/R E P E A T -- Media Advisory - Ministers of education to meet in Charlottetown/

TORONTO, July 2, 2014 /CNW/ - Provincial and territorial ministers of education will be in Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island, for the 103^rd meeting of the Council of Ministers of Education, Canada, July 8‒9, and to attend the "Skills for the Future" symposium, July 9‒10.

CMEC 103 will give ministers the opportunity to review progress on CMEC activities and discuss a wide variety of current issues in education. Of particular note:

• Ministers will be meeting with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada (TRCC) to discuss the ongoing impact of Indian Residential Schools;
• Ministers will formally announce that Canada is hosting the 5^th International Summit on the Teaching Profession in 2015.

The "Skills for the Future" symposium, which is being co-hosted by provincial and territorial education and labour ministers, will bring together government, business, labour, academic leaders, and student groups to examine innovative promising practices in Canada and other countries to address the skills and training challenges of the 21^st century. A separate media advisory will provide more detailed information about this event.

Preliminary media program for CMEC 103

Wednesday, July 9
2:30–3:00 p.m. ADT	CMEC press conference Delta Prince Edward Hotel Gray Ballroom 18 Queen Street Charlottetown, Prince Edward Island C1A 4A1 To access the press conference by telephone: Dial 1-877-413-4792 Enter conference ID 4549876
3:00–4:00 p.m. ADT	Interview opportunities with the Chair of CMEC, the Honourable Jeff Johnson, other provincial and territorial education ministers, and the Director General of CMEC

Media work room

A media work room will be located in the Tilley Room of the Delta Prince Edward. It will be available on Wednesday, July 9, from 12 noon to 5 p.m. ADT

Members of the media are asked to contact Colin Bailey (contact information below) for further information or to arrange an interview.

About CMEC

Founded in 1967, CMEC is the collective voice of Canada's ministers of education. It provides leadership in education at the pan-Canadian and international levels and contributes to the exercise of the exclusive jurisdiction of provinces and territories over education. For more information, visit us at www.cmec.ca.

SOURCE: Council of Ministers of Education, Canada

Colin Bailey, Director, Communications, Cell: 416-938-1911, Tel.: [phone], ext. 259, E-mail: [email protected], Twitter: @CCMEC