K is for Keeping the Light on Racism
Over the past weekend, I had the interesting experience of being trolled. Wikipedia defines an internet troll as someone who “sows discord on the Internet... Read More
M is for Maps
I posted a South-Up map of the world in my classroom last year. On this map, South America and Africa are on top, and Europe... Read More
L is for Language
During the 2015 federal election, the Liberal party under Justin Trudeau pledged to resettle over 25,000 Syrian refugees. This became a polarizing issue in the... Read More
N is for Native
Oxford Living Dictionaries defines a ‘native’ as “a person born in a specified place or associated with a place by birth, whether subsequently resident there... Read More
O is for The Orenda and Trojan Horse Reconciliation
“[The Orenda] would be well placed, not only on the curricula of aboriginal studies courses, but on all Canadian history and literature courses” (Fraser, 2013, par. 9). As we try to teach for reconciliation, what role should Joseph Boyden’s The... Read More