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Eight big ideas to strengthen public education
Moving from the past to the future: discover eight great ways to improve and strengthen public education.
Category: Diversity
ETFO’s journey to implement and embrace its transgender policy
ETFO wants to make its programs, services and activities more inclusive for transgender individuals. See how!
Teaching about gender diversity with My Prairie Home
The National Film Board of Canada’s film My Prairie Home comes with an educator’s guide which helps to demystify key concepts related to gender diversity.
Dream Big Together: A practical resource to welcome refugee students to our Canadian high schools
As Syrian refugees arrive in our schools, the resource “Dream Big Together” is a valuable tool for teachers and parents to ignite a healthy dialogue on cultural diversity within the school setting.
Walking the talk – Reducing the stigma of mental illness in the elementary classroom
Too often, teachers are left to their own device on how to help children with a wide range of learning disabilities and mental health issues. Ron Muller, member of CTF’s Advisory Committee on Diversity and Human Rights, describes his own experience in starting “courageous” conversations with his students in the classroom about mental health.