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From personal growth to classroom transformation: Bringing the study of self to life
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.
Jan 74 min read


Stories as a lens: Teaching students to navigate complexity through understandings of place
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 ...
Jan 74 min read


Developmental language disorder: Its impact on literacy and beyond
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 ...
Jan 75 min read


The importance of language in the classroom
If reading comprehension is built on language, why isn’t explicit language instruction a focus in every classroom?
Jan 75 min read


Curiosity, care, and collaboration: Empowering school-based teams in an inclusive 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.
Nov 5, 20256 min read


Everybody Deserves a Smile: Teaching empathy and living compassionately
École Puntledge Park Elementary has a history of celebrating the festive season with a focus on compassion and empathy. Students in the Everybody Deserves ...
Nov 5, 20254 min read


Solidarity across sectors
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.
Nov 5, 20255 min read


Peace River region local profile: Opportunity and innovation rooted in community
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.
Nov 5, 20256 min read


Beyond checkers: How a Filipino game revolutionized learning through math, science, and inclusion
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.
Nov 5, 20254 min read


From compliance to connection: Shifting how we support neurodivergent learners
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.
Nov 5, 20255 min read


What can teachers do to feel hopeful?
Hopefulness is not my natural orientation. It’s something that I’ve really struggled to find. For a long time, I didn’t know what to do to help myself feel more hopeful. Hopelessness always got the best of me.
Nov 5, 20255 min read


Amplifying youth voices for menstrual equity and education
On May 3, 2025, the students from Project RED’s after-school club brought Canada’s very first Youth-Led Period Symposium to Vancouver!
Nov 5, 20253 min read


Discovering Paldi: A journey of history, culture, and connections
As a high school teacher, one of my core missions is to provide students with opportunities to learn both inside and outside of the classroom. The best lessons often happen when students are immersed in the richness of history, culture, and the connections we share with the past.
Sep 16, 20255 min read


Teacher profile: Thais Pimentel Cabral
Anti-oppression work has been the focus of Thais Pimentel Cabral’s pedagogy for her entire career. Last year, she was awarded the Intercultural Trust Award at the BC Multicultural and Anti-Racism Awards, which aim to honour advocates who combat racism and create a more inclusive province.
Sep 16, 20255 min read


Sexual health education is safety education
You’ve likely seen the infamous scene of Coach Carr delivering the sexual health lesson from the film Mean Girls. The coach says, “Don’t have sex; you will get chlamydia and die.”
Sep 16, 20254 min read


Mirrors, windows, and voices: Building inclusive libraries through inquiry
Last school year, six teacher-librarians from School District 68 Nanaimo Ladysmith came together to form a Teacher Inquiry Program project focused on making our libraries more welcoming, inclusive spaces for all students.
Sep 16, 20254 min read


From barriers to belonging
Twenty-one students sit in rows at xylophones and glockenspiels, mallets in hand, waiting to strike. While I teach them to wait for the conductor, they anticipate a count in and ready themselves to strike the bar with relative accuracy.
Sep 16, 20255 min read


Beyond recall: Forging future-ready learners with concept-based teaching and AI as our ally
After three decades as a middle-school teacher in British Columbia, primarily supporting students with diverse learning needs, I’ve experienced many educational changes and reforms.
Sep 16, 20255 min read


Building belonging through movement: The heart behind the Comox Valley Inclusive Track Meet
When we first envisioned an inclusive track meet here in the Comox Valley, it was with a simple but powerful goal: to create a space where students with disabilities could feel celebrated, empowered, and—most importantly—valued.
Sep 16, 20253 min read


Sparking dialogue across districts: A sustainability conference for teachers and students
Sustainable development is not just a catchphrase or a current fad in our world; it is a way of living that helps advance policy development to create long-lasting change for future generations.
Sep 16, 20255 min read
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