Category: Readings

Header image: Canada FASD Research Network logo (Feb 9, 2026)  The most prevalent disability in classrooms may be FASD — and supporting students is vitalhttps://theconversation.com/the-most-prevalent-disability-in-classrooms-may-be-fasd-and-supporting-students-is-vital-272553 Background: (June 19, 2025) Fetal alcohol spectrum disorder: About, causes and co-occurring conditions  https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/fetal-alcohol-spectrum-disorder.html ➡ More than 400 other health conditions are related to or commonly occur together with fetal […]

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by Witold Rybczynski

“She spared the rod and spoiled corporal punishment in school”

On the relationship between ADST courses and the UBC entry requirements.

Cross of Saint James / Santiago cross

Braid, K. (1979). Invisible women: Women in non-traditional occupations in B.C. [Master’s thesis; Simon Fraser University].

A 2025 CBC Documentary

h/t Diane Campeau

Anti-Irish sentiment

Foundations of practice for (inquiry) teachers

News stories related to teachers and schools (mostly in BC)

Otto Saloman, 1891: The teacher’s handbook of slöjd

On the necessity of relief cuts; BCIT SW9

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Leitrim’s finest

“What a wise person teaches is the smallest part of what they give.”

“…a fumble for eternity, a longing for heaven, a thirst for return to the embrace of the Almighty”

“Educators critically examine their own biases, attitudes, beliefs, values and practices to facilitate change.”

CBC Premier Broadcast (October 17th, 2004)

Seeking reconciliation with the Other

Dr. Vivek Hallegere Murthy 19th & 21st Surgeon General of the United States Vice Admiral, United States Public Health Service

The Charter (esp. S.33, NWC) and some cases related to K-12

The Dwayne Huebner Interviews

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Ursula Le Guin (2005): A Rant About “Technology”.

The Corruption of the Best: On Ivan Illich

Anne Phelan (2005): On Discernment: The Wisdom of Practice and the Practice of Wisdom in Teacher Education

Zimmerman et al. (1998): A Complexity Science Primer: What is Complexity Science and Why Should I Learn About It?

Carl Leggo (2005): Pedagogy of the Heart: Ruminations on Living Poetically

David Autor (2024): AI Could Actually Help Rebuild The Middle Class

Header image: Darryl Dick/The Canadian Press Naloxone (pronounced na-LOX-own) is a fast-acting medication used to temporarily reverse the effects of opioid overdoses, also called an opioid poisoning. [source] ∞ (April 28, 2025) Inquest into UVic student overdose hears heart-wrenching testimony from mother https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/coroner-s-inquest-into-uvic-overdose-death-begins-monday-1.7520574 (Feb 18, 2025) DTES support worker says recovery-oriented approach needs to replace […]

Yuval Noah Harari (2024): Nexus

(2016) Mother who sued Port Alberni school board over First Nations smudging ceremony

Jeremy O’Shea (2021): MEd on “Indigenizing Shop”

Leonard Read (1958): I, Pencil – My Family Tree

Al-Anon

Kahlil Gibran (1926): Sand and Foam

BCTF resource (2023): “to support teachers in being consciously reflective of their professional autonomy as well as their rights and responsibilities as a teacher”

KF: scan images from BC Archive