Produce our own histories as a beginning of a new future.

Please watch this clip of Mikey trying to switch from Applied to Academic math and then come back and tell me that students are free to switch between streams... Mikey represents countless Black students who have had to endure oppressive streaming structures for GENERATIONS.

#BlackLivesMatter movement was founded July 13, 2013, 7 years ago as result of the acquittal of the person who shot & killed my son,#TrayvonMartin. I am so appreciative to the phenomenal women who started it all #AliciaGarza, #PatrisseCullors, & #OpalTometi for their resilience!!

Thinking about the reintegration of school in community where there is more co-construction of curriculum & relationship building with families and communities: what would it mean to think of students and families as producers of knowledge and partners in their education process?

“We have inundate the conscious mind to reprogram the subconscious mind. We have to give ourselves and students new stories that uncover the brilliance Black students exhibit as babies.” Lisa Delpit Reimagining Education TC Farah Rahemtula Stephanie Fearon, PhD #RESI2020

Reflecting on the need to shift from the idea of Post Traumatic Stress to Persistent Traumatic Stress - the persistent flow of racist attitudes and inequitable policies & events that continuously disrupt students’ lived experiences within educational environments Shawn Ginwright

Not many of us get to live to see our own legacy play out in such a meaningful, remarkable way. John Lewis did: medium.com/@BarackObama/m…

one of the most powerful and important speeches I’ve heard in the last few months

Join the Centre for Integrative Anti- Racism Studies (CIARS) for the second session of our CIARS in Conversation series. Thursday, November 12 from 6pm to 8pm us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

📢TOMORROW NIGHT!📢 'The Spatiality of Blacknesses in Academia', a conversation with CIARS Director, Dr. George J. Sefa Dei | Friday, November 27, 6 PM - 8 PM EST Moderated by: Ahmed Ilmi & Rukiya Mohamed Register & submit questions here: us02web.zoom.us/webinar/regist…

At Jennifer Watt Institute w/ Christopher Emdin droppin 💎s as BTs think thru conditions for centring relationships Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement. Young folx are ur best elevators - listen to them to take u to a higher position. Love them up to the highest expectations. Follow intuition over institutions.

Reflecting on session Faculty of Education Summer Institute led by K Murray Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement focused on Q: In what ways do we navigate the tensions that derive from disrupting deficit narratives about Black students & dismantling antiBlack racism in the system as we address Black Joy & Excellence? #FESI2021

K-12 coaches Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement has called on educators to position Black Joy in their pedagogy. As many read the quote from Javon Johnson piece, they were also tasked with thinking about the unlimited possibilities of building positive racial identity within instructional programming.

Created in collaboration with Toronto District School Board educators & staff, the Sankofa Black Heritage Series Teachers’ Guide is now available. The guide supports the implementation of Black-centred texts & culturally relevant pedagogies in Gr. 4-8 classrooms. bit.ly/3ulWeoB #tdsb #tdsbcebsa

The updated version of the 🔖 IHM Resource Guidebook (3rd edition, 2021) can be found here --> bit.ly/IHM2021RGB

Coming soon is Season 2 of the Human Library Podcast! Conversations Around Black Student Success & Excellence. Our first episode features Dr. Kerry-Ann Escayg. Stay tuned as we welcome Dr. Kerry-Ann Escayg! To view past episodes: bit.ly/2XHk9ma #tdsb #tdsbcebsa

Registration is open for Black Student Leadership courses. Classes are weekly, beginning Sat, Oct. 23, 2021 from 9 a.m. - 12:30 p.m. Toronto District School Board students who complete course will obtain high school credits. For more info & to register visit: tdsb.on.ca/CEBSA/Programs #tdsb #tdsbcebsa

Join Jennifer Watt, Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement and Shariah M. for the J/I Show Me Literacy series exploring the Sankofa Teachers' Guide: Looking to the Past, Moving Forward bit.ly/3vwjEbc Anastasia Learning Centre 1 Learning Centre 2 TDSB LC3 Learning Centre 4

Over the summer Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement partnered with uOttawa Engineering to offer Black students an opportunity to take STEM courses for credits. Understanding the barriers in #STEMeducation, intentional steps were taken to engage students in Grades 8 to 12 and recent graduates.

Please join us to learn with students who are part of the Black Girls' Book Club who'll speak to their experiences of mutual empowerment, confidence, and sisterhood through literacy. tdsb.sabacloud.com/Saba/Web_spf/C… Centre of Excellence for Black Student Achievement Anastasia Rukiya Mohamed