Engaging Autistic Students with the Arts
Ask any educator who has welcomed multiple learners with autism into his or her classroom, and you will find there is no set formula for ensuring academic success.
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The Beat Goes On: The Struggle to Teach Music
Music education leads to improved self-discipline, sense of community, and collaboration, as well as increased academic achievement in other subjects.
Leveling Up: Motivating Students Through Gamification
Grammatically, it’s an awful-sounding word: gamification, or as a verb, to “gamify” the classroom. Teachers, however, have found a powerful tool here.
The Official Languages Act: Canada’s Living Document
Canada is a very different country than it was in 1969 when the Official Languages Act was first enacted. That’s why some people are working to update the Act.
The Promise of Bilingualism
From a young age, I wanted to be bilingual in English and French. I am not, however. It is a big regret that I am working to rectify.
What Language Is Code?
In a world that is striving to create universal accessibility, it’s important that students be exposed to the idea of programming with multiple languages in mind.
Bonjour, My Friend: Understanding Minority Language Rights
It’s second nature to expect that Canada is—at certain levels—bilingual, but it wasn’t always that way.
Keeping Bilingualism Alive: A Conversation with the Official Languages Commissioner
Statistics show Canadians support children learning both official languages. Yet there is a struggle to recruit and retain French as a Second Language teachers across Canada.
Two Solitudes and their Connected History
Today relations between English- and French-speakers in Canada are and have been peaceful for some time. But this was not always the case.
Uncomfortable Truths: What if Santa Claus was Gay?
There is a world out there for which we are preparing our children, and that world includes people who identify as LGBTQ+.