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...
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...
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,...
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...
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;...
Parents are oftentimes confused by their children’s activities online. From Tumbler to Instagram to Askfm. com – it’s all so confusing, and there’s so much of it! It’s just so hard to keep up. You are busy, working, making sure the family is clothed, fed, and safe yet...
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