a history of curriculum services canada

approach to the way evaluations were conducted. Related to this was a concern for copyright
issues in electronic media; and CSC attended an educational presentation on this topic, provided
by the Canadian Educational Resources Council.
CIDA was also contacted in the fall, with the idea to evaluate and mentor the development of
projects submitted to their Global Classroom Initiative Awards Program. A one-day consultation
and training day was scheduled for early December.
An agreement with le CLÉ, allowing them to act as a sub-contractor for CSC services across
Canada, was being discussed by the end of the year. This followed CSC’s earlier involvement,
mentoring le CLÉ’s evaluation services for EDU.
The idea of having honourary patrons to help raise the profile of CSC was discussed at the
December board meeting, and two names were contacted: Dr. Michael Fullan, Dean, OISE/UT,
and Rick Hansen, President and CEO, Rick Hansen Foundation, whose books addressing youth
and self esteem had been evaluated by CSC and promoted on the website. Both men agreed to
accept the honorary position.
In December, a communications consultant, Sean Meagher, was hired on a half-time basis, and
on the basis of his recommendations, it was decided that only one name, CSC, should be used on
all communications materials, with the seal also included. This meant that all CSC
communication materials were to be redesigned with a simpler format.
An organizational change of the Board was initiated at the December meeting with the
reinstatement of an Executive Committee, which could meet between Board meetings where
necessary, to discuss emergent issues of a political, financial, organizational or legal nature. It
was agreed that this committee would be composed of the President, Vice-President and two
board members.
The year ended with the Executive Director of CSC initiating a meeting with OTF. However, no
change of status was forthcoming.
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