Looking back to 2011, the decision to leave Syria was the best thing Fryal Alshami could have done. Unlike the thousands of Syrians who’ve struggled to escape the civil war recently, Alshami acted early, leaving…
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Ontario’s Teaching Diversity Gap
This year is the 60th anniversary of the landmark Supreme Court ruling, Brown v. Board of Education, that desegregated American public schools. To mark this anniversary, Americans are reflecting on the progress that has been…
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It is vain to talk about a community without understanding the issues of the community. Benn Adeoba, a candidate for Toronto city councillor in Ward 2, shared these powerful words in his one-minute speech to…
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Teaching Students to be “Culturally Bilingual”
The country’s largest and most diverse school board was in the spotlight earlier this month for all the wrong reasons. The Toronto District School Board (TDSB)’s plan to help Somali-Canadian youth better succeed in school…
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