An Introduction to Gifted Learners
Giftedness is considered an exceptionality within Ontario's special education programs and services. But what exactly is a gifted student? And what are their special needs?
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University of Ottawa Teacher Candidate
Robert J. Ballantyne
Hello! Tansi! Sekoh! I am a teacher candidate at the University of Ottawa, planning to pursue a Ph.D. Before I fell in love with teaching, I was an investigative journalist, front-end web developer, graphic designer and TV director. Read more
Goings on About Town News & Notes
Engaging youth in the reconciliation process
The second annual Màmawi Together: Youth for Reconciliation Day united students from across Ottawa to create their own Reconciliation Legacy Projects
How to welcome gender diversity everyday in your classroom
Dr. Lee Airton wants teachers to consider gender-friendly ways to evolve how we all speak, write, and move around in public spaces
Exploring the library as an English teacher
Ottawa Public Library’s Sandra Hobbs offers two key classroom resources
The Talk of the Town Reflections on the art of teaching
7 ways to teach civil discourse to students
If young people are to engage in democracy and society, young people need to learn how to respectfully disagree. Yet, educators often find it challenging to lead discussions on contentious issues.
Finding ways to teach language arts through science
Cool tech toys and tools sourced at uOttawa conference can inspire learning within many teachable disciplines
Ottawa’s gifted student debate heats up
As schools move increasingly towards integrated classrooms, merging students with disabilities and non-special needs students together, where do gifted students fit in this dynamic?
Celebrating Pink Shirt Day at A.Y. Jackson as part of the amazing Diversity Club. Take a stand against bullying!
Miigwetch T. Sharp Dopler for the incisive and direct lecture about two-spirit and Indigenous gender! A perfect mix of information, laughter, and yes, discomfort. You must drop by one of my classes one day!
Spotlight Selected stories from the archive
We all put too much emphasis on test scores
What are the implications when bureaucrats and education officials misinterpret test scores when making policy decisions on immigration or attracting more international students?
If ‘indigenizing’ education feels this good, we aren’t doing it right
The effort to indigenize universities is, as such, being done with little critical engagement with what “indigenization” might involve, especially if it is to benefit Indigenous nations.
94 ways to redress the legacy of residential schools
The full list of recommendations and calls to action from the Truth and Reconciliation Commission to advance the process of Canadian reconciliation
Quotations Deep thoughts and inspiration
"You cannot strengthen one by weakening another; and you cannot add to the stature of a dwarf by cutting off the leg of a giant."
— Benjamin Franklin Fairless (1950)