Miguel Guayasamin

@ResendesJacob @CycMahoney @vendittiprestam @HCDSB Best part was the impromptu collab on that song between @ResendesJacob one of our most reserved students in front of the whole class. #yupwetalkedaboutbruno

Awesome end to the week! Spending time together playing Wordle, Kahoots, and even singing a duet of “We don’t talk about Bruno!” with students & staff. #RootedInRelationships #Connection #HCDSBbelonging #AlternativeEducation @CycMahoney @SocialWorkMig @vendittiprestam @HCDSB

Today in our Healthy & Active Living class, we applied our learning of the 3-part Brain and Dialectics to the #COVID19 pandemic, & how #DBTSkills can help us navigate day-to-day challenges! #AlternativeEducation @SocialWorkMig @CycMahoney @vendittiprestam @HCDSB_MHWB

Powerful conversations in our ENG4C and GLE classes today on intergenerational trauma. #AlternativeEducation @ThomasMertonalc @HCDSB @CycMahoney @SocialWorkMig

Thank you Fauzia Agbonhin for sharing your award-winning poetry and powerful art with us at today's School #SocialWork Symposium, Decolonizing Education: Engage, Dismantle & Change. Fauzia's #truths are required reading in #decolonizing education: ow.ly/xjJk50GP1Si

"In these times, we need more upstanders, not bystanders. Bystanders react. Upstanders respond." Thank you to @unlearn_com's Lakhdeep Dhaliwhal for helping us bring it all together to close out an incredible day!

On decolonizing education in Ontario @DrAnnLopez shares, "Educators are coming to understand that the centrality of Eurocentric learning must be dislodged. How do we disrupt and build? We are beginning to build this understanding, and this is the boldness, this is the joy."

Thanks @drgtab @BLoveSoulPower @GillyParekh @DrAnnLopez @JeanAugustine07 @PatriciaCodner @charlineGrant @camillelogan @NickBertrand9 & more for sharing your wisdom & energy with 350+ participants at today's Symposium. #SocialWorkers, it's time to move from inspiration to action!

Inspiring words from the Hon. @JeanAugustine07, "What you are doing as educators, social workers, community leaders, is helping students reach their *full* potential. We must be intentional in our efforts to eliminate structural biases and barriers to build an equitable system."

@ON_SocialWork @DavisJSW1 amazing work as a school social worker definitely started at the @DPCDSBSchools and she continued to bless those she worked with @HaltonDSB but we currently have the pleasure of calling her one of our own at the @HCDSB. Congratulations, well deserved!!

For 33 years, OASW has proudly hosted the School Social Work Symposium, exploring topics that impact the experience and value of #socialwork in school-based mental health. Be a part of our history, and join us for our 34th year! bit.ly/2WnRqCf

Thrilled to be hosting @YorkUeducation's Dr. @GillyParekh, @OISEUofT's @DrAnnLopez & @survivorssec's Laura Arndt to discuss intersectional experiences at our School #SocialWork Symposium. Join us Nov. 16 to explore #decolonizing approaches in our schools: bit.ly/2WnRqCf

Awesome GROUP session yesterday with students on the 5-factor model of CBT. Great conversations and tonnes of practical application & reflection. #AlternativeEducation @SocialWorkMig @CycMahoney @ThomasMertonalc @HCDSB_MHWB

Imagine if all schools operated from a #TraumaInformed lens. Think of the impact that would have on #StudentSuccess & #StudentWellbeing ⬆️ attendance & graduation rates; ⬇️ suspensions & risky behaviours #OntEd #NecessaryForSomeGoodForAll @SocialWorkMig @CycMahoney @kimkthompson

Great Group session today led by @SocialWorkMig on Mindfulness. Loved this video by @KevinHart4real on “returning to the breath” when our mind wanders. Great example! @Headspace Meditate With Kevin Hart| Meditate With Me | Laugh Out Loud Network youtu.be/egjWRWOUME4

We worked hard today in #alted learning, truth seeking and reflecting @ThomasMertonalc. Thank you to our @BishopReding friends for contributing. You are awesome! @HCDSB @HCDSB_CYCs

What a powerful and inspiring retreat today led by @CycMahoney and @SocialWorkMig for our students in #AlternativeEducation on Truth and Reconciliation. Feeling grateful. Thank you for your leadership! Pics to come! @HCDSB @IndigenousHCDSB @ThomasMertonalc

Sporting our orange for #OrangeShirtDay2021

We made a commitment as a group. Peep our affirmation tree underneath 🖤🧡💚🌈 @SocialWorkMig @ResendesJacob @ThomasMertonalc @HCDSB

Great way to end the week — love this team!! And lucky to be a part of it. #AlternativeEducation @SocialWorkMig @MissMillarCYC @vendittiprestam

Give this a read and let’s talk about this too. #BellLetsTalk