The world is changing...for the good!

I’m proud and humbled by our staff taking on this learning even after the most challenging few months of their careers:

Proud of the work of our teacher leader, Rita Gravina, and this recognition.

DEI day! I'm honoured and pumped to be part of this inaugural module! Thank you to Peter MacDonald & CAIS for the foresight to establish this much needed learning in this historical and pivotal moment in education. Let's do this! #CAISLI2020 Gary Sylven

#Teachers, ready to renew your commitment to teaching for #equity and justice? Read a recap of this summer’s inaugural Teaching for Equity and Justice summits & access resources to help you find new ways to teach with an equity-forward approach. ow.ly/s7Xg50B9PTo

This winter, journalist and organizer @Emilie_Ni will teach a course at University of St. Michael's College on the complicated relationship between the #BlackLivesMatter movement and the media: #BLM stmikes.utoronto.ca/news/new-st-mi…

In the midst of this strange fall, take Heaney’s advice and head to a flaggy shore and watch the water glitter:

Worth the hour to listen to this interview: Zadie Smith's latest book, Intimations, reflects deeply on isolation and injustice cbc.ca/radio/writersa…

Seen at our CAIS conference today and Robert Evans is right:

“Privilege is like having a a tailwind at your back.” Great analogy @Annahid

My white friends are shocked by where the white vote went. My friends of color are not. As a matter of survival the minority always understands the majority better than the majority understands itself. Count the votes.

Congrats to @BishopStrachan Board member Rulan Parekh and colleagues for this important recognition.

Here's my piece from today's NYTimes Well. I hope it's helpful to you and yours. nytimes.com/2021/01/07/wel…

The day began with BSS students sharing their Black Histories and Heritage in chapel today, and it ended with other heads Brick conference #EducatingGirls on building Anti-Racist and Inclusive Schools. Powerful day.

“Politics has become a religions without grace...there is only talk of vanquishing the other.” Irshad @CAISNLC2021

Great advice about US college applications with Jeff Selingo tonight for our BSS families. “College is a staging ground for young adults; not the only one and not the last.”

Learning from Claude Steele at CAIS heads and chairs conf. “Trust is a game played on the ground. Who shows up? Who listens? Who gives real help?” CAIS

I'm grateful to @SarahMcCammon at @NPRATC for talking with me about the causes of - and possible solutions to - the crisis in adolescent mental health. Listen to our full conversation here: loom.ly/D2F2-ZU