Kristen Owen 🏳️‍🌈

Enseignanx de 8é année (iel) // grade 8 teacher (they/them)

[edutopia @edutopia]

"One of the toughest challenges that students face when they walk into classrooms is they feel tense. They're worried about being put on the spot."

—@Kareemfarah23, a teacher who says blended learning has reduced his students’ anxiety levels

[United Macedonian Diaspora @UMDiaspora]

Happy @SkopjePride and to all #Macedonians celebrating #PrideMonth in #Macedonia and around the world! #LoveIsLove #HumanRights #SkopjePride

[Black Girl Hockey Club @BlackGirlHockey]

The cat's out the bag - yes #BGHC will be taking over Toronto April 10-12th!! We're going to be all over Toronto that weekend culminating in the @MapleLeafs game April 12th. We can't wait to show you all what we've got planned!

[TheCanadian_Libary @CanLibraryA_I_R]

Kits are ready to go! Looking for volunteers to help cover books, with beautiful Indigenous fabric, for The Canadian Library art installation.

Please contact [email protected] on how you can be a part of this amazing project!

[YorkRegion @YorkRegion]

Racial slur made Aurora Tigers team see red, now they’re in the pink as national award finalists. #Aurora #hockey #GoodDeedsCup https://t.co/Y90zjQDX6U

[YorkRegion @YorkRegion]

"It’s not clear to us whether this is going to be a gradual increase with very little impact on acute care or whether it's going to be a precipitous increase, and we're certainly hoping not," Dr. Barry Pakes said. #YorkRegion #coronavirus #COVID19 https://t.co/nSV8PBdF68

[Radio-Canada Sports @RC_Sports]

[FAITS SAILLANTS] Le Canada conserve une fiche parfaite de 2 à 0 avec leur victoire de 8-4 contre la Suisse. L’équipe de Mark Ideson affrontera la Lettonie pour leur troisième match. 🥌

#Beijing2022 #RCparalympiques @CurlingCanadaFR @CDNParalympique

[York Region DSB @YRDSB]

ICYMI: Beginning in 2023-24, all YRDSB students will take Understanding Contemporary First Nations, Métis & Inuit Voices as their Gr. 11 ENG credit.

Watch this video to learn more & hear from students who have recently completed the course. https://t.co/8vO1b86mAl

[York Region DSB @YRDSB]

1/4 - The news that 169 potential unmarked graves were discovered at the site of the former St. Bernard Mission Residential School in Grouard, AB further validates the horrifying testimonies survivors have been sharing.

We join Indigenous communities in mourning.

[edutopia @edutopia]

Code-switching can help with confusion caused by vocabulary limitations during conversations in the target language.
https://t.co/yCdvK2bDQJ

[David Fisman @DFisman]

A reminder ahead of todays very serious Ontario press conference: masks are the easiest, cheapest tools we have for further reducing disease transmission right now

[Facing History @facinghistory]

As we continue to follow the disturbing news of the invasion of Ukraine, we know your students may have questions. Use our Head, Heart, Conscience teaching strategy to help them process, discuss, and understand current events in real time.

https://t.co/CKryB7iFS8

[Easter Seals Ontario @EasterSealsON]

The COVID-19 Disability Survey is an initiative to record the experiences, concerns and needs of people with disabilities during the COVID-19 outbreak and recovery period.

For more information, please visit: https://t.co/0LEMtgRjHq

@AbilitiesCentre

[Facing History CAN @FacingCanada]

Celebrating #BlackHistoryMonth is important, but to create inclusive education spaces means incorporating Black histories, voices, & perspectives in classes year round. Thanks to Pamela Donaldson, Associate Director, FH Office of Equity & Inclusion, for working with us on this:

[Paige Tutt @tatertutt]

So what can be done?

I wrote about what schools can do to combat the impact of #sizeshaming, #fatphobia, #weightstigma, and #bias on students for @edutopia: https://t.co/6v36LRqfcN

[Radio-Canada Sports @RC_Sports]

Plus qu’une semaine!

La cérémonie d'ouverture sera présentée, en direct le vendredi 4 mars 2022, de 6 h 30 à 9 h HE sur @icirctele, et en rediffusion à 23 h 05.

C’est un rendez-vous du 4 au 13 mars! 🔽
https://t.co/ER3Iz8yu1k

[NPR @NPR]

🧵 Thread: Russia’s attack on Ukraine means there’s a stressful news cycle ahead of us. The reality of conflict is always a shock to the system.

Here are 5 ways to cope.
https://t.co/L3NR6BONZt

[City of Markham @cityofmarkham]

Drop off new or gently used baseball bats & gloves & soccer equipment until February 28, 2022.

All donations to support growing the game of youth baseball & soccer in Eabametoong First Nation & supporting physical activity.

Bin locations: https://t.co/JM1YBHaLZt

#MarkhamCares