Teacher. Curricular Lead. Settler. Avid reader. Advocate for arts education. Passionate about equity and culturally responsive pedagogy. (She/her)
Ontario, Canada
Joined December 2014
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Ms. Barson retweeted
Make them essential, you cowards @fordnation @Sflecce
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Jan 4: close schools b/c of threatened health system capacity, but school has always been safe.
Jan 17: health system capacity much worse and very little has been done to make schools safer...so let's reopen school.
I want kids in school, but the logic is difficult to follow.
Ms. Barson retweeted
Next year’s PDSB timetable means that with no daily prep every other week, teachers will be given no paid time to phone parents, mark student work, prepare lessons, review IEPs, collaborate with colleagues, differentiate their instruction and more. This will hurt student learning
Ms. Barson retweeted
You know what kills the spirit? Being forced to do something you know doesn't work. @PeelSchools #NoHybrid #HybridHurts
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There ARE problems with vaccine supply. But when there's plenty at a pharmacy in an upscale neighborhood & zero at a hot zone community centre in the same city at the same time...that's not supply. That's misallocation. That's unforgiveable. #EquityMatters
Ms. Barson retweeted
Chauvin is the part of the iceberg above the water. Whether or not he falls doesn’t change the fact the system that buoyed him must be dismantled.
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I was 13 when I saw 4 police officers go free following the brutal beating of Rodney King.
Today my 13-year-old daughter saw Derek Chauvin charged with murder.
We are heading in the right direction. #BlackLivesMatter
Ms. Barson retweeted
Darnella Frazier. Thank you. As a brave 17-year old standing on that curb in Minneapolis, you took out your phone and hit record. You changed the world. No film in our time has been more important than yours. Now the rise-up, the fight, moves quickly forward. Thank you, Darnella.
Ms. Barson retweeted
What’s in a name?
I explored that question for my article: globalnews.ca/news/7755403/n…
Check it out for more on what I heard from linguistics experts, people who’ve had challenges with their own names, how I’ve been saying mine wrong most of my life and why I decided to stop now.
Ms. Barson retweeted
Any folx who demand action after the recent events at AMPA - see this petition. Note that provincial #OSSTF declined to meet with members of @OSSTFD19 @OSSTFtoronto and @OSSTFD20TEACHER. Members doing anti-racist work are being ignored and denied. Its abhorrent. Do better.
Ms. Barson retweeted
Public service announcement: if you did not follow public health protocols this Easter weekend, please do not send your kids into schools this week. We are trying to keep the system afloat.
Sincerely,
#OntEd
Ms. Barson retweeted
I bet if #onted Educators and nurses managed the #vaccine rollout everyone would be vaccinated within a month! They’d probably get stickers too. @fordnation need help?
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An open letter to #osstf and #onted regarding systemic racism and the events of #ampa2021:
modernizingeducation.blogspo…
Consider sharing with your colleagues if you find it of value.
Ms. Barson retweeted
10 Things we should model for students.
Saying thank you.
Not afraid to ask for help
Admitting you don’t know something
Respecting everyone
Showing gratitude
Appreciating others
Offering help to others
Intentional listening
Saying I’m sorry when wrong
Being kind
What else?
Ms. Barson retweeted
Ontario government said it had the backing of province’s medical officers of health to reopen schools, but never showed them the plan dlvr.it/Rs6Gby
Ms. Barson retweeted
Canada! It was 25 years ago that I petitioned the House of Commons by motion to support my call to have February designated as Black History Month in Canada. I received unanimous consent. Today Black History Month is celebrated throughout Canada. #HappyBlackHistoryMonth
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We aren’t all in this together.
Some of us have floor seats.
Some of us are in the nosebleeds.
Some of us are at home, watching this pandemic unfold on big screens.
The more privilege you have, the more protected you are and the more likely to you’re to survive this pandemic.
Ms. Barson retweeted
As a palliative care doctor, a big part of what I do is work with people, caregivers & colleagues to hold space for grief & loss.
Over 14,000 Canadians have died from #COVID19.
Today, I hold space for them.
Here are 10 identities I’m thinking of.
A thread...🙏🏾❤️