Mark Tewksbury Speaking at U of S

Posted March 17, 2000

Olympic medalist, Mark Tewksbury, is speaking at the U of S College of Education's third annual Breaking the Silence Conference this week.

This year's conference discusses the issues of Gays and Lesbians in our Schools, with topics ranging from "Combating homophobia in the workplace" by Barb Byers, President of Saskatchewan Federation of Labour, to "Making your classroom safe for gays and lesbians" by Gens Hellquist.

Mark Tewksbury will be speaking about living life authentically versus inauthentically, and the costs that come with either choice. He will share his own story of building an enormously successful life by the age of 25, but how that was based on a personal choice to pretend to be something he was not.

Among the speakers is a panel including Jim Hopson, LEADS, Gillian McCreary, SaskEd and Doug Willard, STF, who will address: "Next steps to ensure educational equality for students and professional integrity for teachers, administrators, and staff."

The Breaking the Silence Conference will be held at the Quance Theatre, College of Education, March 17 - 18, 2000. For further information and registration please contact, Don Cochrane (306) 966-7521.

For more information please contact:

Don Cochrane
College of Education
(306) 966-7521
don.cochrane@usask.ca

105 Administration Place
Saskatoon, SK, Canada