Taking time to smell the flowers on my walk into work. Taking time to enjoy the beautiful colours that flowers offer. No deep message here - just take time to smell the flowers and give gratitude to plant beings You matter as does your wellness ❤️❤️🌈🌈

May 5th Red Dress Day honours & raises awareness of Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women, Girls and Two Spirit+ people This annual remembrance traces its roots back to the REDress Project initiated by Métis artist Jamie Black in 2010. Pics taken Wexford Collegiate School for the Arts UIEC_TDSB

Important conversations and learning - this Elementary Educators document is a wonderful way to support this etfofnmi.ca/wp-content/upl… along with UIEC_TDSB suggestions for learning

Finding joy in collaging and co-facilitating alongside Jennifer Matsalla (she/her) at OAEA part of my leadership style in leading with care & love is to do thinks alongside others and share stories to learn and centre student well-being, engagement, learning & belonging.TDSB ARTS Dance Drama Music Media Arts Visual Arts

Wonderful experience to co-facilitating with Jennifer Matsalla (she/her) at OAEA conference where we engaged in the critical analysis and creative processes to look at storytelling using collage and drawing. Participants made beautiful works and shared their learning with care.

Come join Jennifer Matsalla (she/her) and I to engage in critical analysis and creative processes that centre visual storytelling through collage and drawing OAEA conference. It’ll be creatively fun learning TDSB ARTS Dance Drama Music Media Arts Visual Arts

April 10 International Day of Pink is about naming & challenging TRANSPHOBIC & HOMOPHOBIC bullying, harassment, violence & discrimination! it’s about the brilliance, love, joy & creativity of gender & sexual diversity! ❤️🧡💛💚💙💜🖤🤎🩷🩵🤍dayofpink.org/en/home-2023

Gratitude to the flowers both inside my home and outside for sharing your beautiful colours and oxygen with us. Quote by Georgia O’Keefe MBAM Educators - if we saw students, families & communities as flowers - how are you expressing gratitude for their beauty & what they share

This past long weekend took time to enjoy the colourful and provocative street art in Montréal near Marché Jean-Talon & le Plateau with my sweetheart. Conversations about student engagement & well-being need to include relevant & accessible arts education TDSB ARTS Dance Drama Music Media Arts Visual Arts

March 31 is International Transgender Day of Visibility! Centring the joy, love & brilliance of trans folk! Let’s also ensure we are protecting trans youth all day, everyday!

Welcoming spring and the Spring Equinox at 11:09 PM tonight March 19. I welcome the light, warmth, colour and sounds of spring - I have gratitude for all the animals, plants, land, air & water along with friends, family, students & colleagues.

Beautiful street art in Los Angeles - great way to take in the city!

The amazing work of artist Judy Baca LACMA teaches the stories and realities of Chicano/a identities in SoCal - love it when artists teach through their art TDSB ARTS Dance Drama Music Media Arts Visual Arts judybaca.com/about/

Enjoying all the colours of the beautiful plants and flowers in Los Angeles - totally feeding the spirit!

This spring is perfect to engage in a process of learning to unlearn by centring the First Nations, Métis & Inuit stories, creations, histories and contemporary realities for both personal and professional learning. Perfect for NBE3 teachers YorkUEd ProfLearning

Such an incredible exhibition of Shelley Niro work The Art Gallery of Hamilton Art Gallery of Hamilton! Her work is humourous, engaging and educational! So grateful to experience it and think about engaging students in this learning! UIEC_TDSB TDSB ARTS Dance Drama Music Media Arts Visual Arts

Engaging art installations at Woodbine Beach - so wonderful to be by the water on a sunny, cold day. Great way to think about the use of materials to tell a story winterstations.com Winter Stations TDSB ARTS Dance Drama Music Media Arts Visual Arts