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Jan 84 min read
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 810 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 86 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 82 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 86 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 85 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 83 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 84 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 82 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 83 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 83 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 83 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 82 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 82 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 82 min read
Tables would turn
A poem by teacher Nandini Aggarwal ...
Jan 83 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 83 min read
How to write a motion
What is a motion? A motion brings business before a meeting. Motions contain specific ...
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