CONTENTS: ETFO VOICE – FALL 2021


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4 FROM THE EDITOR FALL 2021


LOOKING AT CANADIAN HISTORY


6 A VISION FOR PUBLIC EDUCATION Voice in conversation with ETFO’s newly-elected President Karen Brown


THROUGH A CRITICAL LITERACY LENS


10 FROM THE GENERAL SECRETARY By Sharon O’Halloran


17 ORGANIZING FOR ELECTION 2022


INTERVIEW WITH ETFO’S NEWLY-


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ELECTED PRESIDENT KAREN BROWN


IDEAS FOR CREATING MORE EQUITABLE


2021


ANNUAL MEETING RECAP


SPACES IN THE WAKE OF COVID-19


LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY


AND IMPACT OF


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38 CURRICULUM: BACK TO SCHOOL WEBCAST AND WORKSHOP SERIES


42 YOUR FEDERATION 45 BOOK REVIEWS


47 CROSSWORD: “IMPORTANT INSTRUCTIONS” By Matt Gaffney


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RECOVERING AND REBUILDING: IDEAS FOR CREATING MORE EQUITABLE SPACES IN THE WAKE OF


COVID-19 Jonathan and Laura Temporal write that the pandemic has highlighted just how important public services such as education, healthcare, transportation and community support programs are.


20 EMMA: LEARNING ABOUT THE HISTORY AND IMPACT OF


RESIDENTIAL SCHOOLS Beverly Fiddler considers the story of her grandmother’s sister and reflects on the lasting impacts of residential schools on families and communities across Canada.


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PHOTO BY CHRISTINE COUSINS


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