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Inuk leader Mary Simon named Canada’s First Indigenous Governor General

Posted on July 7, 2021
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CBC News, www.cbc.ca This is fabulous news indeed! My fervent hope is that she also advises the Government of Canada on improving matters relating to the land, preservation of natural resources and improving the lives of all Canadians, particularly those in remote places of the North and Indigenous Canadians....Read more

Post-truth — I sincerely hope not!

Posted on September 1, 2020
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A number of years ago, while a student in Central Michigan University’s MA program, the prof entered the classroom on day one apologizing profusely. We checked the time on the wall clock, double checked on wristwatches and on cell phones. No, she was not late so what was it? She...Read more

Restorative Practices

Posted on August 29, 2020
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The storm before the calm — typical of many teachers, I find my stomach churning. Though tired, I didn’t sleep much last night either. Starting August 31, teachers at my school are back to work with PD and prep — sort of — beginning online with colleagues and led by Garth...Read more

Robotics and Best Practices

Posted on August 16, 2019
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Today a group from First Robotics Canada, Six Nations Polytechnic STEAM Academy and the Hamilton-Wentworth Catholic District School Board met to move FRC7509’s strategy forward for the 2019-2020 academic year. The meeting was productive and gave me both a lot to reflect on and to do. Chris Mara’s name came up...Read more

Robotics in 2019-2020

Posted on August 13, 2019
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STEAMTeamRobotics (FRC7509), and I as mentor, learned much in our rookie year, justifying our motto: Not bad for a rookie team! We won the off-season STEMley Cup Championship in the fall of 2018 in Hamilton. During spring 2019 official competitions, we made it to the quarter finals at the Humber...Read more