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

There is a wealth of Black history in our province, from Vancouver Island’s Governor James Douglas in 1851 to William Allen Jones ...

Resources from the BC School Counsellors' Association to support students, educators, and communities after the devastating events in Tumbler Ridge.

When the March edition of Teacher magazine went to print, the atmosphere in our classrooms and union was markedly different... Since then, an unfathomable tragedy occurred at Tumbler Ridge Secondary School where a shooter took the lives of 8 people and injured 27 more.

Below are excerpts from Catherine Oikawa’s journal reflecting on her experiences in Canada’s Internment Era: A Field School. This field school is a two-week intensive experience open to Japanese and non-Japanese Canadian teachers...

For the past several years, I have taught a cross-curricular Coast Salish art unit with my Grades 3–4 classes, and this year I adapted it for a Grades 2–3 class.

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.

When I first started teaching, I quickly realized how little awareness there was about Ramadan in many school communities.

The March edition of Teacher magazine is gearing up for the BCTF’s Annual General Meeting (AGM) ...

As the provincial museum with a mandate to reach British Columbians across the province, the Royal BC Museum’s location on the southern tip of Vancouver Island is an impediment, especially for students and teachers.

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.