Our rehearsed reading of Zero Tolerance at Hart House last week was a great success. About 125 people attending the reading which was followed by an address by University of Toronto PhD candidate and Vice-Principal Dean Barnes. Topics that came up for discussion included how zero tolerance polices lead to the creation of a culture of fear in schools, the role of police officers or liaison officers in schools, and engaging students through critically relevant and responsive pedagogy. Our rehearsed reading of Zero Tolerance launched a new course in the Equity Studies program at New College at the University of Toronto, which is called Equity and Activism in Education. The course is intended to provide third and fourth year students enrolled in the Equity Studies Program an opportunity to spend some time in Toronto classrooms and learn about the ways teachers can be advocates and activists in schooling. The course will be taught by me next year and will include other guest teachers from the Ontario Institute of Studies in Education at the University of Toronto, including Lance McCready, Jeff Kugler and Nicole West-Burn.
All the best,
Tara
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