"I think if we reframe our thinking around healthcare and turn it from a budget item and an expense to be chopped or a tax issue to be debated, and we view it as a resource that all human beings need, it is no different than water coming out of the tap," he said.

Alone we are small... but together we become something powerful. In nature, nothing thrives in isolation. Every being plays a part. Every action counts. Bees don't compete, they cooperate. They build, protect, and maintain something much larger than themselves. They take no more than they need.

Yesterday, a new generation of civil rights activists marched from Selma to Montgomery to fight for voting rights. As states across the country try to make it harder for citizens to be heard, we need to learn the lessons of those who came before us and refuse to take our democracy for granted.

Good morning BlueSky🌞 🐓🌷🍩☕

We can have both inclusion and safe classrooms. But not if we are going to cut the education budget by 3% each year. True in NS as well as Ontario.

ALL OF THIS. We used to have this. Now my daughter is homeschooled. Can we maybe stop electing Ford?

What inclusion should be like. Ford has cut way too much education funding.

If you signed up to be part of the bread class action lawsuit, check your bank account!! 25% of our neighbours currently depend on the food bank to survive. If you have enough to eat, please consider sharing with those who do not: thefoodbank.ca @foodbankwatreg.bsky.social

Once upon a time… A vulnerable child with complex needs learned to use picture cards to communicate his needs and ideas at school. He learned to use visual schedules, first/then visuals, and social narratives to understand what were initially confusing and chaotic routines in his day.

Closing specialized classrooms with high levels of 1:1 support and dumping vulnerable students with complex needs into regular classrooms with no additional supports other than telling their teachers to use visuals is not actually “inclusion”. #OntEd

The Auditor General’s report has echoed educator concerns. Ontario school boards are spending almost $400 million more than they receive from the Ministry for special education every year. Cuts to essential staff and programs supporting children with disabilities are the norm.

You look like you need access to a bunch of free multilingual teaching resources, including social narratives/explainer texts, visual vocabulary lists, and math resources. sites.google.com/view/eslfair... #OntEd

The Mommy group chats are often about to save money on ever climbing grocery bills. People are so busy trying to change their spending habits/eating habits that they can forget to look up at those who are setting the grocery prices and keeping their wages low. Look up.

Everyone stop your doomscrolling and watch these adorable baby foxes!!!!!

This makes me so happy!! #ReadingIsAwesome #BooksAreAwesome #LibrariesAreMyFavouritePlaces

Smaller classrooms with specialized supports for vulnerable students with complex needs set children up for success in school. Cutting this vital program will directly impact student safety and learning. Ford is setting our kids up to fail. www.thetrillium.ca/news/educati... #OntEd

Have you completed your census yet? Check your mail and complete the questionnaire online. Census.gc.ca

Election signs cannot be recycled under the current system and will sit in landfills. This is not good.

The auditor general has shown the public what teachers have been trying to communicate for years: The special education funding model in #OntEd is broken. Student safety and learning are at risk. Our kids deserve so much better. www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The comments with one panel newspaper cartoons and sub-comments of “oh my goodness!” simply made my day. Now back to your doom-scrolling.

I just wrote a letter to my MP using this form. I modified the subject line and the text to suit my personal situation (personalized letters are more likely to get a response, but if you only have the spoons to send as is, do what you can do): leadnow.ca/campaigns/ph... leadnow.ca/campaigns/ph...

In history class, I never understood how “advanced” civilizations could collapse. It just didn’t seem plausible. Anyway, I’ve seen enough. I get it now.

Let me interrupt your doom-scrolling with this shoulder-cat/fur-parrot.

".... nearly a $1,000 drop in grant money." 😡 www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Kitchener 2051 plan will be brought before City Council next month. This is a great time to review the plan and associated resources and speak with your Councillor to ask questions and provide feedback on the future of our city. bit.ly/kitchener2051 #Kitchener2051

My heart hurts for those who are left behind this Sunday. Those who hurt inside when they see yet another ad for Mother’s Day gifts. Those who face another day without the child they yearn for or have lost. Those without the mother they wish they had or one they have lost.

Actually maybe stay home… weather is getting a lot worse!!

Gaukel Block is where it’s at until 7pm tonight for #PoyoFest!

Too often, we mistake competence for capacity. Just because we can do things well does not mean that we have endless time in which to do them. Women, in particular, often feel the burden of being needed in volunteer roles, and can struggle with setting boundaries that support our well-being.

I had hope that folks wouldn’t have to choose between their medication and food in an affordability crisis. I’m so very disappointed in how this is going. How many ER visits could be prevented by stable access to medication for chronic conditions? www.policyalternatives.ca/news-researc...

It's time for the Immigrant Survey. This survey is for everyone 19+ years born outside Canada and now lives, works or studies in Waterloo Region (permanent residents, Canadian citizens, refugees, temporary residents, refugee claimants, and international students). Open until May 31st. Please share!

BREAKING NEWS: Here is a baby otter.

This is exactly why language matters: “women were given the vote” frames equality as a gift from men, instead of hard won political power extracted through organized resistance. Nobody gave women anything. Women fought, marched, strategized, endured violence, went to prison and died for it.

Great night at Municipal Campaign School this evening with candidates, potential/future candidates, and campaign team members. #VisionWR

Why am I not surprised?

Yikes. people.com/hantavirus-c...

Louise Arbour is Canada's new Governor General. She was top prosecutor at the international court. She brought charges against President Milošević, secured the first conviction for genocide since 1948, prosecuted sexual assault as a crime against humanity. This is a powerful statement.

To every teacher making a difference: Thank you. 🧡 — @eslfairy.bsky.social

In every Spring blossom’s beauty, we remember you. Happy birthday, Grammy Judy.

Get ready for @etfoeducators.bsky.social Summer Academy 2026! Just $30 gets you 3 full days of practical strategies and resources to prepare you to teach Multilingual Language Learners, either as a classroom teacher or as a MLL/ESL/ELD/EAL teacher. Register now: events.etfo.org

Do I live in the kind of home where I can just randomly pick up a ukelele and start singing an improvised song at bedtime and my kid gives me the next line? Why yes, yes I do. Anyone who says that people don’t randomly break out into song in real life has clearly never lived here.

Having one EA running between several nonverbal students with ASD who also need toileting/feeding support and randomly run away and out into the street is becoming the norm across Ontario. Kids with unmet needs melting down is now the norm. #OntEd

For real, though. My imposter syndrome has officially been cured. Thank you, Dr. Doug!!

I had “The Bubble Master” as my ETFO table assistant today. She can blow huge bubbles and catch them again on her wand. She’s 9yo and plans to be an actor, starting with a YouTube channel. She also plans to have a giant tour bus with her face on it. Just so you know.

I had “The Bubble Master” as my ETFO table assistant today. She’s can blow huge bubbles and catch them again on her wand. She’s 9yo and plans to be an actor, starting with a YouTube channel. She also plans to have a giant tour bus with her face on it. Just so you know.

Provincial Budget Bill 97 has new secrecy provisions that grant the Premier, Cabinet, and Staff immunity from Freedom of Information Requests. The voting record for Bill 97 has been publicly posted.   Check how your MPP voted: www.ola.org/en/legislati...