Pink Shirt Day beyond just wearing pink
It’s all good and fine to wear Pink as a community. Yet, on Pink Shirt Day 2020 there is so much more a school can do to teach about bullying and to improve students’ social behaviour. After all, wearing pink doesn’t actually make us kind! Bullying...
Bullying? Why Me?
Over the years I’ve wondered why I’m so hell bent on putting a stop to bullying. Like most normal people, I feel really sad imagining a child being bullied; it’s just so hard to feel alone and hurt. When I think about a kid deciding that life is not worth living...
Self. Other. Community. Imperative Education Event for Schools & Businesses. July 24th!
Imperative Education is hosting an event for schools and business leaders. We’ll delve into three important components of a healthy, connected life: self, other, and community. Let’s face it – both schools and businesses can use some time to reflect...
Anti-Bullying in Action Workshop
Anti-Bullying in Action has students holding an honesty mirror up to themselves as a community, and they have fun doing it! My workshop, Anti-Bullying in Action, is unique as it has students holding an honesty mirror up to themselves as a community, and they have fun...
This Bleeding Heart…on Trump’s Incarceration of Immigrant Children in America
Am I the only one who is overly emotional nowadays? Is it because I’m a human rights advocate and an antibullying educator? Is it just me? Am I just a silly, liberal bleeding heart?  I see children ripped from their mother’s arms in our neighbouring country,...
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Hello! It’s Jodi, founder of Imperative Education. You know, ever since I can remember I’ve been interested in how people communicate… how relationships are formed. At McGill University, I studied Communications so that I could take this focus from intuition to fact, and from serious interest to passion. I decided to become a teacher, like so many, to make a difference and that initial goal hasn’t paled at all throughout the years
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