Pride Community Day Here are some photos from the Pride Community Day on August 5, 2022. It was a great time and witness to many folks who walked by - many of whom took away a colourful pinwheel as a souvenir (and sign of the Spirit). Special thanks to Trinity Anjou United church for the pinwheels, and to Adedeji Akintayo and the Beaconsfield United Church Refugee Integration and Support Program for their presence and support. Additional note from Rev. Read Sherman: David-Roger and Charles...
Category: Networks and Clusters
On Earth Day, April 22, 2022, members of the Environment Network were privileged to attend a live online presentation (in French) by the Anti-Polus team, a group of dedicated fifth-grade students in Natacha Sanson's ESL class. The enthusiastic and articulate presentation by these young ecologists---including their thoughtful and creative responses to questions---was inspiring. A link to a PDF version of the presentation is attached below; a link to the video recording of the session was also...
Recently, in February, Grade 5 students began their « Delicious » unit about food. From my vantage point, that represents repetition over 5 groups of a unit I’ve done at least 4 times with the same book. Bluntly, the topic of food, restaurants and role play has been done countless times over my twenty year career. The challenge is how to keep it fresh, up-to-date...This winter, the hook : sprouts. To add to the grammar lessons and practice pages of the workbook, I did a demonstration of...
Click on image to view video At the November 2021 meeting of Conseil régional Nakonha:ka Regional Council, Charles Dougherty and Rita Beauséjour shared a presentation with a proposal: “That the Conseil régional Nakonha:ka Regional Council undertakes the formal process required by Affirm United in order to become an Affirming Regional Council.”For more information, contact David-Roger Gagnon.
Fierté et Ami.e.s – Pride & Friends made a successful presentation at the November meeting for the Regional Council to begin the formal Affirm United process to become an affirming regional Council. A video of the bilingual presentation will be made available shortly. The importance of creating safe space for all points of view in upcoming conversations will be an important consideration as the work begins in earnest. Anyone who would like to be part of that conversation should contact...
Members of our regional council recently shared an inspiring article with me (linked below) about finding meaningful ways to reduce consumption in our Christmas shopping. For me, this New York Times article by Anneliese Griffin brought back memories of a favourite Christmas when my wise parents suggested that we try to limit our gift budget to a very minimal amount. One of my favourite gifts of all time is the booklet that my sister made by hand that year for each member of our family, with...
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