KEY ACTIVITIES

• Wendy took the Indigenous Relations Training Program at University of Calgary
• We welcome Nik, Sara and Barb to start work with WPTS
• Courage Journey Exhibit toured venues in SE Alberta managed again through by TREX
• Participated in a rainy but still rainbow colourful Pride Festival at Princes Isl. Park
• Wendy presented at the Canadian Arts and Learning conference in Winnipeg
• Barb was at Canadian Mental Health – Youth Summit
• Allan presented at Canadian Art Therapy Association conference
• Puppets Popped up at Market Collective in December
• Wendy helped students make marionettes for St John’s Schola School production of the Sound of Music Puppets – they bore little resemblance to the famous Bil Baird puppets. 🙂
• Wendy did Artists in Residences at Cambrian Height School & Jennie Elliot
• Allan, Jenne and Barb ran Courage Journey workshops at Haysboro School.
• Wendy did workshops and filming up in Yellowknife to support NWT Literacy’s Dental Hygiene pilot puppet program.
• Puppet Power 2020 pivoted to become a 100% online conference. Erin did a stellar job on coordinating logistics and overseeing tech.
• Allan supervised MRU students in the Bachelor of Child Studies program.
• WPTS board continued working on with Governance Policy Manual including accounting procedures.
• We completed and Barb led teacher testing for our Online course Playing with Shadows working with Onlea, Edmonton, as developers.
• We asked Mayor Nenshi proclaim World Puppetry Day
• We worked with students from the Haskayne School of Management on case studies for Digital Delivery