Media Advisory/REMINDER: Minister Oda to Launch CIDA's International School Twinning Initiative

OTTAWA, ONTARIO -- (Marketwire) -- 02/05/12 -- The Honourable Beverley J. Oda, Minister of International Cooperation, will officially launch CIDA's International School Twinning Initiative (ISTI) and announce the school boards and schools, both Canadian and from the developing world, selected to participate in this pilot phase of the ISTI.

Minister Oda will participate in a real-time exchange with students from Antigua Grammar School in Antigua and the country's Minister of Education.

Date:       Monday, February 6, 2012
Time:       10:00 am
Location:   Summit Alternative School
            250 Holland Avenue
            
            
            Ottawa, Ontario

Contacts:

Justin Broekema

Press Secretary to the Minister of International Cooperation

819-953-6238

justin.broekema@acdi-cida.gc.ca

Media Relations Office

Canadian International Development Agency (CIDA)

819-953-6534

media@acdi-cida.gc.ca