CONTENTS: ETFO VOICE – SUMMER 2021


8 4 FROM THE EDITOR


5 FROM THE PRESIDENT By Sam Hammond


SUMMER 2021 6


WOMEN’S ISSUE:


ELECTION 2022: INCREASING OUR POLITICAL


ENGAGEMENT WOMEN, WORK


AND COVID-19


ACTIVIST RIHANNA HARRIS: GRADE SIX AND JUST GETTING STARTED


THE ANTI-RACIST CLASSROOM


UNMASKING INEQUITIES IN SCHOOL DRESS CODE POLICIES


ELEMENTARY TEACHERS’ FEDERATION OF ONTARIO 1


FROM THE GENERAL SECRETARY By Sharon O’Halloran


35 MYTHS ABOUT ETFO'S WOMEN'S PROGRAMS


36 CURRICULUM: BUILDING ANTI-OPPRESSIVE LEARNING ENVIRONMENTS


43 YOUR FEDERATION 45 BOOK REVIEWS


47 CROSSWORD: “IN THE NEWS” By Matt Gaffney


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14 8 INCREASING OUR POLITICAL


ENGAGEMENT Cindy Gangaram refl ects on all the reasons to get involved in the June 2022 provincial election.


14 GRADE SIX AND JUST


GETTING STARTED Voice in Conversation with Student Activist Rihanna Harris.


18


THE ANTI-RACIST CLASSROOM Nessrine Lara Lemqadem Alyass considers how educators can help create an anti-racist classroom.


2 ETFO VOICE | SUMMER 2021


PHOTO BY CHRISTINE COUSINS


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