About Galileo

Our Partners and Supporters

Thanks to the following Galileo Gala supporters:

Here are some ways our partners support Galileo:

Thank you to the following organizations for making The Galileo Educational Network possible. Our schools and school division partners are listed under the 'Schools' menu above.

Alberta Education
Alberta Education contracts Galileo Educational Network for short term projects in the areas of research, resource creation and professional development.
 
Alberta Lottery Fund
The Alberta Lottery Fund through the Community Initiative Fund provided the necessary funds to complete the Sinaki photography project to accompany the Kainai Stories and Spaces web resource. This student and Elder work is now housed within five Alberta provincial museums or park visitor centres.
 
Apple Canada
Apple Canada and Galileo have embarked on a new relationship to provide professional development services for integrating digital technologies into core curriculum in selected school jurisdictions across Canada including Quebec, Ontario and New Brunswick.
 
Axia Netmedia
Together Axia and Galileo have created io, Intelligence Online, a fully mentored online professional learning environment for teachers. Within io teachers are guided through an inquiry-based design process as they create authentic learning tasks for their students and develop performance assessment for their tasks. IO provides teachers with the tools and processes to choreograph a complex inquiry-based learning environment, to communicate and learn with other members of the io community.
 
Calgary Foundation
Calgary Foundation strives to enrich the community through grants from a variety of endowment funds. The Calgary Foundation supports the Galileo-Gallagher Fellowship through a yearly grant from the Jack Gallagher Education Fund.
 
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Canadian Natural is a progressive oil and gas company with a stong commitment to "giving back to the community". Since 2002 CNRL has provided Galileo Network with essential support to create new opportunities for teachers to teach and learn with digital technologies.
 
Faculty of Education, University of Calgary
"The Faculty of Education considers the work of The Galileo Network as critically important in developing teaching and learning strategies supported by technological innovations." Dr. Annette LaGrange, Dean, Faculty of Education, University of Calgary
 
Gallagher Education Fund
 
Mount Royal College - Department of Math, Physics and Engineering
 
Pacific Institute of Mathematical Sciences
 
Statistics Canada
 
Shaw Communications Inc.
"The creation of the Galileo Educational Network and its focus on the support to teachers and educators in the roll out of the ICT initiative within Alberta Education, fits well with Shaw's educational agenda," said Alex Park, Vice President, Education Services and Programming at Shaw . "We are pleased to support Galileo and its work in classrooms." Alex Park, Vice President, Shaw Communications.
 
Shell Environmental Fund
With funding from the Shell Environmental Fund, Canadians from Vancouver Island to Newfoundland continue to take personal action in support of the environment. Galileo has received support for two initiatives, 'Know the Bow' and 'Bear with Us'.