So lucky to experience the Spring into the Outdoors conference again but this time as a facilitator! Had so much fun networking, learning, and sharing! Even got to try my hand at some orienteering! 🧭 🌱🌲
Ottawa Catholic School Board OCDSB Prince of Peace School #ocsbOutdoors #ocsbBeCommunity

The failure of the OCDSB to understand or manage antisemitism has been a longstanding challenge. While there have been far too many examples to have aired them all, I’d like to walk you, without editorializing, through the oy vey events of this weeks’ OCDSB public meeting /1

Chillier than anticipated but a wonderful day spent learning in the outdoors with incredible colleagues from Ottawa Catholic School Board & OCDSB. #ocsbOutdoors 🌿🍃💧

It was such a great day of outdoor learning. A big thank you to the wonderful team behind ocsbECO @ocdsb and all of the presenters for inspiring so much learning. Thank you! Merci! #ocsbOutdoors Ottawa Catholic School Board

Amazing art installing, augmented reality by Emily Brascoupe and extra-studios!
Ottawa Catholic School Board OCDSB OCSB Indigenous Ed

An amazing and interactive presentation on neuroscience from the University of Ottawa!

#stem OCDSB

All set up and ready to go…

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Thinking classroom task comparing the anatomy & DNA of chimpanzees & humans as evidence for evolution. This approach to learning has endless possibilities & is transformative in learning environments. Jennifer Bancej OTHS OCDSB Peter Liljedahl Peter Gamwell #thinkingclassroom

An amazing day if collaborative learning on environmental sustainability! @ocdsb Ottawa Catholic School Board Pino Buffone Tom D'Amico

Another engaging session today with Rabbi Menachem Blum, this time to around 800 Grade 9 and 10 students from OCDSB LDH SS Take the time to get to know someone before you judge, hate has no place in our community, lots of people don’t report hate, so be there for each other

A Jewish parent spoke yesterday at a school board meeting about students’ experiences of #antisemitism in OCDSB schools. A trustee (not Muslim, Arab, Palestinian) put on a keffiyeh. Not safe for Jews in #Ottawa . Wouldn’t happen with ANY other conflict.
Deborah Lyons
#onpoli

Côté: OCDSB shouldn't ax Early French Immersion ottawacitizen.com/opinion/cote-o…

Ottawa Catholic School Board and OCDSB spent the day at MacSkimming Field Centre for “Spring into the Outdoors”! Great workshops that covered Algonquin teachings, outdoor math, climate change & global water crisis. Thank you Neda Bernabo (she/her) Yolanta Krawiecki (She/Her/Elle) Christine Marshall 🌳 Jennifer Gauthier St. Isabel Catholic Elementary School

Won't go into it and is separate from thread below but just received response from our kids' principal and the board's superintendent to yeet another OCDSB antisemitic incident/event at our kids' school. Nothing actionable in their response of course. Just another oops, sorry.

A friendly reminder and appreciation:
The OCDSB's 2024 Valuing Voices, Identity Matters and School Climate Survey is open until Friday, May 10th. Thank you for taking the time to share your feedback for the board and school to best support your child’s learning.

Theo Fiętka ❄️ ACAB | BLM | LAND BACK Nili Kaplan-Myrth MD PhD OCDSB Deborah Lyons How come we never saw any in Ottawa before Oct 7th? Just a coincidence?

An introductory thinking classroom task about human body systems that has students recall previous knowledge and prepare for new information that they will discover. Jennifer Bancej OTHS OCDSB Peter Liljedahl Peter Gamwell #thinkingclassroom

Protist learning centres in SBI3C!!! Students explored the world of these important eukaryotes! Jennifer Bancej OTHS OCDSB Peter Liljedahl Peter Gamwell

Introductory thinking classroom task on the digestive system. Students used existing knowledge and built from there! Jennifer Bancej OTHS OCDSB Peter Liljedahl Peter Gamwell