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...
Break Free from Phone Addiction!
Hi, my name is__ and I’m a phone addict. Imagine having the will power to break free from your phone addiction. Maybe you haven’t really thought about how often you’re fully immersed in your phone. However, it’s worth thinking about. Some of us didn’t grow up...
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,...
Mindful Navigation of our Fear Culture
Just because someone tells me to fear something doesn’t mean that I have to. The internet is spying on you. Your microwave is watching! Silliness aside, we are a culture of media projecting fear and I wonder how that’s playing out with our students and kids. I wonder...
Sticks And Stones Empowers Girls By DOVE
I’ve met with many young girls who are being targeted by their peers through hurtful comments about their appearance. Striking out at a girl regarding her appearance is the easiest way to dis-empower her. Most girls will take the insults in without much of a fight;...
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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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