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sosopolitical.bsky.social
Socials Studies teacher ed & researcher at Vancouver Island University. EdD Learning Sciences. Designing authentic assessments of competency, civic education, historical thinking, deliberation, and place-based learning. Music fan! BC history nerd!
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submitted 21 hours ago • 13 comments

This alone should be grounds for terminating Ontario’s contract with Starlink immediately.

submitted 7 days ago • 24 comments

My office today was Bright Angel Park in the Cowichan Valley. Dr. Teresa Farrell and I are meeting in 3 locations there this week with #SD79 teachers who are alumni of @viuniversity.bsky.social and attended #place-based education field schools with us in the Fraser Canyon in 2018 and 2019. 1/2 #bced

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

My office today was Bright Angel Park in the Cowichan Valley. Dr. Teresa Farrell and I are meeting in 3 locations there this week with #SD79 teachers who are alumni of @viuniversity.bsky.social and attended #place-based education field schools with us in the Fraser Canyon in 2018 and 2019. 1/2 #bced

submitted 9 days ago • 2 comments

Hello @viuniversity.bsky.social - if we want to jump on this “office horses” trend, the Faculty of Education will be needing an outdoor classroom / paddock next to building 356 please.

submitted 10 days ago • 0 comments

There’s been so much interest in from US 🇺🇸health workers and jobs in Canada that I’m posting recruitment links for all 10 provinces and 3 territories: 🧵 #healthcarejobs🇨🇦

submitted 12 days ago • 168 comments

Portuguese editorial cartoonist Zez Vaz (@zezvaz.bsky.social):

submitted 13 days ago • 97 comments

Unnerving how much new material for my "Death of Democracy?" course the US is generating these days.

submitted 13 days ago • 3 comments

Careful everyone! This post was being shared tonight. It's falsely attributed as a transcript of Hegseth's NATO presser. When others asked for attribution, the poster apologized and said he'd been taken in by a parody. See thread below on how we can't share what we can't immediately verify.

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Hello American teacher colleagues. Now I don’t think you would anyway, but just in case… please don’t use this topic as an “open issue” for a controversial issues debates. The only path to statehood for Canada involves infringing upon our sovereignty and causing great harm. #sschat #edusky

submitted 15 days ago • 1 comment

The CHA Teaching blog is back up and running - every second Thursday. Reach out with questions and ideas!

submitted 15 days ago • 0 comments

Trains! Reviewing the CFP to see if there is any way that my research interests could possibly align.

submitted 16 days ago • 0 comments

Beautiful day at @viuniversity.bsky.social Deep Bay Marine Station for our round table discussion with several First Nations about kelp restoration happening in the North Salish Sea and discussing paths forward for collaboration and capacity building for community-led restoration✨🌊🌿

submitted 27 days ago • 0 comments

Eby: “I wanted to hit on a sovereign Canada” But then he saw the wounded US veterans enter the stadium. “I was like, man, they must be feeling so anxious about what kind of reaction they are going to get here. And I thought that was so awful they’d feel that way.” Empathy. Leadership. 👏🏼

submitted 18 days ago • 5 comments

Travel tips from a Canadian architectural historian? I will be following these blogs for sure.

submitted 19 days ago • 0 comments

I am begging all high school history teachers: review the three branches of government & checks and balances tomorrow. It's an unobjectionable civics lesson that will come in handy over the next few weeks as students witness things unfolding before them, when you'll need to explain much, much more.

submitted 19 days ago • 3 comments

DOGE is reportedly threatening NOAA with massive staff and budget cuts. NOAA houses the National Weather Service and National Hurricane Center, which produce forecasts and warn people about storms. This attack on public safety is ripped straight from the pages of Project 2025.

submitted 21 days ago • 2345 comments

Holy. Angus Reid survey finds more Canadians are following Trump tariff threats "very closely" than those who said they were doing same for COVID-19. Pride in Canada also up 10 points angusreid.org/pride-in-can...

submitted 23 days ago • 5 comments

A few friends on FB have shared a post today that has a screen shot of a list of stats about migrants, fentanyl, and guns crossing borders in North America. The stats FEEL true, and very well may be. But we need to all stop and use caution with posts like this 1/... #bced #sschat #edusky

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

The AHA & the @oah.org have released a joint statement on the presidential executive order “Ending Radical Indoctrination in K–12 Schooling.” “We reject the premise that it is ‘anti-American’ or ‘subversive’ to learn the full history of the United States.” 🗃️

submitted 23 days ago • 11 comments

A few friends on FB have shared a post today that has a screen shot of a list of stats about migrants, fentanyl, and guns crossing borders in North America. The stats FEEL true, and very well may be. But we need to all stop and use caution with posts like this 1/... #bced #sschat #edusky

submitted 23 days ago • 1 comment

Graduate students from Thinking Historically for Canada's Future have contributed to various blogs focused on historical thinking. Read all of their contributions on the Active History site here: activehistory.ca/papers/think... @carlapeck.bsky.social

submitted 23 days ago • 0 comments