1/2To clarify, I was coordinator of the unit that released the document Supporting Transgender and Gender Diverse Students and all props go to Tony Tavares who led the committee that created the document.Tony retired recently but his support of the LGBTQ+
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Dauphin trustees are considering the creation of a policy requiring teachers to obtain parental consent to use a student’s preferred name and gender identity, if they are U16, and inform families about related changes requested by young adults #mbed#wfp https://t.co/oLebQFQK1p
New publication 🚨 Reid Gerbrandt and I are pleased to release "Debunking the 'Mass Grave Hoax': A Report on Media Coverage and Residential School Denialism in Canada." Read the full report on @CHRRmanitoba's website: https://t.co/eHvgdAKf4Y. Here's a 🧵on our key findings:
@TBlashko@mbndp Congratulations Tyler! So glad for you, for lagimodiere, and for all of us in this here Province. Excited to see how you will keep helping people find their way in this well-deserved new role.
it’s provincial election time! that wonderful time when parties compete for our votes by articulating their best ideas and vision for better future
Manitoba PCs: “we will definitely make sure two Indigenous murder victims remain in the dump”
Dr. Marc Kuly speaking about inner city school funding:
“The presence of poverty does not mean the absence of potential.”
Inner city schools could be a community asset if they received equitable funding.
👇👀👀👇. Pretty clear that gov could afford to pay it's workers properly and still make lots of profit. Instead they forced a 5 week strike during summer. #shameful
Liquor and Lotteries pulls in record $741-M profit
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Please read our article The Parental Rights Trojan Horse today in @WinnipegNews.
We object to the regressive politics that the term 'parental rights' often represents and how it distracts from actions that are needed to support students and schools.
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As a parent of a school-aged child, I know that this is currently the practice. Calls, texts, emails, See-Saws, teachers keep parents very informed. And that’s a good thing!
So rather than promising something that’s already happening anyways, how about smaller class sizes?
@nofrillsCA there is currently a protest by anti-vaccine folks who have recently protested the democratic censure of a homophobic school trustee in the parking lot of your main street #winnipeg store. Do you support this use of your space? I don't and won't shop there if you do.
@minewasko@MBGov@enrichedacademy @AudreyGordonMB The Minister of Education has hired a private corporation b/c he doesn't understand the MB Ed curriculum?
The Minister of Education is burning tax payer monies to pay an out of province company when he could have paid school boards to deliver the content?
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If we somehow find $3/4 billion to widen a road, we can never again say ‘we can’t afford it’. Homelessness, transit, active transportation, snow clearing, trees, arts, community centres, even potholes. If we don’t have money for these things, it’s because we choose not to.
In response to the false but common claim that “more information” is needed to prove police harms before removing police in school programs/police involvement, and punitive practices, we’re starting a 🧵 of recent studies, reports, and statements out of cities across the country.