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LONG SERVICE AWARDS PROFESSIONAL LEARNING IN CANADA SERIES The research team for the study includes: Dr. Pamela Osmond-Johnson, Assistant Professor, University of Regina, Saskatchewan; Dr. Brenton Faubert, Assistant Professor, Western University, Ontario; and Dr. Kenneth Zeichner, Boeing Professor of Teacher Education, University of Washington, Seattle. Audrey Hobbs Johnson, Learning Forward senior consultant and former staff member with the provincial government of British Columbia serves as project coordinator. (Photo courtesy of OISE) Photo (Left - Right): Rechel Leonard (10 years), Marc Spooner (10 years) with Dean Jennifer Tupper. Missing from photo: Fatima Pirbhai-Illich (10 years), Rochelle Fenwick (15 years), Marilyn Miller (15 years), Kathy Nolan (15 years), James McNinch (20 years), and Valerie Mulholland (20 years). Photo Courtesy of UR Photography The Long Service Recognition Program gives tribute to those who have given many years of service to the University of Regina. The program provides for the recognition of service milestones of 10, 15, 20, 25, 30, 35, 40, and 45 years. A reception was held on April 5, 2017 to honour those who reached a service milestone in 2016. A study done by a team of researchers (see photo above), has recently been published in a series of books that, according to Hargreaves, "points to the importance of both professional learning and pro fessional development as ways to improve the quality of teaching and learning." Dr. Pamela Osmond-Johnson is one of the researches. Pamela is second author on The State of Educators' Professional Learning in Canada and first author of The State of Educators' Professional Learning in Alberta. ORANGE SHIRT DAY COMMEMMORATING RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL SURVIVORS, SEPT. 30 L e B ac P r o g r am E du c at io n S t u de n t s' S o cie t y S t af f P o s i t i v e S p a c e s Tr a i n i n g Education News | Page 21