Name: Aunties and Uncles in Training
Start: 2026-02-20T13:00:00-0700
End: 2026-02-20T14:00:00-0700

-Pre-recorded: 2026 President Schilling’s Convention Address: https://youtu.be/uZmsvjr-pCo

-The main event will occur at RDP (Red Deer Polytechnic)

-The Social will happen on Feb 19 after the last session in the Main Stage Foyer, do sign up by including it in your schedule

-Edcamp sessions all occur on Feb 20 Session 5, watch the following to understand what an Edcamp event is all about
https://youtu.be/uIHonn97TJk

-A few sessions you will need to pre-register and pay a supply fee to attend on the day

-POST RECORDING VIDEOS are availble from Feb 20th at 3:30 PM - May31st at 11:59 PM
-Be Scent Free for the event

-DO YOU HAVE ANY ACCOMMODATION REQUESTS AT THE EVENT? e.g.) quiet space, allergies, wheel chair assistance, etc.
Please reach out to [email protected]

-If you need hotel accommodations do use the following link to get a special deal for CATCA members until February 4th: https://reservations.travelclick.com/108483?groupID=5047732

Aunties and Uncles in Training

Friday February 20, 2026 1:00pm - 2:00pm MST

RDP Room 1435 @ 100 College Blvd, Red Deer, AB T4N 5H5

Aunties and Uncles in Training is an Indigenous female and male mentorship program that connects high school Indigenous students with community members through for-credit land camps. The land camps combine cultural teachings and Two-Eyed Seeing (Elder Dr. Albert Marshall, Mi’kmaw, Eskasoni First Nation) STEM activities by building relationships with community members, Elders, Kokoms, Aunties, Uncles, Mushums and post-secondary institutions. In this session we will share our experiences from the program last year and where we are going this year. Feedback from students, families and community members has been very positive. Details of the programming will be shared.

Speakers

Pamela Neumann

Science Outreach Coordinator, Red Deer Polytechnic

Pamela Neumann is the Red Hot Science outreach coordinator and a faculty member in science at Red Deer Polytechnic.

Tracy Skinner

Tracy Skinner is from the northern Alberta community of Fort Vermilion, located along the Peace River on Treaty 8 territory, and has called Red Deer home for the last 24 years. She has worked in Indigenous Education in Central Alberta for the last 15 years, initially as an Indigenous... Read More →