BCTELA Conference Oct. 23-24, 2025!! Thursday night wine & cheese with the performance by Jaylene Tyme at: ACT Arts Center 11944 Haney Place, Maple Ridge, BC Friday conference: Keynote with Billy-Rae Belcourt and all other sessions will be held at Thomas Haney School, 23000 116 Ave, Maple Ridge, BC.

Friends! Save the date for the BCTELA conference on the PSA day in October!!!

Starting in two more sleeps!! Get ready to chat!

Yup. 😂 So many books to buy & collect!!

@noiie #noiie2025 weaving our minds & hearts together to improve learning! Also weaving with our very own hands! What an invigorating symposium!

“Knowledge is not wisdom. Wisdom is knowledge in action.” Leadership as Responsibility @leonaprince.bsky.social @noiie #noiie2025

Curating the space to cultivate curiosity! Museum of personal passions. @noiie #noiie2025 thank you Kath Murdoch! Snachailya!

Thank you to everyone who came out to Munro's Books for our group book launch last night! 🎉 And congratulations to the authors of these amazing new titles!

Hundreds of Americans made the trip across the border in B.C. over the weekend to attend Nanaimo Infusion, a festival created specifically to welcome the new visitors.  #cdnpoli #uspoli www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...

The Beginning of Spring in the North Grey & brown Snow mostly gone Migrating birds Arrivals & departures Blue Hydrangeas from the store Seedlings sprouting on the windowsill Hopeful outdoor furniture arranged Hail & sleet Wind and sun Pussy willows and green tulip tips

Some fave bird shots this spring!

@noiie.ca wonderful to catch a few inspirational stories from inquiry colleagues around the world!

How have I never heard about Weaving Words Storytelling Festival! In Prince George! Highlighting Indigenous storytelling in all its forms! Fan-girling like crazy! Cherie Demaline, David A Robertson, Richard Van Camp! Local poets & writers sharing their gifts!! www.weavingwords.ca

Tariffs on their own do not create more American jobs or lead to more US production. In fact, Trump's last trade war cost roughly 300,000 jobs. All these tariffs will do is give corporations cover to jack up prices and pad their profits at our expense.

Televangelist Pat Robertson once said "I think having a woman president would be a terrible mistake. Women are too emotional to handle high office." Strange how when men in office shout and berate others in a childish emotional outburst, it's praised by some as "boldly standing up for our country."

A perfect book for a stormy winter snow day. "Cold" by Drew Hayden Taylor, Curve Lake First Nations goodminds.com/products/col... (The audio book has a full cast including the author.) #horrorbooks #horrorlit #indigenousreads #readthenorth

Did you know: Strong Nations Publishing has decodable text with Indigenous content. You can check out their Cedar School Decodable series here: www.strongnations.com/store/11698/... #SOR

What are you reading that reflects the intentions behind Freedom to Read Week? www.freedomtoread.ca/freedom-to-r...

SD 91 recently had the privilege of learning with @jenkelly-literacy.bsky.social in primary classrooms! Bookmaking, author decisions, & holding brave spaces for creative writing filled 2 days. T’s also gathered to joyfully learn with her on our pro-d day!

"Force Apple and Spotify to delist far-right podcasts pushing for our annexation. Refuse to accept Donald Trump’s ambassador. Expel any U.S. diplomatic staff that threaten Canadian sovereignty." www.coreyhogan.ca/p/so-donald-...

Grateful that the presenters emphasized the importance of not simply teaching discrete skills in isolation…no transfer! Context, great literature, poetry, close study of language in context!!

Nerding out! Getting to zoom in on some of the building blocks of early literacy development & intervention, refine my knowledge through research highlights, learn about new resources & add to my strategy toolkit.

Tesla earned $2.3 billion in the United States in 2024. You'd think it paid a lot in taxes, right? Well it paid precisely $0 in federal income taxes last year. You want waste and fraud? Look at what some big corporations and the rich are getting away with.

Around 35% of SpaceX’s revenue comes directly from the federal govt. Less than 1% of NPR’s budget comes from the federal govt.

A dear high school friend, Boni Sharpe who owns a coffee shop on Vancouver Island brings some conversation & a little humour to the tense times www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...

I am so excited to choose my free audio books for the month of Feb…Look at what I got! Educators with a monthly subscription to Libro.fm get free books each month along with the standard 1 book credit! I love that my sub & each book order supports indie book store Munro’s in Victoria BC.

Educator friends, support your st’s to submit their writing!! 🙂👩🏽‍💻📑✍️💥💭💡

Shout out to Brooke Moore @brookemoore.bsky.social & Robin Gregory! On cbc early edition & daybreak north sharing Decision Maker Moves! @noiie.ca Great to hear your interview on the radio this morn!

Land based learning; where do numbers live on the land? #noiiebursts

#noiielearningbursts deconstructing & decolonizing, using seasonal rounds with young learners! Allison Hotti & Jess Kyle mussi!!

Get curious with Kath Murdoch! Get connected with Pete Bombaci! Get reading with Rebecca Winthrop! Go deeper with Leona Prince! BUT first, you'll have to get registered: noiie.ca/2025-noiie-s... @kminquiry.bsky.social @drrebeccawinthrop.bsky.social ky.social @leonaprince.bsky.social

Story Workshop meets Number Sense! Books with number concepts lend themselves easily to storytelling with counting as characters collect, share, & store gems, snowballs, baby chicks…. @Sd91

Some important & inspiring reconciliation ideas & practices were shared today! Thank you! ‘Child’ in Dakelh means ‘breath of my breath’ @leonaprince #engagingallmiddleyearslearners

It's my favourite time of the year: the @bctela.bsky.social post-conference sharing from presenters! Check the link for some great resources from sec & postsec ELA thinkers to catch up on whatever you missed! #bcedchat bctela.ca/conferences/...