Carole Gordon

BCTF 1st Vice-President. Tweets are my own and do not necessarily reflect positions of BCTF. Retweets are not endorsations.

[Carole Gordon @CaroleGordonBC]

@Sportsnet Hey Blue Jays, anywhere else to watch your games besides SportsNet and the occasional Friday on AppleTV?
I pay a premium for SportsNet to be able to watch the Blue Jays but NOT showing our Canadian Felix Auger-Aliassime in the Canadian Tennis Open may make me cancel SporsNet.

[Carole Gordon @CaroleGordonBC]

@Sportsnet @KrRutherford How about showing the Canadian Felix play live on at least ONE of your channels! It’s the Canada Open and you claim to be Canada’s Sports station…yeah, no.

[BC Teachers’ Federation @bctf]

This is why SOGI 123 should not be an election issue - it works👇#BCElection2024 #bcpoli #bced #ITeachIVote

[Carole Gordon @CaroleGordonBC]

I am so sad to hear this. Jessie was direct, supportive, dedicated —one of my first connections when I became active in the labour movement & politics. I was always happy to see her because I knew she wouldn’t hold back in her opinions. Honoured to have crossed paths with her.

[Chris Walker @ChrisWalkerCBC]

These standards (known as JSP) are also why CBC retains the trust of so many Canadians.

[Wilbur Turner 🇨🇦 @queergranddad]

Over 50 people gathered in Kelowna to write postcards to their MPs today for #RainbowEquality. I just counted 179 cards. The big stack of 99 is for @TracyGrayKLC. We used the beautiful You Belong postcards from @AdvocacyCanada1

[Carolyn Howe @TheCarolynHowe]

Since the @sd61schools Police Liaison Program issue has the most incredible legs, here is a long response from my perspective, an elementary teacher in the system, and union representative.
It starts by acknowledging that the issue has been a PR godsend for a struggling VicPD.
1/

[BC Teachers’ Federation @bctf]

BC teachers stand with our colleagues in Saskatchewan, who are fighting for the fair class size and composition that all students deserve! We know that our working conditions are also our students’ learning conditions. @SaskTeachersFed #skpoli

[BC Teachers’ Federation @bctf]

Conservative Leader Pierre Poilievre’s comments represent a huge step backward in our movement toward a more inclusive and accepting society. It’s discouraging to see trans women, who represent a small and vulnerable segment of the population, being used for political gain… 1/2

[BC Teachers’ Federation @bctf]

Teacher shortages, anti-SOGI protests, Surrey school space… 1st Vice-President @carolegordonbc covers it all in a midterm report with @jodyvance on @CKNW. Listen here: https://t.co/yT2iexHm7I #bced #bcpoli

[Carole Gordon @CaroleGordonBC]

Emotional as @LaverCup session 2 starts. So happy I can be here with my 82 year old mom to watch her favourite sport live. #lovemom #LaverCup.

[BC Teachers’ Federation @bctf]

We all need to organize against efforts in #cdnpoli and on #bced school boards to take Canada backwards. When youth are supported and free to be themselves, they thrive. American-style right wing rhetoric will cause harm, pain, and make schools less safe. https://t.co/YpHZgsD0NC

[BC Teachers’ Federation @bctf]

.@ClintJohnston7 says parents deserve answers to Qs like, "Is this the teacher my child’s going to have all year? ... Is there a teacher for my child’s class, or is it someone who’s backfilling just for a little while? And, sometimes ... is this teacher certified?” #bcpoli #bced

[Carole Gordon @CaroleGordonBC]

It’s a beautiful evening to wait with thousands of others on foot, bike and boat for the fireworks at English Bay. #Vancouver

[Carole Gordon @CaroleGordonBC]

Some me-time with my favourite team!And picked up a Chappy Couture for my kid when I get back to BC tonight.
🤫Don’t tell him I wore it! #NextLevel

[BC Teachers’ Federation @bctf]

BCTF stands with @UniteHere40 and the @bcfed in their fight for fair wages and job protections at the Sheraton and Radisson Blu hotels in Richmond. We do a lot of our meetings there and won’t be back until workers are treated fairly. #bced #bcpoli

[Carole Gordon @CaroleGordonBC]

@TheBogie74 Looking forward to the BCFed Regional Conference in PG, especially the panel on Sunday.

[Carole Gordon @CaroleGordonBC]

Spoke to UBCO teacher candidates this morning on the advocacy, supports & benefits of the BCTF, and the rights of members and their responsibilities — individually & collectively — to students, to each other & to community. @bctf 1/3

[Carole Gordon @CaroleGordonBC]

And acronyms. I talked about acronyms.
PSA (Provincial Specialist Association)
@BCPVPA
@CUPEBC
@BCPSEA_
@BCSTA_News
@BCCPAC
@BCSups
Where’s the cheat sheet? They couldn’t keep up. 😊
3/3

[Carole Gordon @CaroleGordonBC]

Also gave a shout out to @TheBogie74 to follow him on Twitter and see an example of the amazing advocacy local presidents do on behalf of staff & students to make schools inclusive & welcoming places. #SOGI #ElectionsMatter 2/3