Christine Shaw

Please check out this humble Google Site that I and other volunteer educators just launched to host Ontario Ministry of Education resources for those who cannot access the Virtual Learning Environment: onted.ca What else do you want this site to do? 🤔

4 Steps to Get Started With Translanguaging blog.tesol.org/4-steps-to-get…

Dare I say that EVERY classroom should have their own home language library. It’s easy to make!! This one was made from donated books from the students’ parents in one of my G5 classrooms. #homelanguage #multilinguallearners #multiliterate

How to support your child’s mental health through the pandemic - translated from @SMHO_SMSO smho-smso.ca/covid-19/paren…

We are so excited to share that we are part of the Adopt A School at Coles in Jackson Square. Please donate and support Bennetto’s Library #IndigoLoveofReading #AdoptASchool @HWDSB @RSHWDSB @chaptersindigo

Culturally inclusive or diverse books are not just for #Multilinguals. ALL learners benefit from hearing stories & #reading books abt people who are different from them. Empathy is grown from stepping in the shoes of others & walking in them. Books build #empathy.

Afghan women around the world are sharing images of themselves wearing traditional clothing under the hashtag #DoNotTouchMyClothes. The campaign is a response to the Taliban’s new dress code for female students in Afghanistan ⤵️

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Joe is amazing! We had a live stream series for students last year. Check out his Patreon. This plant medicine teacher is reclaiming Anishinaabe names for species. Why that could be good for the planet cbc.ca/radio/thecurre…

Combining convergent and divergent thinking allows us to think laterally. Sketchnote via @sylviaduckworth

As we start back to school in Ontario, educators may be interested in listening to the Three Essential Roles of Monolingual Teachers - podcast by @TanKHuynh tankhuynh.com/monolingual-te… #CRRP #equity #multilinguals

Wat to go @HWDSBLakeAvenue ! #loveit #multilinguals

"...it is essential that educators create a space where students can bring the pride they feel for their race and ethnicity, and develop an appreciation for diverse racial and ethnic identities." greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/f…

What services did you use when you arrived in Canada? How did you find them? Complete our survey and help HIPC develop a Directory of Services for Newcomers in Hamilton. Find the survey here: forms.office.com/r/pLLtHgXJ0V

Beating the drum. Let’s continue to push thinking, change mindsets, and rewrite the narrative. #multilinguals

Calling all teachers unions! 📣 We need your help to tell your members about Truth and Reconciliation Week: a free week of educational programming for students to learn firsthand from Indigenous Elders, Survivors, and leaders from nations across the country.

@dougpete @schilling_ms @ZuhalYeniceri @amelialibertuc1 @karenosstf @laura___black @Gopirai13 @MeaghanBurden @TeacherParker @PatriciaRevel11 @stacieberman01 @islandhome22 @MrsNWhitehouse @kara_dymond @nick_ngafook @TRyanGregory Thanks Doug for the mention!

#FollowFriday - Active Ontario Educators - @schilling_ms @ZuhalYeniceri @amelialibertuc1 @karenosstf @laura___black @Gopirai13 @MeaghanBurden @TeacherParker @PatriciaRevel11 @stacieberman01 @islandhome22 @MrsNWhitehouse @HWDSB_ESLELD @kara_dymond @nick_ngafook @TRyanGregory

Check out the upcoming podcasts on the 'Unleading' website from @YorkUeducation 'We are challenged to question common sense assumptions of schooling, to acknowledge the partiality of knowledge, & to be in the practice of unlearning.' yorku.ca/edu/unleading/…

NO I AM NOT PLANEED TO NOVEMBER, I haven’t even met my students yet, I can’t plan for/with them when I don’t know who they are or how their intersecting identities will form our classroom community. This add is now blocked, no thank you @madlylearning #studentvoicematters