I started my journey as a 5 year old at Willow Way PS & today, 20 years later, I am proud to be joining the #peelfam as a occasional teacher with @PeelSchools. I am filled with overwhelmingly joy. I hope I do it justice ❤️
Us: Defund the police!
Ontario Government: What?! Huh?! How?! What would that even look like?!
Us: Exactly what you're doing to healthcare and education....but also using that money to fund alternative solutions and social services in communities.
Due to inclement weather conditions, all PDSB schools and buildings are closed today. All buses are cancelled. Closure of all schools means cancellation of all activities in schools, including childcare, night school and permits. NO CLASSES WILL BE HELD IN PERSON OR ONLINE.
This.
I had to wait 4 hours in the ER with my 90 year old grandpa because no doctor is seeing in person patients due to the Omicron surge...but yes...send all the kids back to school when you haven't changed anything.
Makes sense. Lots of sense.
The Sikh Empire fell ~70 years before this picture.
Partition would happen ~30 years after this picture.
I think about this shot often. Why were these men fighting far from home? Who were they fighting for? Celebrating their personal sacrifices & bravery.
#RemembranceDay
I asked my students what their #1 concern about school was this year. Almost ALL my online students said "feeling neglected because half of us are online vs in class"
And while I am doing my best to combine the two worlds, it is exhausting for everyone. #HybridHurtsKids
Happpppy Back to School #OntEd! It was a busy day but a GOOD day today, glad to be back, hoping this week will help me reset my TERRIBLE summer sleep schedule 😂
ATTN: PDSB families
Please remember to fill out the 2021-22 Learning Model Options survey if you haven’t yet. The last day to do so is July 30, 2021. A reminder message with the link was emailed today.
I was in highschool when the new curriculum was introduced. Literally went from learning it to teaching it 13 years later.
& honestly I can tell you high school is nothing like it was when I was in it.
#onted
For those who don’t know, the current secondary (9-12) science curriculum will be as old as our grade 9 students next year. I began teaching when we called it the “new” curriculum, over 13 years ago. The original iPhone was also new at the time. iPads hadn’t been invented yet. 😂
Me closing my laptop today after the WEIRDEST 2ND YEAR OF TEACHING and first real LTO ever. 😭😭😭 #OntEd#hellosummer
Going miss the students at @bcssbucks, they really made this school year amazing!
I lived in London, Ontario for 6 years. I promise you, #islamphobia and #racism is very real for EVERY person of colour who lives there.
My heart goes out to this community ❤️ sending all my love. And for non Muslim friends please just LISTEN to and support the community.
A family of 5 in London, ON were deliberately struck by a motorist just for being Muslim, 4 have died.
Don’t tell us #Islamophobia doesn’t exist in Canada. Don’t tell us racism doesn’t exist in Canada.
Don’t tell us that the hate we feel every day for just existing isn’t real.
A parent called me today just to tell me thank you and say she appreciated how much effort I put into making my class accessible for all the kids in it. And how "sometimes you just need to hear that you're appreciated, especially now"
I just ....🥺🥺
#thankyou#onted
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Never, ever, ever go to a colleague's classroom without permission to drop off forms/etc. or to remind a colleague of x, y, z.
By interrupting BIPOC teachers in class you are telling students that your authority is more important than the BIPOC teacher's authority in class.