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World Teachers’ Day
World Teachers’ Day is an opportunity to highlight our profession. In addition to celebrating the excellence we see in our neighbourhood classrooms, it is an important opportunity to also raise the...
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Buy Local!
The title comes from a mantra we often hear with produce and other food products. Wikipedia describes it: Local purchasing is a preference to buy locally produced goods and services over those...
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3pm to 6pm
After school activities have always been a major concern for parents. Over the last two decades, this has been a growing concern with both parents often working, and young people having reduced...
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Not Just Here
IF YOU RECEIVE THIS POST VIA EMAIL YOU WILL LIKELY HAVE TO GO TO THE SITE TO VIEW THE VIDEOS EMBEDDED BELOW. Sometimes I feel like we are the only district or province talking about school system...
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Smart and Caring
In a recent address to members of the Canadian Club of Vancouver, the Governor General of Canada, His Excellency, the Right Honourable David Johnston, talked about Canada being a “smart and caring...
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A National Conversation?
In reading the Programme for International Students (PISA) results, Canada is broken up by province, while all other nations report as countries. Of course, this speaks to the responsibility of...
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Keeping a National View
I was pleased to contribute to the recently published paper – Shifting Minds 3.0 – Redefining the Learning Landscape in Canada. The paper is authored by Penny Milton, the former long serving head of...
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7 COVID Edu Trends That Will Stick
In education we often live with one foot in the present and the other in the future. And this has been more true during the COVID-19 pandemic. We are both making changes on the go as we match...
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