session of the Women’s Caucus. Heidi also moderated the 2019 Women’s Symposium hosted by the Manitoba Teachers’ Society. Her masters thesis (2018), from Concordia University, investigated the intersection of the roles fulfilled by educators, artists, and activists. This academic work enabled Heidi to develop perspectives on the shift to online learning across Canada as a result of the Covid-19 pandemic. As Heidi writes, “Tragically, the pandemic has disproportionately impacted women and in particular visible minority women. It is time to invest in a feminist and equitable economy.”