Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD)
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Gutter Child by Jael Richardson
This is the must-read book of the year and I can’t wait to teach with it.
Angie Thomas, Black Lives Matter, Catherine Hernandez, Cherie Dimaline, civil rights movement, dystopia, Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD), Gutter Child, Jael Richardson, kekla magoon, literacy, OLA Superconference, Scarborough, The Black Panthers, the marrow thieves, the rock and the river, To Kill a Mockingbird
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The recliner and my reading aporia
Tim and I bought a recliner yesterday. I had to put aside my ‘interior designer hat’ for the adventure because it came down to user experience more than user interface in the end. The fella struggles to find all things tall enough to be comfortable, often buying things too wide just so that they’re also…
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Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice
Moon of the Crusted Snow by Waubgeshig Rice My rating: 5 of 5 stars I’m still uncertain about the difference between magic and mythology. The more I read, the more I’m not sure it matters. The vision-like dreams that Evan has in this book that seem prescient and the way he follows his instincts seem…
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Looking back on my PD journey in 2018 in #OntEd
Waking up to more cutbacks in #ontEd funding is never fun. So I decided to look at the data. This post is all about the different ways I developed professionally in 2018. There were so many great happenings around the province this year. It never ceases me to amaze me the passion that Ontario educators…
#pb4t, amnesty international book club, Brian Weishar, BringITTogether, Chelsea Klukas, Colinda Clyne, CONNECT conference, Diana Maliszewski, ECOO, Edugains, Festival of Literary Diversity (FOLD), first nations metis inuit, Jenn Coleman, Jess Longthorne, Leigha Turner, OLA Superconference, Ontario education, ontario library association, Ontario Secondary School Teachers’ Federation, Ontario Teachers Federation, OTF Connects, Pam Eurig, professional development, Sandra Herbst, Sandy Kritzer, Sean Hamilton, self-directed learning, Stephen Hurley, Tina Ginglo, Todd Pottle, Trish Morgan, Upper Grand District School Board, VoicEd Canada
threadbare beauty 