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Joy as collective action: BCTF hosts first Anti-Racism Symposium
What we can do is focus on creating spaces where marginalized voices are heard, where everyone listens with respect and an open mind ...
Jan 8, 20254 min read


Bargaining 2025 begins: Meet the Bargaining Team
With our collective agreement expiring this June, now is the time for the Provincial Bargaining Team members to be seconded from their ...
Jan 8, 202510 min read


Real Acts of Caring program promotes intentional acts of kindness
Real Acts of Caring (RAC) is about doing something caring and kind for others and not expecting anything back ...
Jan 8, 20256 min read


Teaching for Peace lesson plan
Ask students what peace means. Work with your class to come up with a definition for the word peace. Write this on the whiteboard ...
Jan 8, 20252 min read


Understanding GenAI through Indigenous ways of knowing
Lately, I have found that a great many conversations with fellow teachers inevitably circle around to the complexities of teaching ...
Jan 8, 20256 min read


Edible Education: Teacher goes the distance for food programs
Brent Mansfield has been passionate about food his whole career. He wove it into his teaching practice as a classroom teacher, worked in ...
Jan 8, 20255 min read


Black Dandyism lesson plan
“Isn’t that just dandy?” A common yet dated turn-of-phrase to indicate that something is excellent or ...
Jan 8, 20253 min read


Fostering STEM confidence in girls: The WISE Girls toolkit
Representation is powerful, especially for young children who benefit greatly from seeing successful individuals who look like them ...
Jan 8, 20254 min read


President’s message
As we step into this new year, we enter into the last six months of our current collective agreement ...
Jan 8, 20252 min read


SOGI lessons from Kindergarten to Grade 12
Over the past few years, SOGI 123 has taken a fair bit of criticism from some parents and community members ...
Jan 8, 20253 min read


Learning in the Primary Years: A story of meaningful collaboration between teachers and government
When Janine Fraser, President of the BCTF’s BC Primary Teachers’ Association (BCPTA), got up in front of a crowd of 600 people ...
Jan 8, 20253 min read


BCSSTA conference: Invigorating practice for social studies teachers
This year’s annual BC Social Studies Teachers’ Association (BCSSTA) conference, held at UBC, started out with a lot of excitement ...
Jan 8, 20253 min read


BCAMT conference: PD adds up for math teachers
How many times is a toilet flushed in New York City during a commercial break of the Super Bowl?
Jan 8, 20252 min read


Teaching and learning in the Columbia Valley
A 6:30 a.m. call can seem early, especially on a dark winter day, but it is also so exciting! It means ...
Jan 8, 20252 min read


Tables would turn
A poem by teacher Nandini Aggarwal ...
Jan 8, 20252 min read


Book reviews
The Weird Sisters: A Coop, Some Goop, and a Sandwich is a delightfully funny children’s chapter book, written by local author and ...
Jan 8, 20253 min read


How to write a motion
What is a motion? A motion brings business before a meeting. Motions contain specific ...
Jan 8, 20253 min read
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