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Media Literacy and Serious Fun in the K-12 Classroom
How do our learners navigate and understand news on social media? How might dis-information impact their understanding of race relations? Of pandemic science? Of their own culture? This webinar will use a cross-curricular approach to focus on practical, stimulating, and critical thinking strategies for embedding media literacy frameworks into any curriculum. We will focus on …
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Providing Subject-Focused Leadership on Current Issues
The Ontario Family Studies Home Economics Educators’ Association (OFSHEEA) recognizes that the world is changing at a faster rate than curriculum documents can be updated. In order to support the educators in our subject area, we have been developing advisory documents to support curricula related to topics such as diet culture, First Nations, Métis, and …
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Diverse Identities and Voices in the Classics Classroom
The ancient Greek and Roman worlds were highly diverse and included a wonderful spectrum of cultures, peoples, religious beliefs, and identities, a variety which is often misunderstood or underestimated today. This webinar will explore elements of the curriculum in Latin and Classics with a particular focus on identifying key opportunities to discuss diversity in gender …
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Decolonizing Voice – Whose Voice Is It? – POST LINKS
The Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada’s Calls to Action in 2015 and the Calls for Justice in 2019, underscored the need for today’s students to learn about Indigenous issues, knowledge and history. All leaders in education need to be aware of appropriation challenges facing educators and how to do this work in a positive …
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Curating for the Classroom
Have you ever walked into an Art Gallery and wondered how or why the curator put the collection together just so? As educators, we are constantly trying to help students get to just the right resource to spark their inquiry. How can we curate resources for our own learning, for our collective learning, or our …