A wondrous sight greets visitors to Lena Shaw Elementary School, one of the largest elementary schools in Surrey. In the north hallway, under a sign reading, “The Lena Shawp,” there is a rack of clean coats, lunch bags, and backpacks and seven bins filled with shoes and neatly folded clothing.

The final bell rings and the sound of excited, happy voices echo down the hallways marking the beginning of the long-awaited summer break.

Teaching Punjabi at Princess Margaret Secondary School has been more than a profession for me: it has been a passion and a commitment to preserving language...

When I immigrated to Canada, the transition was far from easy. I arrived with hope, of course, but also with the weight of uncertainty, cultural complexity, and the quiet struggle of learning to belong.

Helen Park recalls her upbringing in small-town Saskatchewan fondly. There, she learned what it means to build community.

The sounds that greet the start of the school day have changed dramatically over the 15 years I’ve been teaching. The morning start used to be filled with students chatting or doing dances and silly things.

There are heart-stopping events in life that cause us to become more philosophical. A cancer diagnosis; the death of a loved one. In my mid-40s, 20 years into my teaching career, I experienced these events simultaneously.

My name is James Darin Corbiere. I am Aanishinaabe, Bear Clan from Wii kwem koong on Manitoulin Island, Ontario. I am a former police officer and Indigenous language teacher living in Langford on Vancouver Island.

Burnout is a hot-button topic these days. Unfortunately, for us as educators, it is ever-present too, and misunderstandings and misrepresentations about it do more harm than good.

Rural schools are often beset by unique challenges and opportunities. They are ecosystems all on their own with just the right levels of pH, moisture, and temperature to incubate oddities and quirks.

When I first started my journey of personal development work to learn new skills, boost my confidence, and achieve goals I had set for myself, I had no idea it would have such a huge impact on my pedagogy as a teacher.

In a social studies classroom, the world is always closer than it seems. Maps paper the walls, and students have access to books and resources about the world around them. But the most meaningful learning about place ...

As language is the medium of almost all educational instruction and communication is key for building community and belonging, it is vital that we recognize when a student may be experiencing language-based learning challenges ...

If reading comprehension is built on language, why isn’t explicit language instruction a focus in every classroom?

As I kick off my second year as an inclusive education teacher, I find myself reflecting on the many moments—some joyful, some overwhelming, and all deeply meaningful—that shaped my previous year.

École Puntledge Park Elementary has a history of celebrating the festive season with a focus on compassion and empathy. Students in the Everybody Deserves ...

As unions across the province take up collective bargaining and set picket lines to demand fair working conditions and wages, solidarity across sectors is more important than ever.

The Peace River region of BC is home to a small percentage of the province’s teachers, but geographically the region is sizable. Its schools are spread out over hundreds of kilometres in BC’s northeast, near the Alberta border.

A checkers-inspired board game used in our school years became one of the most memorable and effective tools for learning we encountered as students.

Neurodivergent students often feel different, excluded, and deeply misunderstood, especially in a school system that just doesn’t seem to be designed for their moving bodies and dopamine-driven focus.