2018: AWSNA Teacher Development Conference Social Justice. Practitioner Action Research on Diversity approved for Jen Deathe thesis development.
Land Acknowledgement work: Indigenous speakers with students:
New Grade 4 Winter Trip to Everlasting Tree School
Phillip Cote- https://muralroutes.ca/member/philip-cote/ Did mural at corner of Spadina and Dupont.
Ojibway storyteller, White Pine Dancers: Aaron Bell Subject: Re: Earth day April 24, visit to a school
KAIROS Blanket Exercise.
LGBTQ+ Workshop
Presenter: Kevin Godin: special project co-ordinator for equity and inclusive
education with the Ontario English Catholic Teachers’ Association
– learn vocabulary to answer children’s questions
– bring some of this content to middle school students
– honour children’s burgeoning identities
– ensure actions are reflective/manifesting inner intentions
– create inclusivity for families
– build collective awareness as faculty and all be resources around this topic
– increase language awareness
– break down challenge of restrictive grammar rules/use
– realize subtleties around what we might be conveying through language and actions
that we can become more conscious of
– broaden view by experiencing world from many different perspectives
– create safer spaces for LGBTQ+ community at school
