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class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Bill Belsey\u2019s teaching career has included living and working with the Inuit of\u00a0Canada\u2019s Arctic for nearly twenty years, where he introduced the very first computer in the Canadian Arctic at Kreterklerk School (sic) in (then) Eskimo Point, NWT.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ae34c6e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ae34c6e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e318eaf\" data-id=\"e318eaf\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div 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\/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-02d8c0f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"02d8c0f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"511\" height=\"391\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Proud_to_Be_a_Teacher_Inuktitut.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2302\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Proud_to_Be_a_Teacher_Inuktitut.jpg 511w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/Proud_to_Be_a_Teacher_Inuktitut-300x230.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 511px) 100vw, 511px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-130784b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"130784b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-dc29eb7\" data-id=\"dc29eb7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-152f663 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"152f663\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>While teaching in Rankin Inlet in the 1990s, Mr. Belsey and his students created this presentation to honour the Inuit miners of the North Rankin Nickel Mine from the 1950s.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-47b8ef6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"47b8ef6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-efd9cd2\" data-id=\"efd9cd2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-019a4c0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"019a4c0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/MUXfFVb8GmI&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-edffcf6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"edffcf6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2f7bc36\" data-id=\"2f7bc36\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-00bc5c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"00bc5c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mr. Belsey taught his Inuit students how to code using a programming language called LOGO, created especially for children by Dr. Seymour Papert and his team at the world-famous M.I.T. 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data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"248\" height=\"350\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/LOGO_programming.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-316\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/LOGO_programming.jpg 248w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/LOGO_programming-213x300.jpg 213w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4c19cb6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4c19cb6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8555219\" data-id=\"8555219\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-30e8dc9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"30e8dc9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In 1984, Mr. Belsey worked with his Classroom Assistant, Barbara Beveridge, to develop the first Inuktitut words to describe computer technology.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6e8efdf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6e8efdf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-61cd3a5\" data-id=\"61cd3a5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8370507 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8370507\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"792\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Inuktitut_Computer_Vocab_1984-792x1024.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-337\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Inuktitut_Computer_Vocab_1984-792x1024.jpg 792w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Inuktitut_Computer_Vocab_1984-232x300.jpg 232w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Inuktitut_Computer_Vocab_1984.jpg 849w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 792px) 100vw, 792px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-395b920 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"395b920\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-68d38e6\" data-id=\"68d38e6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0e5c6b9 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0e5c6b9\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In the early 1990&#8217;s he also helped to bring the Internet to the community of Rankin Inlet and established the very first <a title=\"Igalaaq (Inuktitut for Window) -The Rankin Inlet Community Access Centre\" href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/?p=82\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Community Access Centre in the Canadian Arctic called \u201cIgalaaq\u201d<\/a>\u00a0(Inuktitut for window) at the Leo Ussak School. This pioneering work was honoured with the Royal Bank and Conference Board of Canada&#8217;s National Partners in Education Award.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a32ab1a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a32ab1a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-4f72a02\" data-id=\"4f72a02\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cff8413 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cff8413\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"718\" height=\"415\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Igalaaq_logo1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-322\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Igalaaq_logo1.jpg 718w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Igalaaq_logo1-300x173.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 718px) 100vw, 718px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-65aa3c4\" data-id=\"65aa3c4\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f5ffeaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f5ffeaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"275\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/lusschoolcrest.gif\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-230\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e2a64bc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e2a64bc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-53199db\" data-id=\"53199db\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-f9e185d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"f9e185d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"473\" height=\"349\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Igalaaq-Aupilardjuk_Tulimaa.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-325\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Igalaaq-Aupilardjuk_Tulimaa.jpg 473w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Igalaaq-Aupilardjuk_Tulimaa-300x221.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 473px) 100vw, 473px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8f1a4b2\" data-id=\"8f1a4b2\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-18906e5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"18906e5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"756\" height=\"504\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Igalaaq-Charlotte_Lang-son.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-324\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Igalaaq-Charlotte_Lang-son.jpg 756w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Igalaaq-Charlotte_Lang-son-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 756px) 100vw, 756px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-143330e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"143330e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-afebe98\" data-id=\"afebe98\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ad50087 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"ad50087\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/DJauVeu9xAc&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-80bbce4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"80bbce4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9489437\" data-id=\"9489437\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-990ee29 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"990ee29\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Lego_Lab.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-326\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Mr. Belsey taught his students how to code and create robotics projects using LEGO Mindstorms in the 1990s<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-465ff26\" data-id=\"465ff26\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-447baaa elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"447baaa\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"424\" height=\"280\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/1ladies.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-228\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/1ladies.jpg 424w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/1ladies-300x198.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 424px) 100vw, 424px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">First Ladies Aline Chr\u00e9tien and Hillary Clinton View Leo Ussak School Website.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-33 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9fe5c31\" data-id=\"9fe5c31\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-63ad782 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"63ad782\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"350\" height=\"250\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/pm-lus.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-229\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/pm-lus.jpg 350w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/pm-lus-300x214.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 350px) 100vw, 350px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Prime Minister Jean Chr\u00e9tien Views the Leo Ussak School Website.<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f9eef7a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f9eef7a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-efed0b1\" data-id=\"efed0b1\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b31d7d0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"b31d7d0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/7mBUa8akdbQ&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-6f012a8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"6f012a8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e13bacd\" data-id=\"e13bacd\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ab2ce77 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"ab2ce77\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/LCVIUTzG8i8&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5298b17 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5298b17\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b1b0f29\" data-id=\"b1b0f29\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-832a491 elementor-widget elementor-widget-video\" data-id=\"832a491\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;youtube_url&quot;:&quot;https:\\\/\\\/youtu.be\\\/NNGagnyOHAc&quot;,&quot;video_type&quot;:&quot;youtube&quot;,&quot;controls&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"video.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-wrapper elementor-open-inline\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-video\"><\/div>\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-33fbb02 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"33fbb02\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-2b4a752\" data-id=\"2b4a752\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c2e0af elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8c2e0af\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"219\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/02\/2b1-bill-papert.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-318\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9426349\" data-id=\"9426349\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8c404ab elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8c404ab\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"215\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Seymour_Papert_Inscription-215x300.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium size-medium wp-image-512\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Seymour_Papert_Inscription-215x300.jpg 215w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Seymour_Papert_Inscription.jpg 397w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 215px) 100vw, 215px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-d9e5d0d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"d9e5d0d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ff9fb56\" data-id=\"ff9fb56\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-07731fd elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"07731fd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">In 1997 Mr. Belsey was invited to work with Dr. Seymour Papert and Nicholas Negroponte at the world-famous M.I.T. Media Lab to work on issues re. the innovative use of ICTs to support teaching and learning.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1eb9692 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1eb9692\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e6ef61f\" data-id=\"e6ef61f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-08389c1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"08389c1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2b1-bill-negroponte.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-184\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2b1-bill-negroponte.jpg 377w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2b1-bill-negroponte-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a76b032\" data-id=\"a76b032\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9f7a888 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"9f7a888\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2b1-media-lab-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-513\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5ed1c28 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5ed1c28\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3eae5a3\" data-id=\"3eae5a3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-9fe741d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"9fe741d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Bill Belsey with Dr. Nicholas Negroponte at M.I.T.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0acabbd elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0acabbd\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-84379b7\" data-id=\"84379b7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c3a7c2f elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c3a7c2f\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"144\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gk97-wolfenson-marleau.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-201\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8e91f5c\" data-id=\"8e91f5c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-89d99f2 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"89d99f2\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"216\" height=\"156\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/gk97-w-john-manley.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-202\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c8110b6 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c8110b6\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-89919ec\" data-id=\"89919ec\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51d4775 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51d4775\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Mr. Belsey was asked by CIDA, the Canadian International Development Agency and the World Bank to present his thoughts and his work at the Global Knowledge &#8217;97 conference in Toronto on the topic of \u201cUniversal Access to Information and Communication Technologies\u201d. At this conference, former World Bank President, Mr. James Wolfenson, praised the impact of this work. He has also been an advisor to the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the U.S. Peace corps. His pioneering work has been featured at an exhibit at the Canadian Museum of Civilization as one of Canada&#8217;s &#8220;Global Heroes&#8221;.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-17aedf70 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"17aedf70\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1f830acc\" data-id=\"1f830acc\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-4f287875 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4f287875\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><\/figure>\n<p><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_186\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-186\" style=\"width: 345px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill-museum.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-186\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill-museum.jpg\" alt=\"Bill-museum\" width=\"345\" height=\"278\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill-museum.jpg 476w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill-museum-300x242.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-186\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Belsey at the Canadian Museum of Civilization<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<hr \/>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-196 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/roy_c_hill.gif\" alt=\"roy_c_hill\" width=\"285\" height=\"183\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PMA.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-195\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PMA.jpg\" alt=\"PMA\" width=\"518\" height=\"175\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PMA.jpg 462w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/PMA-300x101.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 518px) 100vw, 518px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_99\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-99\" style=\"width: 476px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill-PM.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-99\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill-PM.jpg\" alt=\"Bill-PM\" width=\"476\" height=\"335\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill-PM.jpg 364w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill-PM-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 476px) 100vw, 476px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-99\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill and students meet with former Canadian Prime Minister Jean Chr\u00e9tien.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/NNGagnyOHAc\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Belsey is a winner of the Prime Minister&#8217;s Award for Teaching Excellence in Science, Mathematics and\u00a0Technology. He is also a recipient of the Royal Bank Fellowship from the Mathematics, Science and\u00a0Technology Group at Queen&#8217;s University and the Roy C. Hill Fellowship for Innovations in Education. He has been named as a finalist for the annual Canadian New Media \u201cEducator of the Year\u201d Award. He has also been chosen to be a recipient of the prestigious CANARIE IWAY Awards (IWAY is short for Information Highway). These awards honour Canadians who have made outstanding contributions to Canada\u2019s world-recognized information society \u2013 celebrating innovators behind Canada&#8217;s advanced broadband development and use.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-194\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/nislogo.gif\" alt=\"nislogo\" width=\"154\" height=\"90\" \/><br \/>From 1999 until 2003, he was a Senior Educational Advisor for Canada&#8217;s SchoolNet and was Coordinator for Canada&#8217;s National Network of Innovative Schools (NIS).<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/sdyGzb0Clj0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/arcticcom.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-340\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/arcticcom.jpg\" alt=\"arcticcom\" width=\"329\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/arcticcom.jpg 271w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/arcticcom-226x300.jpg 226w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 329px) 100vw, 329px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Belsey is an author and photographer, among other published works, he wrote and did the photography for &#8220;<em>An Arctic Community<\/em>&#8221; with Bobbie Kalman of Crabtree Publishing.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.iearn.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" size-full wp-image-197 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/iearn-ca.gif\" alt=\"iearn-ca\" width=\"299\" height=\"86\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_193\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-193\" style=\"width: 443px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/iearn-bill-peter_copen.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-193\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/iearn-bill-peter_copen.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Belsey with iEARN founder, Peter Copen\" width=\"443\" height=\"332\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/iearn-bill-peter_copen.jpg 640w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/iearn-bill-peter_copen-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 443px) 100vw, 443px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-193\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Belsey with iEARN founder, Peter Copen<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>For nearly a decade, Mr. Belsey was the volunteer Executive Director for iEARN-Canada, the Canadian chapter of iEARN, the International Education and Resource Network, see <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.iearn.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.iearn.org<\/a><\/span>. iEARN is the world\u2019s largest and most-experienced K-12 professional learning community with over three million members in over 120 countries who share the vision of \u201cConnecting Youth and Making a Difference\u201d by working on international collaborative projects using information and communications technologies.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/chilldsoldier1.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-200\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/chilldsoldier1.jpg\" alt=\"chilldsoldier1\" width=\"383\" height=\"315\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Belsey created the award-winning <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.childsoldiers.org\/\">www.childsoldiers.org<\/a><\/span>, that helped to raise global awareness about the issue of child soldiers with stories, artwork and multimedia expos\u00e9s from youth who have been affected by war. he has since donated this domain to Senator and (retired) Canadian General Romeo Dallaire so that he could continue his work on this important issue.<\/p>\n<p>Mr. Belsey and his students collaborated with Palestinian students in Jerusalem and Canadian soldiers serving in Afghanistan to address the question, \u201cHow do you see peace?\u201d Their online collaboration can be viewed online at<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"> <a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.seeingpeace.net\/\">www.seeingpeace.net<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-190\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Net4Nets_Main.jpg\" alt=\"Net4Nets_Main\" width=\"431\" height=\"355\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Net4Nets_Main.jpg 743w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Net4Nets_Main-300x247.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 431px) 100vw, 431px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-191 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/GSS_Students_Mosquito_Nets.jpg\" alt=\"GSS_Students_Mosquito_Nets\" width=\"378\" height=\"283\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/GSS_Students_Mosquito_Nets.jpg 567w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/GSS_Students_Mosquito_Nets-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 378px) 100vw, 378px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Belsey and his grade five students collaborated with High School teacher Tommie Hamaluba and his students at Gabarone Secondary School in Gabarone, Botswana to collaborate and create <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.net4nets.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.net4nets.net<\/a><\/span>, a project that serves to raise awareness about the issue of Malaria and its affects on children. Mr. Belsey\u2019s students raised funds to purchase mosquito bednets for families in Botswana that were later delivered by their partner students at Gabarone Secondary School.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In 1999 he created the Generations Can Connect project in honour of the United Nations International Year of Older Persons.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IYOP_Logo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-332\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/IYOP_Logo.jpg\" alt=\"IYOP_Logo\" width=\"267\" height=\"231\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Seniors-Connectivity-Conference-Ottawa-Nov.-99.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-331\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Seniors-Connectivity-Conference-Ottawa-Nov.-99.jpg\" alt=\"Seniors' Connectivity Conference -Ottawa Nov. 99\" width=\"435\" height=\"250\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Seniors-Connectivity-Conference-Ottawa-Nov.-99.jpg 435w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Seniors-Connectivity-Conference-Ottawa-Nov.-99-300x172.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 435px) 100vw, 435px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>National Public Radio Interview -The Infinite Mind: Generations CANConnect<\/strong><\/p>\n<audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-183-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Infinite-Mind-Generations-CANConnect.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Infinite-Mind-Generations-CANConnect.mp3\">https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/The-Infinite-Mind-Generations-CANConnect.mp3<\/a><\/audio>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/qFTwI1pRsH0\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>He was asked by the Federal Government to lead the Timecapsule2000 Project.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/timecapsule2000.gif\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-333\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/timecapsule2000.gif\" alt=\"timecapsule2000\" width=\"460\" height=\"609\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/UqYkH7mEL4U\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bill_belsey_bullying.org_ph.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-203\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bill_belsey_bullying.org_ph.jpg\" alt=\"bill_belsey_bullying.org_ph\" width=\"341\" height=\"240\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bill_belsey_bullying.org_ph.jpg 649w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bill_belsey_bullying.org_ph-300x211.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 341px) 100vw, 341px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>He is the founder and President of Bullying.org, an internationally nationally recognized educational organization that is dedicated to the prevention of bullying through education and awareness.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-187\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bullying-banner.gif\" alt=\"bullying-banner\" width=\"583\" height=\"135\" \/><\/p>\n<p>One of his projects, <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bullying.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.bullying.org<\/a><\/span>, was honoured with the Cable and Wireless ChildNet Award, which goes to projects that make the Internet a better and safer place for children. This project was also named as a finalist in the Stockholm Challenge Awards, an award that has been called the Nobel Prize of the Information Technology (IT) world.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bullying.org\/\">www.bullying.org<\/a><\/span> has hosted millions of visitors and contributors and is often listed as one of the top bullying-referenced Web sites in the world.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ftW7GdWIfHg\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberbullying.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-188\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cyberbullying_ca_banner.gif\" alt=\"cyberbullying_ca_banner\" width=\"583\" height=\"135\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/nJudp4Sdvic\" width=\"853\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Belsey also created <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.cyberbullying.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.cyberbullying.ca<\/a><\/span>, thought by many to be the first Web site in the world to address the issue of cyberbullying. He is often cited as the first person to use the word and define the behaviour \u201ccyberbullying\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"www.bullyingawarenessweek.org\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-189\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BAW_Logo_Med.jpg\" alt=\"BAW_Logo_Med\" width=\"576\" height=\"102\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BAW_Logo_Med.jpg 576w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/BAW_Logo_Med-300x53.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2002, Mr. Belsey conceived of, and helps to coordinate Canada\u2019s annual National Bullying Awareness Week, see <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bullyingawarenessweek.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.bullyingawarenessweek.org<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AwardofExcellence.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-231\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AwardofExcellence.jpg\" alt=\"AwardofExcellence\" width=\"228\" height=\"474\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AwardofExcellence.jpg 200w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/AwardofExcellence-144x300.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 228px) 100vw, 228px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cprs_award_small.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-548\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-548\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cprs_award_small.jpg\" alt=\"cprs_award_small\" width=\"720\" height=\"540\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cprs_award_small.jpg 720w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cprs_award_small-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>The National Bullying Awareness Week campaign, created in partnership with Family Channel,\u00a0was honoured as the best national promotional campaign by the Canadian Public Relations Society&#8217;s annual conference in Calgary in June 2005.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.bullyingcourse.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-198\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bullyingcourse_com_logo.jpg\" alt=\"Bullyingcourse_com_logo\" width=\"572\" height=\"111\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bullyingcourse_com_logo.jpg 515w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bullyingcourse_com_logo-300x58.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 572px) 100vw, 572px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In September 2007 Mr. Belsey created and launched Canada\u2019s very first online courses and Webinars about bullying and cyberbullying for parents and educators at <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bullyingcourse.com\/\">www.bullyingcourse.com<\/a><\/span>. Mr. Belsey has created a partnership with Colombia\u2019s CES University. As a result of this collaboration, his \u201cE101 \u2013An Introduction to Bullying for Educators\u201d online course will be offered to educators around the world in Spanish.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cochrane_sign_unveiling_nov_18_2003.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-199\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cochrane_sign_unveiling_nov_18_2003.jpg\" alt=\"cochrane_sign_unveiling_nov_18_2003\" width=\"345\" height=\"258\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cochrane_sign_unveiling_nov_18_2003.jpg 640w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cochrane_sign_unveiling_nov_18_2003-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 345px) 100vw, 345px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2003, Mr. Belsey worked with (then) Mayor Judy Stewart and the Town Council of Cochrane, Alberta to declare Cochrane as Canada&#8217;s first community, Striving to Be, Bully-free&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: left;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\" wp-image-246 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cochrane_Ambassador_2004.jpg\" alt=\"Cochrane_Ambassador_2004\" width=\"387\" height=\"292\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cochrane_Ambassador_2004.jpg 785w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Cochrane_Ambassador_2004-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 387px) 100vw, 387px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In 2004, Mr. Belsey was honoured as Cochrane, Alberta\u2019s \u201cAmbassador of the Year\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>In June 2005, Mr. Belsey was also asked to share his work about bullying and cyberbullying with the United Nations International Research Study on Violence and Children in Bangkok.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Mr. Belsey was interviewed by the late <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Interview: CBC Radio Morningside -Peter Gzowski Interviews Bill Belsey About the Internet, Learning, Literacy and More -April, 1994 in Rankin Inlet, Nunavut\" href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/?p=65\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Peter Gzowksi on CBC Radio\u2019s national \u201c<em>Morningside<\/em>\u201d radio show<\/a>.<\/span>\u00a0CBC Radio&#8217;s Michael Enright interviewed Mr. Belsey about <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Bill Belsey Interviewed by CBC Radio\u2019s Michael Enright About Learning and Technology\" href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/?p=217\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Technology, Innovation and Learning<\/a><\/span>. He has also appeared numerous times on the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Interview with CTV re. Tyler Clementi Oct 1, 2010\" href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/?p=67\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CTV<\/a> <\/span>and <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"CBC Newsworld Interview: Bill Belsey\" href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/?p=57\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBC National News<\/a><\/span>. He has been a consultant to \u201c<em>The Dr. Phil Show<\/em>\u201d, <em>ABC News 20\/20<\/em> with Diane Sawyer, CNN \u2013<em>Anderson Cooper AC360<\/em>. His print interviews have appeared in Parenting Magazine, the Globe and Mail, and the Christian Science Monitor. In an interview with Mr. Belsey on <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" title=\"Interview -CBC The National: Bullied, Battered and Bruised -March 15, 2001\" href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/?p=69\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CBC TV\u2019s \u201cThe National\u201d, Peter Mansbridge<\/a><\/span> referred to <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.bullying.org\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.bullying.org<\/a><\/span> as \u201c<em>One of the best Web sites in the world for children<\/em>\u201d.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cbc_the_national_peter_mansbridge.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-223\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cbc_the_national_peter_mansbridge.jpg\" alt=\"cbc_the_national_peter_mansbridge\" width=\"334\" height=\"232\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cbc_the_national_peter_mansbridge.jpg 334w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/cbc_the_national_peter_mansbridge-300x208.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 334px) 100vw, 334px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bill_belsey_the_national.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-224\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/bill_belsey_the_national.jpg\" alt=\"bill_belsey_the_national\" width=\"307\" height=\"232\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/NTIA2006logo-med.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-204\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/NTIA2006logo-med.jpg\" alt=\"NTIA2006logo-med\" width=\"432\" height=\"135\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/NTIA2006logo-med.jpg 432w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/NTIA2006logo-med-300x94.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/NTIA2006_Billl_Belsey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-205\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/NTIA2006_Billl_Belsey.jpg\" alt=\"NTIA2006_Billl_Belsey\" width=\"432\" height=\"425\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/NTIA2006_Billl_Belsey.jpg 432w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/NTIA2006_Billl_Belsey-300x295.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 432px) 100vw, 432px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In May 2006, Mr. Belsey received Canada\u2019s National Technology Innovations Award from The Learning Partnership and his presentation \u201cChange the World 101\u201d was given the \u201cConference Award\u201d as the most outstanding work presented during the entire gathering.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.wtn.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-206\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/WTN_Banner.jpg\" alt=\"WTS2006banner2.indd\" width=\"400\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/WTN_Banner.jpg 400w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/WTN_Banner-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Biill-Yoko-WTN.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-247\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Biill-Yoko-WTN.jpg\" alt=\"Biill-Yoko-WTN\" width=\"362\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Biill-Yoko-WTN.jpg 622w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Biill-Yoko-WTN-300x248.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 362px) 100vw, 362px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/WTN_Education_Fellow.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-627\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/WTN_Education_Fellow.jpg\" alt=\"WTN_Education_Fellow\" width=\"1001\" height=\"225\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/WTN_Education_Fellow.jpg 1622w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/WTN_Education_Fellow-300x68.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/WTN_Education_Fellow-768x173.jpg 768w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/WTN_Education_Fellow-1024x230.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1001px) 100vw, 1001px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In October 2006, Mr. Belsey was named as a Fellow of the World Technology Network in the Education category at a gala event at San Francisco\u2019s City Hall. At this same ceremony, former U.S. Vice President Al Gore was inducted as a Fellow in the Environment category and Tim Burners-Lee, one of the co-creators of the World Wide Web, was honoured in the Internet category.<\/p>\n<p>In November 2007 he was nominated for the YMCA Peace Medal.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill_Belsey_Universidad_CES_Oct_2009.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-248\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill_Belsey_Universidad_CES_Oct_2009.jpg\" alt=\"Bill_Belsey_Universidad_CES_Oct_2009\" width=\"453\" height=\"604\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill_Belsey_Universidad_CES_Oct_2009.jpg 453w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill_Belsey_Universidad_CES_Oct_2009-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 453px) 100vw, 453px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_234\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-234\" style=\"width: 576px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-234 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Copacabana_Colombia_Sept-m.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Belsey speaking at a conference in Colombia.\" width=\"576\" height=\"432\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Copacabana_Colombia_Sept-m.jpg 576w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Copacabana_Colombia_Sept-m-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-234\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Belsey speaking at a conference in Medellin, Colombia.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>In 2010, Mr. Belsey was the keynote speaker at conferences on Bullying in Medellin, Colombia.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_207\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-207\" style=\"width: 506px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-207\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill_Belsey-Julia_Gillard-986x1024.jpg\" alt=\"ncabfm\" width=\"506\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill_Belsey-Julia_Gillard-986x1024.jpg 986w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill_Belsey-Julia_Gillard-289x300.jpg 289w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill_Belsey-Julia_Gillard.jpg 1030w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 506px) 100vw, 506px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-207\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bill Belsey with (then) Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Sydney-Opera-House-April-10.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-249\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Sydney-Opera-House-April-10.jpg\" alt=\"Sydney-Opera-House-April-10\" width=\"720\" height=\"437\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Sydney-Opera-House-April-10.jpg 720w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Sydney-Opera-House-April-10-300x182.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2010, Mr. Belsey was the keynote speaker at Australia\u2019s annual National Conference on Bullying.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill_Belsey_Senate_Committe.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-233\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill_Belsey_Senate_Committe.jpg\" alt=\"Bill Belsey Presents to the Senate Human Rights Committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.\" width=\"576\" height=\"467\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill_Belsey_Senate_Committe.jpg 576w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill_Belsey_Senate_Committe-300x243.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 576px) 100vw, 576px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Bill Belsey Presents to the Senate Human Rights Committee on Parliament Hill in Ottawa.<\/p>\n<p>In December 2011 he was asked to give testimony about bullying and cyberbullying to the Human Rights Committee of the Canadian Senate. At the end of this testimony, Mr. Belsey encouraged the committee to listen to his students, months later they heeded this advice and Mr. Belsey&#8217;s grade eight Language Arts class submitted the position papers they had written about the topic of cyberbullying as testimony via video conference, the first young people ever to do so before a committee of the Canadian Government!<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/4QAKEYqVYWk\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>In 2012, Canadian Television -CTV, recognized him as an &#8220;Inspiring Albertan&#8221;.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/DwOAqVC0Dkc\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p>Mr. Belsey&#8217;s\u00a0Social Studies class was chosen to host a Canadian Citizenship Ceremony at Springbank Middle School.<\/p>\n<p><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/oVXn2Nj8HhU\" width=\"420\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/queen_prince.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-227\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/queen_prince.jpg\" alt=\"queen_prince\" width=\"443\" height=\"378\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Queen Elizabeth and Prince Philip. (Photo by Bill Belsey)<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-226\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/QE_Diamond_Jubilee_Medal.jpg\" alt=\"QE_Diamond_Jubilee_Medal\" width=\"288\" height=\"373\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/QE_Diamond_Jubilee_Medal.jpg 288w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/QE_Diamond_Jubilee_Medal-232x300.jpg 232w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 288px) 100vw, 288px\" \/><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Diamond_Jubilee_Certificate.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-251\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Diamond_Jubilee_Certificate.jpg\" alt=\"Diamond_Jubilee_Certificate\" width=\"625\" height=\"475\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Diamond_Jubilee_Certificate.jpg 1083w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Diamond_Jubilee_Certificate-300x228.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Diamond_Jubilee_Certificate-1024x777.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 625px) 100vw, 625px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In 2012, Mr. Belsey was awarded the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.gg.ca\/document.aspx?id=14019&amp;lan=eng\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal<\/a><\/span> which honours significant contributions and achievements by Canadians.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Edna_Dach_ATA_Award_Bill_Belsey.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-386\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Edna_Dach_ATA_Award_Bill_Belsey.jpg\" alt=\"Edna_Dach_ATA_Award_Bill_Belsey\" width=\"720\" height=\"548\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Edna_Dach_ATA_Award_Bill_Belsey.jpg 720w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Edna_Dach_ATA_Award_Bill_Belsey-300x228.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>In June 2015, Mr. Belsey was chosen as the &#8220;Teacher of the Year&#8221; by the Alberta Teachers&#8217; Association Educational Technology Council.<br \/>This award was named after Alberta educator Edna Dach.<\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill_Belsey_Bow_Valley_Yamn.jpg\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-561\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-561\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill_Belsey_Bow_Valley_Yamn.jpg\" alt=\"Bill_Belsey_Bow_Valley_Yamn\" width=\"1440\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill_Belsey_Bow_Valley_Yamn.jpg 1440w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill_Belsey_Bow_Valley_Yamn-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill_Belsey_Bow_Valley_Yamn-768x576.jpg 768w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/Bill_Belsey_Bow_Valley_Yamn-1024x768.jpg 1024w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1440px) 100vw, 1440px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Belsey can be seen hiking in his backyard of the Rocky Mountains, sometimes with his students and friend, Ravens End author, Ben Gadd.<br \/><iframe src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/0bU-5uYP4UY\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><br \/>Mr. Belsey now lives in Cochrane, Alberta, with his wife, Helene (also a teacher), and two teenage children. He currently teaches at Springbank Middle School for the Rockyview School Division. To check out his students\u2019 innovative work, do a Google search for \u201cCanada\u2019s Coolest Class\u201d then click on \u201cI\u2019m feeling lucky\u201d, you will be directed to <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/www.coolclass.ca\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">www.coolclass.ca<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.coolclass.ca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-225\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/coolclass_banner_wplane-pb_raven.gif\" alt=\"coolclass_banner_wplane-pb_raven\" width=\"750\" height=\"114\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Mr. Belsey is a much sought-after speaker and presenter on the topics of bullying, cyberbullying, cyberparenting, technology integration, innovation, community development and global education. He has presented at many conferences across Canada and around the world.<\/p>\n<p>If you are interested in having Mr. Belsey present to your organization or at your conference, he is represented by the <span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><a style=\"color: #ff0000;\" href=\"http:\/\/nsb.com\/speakers\/view\/william-belsey\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">National Speakers\u2019 Bureau<\/a><\/span>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-32be83c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"32be83c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"377\" height=\"317\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2b1-bill-negroponte.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-184\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2b1-bill-negroponte.jpg 377w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/01\/2b1-bill-negroponte-300x252.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 377px) 100vw, 377px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\"><\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-67f829a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"67f829a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-cd1a23c\" data-id=\"cd1a23c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-fea790b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"fea790b\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e0b196e\" data-id=\"e0b196e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a129d3c elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a129d3c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1000\" height=\"777\" src=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ATA-Life-Membership-Bill-Belsey-1024x796.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-2360\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ATA-Life-Membership-Bill-Belsey-1024x796.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ATA-Life-Membership-Bill-Belsey-300x233.jpg 300w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ATA-Life-Membership-Bill-Belsey-768x597.jpg 768w, https:\/\/billbelsey.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/ATA-Life-Membership-Bill-Belsey.jpg 1049w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1000px) 100vw, 1000px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Bill Belsey -Biography Bill Belsey\u2019s teaching career has included living and working with the Inuit of\u00a0Canada\u2019s Arctic for nearly twenty years, where he introduced the very first computer in the&#8230; 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