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Emergency Procedures Calgary Telus Convention Centre
Emergency Procedures Hyatt
Human Rights Statement 
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CALGARY TELUS CONVENTION CENTRE (CTCC) and HYATT - address

Pre-Registration will OPEN February 1, 2025 at 10:00 a.m. and CLOSE February 17, 2025 AT 8:00 p.m.

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Professional Responsibility
“On the two school days of your assigned teachers’ convention, you have a legal and professional responsibility to attend convention. If you are not able to make it safely to your assigned convention, however, your collective agreement may include impassable roads or inclement weather clauses that you can access. If your collective agreement does not include language specific to road conditions or weather, you may make use of the personal leave clauses of your agreement in most cases. Please be aware that using any of these types of leave may require you to pay substitute costs, forego a portion of your salary and benefits, or report to your school or another work location in your district. Refer to your collective agreement for more information. Should you require any additional information or if you need assistance interpreting your collective agreement, please contact Teacher Employment Services at 1-800-232-7208 or 780-447-9400.”
This information is also found on the Frequently Asked Questions page on the www.ataconventions.ca website. If you have any further questions regarding this, please contact Daniel.Maas@ata.ab.ca.

Friday February 21, 2025 09:00 - 10:00 MST
Since its appearance in 14th century France, the Shroud of Turin has garnered great attention and scrutiny. Devotees claim it is burial cloth of Jesus Christ, detractors dismiss it as a medieval forgery, while the Vatican remains largely agnostic on the subject.
After a photographic negative revealed a detailed face on the Shroud, swathes of experts have poured over its fabric to make sense of the phenomenon given its lack of pigment or other obvious means of instilling a negative image. The extensive analysis from forensic pathologists, physicists, botanists, microbiologists, and statisticians explored in this talk provides Religious Educators with a model for considering the fruitful relationship between faith and reason while exploring how science can illumine and intersect with religious claims.
Speakers
avatar for Gerard Mclarney

Gerard Mclarney

Teacher, Elk Island Catholic Schools
Dr. McLarney teaches at St. Isidore Learning Center in Sherwood Park AB., and serves as a sessional instructor at St. Joseph's College, University of Alberta. His academic interests include Religious Education, World Religions, J.R.R. Tolkien, as well as Sacred Scripture. His doctorate... Read More →
Friday February 21, 2025 09:00 - 10:00 MST
Glen 203 - CTCC Calgary Telus Convention Centre
  Religious & Moral Education (TQS 3), Div3 (Gr 7-9), Div4 (Gr 10-12)

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