Inspiring the Pursuit of Greatness
Allison Ebanks considers strategies for empowering young women students in our classrooms and challenging the stereotypes that hinder them.
Features
The Ontario Fail-to-Fill Issue
Zaiba Beg and Todd Rimmington consider the causes and impacts of the fail-to-fills.
High-Rise Heroes
Ashleigh Doherty writes about organizing with students and community members for housing equity.
Interview with Candy Palmater
Voice in conversation with Indigenous writer, humourist and broadcaster Candy Palmater.
Black Students and Their Families
Dawn Samuel considers best practices for inclusion and engagement, focusing on promoting positive interactions with Black students and their families and acknowledging histories and experiences of systemic discrimination.
Opening Hearts and Minds
Melissa Rabess and PeggySue Bacon reflect on their experience of Project Overseas.
Nature-Based Education
Tanya Murray celebrates the growing cultural and educational movement toward nature-based education and inquiry as a way to create powerful learning experiences with and for our students.
Flamingo Rampant
Gordon Nore considers the importance of representing the diversity of our classrooms and communities in the literature we teach.
2019 Collective Bargaining
ETFO has a long history of advocating for and negotiating significant improvements to educator working conditions and student learning conditions. There’s no doubt that our collective efforts have helped make Ontario’s public education system one of the best in the world.
It’s Never Too Early!
Sangeeta McAuley emphasizes the importance of creating community and ensuring representation by introducing Culturally Relevant and Responsive Pedagogy (CRRP) early and continuing to ensure it is part of the curriculum we teach.