It’s going to feel like 40+ degrees this week, and most schools don’t have AC, nor enough shaded outdoor spaces. Last year we had smoke days. This year we’re having heat days. As the climate crisis accelerates, what’s the plan for Ontario schools? #onted

What better way to spend a school day morning than collaborative learning with Waterloo Region DSB #fslteachers and @MmeLockhartLDSB topped by #frenchmusic led by Niki Kazemzadeh (she/her) Amy Patterson and Kate Driver

We're hosting a free webinar for parents and school staff to learn about the role of clean air in minimising illness and preventing infection with COVID, flu, RSV and other airborne viruses in schools. Register and share with your school community: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

BREAKING: LCBO employees have ratified the new contract formally ending (for real this time) the first strike in the history of the Crown agency. #onpoli

Imagine my surprise, Doug Ford, when I found out today that I am no longer covered under OHIP for eye exams due to a SIGHT JEOPARDIZING CONDITION. Isn’t that a bit backwards? What are people who don’t have benefits doing? Going blind I guess?? WTAF!? Catherine Fife Aislinn Clancy

Arts education and school libraries are at risk because of underfunding from the Ford government. We should be supporting the arts and our school libraries so that our students can flourish, not taking the opportunities away. #onted #onpoli tvo.org/article/how-th…

She tells me she is worried about me, with her hand on my wrist she asks if continuing to wear a mask might be bad for my mental health, and because I love her I do not say that what has been bad for my mental health is that my friends and loved ones have taken their masks off.

Looking urgently for a 3 bedroom unit reasonably priced (I know!!) In the area in Waterloo close to Sunnydale. Want to keep the family in the school zone for St David's....if you can help please reach out!!!

“Just go to your family doctor before you go to the ER!” But 2.5 million Ontarians don’t have one, Doug, including 11,000+ #MississaugaStreetsville residents. People go to the ER because they don’t know what else to do. This response is out of touch. #onpoli #LetThemEatCake 🍰

If you live in Barrie, Brampton, Brantford, Cambridge, Chatham-Kent, Clarington, Oakville, Oshawa, Pickering, St. Catherines, Sudbury, or Windsor, you need to be asking why your mayor & councillors feel they are entitled to violate the charter of people in your cities! OFL

We all face moments when things feel overwhelming, and that’s okay. Remember, you are not alone.

Something that Tanya Talaga said a couple of weeks ago that hasn’t left me: when you think of Murray, think of the weight of hearing thousands of accounts of untold horror, and the toll it would take on your body. Think of taking that on. cbc.ca/news/politics/…

We are devastated to learn of the loss of our beloved leader and Elder, Mizana Giizhik, His Honour, Murray Sinclair. His tireless work to advance the rights of Indigenous Peoples and ensure the legacy of residential school Survivors will never be forgotten.

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The Ford government is set to limit debate and public hearings on its bike lanes law, claiming there's not enough time left in the current legislative agenda. The government also delayed the start of the session by a month and a half. globalnews.ca/news/10852455/… #onpoli

Instead of shrugging and saying “they fell through the cracks”, what if we intentionally started filing the cracks so that no child ever had to fall through them again? Just sayin’. #OntEd

Teachers Unite As much as I think there needs to be oversight, I think asking the Ford gov’t to look for misuse of funds is like asking the fox to guard the henhouse.

From today's Record: "Waterloo MPP Catherine Fife said the injunction gives the government another chance to do the right thing — work with experts and communities to deliver services and solutions, not take them away." therecord.com/news/waterloo-… #onpoli

ETFO has long opposed the school resource officer program, and points out the province is trying to re-introduce it despite it’s well-documented harm, particularly to Black, Indigenous and other racialized students. By turning school boards into scapegoats and bringing back