Peel English Network

PEN is now on instagram! Follow us @peelenglishnetwork

Attention all PDSB English Teachers! PEN will be hosting a virtual PL session on Wednesday Nov 4th. 4-5:30pm. We are excited to share our ideas. Created in collaboration with FCB. Sign up on Google Classroom! Code: 2ahbri4

Thanks @HKhodai for the sharing this information @vmissc @PeelEngNetwork @JHallinPeel please share as well

On September 23 hear from Dr. Dena Simmons, the Asst Director of the Yale Center for Emotional Intelligence and an Assoc Research Scientist at the Yale Child Study Center about how Ts can create equitable and anti-racist teaching practices & environments facinghistory.org/web2020nat33

We're thrilled to announce that our Sept Plots & Pandemic event is with @farzanadoctor! This virtual meet & greet is free and interactive! Limited spacing. Sept 20, 1-2 pm EDT. To register, email us info@theauthorsbookclub.ca #theauthorsbookclub #NewRelease #canlit #diversecanlit

Writers in the house! Check out this free Arts for Change workshop with spoken word artist, @LifeAsWali, Elizabeth Glen-Copeland and Gloria O'Koye. September 16 from 7-8:30 ✍️🎙️ Register at virtual programs here 👉💻 tickets.brampton.ca/Online/default…

Book lovers! Have you looked at the @FoldKids booklist for this year’s festival? Purchase any of the books on this list from @AnotherStoryTO between now & October 4 & get FREE SHIPPING anywhere in Canada. Sponsored by @SimonSchusterCA!

The schedule is open and registration is now LIVE for #FOLDKids2020! Head to thefoldcanada.org/register to get your spots at our first ever VIRTUAL festival for FOLD Kids! 🎉🎉🎉

Haven’t even listened to this treat yet but I know it will be 🔥🔥🔥🔥& I’ll return to it again & again - Liberating Literature in Our Classrooms and Libraries with @juliaerin80 Pushing The Edge pushingtheedge.org/liberating-lit… via @GregBCurran

Excited for our upcoming fall #collab workshops with @friendscb #tellyourstories @kninquiry @PeelASP @ChitraDeodat @teachpatten @mlle_mcintyre @vmissc Stay tuned for sign up details!

#Bookclubs, which author would you like at your next meeting? Let us know! Wonderful to host @farzanadoctor & the Caledon Women's Book Club! Here's a great list of #canlit authors who want to connect with you. theauthorsbookclub.ca/invite-an-auth… #theauthorsbookclub #Reading #booklovers

For #DisabilityPrideMonth, we invite everyone to revisit these words from FOLD alum @depalm. #CanLit, it's time for change. How can we go about motivating others--and ourselves--to ensure accessibility in our spaces and a truly just world? #MondayMotivation

Join the @woodlandcc and @FacingCanada for a screening of the Mohawk Institute Documentary Site Tour. To donate + register: canadahelps.org/en/charities/w… Every dollar will go toward the @CHCIsaveit and you will receive a full tax receipt through Canada Helps. #IndigenousEd

Have you pub’d a poem/flash in a journal that’s now defunct & struggling to pub it as a reprint? We’ll consider it. #submit to the appropriate category & type #reprint + the title in the subject line. Be sure to tell us where it was 1st printed. Be Well. Write Well. Read Well.

Here is an infographic I made in my course for educators to think about anti-racist approaches to restorative justice! create.piktochart.com/output/4783192…

Wish I was seeing more promotion of Camp Possible, a virtual summer camp opportunity for @PeelSchools students with special education needs. Registration opens Monday. Camp begins Wednesday. So many options to choose from. And it’s free! @ParkholmeSchool

Aspiring & emerging kidlit authors! Registration for PITCH PERFECT at @FoldKids 2020 is NOW OPEN! Pitch Perfect will be virtual this year & is open to writers across Canada! Applications accepted until 11:59pm on August 1. FAQs & application form here: thefoldcanada.org/uncategorized/…