From the Editor
The spring issue of Voice is our Environment issue, focussed on teaching climate justice, environmental stewardship and equity.
Poverty
Building in and with Community
Anti-Poverty Activist Paul Taylor talks about growing up under Mike Harris, political and systemic solutions to food insecurity and rejecting the charity model.
Addressing Poverty in Elementary Schools
ETFO podcast Elementary: A Podcast from the Elementary Teachers’ Federation of Ontario addresses issues of importance for ETFO members. Many teachers and education workers are faced with issues of poverty in their classrooms.
Canada Is Overdue on Promise to End Child Poverty
Twenty-five years have passed since Canada made a commitment to end child poverty in Canada by the year 2000. The commitment was aimed at Canada’s children, but we all stood to benefit. On November 24, 1989 all parties in the House of Commons unanimously passed this all-important resolution.
Unions and the Capacity to Make Social Change (From the President)
In January, Oxfam, a worldwide development organization that mobilizes the power of people against poverty, sent out a press release indicating that 85 of the world’s richest people are as wealthy as the poorest half of the world.
Building Community, Building Success
Late last spring, our principal announced to the staff that we were going to offer a free field trip to every student in our school. She told teachers to plan a one-day, curriculum-related field trip, anywhere we wanted.
Nutrition for School Learning
Did you know that 148,000 school-age children live with chronic hunger in Ontario and 5,900 children in northern Ontario use food banks?
Poverty and Schools in Ontario: How Seven Elementary Schools Are Working to Improve Education
Darlene Ciuffetelli Parker from Brock University, and Joe Flessa from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education at the University of Toronto – studied 11 schools in poor neighbourhoods. Their case studies focus on seven of these schools and what they do every day to ensure that all students are provided with the best opportunity for success.
Cooking for Life
Our school, Queen Elizabeth P.S., is located in a low-income community. A number of our grade 8 students come to school without lunch, or they bring packaged convenience foods – less healthy choices.
Project Overseas, Sharing Leadership Worldwide: Learning and Teaching in Uganda
My primary assignment as a Project Overseas participant in Uganda was to facilitate, with my Ugandan co-tutor, a series of workshops in early literacy for Ugandan teachers.