Grade 3 students in Whitehorse's Elijah Smith Elementary School braved -28°C temperature and danced Bhangra with me for joy, hope and positivity. We are sharing this pure joy with all school children across Canada and beyond.
YouTube: https://t.co/wvMQfqBxQn
Real freedom- is protecting the people- who are unable to protect themselves. Real freedom, is about community and tolerance and teamwork. Real freedom, is about having knowledge and the wisdom to wield it to help others.
Canadians,
All of us need to help NOW.
Each person who avoids getting infected or infecting someone else TODAY prevents more than 100 people getting infected in the next 3 weeks.
Preventing 100 infections prevents 1 hospitalization.
Whenever you have a choice, think of this.
The @CanPaedSociety, @PedsOntario, and the Pediatric Section of @OntariosDoctors urge Ontario to open schools no later than Jan 17.
"The deteriorating health and well-being of children & youth is also a public health emergency."
Full letter here: https://t.co/2DMLrkgNin
Dr. @kwadwo777 says that schools "should be an essential service" and that closing them down has been shown to have a detrimental impact on kids' mental and physical health. "If we can keep Amazon factories open, if we can keep malls open, we can serve our kids," he said.
From the UNCRC:
-Children have the RIGHT to #education + safety
-Students with learning exceptionalities + #disabilities have the RIGHT to #specialeducation supports
Neither of these translates effectively to a virtual space.
Virtual learning widens disparities.
#onpoli
We need to start getting serious about RATs
Sprinkling RATs to a small portion of cities in Ontario, in limited quantities during business hours, and expecting people to line up in the middle of winter is inhumane
Do the right thing: #FreeTheRATs in a safe & equitable way
there is $450 weekly support for parents that have to stay home to care for their child — especially for those that may miss more than half the work week because of illness/isolation.
please share/send to any families not on twitter.
https://t.co/0sf04jfoNf @parentaction4ed
Doctors like Ripudaman Singh Minhas, developmental pediatrician at Unity Health Toronto, are concerned about kids' ability to succeed in school amid changing COVID-19 restrictions that keep them out of in-person class.
More tonight on CTV National News at 11 p.m.
We're saddened by today’s announcement to close schools.
Read our statement about why in person learning is so important and why we need to ensure schools can resume January 17. #onpoli
As Premier Ford just announced he is going to use "all the tools in our toolbox" to safeguard Ontario, we look forward to having him #FreeTheRATs in an equitable, safe, and accessible way
School closures during the COVID-19 pandemic are having a detrimental effect on students, families, research shows @ErinAnderssen
Featuring @EducatorJess @RSCTheAcademies and me. https://t.co/gVukVqiluC
🚨 We are in a critical C19 situation
Help us #FreeTheRATs for all in a safe, equitable and accessible way by:
1️⃣ contacting your Premier’s office
2️⃣ signing our petitions
3️⃣ using #FreeTheRATs in your tweets
4️⃣ retweeting this information
Province-specific info below 👇
OUTRAGEOUS that these could save lives and instead are on shelves @celliottability They belong to us!!!! Approx 30 million #RapidTests Retweet so @fordnation knows that you want them!!!!!