In this issue Brilliant Labs Magazine: Programming & Social Connection, we welcome Jeff Hennigar to our team. Jeff was seconded from the Halifax Regional Centre for Education in Nova Scotia. He brings with him a passion for maker-centered learning and the willingness to try new pedagogies. We then will explore our life before COVID-19 and celebrate the efforts of teachers and youth throughout Atlantic Canada. In the not to distant past, our team traveled to Maker Faire: Rome, welcomed teachers from across Newfoundland and Labrador to New Orleans for the ISTE Creative Lab, and celebrated the passion of hundreds of francophone educators as they gathered for Clair 2020, un colloque à l’échelle humaine… Looking back these physical learning experiences brought with them impactful memories and energized educators to come home with new learning perspectives. These social connections inspired a connectedness that created lasting professional networks that will pay dividends in our new reality.
