Derik Chica
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Parent. Award Winning Teacher 4 Equity, Social Justice, & Human Rights. OSSTF CPAC Vice-Chair. Latine w/ Indigenous Ancestry. Lead Guidance Counsellor. HBSc BEd
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Did you miss our "Beyond Just a Career" Panel last Latin-America History Month?
Hear from amazing community members
@DerikChica
@IxchelBennett
@CrisAlexG
Flor Aviles
@MatiasdeD
&
@matt_webbe
, facilitated by
@AndreaVasquezJ
@tdsb
#LAHM
#tdsb
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Rant 🧵.
I’ve been in non-stop calls with students. Guess what their
#1
mental health concern is?
It’s not in-person learning…
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#onted
#SafeSchoolsON
#FordFailedThePeople
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They, and their families, are getting COVID.
They are trying to focus on school and their graduation plans despite being bedridden with sickness.
They need to focus on their health and rest. They want to do well in school. This is causing stress.
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So if you’re advocating for opening schools for the sake of mental health for students, where is your equity lens?
Where will you be when students and families living in already marginalized spaces get COVID?
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Tutoring is another form of privatization.
A well funded, and equitable, public education system should not require tutoring.
#onted
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This is not one or two students. In the past week it’s about 25-50% of students I talk to, in some way or another.
Catching COVID causes mental health chaos.
Opening schools without significant investment in safety is going to amplify this and we are not prepared.
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Guess who my students are?
They are the marginalized people so many like to theoretically talk about.
This advocacy to open schools for “mental health” mentions nothing about isms and phobias which makes it inequitable. There is a conversation there.
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I am a teacher. I am not a curriculum robot.
I will teach consent, Truth and Reconciliation, and gender/sexual diversities. Equity policy will let me do this.
I will not bring my classroom back decades because
@LisaThompsonMPP
decided to turn “curriculum” back decades
#ONpoli
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It’s horrifying to think that during this pandemic Ford’s thought process was…there’s profit to be made here…
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I jus got kicked out of
#onted
legislature.
I did it for my children & my students.
What this gov is doing is wrong & every1 needs to speak up.
@fairwagesnow
Phone Zap Wed -
@parentaction4ed
Rally Thurs -
#39kIsNotEnough
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CUPE OSBCU: We want an ECE for every classroom.
Lecce: No.
CUPE OSBCU: …
Lecce (turning to the public): I care about kids not like these greedy unions.
#onted
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Listening to the OLRB ruling on
#Bill28
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What I’m getting from this is that we all have no absolute rights in Ontario.
This is terrifying and cannot go unpunished.
#GeneralStrike
#IStandWithCUPE
#39kIsNotEnough
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1st, to the haters. Since when is it "normal" to go to work scared for your health, your life, and your family's lives? It is our right not be scared at work and our employer (in my case, the gov) needs to put measures in place so we aren't afraid. That is law, not just words.
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We, the ppl, are not stupid & won't be fooled by "PR". We consistently see institutions attempting to silence ppl who support Palestinian Human Rights. This is rooted in racism against Palestinians. We know MPP Sarah Jama was attempted to be silenced for this exact reason. 2/9
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Like most people, I care more about issues than I do about political parties. I want a party that takes principled positions on national and international issues. This will help me, and others, trust politicians more & show up to vote. 3/9
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I genuinely felt unsafe. This law exists for a reason and people fought hard to get it into law. I hope that the system will recognize its limitations and complicities in outbreaks and people's health if it does not change.
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Tired of seeing misinfo about teaching salaries in
#onted
⬇️ Our teaching salary scale, straight from our contract.
Each step is a year experience.
Grp 4: You ~ need a bachelor degree + teaching degree + some sort of specialization/masters.
Why should we get a raise? 1/2
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It happened. I got COVID. I’m ok so far.
Tomorrow
@fordnation
@Sflecce
mandated that masks are optional in public school, despite boards asking opposite.
Why? For votes.
We don’t know enough about long COVID but we know it exists.
Remember this on June 2.
#VoteFordOut2022
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Going forward, I will be putting my concrete support behind politicians like MPP Sarah Jama.
Please support her:
Ex-fellow NDP-ers, there are Provincial Council motions to support her this weekend. Please get your RA to support & DM me if you will. 9/9
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@Sflecce
You offered/forced 1.5% to the lowest paid
#onted
workers w/ inflation @ 7%.
You closed schools more than any1 in North America.
You forced students to take 2 online classes (you wanted 4).
No. You don’t want kids in class.
No. You don’t want “stability”.
#39kIsNotEnough
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Hey people who worry about history being erased!
When
@fordnation
and
@Sflecce
cut education, history courses get cancelled as electives (they aren’t mandatory to be offered by a school)
Want to keep history? Advocate for a well funded public education system.
#onted
#onpoli
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Did you hear how
@Sflecce
is promising teachers will volunteer their time for extra-curriculars in September?
The public healthcare system is collapsing and
@fordnation
is golfing and fundraising with his corporate buddies.
Call your MPP.
#onted
#onpoli
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The party needs to better support Black, Indigenous, & racialized ppl. In 2018, the party abandoned racialized candidates who did not win. In 2022, the party refused multiple canvasses of 15-25 people bc one volunteer had expressed solidarity with Palestine & was slandered. 4/9
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A reminder that not voting is still supporting a candidate(s). It supports the ones who strategized around you not voting.
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It consistently amazes me how some leaders don’t understand that not everyone is seeking power.
Some of us are legit just trying to improve things.
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14 consecutive weeks with protests of thousands each time.
Leaders criminalizing and villainizing these peaceful protests.
Don't forget this the next time Canada talks about "spreading democracy in the world".
#cdnpoli
#Toronto
marches for the 14th weekend in a row to protest Israel's ongoing genocide of Palestinians.
Immediate demands are for a ceasefire, an arms embargo & end to all aid to Israel including Canadian complicity, and an end to the siege on
#Gaza
.
#FreePalestine
📷 pymtoronto
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Since 2022, I have attempted to address the issue of anti-Palestinian racism within the party with no avail. Unanswered emails & follow ups, false finger pointing, & corporate-style decisions is not the lefty party I signed up for. 5/9
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For the past month, I held onto hope that the party would attempt some sort of restorative justice. Instead, it looks like they are playing "PR" & waiting for the storm to pass. I am now taking the stance that political parties need to EARN my support and labour. 6/9
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This colonial and capitalistic system was not made in a way to respond to an evolving virus and the lack of quick responses is costing people their health, and at times, their lives.
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Textbook performativity.
Cut workers who support students and their mental health.
Introduce words to support mental health.
Remaining workers will now be asked to do more with less…for mental health.
#onted
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1) Inadequate Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for myself.
2) Inadequate PPE for my students given that we know the importance of everyone wearing a mask.
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My roots are in community & family. I am ready to rejoin party politics if any party can provide real hope. Now, I am reminded that our real power lies with each other and our collective actions. We must support each other when institutions fail us. 8/9
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I want change. Society is stratifying & workers are getting it worst. How can we trust a political party to combat corporate greed if they cannot simply support Palestinian Human Rights and help prevent genocide? Multi-Billion $ Corporations will put up far more resistance. 7/9
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Waiting for
@oliviachow
to release police to protect Palestinians + their allies and criminalize one side of these rallies.
Or is that reserved for only one side? The side with people of colour?
#topoli
Today in Toronto, the Jewish Defense League made a call out to disrupt a Pro-Palestinian sidewalk
protest. When Zionist see Palestinian flags, they engage in anti-Palestinian
racism, become abusive and violent. via
@mayahussein__
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I first stated my specific concerns to my adm. They were so supportive in doing everything in their power to address my concerns. I want to thank them for that. They took my concerns seriously. My concerns were all tied to the increased contagiousness of the new variants:
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3) Lack of asymptotic testing which means we do not know if the virus is in the building or not.
4) Workplace conditions of my students, lack of safe working conditions for them and not having easy access to paid sick days, could bring the virus into the school.
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@l_stone
Let's translate this.
@fordnation
is abusing his emergency powers given by COVID to ignore a court ruling on his abuse of the Charter of Rights and Freedoms so that he can have a better chance to get elected.
Dictatorship-much?
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So much hope.
We need to protect politicians like Sarah Jama. Donate to her where we can. Volunteer where possible I know I will.
#FreePalestine
#GazaUnderAttack
I'm reflecting on my role as a politician who is participating in this settler colonial system, and I ask that all politicians do the same.
#FreePalastine
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Ukrainian refugees are able to start elementary and high school as soon as they arrive. We are to register them as documented refugees.
Awesome.
Now do refugees from rest of the world.
All refugees, not just majority white ones, should have no barriers to accessing school.
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Remember when these workers were called heroes, working through an uncertain time of our lives?
We relied on them.
It’s time we have their backs.
#cdnpoli
Unifor says Metro terminating benefits of striking workers, plans to provide in lieu
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Below are teacher “raises” for 10 yrs.
Inflation: 2%/year.
2012-0%
2013-0%
2014-0%
2015-0%
2016-1% (+0.5% Feb/17)
2017-1.5%
2018-1% (+0.5% Feb & Aug/19)
2019-1%
2020-1%
2021-1%
Yes, this teacher wants at least an inflation-matched raise.
H/t to
@OhhaiHeather
who compiled 2/2
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I maintain that it is our right, enshrined in law, to refuse what we genuinely perceive as unsafe work. We all deserve to feel safe and when we don't, we should speak up.
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@Sflecce
@CUPEOntario
*Ahem* aren’t you bargaining with
@osbcucscso
?
Get your facts right Mr. Minister of Education.
This parent supports
@osbcucscso
to the max. They are some of the lowest paid workers in
#onted
and keep a school running.
Instead of PR, why don’t you try actually bargaining.
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No more of this “the gov is dismantling public ed & we don’t know what to do”.
The gov is trying to clear unions out of the way bc they’re the only barrier to privatization.
We need school boards to speak up for
#onted
.
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We discussed that the lack of asymptotic tests meant we cannot be sure there COVID is not present so I had "reasonable grounds" to feel unsafe. We also discussed it would be reasonable to expect my employer to do asymptotic tests to better ensure there was no asymptotic cases.
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There were 2 steps to the refusal. Refusing to work to my employer, and refusing to work to the Ministry. If my concerns were addressed in Step 1 - to my employer, there is not need to go to the Ministry. We went to the Ministry.
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I recognize my multiple places of privilege in my workplace that may have come into play in allowing me to pursue my right to refuse, what I perceived as, unsafe work. Not everyone may have these privileges.
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After a conversation with my administration, I gave them a heads up that my concerns were still present and I intended to refuse work on Tuesday.
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I sincerely hope the Ministry takes my complaint around the lack of asymptotic testing and improved PPE with this new variant as being valid concerns but time will tell.
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This is my elected official.
She is a politician who believes “political statements” have no place in a political legislature.
No red poppies? No white ribbons? No orange shirts?
Nah, all that’s ok. She really means no Palestinian cultural attire.
It’s racism.
#EgLaw
#onpoli
On Thursday, I voted against providing unanimous consent to overturn Speaker Arnott’s ruling that the keffiyeh makes a political statement at this time. (1/11)
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@Sflecce
@fordnation
This is an illusion of funding.
Instead of $400 for a single child, imagine $10 000 for a classroom of 25 students.
Imagine the investment on SHARED resources in a school.
Ontario will not be fooled by this foolishness.
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I am genuinely afraid of Ford winning the next election. It’s causing stress.
I am afraid for my daily Ed work, my family and inflation, my children and their education, and my communities without strong public systems.
Plz Dialogue. Mobilize. Organize.
#VoteFordOut2022
#onted
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Involved in my refusal were my administration team, a Health and Safety Inspector from my employer, a Health and Safety Inspector from my union, and later in Step 2, a Ministry of Labour Inspector.
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I'm going to say the quiet thing out loud because I've been talking about destreaming for 10 years and there's a bit (jus a bit lol) of frustration now.
If you do not like teaching "applied" students, you have some deep reflecting to do if education is really your field.
#onted
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@Sflecce
$400 for a single child
OR
Imagine $10 000 for your child’s classroom of 25
OR
Imagine $165 975 for your child’s school
Our public education minister does not understand the purpose of public education.
#onted
#onpoli
#VoteFordOut2022
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My union health and safety inspector was consulting with me the whole time, being very supportive, and was in the video meet conversation as well. Eventually, my employer health and safety inspector joined the conversation also.
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Tuesday morning, I went to school ready to work and parked in the parking lot. I called my admin and informed them I was refusing work and would like to have a video meet conversation to discuss so I wouldn't need to enter the building.
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We were able to move forward in that I would be able to wear as many Level 1 Medical Masks at a time to feel safe. However, without the other concerns met, I still did not feel my PPE was adequate because my safety was a totality of the other concerns too.
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My employer's H&S inspector advised that this would not fall under the work refusal act because all guidelines were being followed. I continued to declare I felt unsafe and that guidelines have been changing throughout this pandemic. My employer called the Ministry of Labour.
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My personal analysis: This ended with my work refusal being unreasonable because "reason" is determined by public health. There are reports of officials claiming "other considerations" when issuing safety recommendations and the gov is not always following recommendations.
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There goes CHO Dr. Kieran Moore again using
@Sflecce
speaking points as evidence of safety rather than raw transmissibility data.
Not science. This is politics.
#onted
#FordFailedKids
#FordFailedThePeople
#FordfailedOntario
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@krushowy
For ppl who don’t know….
Grad ceremonies are planned by volunteer staff round Jan/Feb for June.
I am exhausted.
To suggest now to plan a ceremony in 1/6 the time is purposely ignorant.
#FordfailedOntario
#FordMustResign
#VoteFordOut2022
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As a lead guidance counsellor in a marginalized area, I often support students who have wanted to kill themselves.
I’m not exaggerating. Racism, ableism, sexism, trans/homophobia, and/or classism are ALWAYS at play.
My students’ stories are rarely told in dominant spaces.
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Oh and I forgot to mention that almost all teachers don’t even start on this grid.
They start by “supply” or occasionally teaching which is a different grid, per hour, no guarantee of hours.
They could be there for years…
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There was no disciplinary action for pursuing this right. I had a right to refuse work because I felt unsafe. While I still do not feel that my concerns were addressed, for now I have decided to follow the Ministry's order that this was not a valid work refusal.
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Workers 👏🏼 Shouldn’t 👏🏼 Be 👏🏼 Expected 👏🏼 To 👏🏼 Use 👏🏼 Personal 👏🏼 Equipment 👏🏼 To 👏🏼 Work 👏🏼 Without 👏🏼 Tax 👏🏼 Breaks
(Devices, WiFi, Electricity, Heat, Water, etc)
#onted
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We have a right to refuse unsafe work. All of us.
I am invoking my right to refuse unsafe work.
For me, my fear for my health is around what I perceive as the lack of enhanced safety measures which include:
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@Sflecce
This parent wants the ppl caring for my children to have a great job they can rely on.
This parent supports
@osbcucscso
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Ford - *Takes out a sledgehammer and hits workers*
Workers - *Unite and counter sledgehammer*
Ford - “Look, I don’t want to fight”
#onpoli
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white-presenting folx:
Race is rooted in what you look like to others NOT what you identify as.
If others KNOW you’re non-white, you def face discriminations.
However, you don’t identify yourself to every1. So, if you look white, you benefit from white privilege & supremacy.
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We discussed the new variant presents new concerns & guidelines have changed. For ex., there was a time where masks were not mandatory indoors. Ministry said they would try to get the Infectious Disease Specialist to weigh in. The specialist has not been available yet.
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Ministry stated that the screening process to determine if COVID is present is not their jurisdiction. Since screening guidelines were being followed, there is no COVID in the building. The Ministry said they would register it as a complaint but not a work refusal.
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Step 2 began after some hours of waiting. An inspector from the Ministry of Labour came and went through a checklist to ensure guidelines were being followed. Inspector specifically asked what part of Section 43 was being acted on and my union and I asked for a break to consult
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@ColinDMello
Politicians are sneaky.
They offered 1.25%-2% at a time when inflation is 7% to the lowest paid workers in
#onted
.
Then they said they wanted stability.
If they wanted stability, they wouldn’t have out such a lowball offer on the table.
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@BahiraR
I encourage you to spend some time listening to 2sLGBTQ+ youth, and those who work with youth.
As I told my religious family, if my children are 2sLGBTQ+, I do not want them to think about killing themselves bc their fam does not accept who they are. Their lives come first.
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We told the Ministry inspector part A, to which they responded the equipment was not directly a danger to me, and part B, to which they responded there is no COVID in the building so there is no physical danger.
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Make no mistake, Ford is terrified of the United labour front we just had.
He will seek to divide us.
Public vs. Private.
Lower vs Middle income
Ed workers vs teachers
It’s all a tactic to divide and conquer.
We can have it all. His billionaire buddies sure do.
#onpoli
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Just asked my remaining
@CANADALAND
annual membership be refunded/cancelled & cancelled my
@TorontoStar
subscription.
I don’t fund things unconditionally. I put my money where I trust orgs to do a good job.
Considering
@BPofDisruption
right now. Any other suggestions?
#cdnpoli
Some good news to share. Same job, more protection. Full details below 👇🏾
Always thankful and grateful for the massive amounts of support I get internally and externally. I’d be nowhere without community. Truly you all. 🤗
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@Sflecce
As a parent, I’d rather you keep the money and put it directly into my child’s classroom.
Instead of, for example, me getting $50, I’d love to see my child’s classroom get $1500 for learning tools they can share.
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I visited
@occupyuoft
. I felt safer inside it than outside.
Outside were hateful ppl looking 2 dox & harass thru anti-Palestinian racism.
Inside were loving diverse students, co-constructing inclusion & discouraging hate.
Hate wants to shut this down. Hate cannot win.
#onpoli
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Lucky to be published in The Star again :)
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You are looking at a new
#OSSTF
Provincial Councillor!
As far as I have seen, I am the first LatinX person elected by OSSTF Toronto Teachers. Our community is growing! 1/9
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From Sept 8 - Sept 22, only 18% of
#osstf
members voted.
If we extrapolate, that’s around 25% of members who voted now.
That means about 20% of members voted yes, 5% of members voted no, and 75% of members didn’t vote.
Like greater society, we have an engagement problem. 1/4
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See lots of ppl congratulating Lecce for this announcement.
This was not Lecce. This was decades of advocacy work from racialized communities to end streaming.
Lecce is likely going to put an "education-cut" twist on this eventually. Just wait......
#Breaking
: The Ontario government plans to end streaming in Grade 9 — a long-standing practice that research has found disproportionately impacts Black and low-income students and severely limits their chance of graduating, the Star has learned.
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If removing the ability to grade and assess students somehow lessens our teaching, I think we need to reflect on what teaching really is.
#onted
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Regarding teachers having “summers off”.
I grew up with my parents always telling me to study so I can get a good union job for the government.
Teaching is a good job. As it should be.
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Ford and Lecce's government cuts are sneaky tricky.
They often shuffle money around, cut it down, and call it new funding.
Keep a critical eye
#onted
.
I expect when analysts look at this "new" funding, it will show a cut from previous funding.
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