BIPOC 2050 Project takeover edition: Centring BIPOC voices and experiences
The May/June 2023 edition of Teacher magazine is a first for the Federation: it is the first written entirely by...
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Why representation matters
I grew up in a suburb of Toronto in the 1980s and 1990s as the daughter of Caribbean immigrants, and the only Black student in my class...
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Where I am from: Poetry and reflections from the BIPOC 2050 Project
Over the past several months, members involved in the BIPOC 2050 Project have hosted gatherings...
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Truth telling
Dr. Nicola Campbell eloquently shared, “It is a sacred responsibility to witness, recount, reflect and knowledge embodied within...
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The burden of representation
Standing out as the only person of colour in a room is not a new experience for me...
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Summer reading list
BIPOC authors recommended by BIPOC readers
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Sher Vancouver Podcast: Celebrating queer and trans BIPOC stories
As educators, it is our hope that all students and staff feel comfortable and safe at school...
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Reflections on teacher identity: Race, gender, and the struggle for “legitimacy”
Over spring break, Natasha and I met to catch up—and discuss facets of our teacher identity...
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Putting your name forward: Q&A with Rick Kumar and Marilyn Ricketts-Lindsay
Q&A with Rick Kumar and Marilyn Ricketts-Lindsay, recently elected to the BCTF Executive Committee
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I’m me, be you
A free-verse monologue on identity, representation, and self
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From language to action
An introduction to the Anti-Racism and Anti-Oppression Office
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Celebrating community identity
Until recently, I didn’t quite understand why creating a class-room community centred around equity mattered to me...
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Building belonging for Indigenous students
In my first class, on my first day in the Native Indian Teacher Education Program in 1995, the professor asked me, “Why do you...
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BIPOC teachers supporting students
We gathered some perspectives from former students who were a part of Rockridge Secondary’s Youth Alliance for Intersectional Justice...
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Beyond the calendar: Teaching holidays through themes for cultural understanding and empathy
Grouping holidays by themes can be a great way to teach about different cultural traditions...
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Anti-racism in science class
It may seem like anti-racism is best left to the humanities, but that is not true...
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