Rapport Blog… Sites worth Seeing 3 May 20203 May 2020 Often we ask students to explore topics with a mind to analyzing primary and secondary sources. While it is fairly easy to find primary sources I have sometimes found it…
Pedagogy… And Now for A Completely Different Pedagogical Perspective 3 May 20203 May 2020 By John Meyers Decades ago in British Columbia I attended my first improvisational theatre show and was hooked. Since then I have taken classes, been in some shows, and taught…
Rapport Blog… Neil Hetherington of the Daily Bread Food Bank on the Crisis Facing Torontonians 3 May 20203 May 2020 By Allan Hux Neil Hetherington, the CEO of the Daily Bread Food Bank, spoke on Tuesday, April 14 from their main warehouse at 191 New Toronto Street in Etobicoke. Neil…
lessons… OHASSTA Tuesdays 14 Apr 20201 May 2020 A webinar series to build community and share with colleagues during the COVID-19 pandemic. Join us every two weeks to learn, discuss, collaborate and share! Our new webinar series will…
Rapport Blog… Historica Canada 7 Apr 202027 Apr 2020 By Bronwyn Graves With the rapid roll out of distance learning, Ontario’s teachers are facing – and rising to! – challenges we’ve never experienced before. Online learning presents a new…
Rapport Blog… What can you share? 4 Apr 202029 Apr 2020 We hope that our new website will provide a place for you to share your stories from the front lines, reflections on teaching and learning, resources, and great ideas for…
Rapport Blog… Curriculum Diversity Part 4 3 Apr 202027 Apr 2020 By John Myers Curriculum Diversity Part 4This series has aimed to:- provide useful resources for promoting curriculum content that is more inclusive of our diversity*- identify ways to overcome the…
Rapport Blog… The Books Teachers Read and How They Influence Us/Our Students 1 Apr 20202 Apr 2020 By Risa Gluskin While social distancing, I’ve gotten to thinking about the books we, as teachers, read, and how they influence us in our teaching lives.At my school, we used…
Rapport Blog… Stories from Self Isolation 1 Apr 20204 May 2020 A story collection project of how we are living during the #Covid19 pandemic in Canada & around the world By: Katy Whitfield As we are all “living” history through this…
Pedagogy… Landscapes of Injustice Teacher Field School 10 Mar 20204 Apr 2020 Travel opportunity summer 2019 Are you an intermediate or secondary school teacher?Would you like to travel and meet with teachers from across Canada?Would you like to learn more about the…
Pedagogy… Assessing Global Competencies in Grade 12 Economics 10 Mar 202022 Apr 2020 By Zoe Flatman My predecessor at Rapport, Risa Gluskin, chronicled her journey to revise and update her teaching and assessment practices. In that spirit, I wanted to share some of…
Doing History… Rapport: Travelling Through Time in the Limestone City 10 Mar 202025 Mar 2020 This spring and summer, the Enrichment Studies Unit (ESU) at Queen’s University is once again offering opportunities for students in grades 7-12 to experience university life. An exciting, new history course explores…