Wednesday, February 24, 2010

Zero Tolerance: A Performance on Safe Schools

On Thursday February 25, 2010, from 3-5 pm at Hart House (The Great Hall), a group of University of Toronto students will perform a rehearsed reading my play Zero Tolerance for their classmates and the general public. The students are from three different programs at the University: the Equity Studies program at New College, the Public Health program and the Curriculum Studies and Teacher Development program at OISE (the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education).

Zero Tolerance is a research-informed play about creating safe schools in Toronto. The play is an adaptation of a task-force report called The Road to Health which was commissioned by the Toronto District School Board in 2007 following the shooting of CW Jeffreys student Jordan Manners. The rehearsed reading will be followed by a brief talk given by OISE graduate student Dean Barnes who is a vice principal at the Halton District School Board. Dean's doctoral work focuses on the use of peacebuilding programs to create safer schools. A Question and Answer discussion will follow Dean's talk.

Please join us at Hart House tomorrow, Thursday February 25, 2010 for the reading of Zero Tolerance. Admission is free.

All the best,
Tara

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