Miss Dee

Defender of the Oxford comma, bagel sandwiches, and empathy. Lover of math, middle school teacher.

[Miss Dee @heymsdee]

If you have the ability and the tools to shape a better, more inclusive world, please take the time to do so.

[Jason Bradshaw 🇨🇦🇧🇧 @JBradshaw01]

This is a former teacher and failed school board trustee candidate publicizing a teacher’s name and workplace to target them for harassment or worse. This endangers the teacher AND the school.
@PeelSchools, @PDSBDirector, please take action! #OntEd

[Miss Dee @heymsdee]

What a fantastic teacher! She just doesn't stop!! 🌈

[Deborah Buchanan-Walford @DeborahBWal22]

Dear media who we love for your tireless work, please stop parroting the word "absenteeism" when talking about people quarantining so that everyone can be safe. It's irresponsible and technically libel, since absenteeism means not showing up for no apparent reason. #OnPoli #OntEd

[Jason Bradshaw 🇨🇦🇧🇧 @JBradshaw01]

The fact that the one part of the back to school plan that boards and the ministry seem most fixated on is contingencies for when there’s not enough healthy staff to run classes is really telling… #OntEd #onpoli

[Dhananjai Kohli @Kohli_DJ]

Stop calling it absenteeism! Front line workers aren't coming into work because they ARE SICK, and a lot of them are taking that time unpaid, because the @fordnation refuses to implement paid sick days in Ontario!

[Jason Bradshaw 🇨🇦🇧🇧 @JBradshaw01]

How come everyone is talking about re-opening schools for kids' mental health and no one is talking about maybe not grading them during a global pandemic? I guarantee you that worrying about scoring 90 on a test while a loved one is hospitalized is not so great for mental health!

[Jason Bradshaw 🇨🇦🇧🇧 @JBradshaw01]

This can’t be for real! I hope he has a new appreciation for every educator who has had to “pivot” between in-person, remote, and hybrid learning multiple times this year with no notice, prep time, or a staff of people rushing to get the tech they need. #OntEd #onpoli

[Rosé Bautista @DesmondCole]

the provincial police order is yet another invitation for our neighbours to call the police on us. in addition to cops looking for us on patrol, they're also racing to answer Karen's call, as they always do

[Rosé Bautista @DesmondCole]

the police have always maintained that their stops are never "random". when they say "we won't do random stops," they're saying every time they stop someone, it will be for a good reason

the word "random" is not in the government order. this isn't the victory people think it is

[方老師 🤜🤛🏿 @albertfong]

Before we rejoice and celebrate police statements, remember to ask:

WHO gets to decide what is RANDOM?

#onpoli

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

Enhanced restrictions may be needed in Ontario, but we must be cautious of more policing.

Low-income racialized people (many are essential workers) have a history of being over-policed. They've also been hardest hit by #COVID19.

We can't police our way out of this pandemic.

[Naheed Dosani @NaheedD]

I'll never understand how we got to a place in this pandemic where we are pushing more policing before paid sick leave.

#COVID19ON

[Dr. Jill Andrew, PhD (she/her) @JILLSLASTWORD]

.@SylviaJonesMPP says #POLICE have temp power to stop "anyone" that is outside of their residence asking them where they are going and where they live. Has Jones considered how RACIAL PROFILING may play into this? BIPOC folks more likely to be 'on the streets' heading to work!

[Jason Bradshaw 🇨🇦🇧🇧 @JBradshaw01]

I’m sorry, but what has the ministry/government done to improve remote learning? Because I’m pretty sure that they didn’t invent Google Classroom, Meet, Teams, Zoom, or even D2L.

The government didn’t “pivot” to remote learning. Educators did. #OntEd #onpoli

[Joy Henderson (she/her) 🇵🇸 @Joyhenderson78]

Watch how quickly and how hot they come for Black & Indigenous women the minute they aren't nice, or mess up, or simply do something folks don't like.

That should tell you to how they structure their anti-racism values and beliefs.

thoughts from nature walk with a good friend

[Miss Dee @heymsdee]

To the teachers who think racism doesn't happen in your school. Perhaps it's because the people most acutely aware, the ones experiencing it, aren't safe to call it out.

[Miss Dee @heymsdee]

White Educators, if your attempts to prove that you're "anti-racist" include acting while ignoring what your racialized colleagues are saying... you're doing it wrong.

[Travis Dhanraj @Travisdhanraj]

Ed Min @Sflecce accused of scrubbing social media of critical comments

“It’s definitely censorship. He’s silencing the voices of the people he is supposed to serve & represent in government. It’s not OK” said Gr. 11 student @cmsmolenaars #onted #Onpoli

https://t.co/zGObeqkpoM

[Jason Bradshaw 🇨🇦🇧🇧 @JBradshaw01]

@PeelSchools I understand that @PeelSchools is just the messenger, and I appreciate that, but I’m legitimately curious why the board and the government always talk about prioritizing student mental health, but they can’t just let a snow day be a snow day.