Collaborative Teaching Observation

I'm always amazed by how a Professional Development day can energize you. Yesterday I was able to meet a bunch of outstanding teachers doing incredible things in their classrooms. Now I can barely sleep through the night because they have sparked so many ideas and curiosities.  I wanted to write down my thoughts and observations …

Opinion: Opinions

A friend alerted me today to another social media drama post. In this post, a student at the University of Regina was discussing the lack of balance in the education program. She was under the opinion that the university focused too much on the theoretical aspects of anti-oppressive education and not enough on the practical …

150 Project Progress

Although I didn't end up publishing anything throughout the year, I did work on my goal of Indigenizing my teaching. I based my goals off of this list of Acts of Reconciliation. Although this is not a list to be checked off, I have only included the items that I actually completed (not the ones I …

Canada’s 150 – Making the Next 150 Better

2017 was a year of changes for me. I finally completed my Bachelor of Education degree. I moved away from home for the first time. I worked as an EA for the first time. But, for the first time in four years, I was disconnected from the place where my social justice roots were planted. …

Indigenizing My Teaching

The motivation for this project is two fold: firstly, to improve my confidence in teaching Treaty Education, and secondly, to learn more about the people with whom I share this land. Now that I am no longer as connected to the university having completed my BEd, I don't want to slip into a place of …

Introduction to Indigenous Canada

While scrolling on Facebook this week, I found an article online about Crystal Fraser who is publishing a list of 150 things for non-Indigenous people to do to start walking on the path of truth and reconciliation. In the article (linked above), she recommends taking a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) called Indigenous Canada that …

Tapped Out: When Social Media Isn’t Enough

Today, I logged into my Facebook to see more about the Black Lives Matter movement alongside the news of another fatal shooting. Someone had also shared Dr. Marc Spooner's post that comments on John Gormley's "Gormley: Tapping-Out on the culture activism". I wholeheartedly agree with what Dr. Marc Spooner has to say and, as an educator in …

Walking Together Day of Education

What an honour to #walk2gether with you today   

Gender and Sexual Diversity Storytelling with Laura Budd professional development event!

  

Gender and Sexual Diversity Storytelling with Laura Budd professional development event!