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The Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) community is dedicated (in it’s role as a leading faculty of education) to addressing the climate crisis and furthering sustainability and climate action in the education context. Over the past… Read more
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Orange Shirt Day is a commemoration every year on September 30th for the survivors of Residential Schools and their families, as well as a time for settlers to reflect on how relationships with Indigenous peoples might be improved. Founded by… Read more
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The term Two-Spirit is a term used within Indigenous communities to refer to specific Indigenous understandings of gender, sexuality and spirituality. The word is an umbrella term and there are different terms, responsibilities and roles for Two-… Read more
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The deaths of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, and Regis Korchinski-Paquet have brought much-needed attention to the racist policies and systems that harm Black people in the United States, Canada, and throughout the world. Many parents… Read more
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As March is the perfect month for star-gazing, check out our newly-arrived Constellation Blocks as the featured activity kit!
The kit explores 16 different constellations from both the Northern and Southern hemispheres. Each block includes… Read more
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This month, the OISE Library is featuring a collection of coding resources in our Display & Play area, including four robots! Coding in the classroom has never been so much fun (or so easy)!
Ozobots: Bit and Evo
OzoBots, featuring Bit and Evo,… Read more
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In December of 2019, the Yellowhead Institute released a report, “Calls To Action Accountability: A Status Update On Reconciliation”, bringing attention to the fact that only 9 of 94 Calls to Action listed by the Truth and Reconciliation Commission… Read more
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Animals can be cute and cuddly, but there is much more to them than that. If you are looking for an interactive way to bring biology, and by extension, animal classification to your classroom, check out the kit called Classifying Animals.… Read more
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For the month of December our Indigenous Display is focused around works that deal with the season of winter.
Le Parka = The Parka = Atigi by Sylvain Rivard
Part of an anthropology of Indigenous clothing, Le Parka = the Parka = Atigi, is… Read more
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