Nick D'Avella

Superintendent of Equity, Diversity, and Indigenous Education at TCDSB

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Bring together the classroom and the Sacred Fire...TCDSB Indigenous Education Resource Teacher, Frank Pio, showcases the Gathering of Nations Summer Camp at the Indigenous Leads Conference at the Airport Marriott.

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Spotlight schools are introduced to a plethora of resources @TCDSB to support culturally responsive pedagogy to help mitigate the effects of poverty. @TCDSBdirector

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Areas 7 and 8 TCDSB Principals hear about the “urgency of now” for a system-wide poverty mitigation strategy called Equity-Poverty Action Networks (E-PANS).

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At the area 5 and 6 principals’ meeting -making the moral case for a system-wide poverty mitigation strategy - Equity-Poverty Action Networks (E-PANs) in the TCDSB...

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Karen Murray: Equity brings tension...teachers must be ready for the conversations...we need allies.

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Spring Dept Heads’ Conference...CRRP is about knowing who is in the classroom...

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Principal, Chris Nazar, speaks of love compassion, and equity at Sacred Heart’s “Autism and All Abilities Day”.

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Dr Pamela Toulouse tells us we are all treaty people.

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Dr Pamela Toulouse summarizes the contributions of indigenous peoples to to the world...fascinating...great learning

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PASSOC: why dance? It’s a portal into culture and history...and it’s engaging and fun...

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The Jeepney is a repurposed military vehicle symbolic of aspirational art...an effective teaching tool...TCDSB/York PASSOC Project.

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Understanding Canadian Immigration Policy is critical to understanding students’ lives migration stories and lives experiences.

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Dr. Kelly at the launch of the PASSOC(welcome in Tagalog) project tells of the importance of culturally relevant pedagogy.

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TCDSB retired principals tell of Irish history, poetry, music, and culture at the launch of Celtic Heritage Month...we are all the richer for it.

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The launch of TCDSB’s Celtic Heritage Month begins with stirring traditional bagpipe music as we prepare to celebrate mass.

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Watching “Speat It” at the OERS symposium: “One of the best things about learning is passing on what you’ve learned. “.

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Avis Glaze: Poverty should not determine destiny.

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Avis Glaze: soft skills are in important-constructive confrontation is a key skill in anti-oppression

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The @FIRSTweets Robotics @TCDSB21C #LOYOLTCDSBTSU session is buzzing with collaboration between @tcdsb secondary teachers and FRC coordinator Paul Keenan #tcdsb21c

[Michael Wetzel @PrincipalJPII]

Assistive technology helps level the playing field for our most needy learners. Great idea for educators who are leading their learning. #LOYOLTCDSBTSU