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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"> </span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The DPI2021 Steering Committee is excited to announce that registration is now open for the
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/digital-pedagogy-institute/about"><b><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">7th Annual Digital Pedagogy Institute</span></b></a></span><b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> (DPI)</span></b><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">The DPI will take place August 10th and 11th, 2021. This year’s events will take place virtually, via Zoom.</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Our themes for this year are four-fold, focusing on Digital Pedagogy and the Pandemic, Anti-Racist and Decolonized Approaches to Digital Pedagogy, Inclusivity, Accessibility,
and Digital Pedagogy, and Digital Pedagogy and the Post-Truth Society. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Our keynote speakers are</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://aabitagiizhig.com/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span></a><a href="https://chrisfriend.us/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Dr.
Chris Friend</span></a><a href="https://aabitagiizhig.com/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, and
</span></a><a href="https://hannahmcgregor.com/"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">Dr. Hannah McGregor</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">, and we have a wonderful range of sessions
and workshops scheduled. Please visit </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://uwaterloo.ca/digital-pedagogy-institute/schedule-0"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://uwaterloo.ca/digital-pedagogy-institute/schedule-0</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> for
a full schedule of events. </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Everyone is welcome to attend! Registration is required and is free of charge. Please register by August 4th using this link:
</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><a href="https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScP5OSKb5qgt784kjBrFSepTDViIvy9EN3DfySAbkIuSrj4dg/viewform"><span style="font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:#1155CC">https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScP5OSKb5qgt784kjBrFSepTDViIvy9EN3DfySAbkIuSrj4dg/viewform</span></a></span><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black"> </span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">DPI2021 will provide live captioning for our Keynote Speaker sessions, and the concurrent sessions
<span style="background:white">will have Zoom auto-captions with transcripts available. </span></span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">We look forward to seeing you there!</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p style="background:white"><span style="font-family:"Arial",sans-serif;color:black">Please contact Paulina Rousseau (<a href="mailto:paulina.rousseau@utoronto.ca"><span style="color:#1155CC">paulina.rousseau@utoronto.ca</span></a>), DPI2021 Committee Chair,
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