It was terrific to hear your inspiring message of teachers as the leaders creating safe spaces in schools where kids are free to dream. Thanks and solidarity.

Looking forward to seeing you at the Aboriginal Education conference, Charlie!

I agree it's deplorable what's happening to academic freedoms in the US, but with so many brilliant Canadian academics facing precarious employment I cannot fathom why we would rush to offer plum posts to Americans.

Not stopping in at Vancouver, Charlie? We'd be there!

He challenged teachers to see that the values we define as uniquely Canadian -- democracy, health care, multi-culturalism and free speech -- come not from European heritage but from untold centuries of Indigenous education. Supporting each other is what Kanata (Canada) is all about. #bced

Niigaan urged #bced teachers to learn the histories and cultures of the Indigenous lands they inhabit and to build relationships with their Indigenous neigbours and students. “That’s what reconciliation looks like, and that’s the power of education.”

Sorry boys, but you've got 35 men and only 8 women in your starter pack. Not off to a very good start.

Sorry, M

I studied under Fred Cogswell at UBC in the late seventies. He was truly a gentleman and a scholar.