Passion, lifelong learning, experience, leadership, and creativity: What do these words have in common? They describe the work of 24 members of The Manitoba Teachers’ Society who are the Teacher-Led Learning Team (TLLT). Members of the team—who are active teachers and principals themselves—collaborate to design workshops that bring learners together in meaningful ways with practical […]
Many of the choices we make as adults stem from the values that were taught to us as children. Teachers advise parents, and they guide students in so many ways beyond the confines of the curriculum. We can all point to a teacher who had a great personal influence on us. It’s clear that teachers, […]
Youth is one of the RCMP’s national strategic priorities. The RCMP’s National Youth Services is responsible for delivering the RCMP’s National Youth Strategy. The Strategy aims to provide educational and awareness tools and resources for youth, police officers, educators and government officials, as well as for others who work with youth. National Youth Services hosts […]
This issue of Perspectives examines educational resources from a variety of lens. The sources of quality education resources vary widely – from individual teachers to teacher organizations to school boards and to federal/provincial/territorial governments. And I’m not even talking about the resources found on the Web. But there are also group events such as teacher seminars, […]
As I reflect on the theme for this edition of Perspectives, I recall one of my first and finest teacher mentors, Dr. Ursula Kelly (then a professor in the Faculty of Education at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, more recently at Memorial University in St. John’s). Among many other lessons, Dr. Kelly taught us the […]
Research comprises one of the key strategic and supportive activities at the Canadian Teachers’ Federation. Through our work, we support the short- and long-term needs and objectives of our Member organizations and position ourselves as the “go to” national voice on publicly funded K-12 education in Canada. The CTF has a long history of monitoring […]
