Recognizing First Nations, Inuit and Métis in Canada On June 19th, 2019, a new professional standard came into effect for K-12 public school teachers in British Columbia. This change may have been off the radar for many, but it impacts 72,000 teachers and hundreds of thousands of stud
Many of us speak English, but what do we use it to speak about? How often do we use this language to name and understand the beings beyond human civilization? When we cannot name Micah White, a community organizer and author of The End of Protest, worries that, “when we cannot name th
Indigenous Perspectives Over the past two years the Province of British Columbia has started to implement a new curriculum for students in Kindergarten to Grade 9. Over the next two years the new curriculum will be implemented for students in high school. This overhaul represents chan
During my Master of Education program, I read an article in which the author speculated that the future belonged not to monolingual English speakers, but to multilingual people who could better understand and converse with people from different language backgrounds. I keep that in min
High School Today I am a high school teacher, but sometimes I don’t really understand what is going on with high school students. This is High School is a Canadian documentary series following high school students, teachers, and administrators during the school year at a public
July 1st was Canada day and, for the first time (maybe ever), I was feeling very proud to be Canadian. Being Canadian, for years, was just about my passport and where I grew up. But things have changed. My partner just moved over from London, UK two days after Brexit. We’ve been
English Sounds Different in England I am on holiday in London, England. April 23rd was the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare’s death. Shakespeare’s prolific work inspired new vocabulary and phrases still used today. Have you ever “been in a pickle?” (The Tempest
Something new and uniquely beneficial With 25,000 Syrian refugees meant to arrive in Canada in the next months, there has been a surge of interest in supporting newcomers. In terms of language support, I believe we can develop something new and uniquely beneficial, for both newcomers
Vancouver: tres semanas después Hace poco más de tres semanas regresé a mi ciudad después de dos años y dos meses de vivir y estudiar en un lugar diferente. No voy a hablar directamente de grandes choques culturales ni diferencias de ciudades o idiosincrasias. No quiero hablar de eso
