Oh, Snub! Microaggressions in the Classroom Committed by Everyday Educators
“Should I say something about what was just said/done?” “Am I overreacting?” “Did they seriously think that was okay to say?” “Why do I feel unwelcome and incompetent?” If any...
Hate speech/acts and mediation: A student-led creative anti-hate group and developing policies to follow
How should teachers proceed when they encounter racism, transphobia, homophobia, and/or xenophobia on school grounds? How should they respond to students who casually use hateful speech in conversation? What should...
Why I Turned My Back to Trudeau
During the first weekend of April, two weeks before my final exams of my first year of University I attended a program called Daughters of the Vote, a program in which...
Shaping My Teaching for Inclusive Education for Students with Disabilities
What does it mean when I say inclusive education? This is a fully loaded term, one that policy makers, teachers, administrators, parents and educators still have not fully figured out...
Free Speech Does Not Mean Speech Without Consequences
A few months ago, as I was driving and listening to the radio, CBC Radio reported a story of University of New Brunswick professor, Ricardo Duchesne, being accused of hate...
Changing the way we respond to problem behaviors
The Southern Ontario RSEKN team has focused its efforts on school exclusion in marginalized youth in Ontario. An important area of exclusion relates to suspension and expulsion. Previous blogs have discussed inequality in rates...