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Equity

High-Rise Heroes

Ashleigh Doherty

Ashleigh Doherty writes about organizing with students and community members for housing equity.

Gender Neutral Language

Melissa Major

On this year’s day of pink (or on any given day in your classroom) consider challenging your class to spend at least one full day erasing the forced gender binary from all spoken and written speech by using gender-neutral language.

The Hero in Us All

Barbara Cogan

Creating a school wide program that integrates equity, character values and social justice.

Black-Focused Content Matters

Natasha Henry

Natasha Henry reviews the recently released Sankofa Collection, a trailblazing anthology of Black history with a focus on the Canadian context.

Building Community

Mandi Hardy

The point of talking about privilege is not to make people feel bad, or guilty; it is that recognizing privilege is the only hope we have of breaking down the system to make it fairer for everyone.

All-Gender Cabins and Their Place in Trans-Inclusive Spaces

David Stocker

In June of 2013, students at City View Alternative School in Toronto’s west end cut the ceremonial ribbon across the door of a multi-stall, all-gender washroom. Simultaneously, they began a cultural mind shift in the way our school community could dismantle systemic transphobia.

Beyond Black History Month

Lauren Beckford in Conversation with Natasha Henry

I recently participated in a curriculum workshop for teachers hosted by Natasha Henry.

Self-Identification and Participation in ETFO

Rachel Mishenene and Carol Zavitz

Understanding the difference between equality and equity can be difficult. A simple activity in which a group of people sit in a circle and place their shoes in a pile at the centre can demonstrate the difference.