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For its tenacious reporting and continued commitment to recognizing the full history of the Indigenous community, Stolen: Surviving St. Michael’s wins a Peabody Award.🏆 See what else our esteemed Board had to say here: peabodyawards.com/award-profile/… #PeabodyAwards #StoriesThatMatter

“Often depression and adolescence looks like a very prickly porcupine who is annoyed by everybody,” @LDamour tells @EzraKlein. She shares approaches to help teens struggling with mental health. nyti.ms/3BYhFQU

These generous school boards purchased passes for all of their teachers, staff, admin and students. If you’re a part of one of these boards but you haven’t seen the email or you don’t know the code, DM @TheFOLD_! Thank you @HWDSB @HCDSB @YCDSB @DDSBSchools @PeelSchools.

Looking for strategies to improve physical literacy in your programs? Book the Introduction to Physical Literacy workshop to see what more you could be doing to encourage #PhysicalActivity and #PhysicalLiteracy in your community: loom.ly/gmk4USA

Informative video of Dr. Anita Archer describing what reading intervention looks like in the J/I grade levels. Highly recommend that J/I teachers and support staff watch this youtu.be/wbVRcu5orhg /1

@BurlingtonHydro Power out on east side Mullin Way. No answer on 1-877 number when calling to report

⚠️There is a risk of heavy snow & strong winds in our region tonight through to tomorrow. Weather-related power outages could occur. If an outage occurs: ☑️Call to report the outage 1-877-310-4937 ☑️Check our outage map: bit.ly/3VmwS75 ☑️Check for tweets

Treaties Recognition Week (November 7-12, 2022) honours the importance of treaties and highlights opportunities to raise awareness about treaty relationships and their relevance today. #TreatiesRecognitionWeek #TreatyON

The countdown is on! Treaties Recognition Week (TRW) begins in 2 weeks!⏰ An important part of reconciliation is learning about our shared history with Indigenous people and how treaties continue to shape the province today. Ontario.ca/treaties | #TreatyON

Educators! Is Nov. 7 marked on your calendars? BEFORE Fall Break? How will you honour International Inuit Day, ᐃᓄᐃᑦ ᐅᑉᓗᐊᓂ? Celebrate Inuit and amplify their voices. Links in ⬇️digital poster: tinyurl.com/bdfxrn6c #Inuit #GSACRD_Waniska #IndigenousEducationEveryday

The Near North District School Board has EVERY school signed up for I Read Canadian Day on November 2! How about some other boards matching? Great thanks to the amazing @Readergirl4 for making this happen @ireadcanadian @ONLibraryAssoc @kidsbookcentre @CdnSchoolLibrar @CANSCAIP

Guess who the Author of the Month for ⁦@chaptersindigo⁩ is??? This guy! 25% off all David A. Robertson Books. Offer Valid Until October 31, 2022. | chapters.indigo.ca chapters.indigo.ca/en-ca/books/%2…

On September 26, join us as we commemorate Truth and Reconciliation Week with a reading of “When We Were Alone”, by author @DaveAlexRoberts The event is hosted by @NCTR_UM. events.hubilo.com/trw2022/regist….

Teachers — looking for content to add to your lessons on #OrangeShirtDay? A special CBC Kids News discussion “Reconciliation in the Classroom" premieres live on YouTube Tuesday, Sept. 27 at 9 a.m. ET & will be available all week to honour the #NationalDayForTruthAndReconciliation

General admission to all 10 Toronto History Museums is permanently free! Plan your visit now: toronto.ca/museums

📣Friday Feature📣 Here are some questions that may help you to take action after engaging in professional learning sessions. Instead of doing an exit ticket, try this action ticket that asks critical questions that may get you to act immediately, the next day, and long term:

She was a storyboard artist at Pixar when she pitched an idea about a sentient dumpling and won an Oscar. Now she’s releasing Turning Red, a film about a Toronto teen who morphs into a giant red panda—and it’s going to be huge: torontolife.com/culture/how-do…

One of the best articles on anti-Black racism (& focused on Education) is @tanitiamunroe article. Not only is it Canadian but has SO MANY hyperlinks to key articles, reports, journals to dive deeper. theconversation.com/how-to-curb-an… everyone in #OntEd needs to read this.

Please join us on Monday at 7pm EST for #rethink_learning chat with hosts @bbray27, @kyriakixt and myself with guest host @Scandela9. We are talking about Having an Optimalist Mindset". @WhitneyMarie_F @GregSederberg @StaffPodcast @ShiftParadigm @stephenkelley85 @socialstudiestx