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Help us ensure every child's right to an education free from discrimination

Parents for Diversity

Jul 3, 2020
3 min

Help us ensure every child's right to an education free from discrimination

While the recent months have presented many challenges, we have rose to that challenge in a number of ways.

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Message d'une maman blanche aux autres parents blancs/message from a white mom to white parents

Parents for Diversity

Jun 8, 2020
15 min

Message d'une maman blanche aux autres parents blancs/message from a white mom to white parents

Pour les communautés noires, rien de ceci n'est nouveau. None of this is new for Black communities, but it may be new be for you.

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Five picture books to read for International Women’s Day (with kids of ALL genders)

Parents for Diversity

Mar 9, 2020
1 min

Five picture books to read for International Women’s Day (with kids of ALL genders)

We can think of no better way to celebrate International Womens Day that uplifting the voices and experiences of trans girls and women!

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Will you join us in our year-end gratitude?

Parents for Diversity

Dec 16, 2019
1 min

Will you join us in our year-end gratitude?

This will be our final blog post of 2019. Today, we are writing to thank you.

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Why are Black educators networks necessary and important?

Parents for Diversity

Dec 9, 2019
3 min

Why are Black educators networks necessary and important?

For those unfamiliar with Black educators networks, we wanted to explain what they are and why they are important.

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Parents for Diversity

Nov 25, 2019
1 min

How to Break Barriers!

We are full of gratitude for all the educators, parents, and caregivers who joined us this weekend for Breaking Barriers.

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How to organize a primary school dance that is both revolutionary and community-building

Parents for Diversity

Nov 18, 2019
3 min

How to organize a primary school dance that is both revolutionary and community-building

The decoupling of the joy of dance from heteronormative courtship rituals of yore is a powerful mechanism of inclusion.

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When Speaking Up Works!
A Success Story (And How You Can Speak Up Too)

Parents for Diversity

Nov 4, 2019
2 min

When Speaking Up Works! A Success Story (And How You Can Speak Up Too)

A pivot towards educational spaces free of bias and discrimination is possible...

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How kindergarten colouring worksheets uphold stereotypes and create bias (and what to do about it)

Parents for Diversity

Oct 21, 2019
5 min

How kindergarten colouring worksheets uphold stereotypes and create bias (and what to do about it)

Then I started thinking about what kind of message this worksheet sends to children...

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Parents for Diversity

Oct 1, 2019
3 min

Islamophobia in Our Schools

I will say that ignorance is no longer an excuse for failling to act on Islamophobic incidents.

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What is Equitable and Inclusive Learning? A Parent’s Perspective on the First Day of School

Parents for Diversity

Sep 2, 2019
5 min

What is Equitable and Inclusive Learning? A Parent’s Perspective on the First Day of School

Like all beginnings, the school year welcomes new possibilities and ways to think more critically about how to engage diverse identities

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Parents for Diversity

Aug 25, 2019
4 min

Touching Black Hair as Micro-Aggression

Although curiosity in children can and should be encouraged, the incessant need to touch underscores a sense of privilege.

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Parents for Diversity

Mar 6, 2019
4 min

Racism in Hockey

Outrage over a recent hockey game reverberated through social media after a Black hockey player, Jonathan-Ismaël Diaby, was targeted by r...

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Making space for diverse family structures in activities at school and daycare

Parents for Diversity

Jan 27, 2019
2 min

Making space for diverse family structures in activities at school and daycare

A couple of years ago, an incident occurred at my children's daycare that really reinforced for me how powerful an educator can be, eithe...

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