Maryam Adrangi
@maryamadrangi.bsky.social
Educator | Organizer | Writer - new here :)
Sigh. It wouldn't be a teacher strike if someone hadn't written an article exactly like this. Blaming economic hits to small businesses on other workers-ones who are demanding better working conditions for themselves, and learning conditions for kids www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
Businesses have been hit by the Alberta teachers’ strike. They might not be in the clear yet | CBC News
Business groups in Alberta say the teachers’ strike has hit the province’s economy — and while there’s optimism about students heading back to school Wednesday, the way the dispute was resolved means ...
www.cbc.ca
October 29, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Sigh. It wouldn't be a teacher strike if someone hadn't written an article exactly like this. Blaming economic hits to small businesses on other workers-ones who are demanding better working conditions for themselves, and learning conditions for kids www.cbc.ca/news/canada/...
So glad ppl like @celeste.lgbt have their ear to the ground on anti-trans policies and mvmnts in Canada. Let's be clear, these mvmnts are becoming louder and more emboldened (and in positions of power), and it will only get worse if we don't collectively speak out to defend each other.
SCOOP: OneBC's Bill M-216 is Canada's worst anti-trans legislation thus far. Yet, is it even Canadian? I've investigated and found out that it's pretty much a copy-paste of U.S. model anti-trans legislation by SPLC-designated hate group "Do No Harm".
Read more: celeste.lgbt/en/2025/10/b...
Read more: celeste.lgbt/en/2025/10/b...
BC Bill M-216: Canada's worst anti-trans legislation thus far, but is it Canadian? • Celeste Trianon
celeste.lgbt
October 20, 2025 at 1:26 AM
So glad ppl like @celeste.lgbt have their ear to the ground on anti-trans policies and mvmnts in Canada. Let's be clear, these mvmnts are becoming louder and more emboldened (and in positions of power), and it will only get worse if we don't collectively speak out to defend each other.
These are critical conversations that impact our schools: How APR hurts everyone, and how anti-Zionist jews are consistently speaking out to support rights and liberation for ALL of school communities…but they are being shut down briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/vie...
Co-Resisting Anti-Palestinian Racism in Toronto Schools
Jewish and Palestinian families are combatting polarizing policies together
briarpatchmagazine.com
September 30, 2025 at 9:32 PM
These are critical conversations that impact our schools: How APR hurts everyone, and how anti-Zionist jews are consistently speaking out to support rights and liberation for ALL of school communities…but they are being shut down briarpatchmagazine.com/articles/vie...
On Woke “When you look at the long arc of history and America’s reaction to the request for Black liberation–every time Black people try to use a phrase or coin a phrase that symbolizes our desire for liberation, it will eventually become a cuss word to white people” www.naacpldf.org/woke-black-b...
How Woke Went From "Black" to "Bad": The Meaning of "Woke"
"Woke" has become a negative buzzword and derisive stand-in for diversity, inclusion, empathy, and Blackness. When legislators pass a law to “stop woke” in light of the word’s true history and commonl...
www.naacpldf.org
September 18, 2025 at 5:08 PM
On Woke “When you look at the long arc of history and America’s reaction to the request for Black liberation–every time Black people try to use a phrase or coin a phrase that symbolizes our desire for liberation, it will eventually become a cuss word to white people” www.naacpldf.org/woke-black-b...
Take Back Alberta has played the long game to take over public ed in AB. Groups all over Canada are trying to do the same thing...and they are succeeding. The Left needs to organize to protect public #education if they want it to stay public. #bced thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
The Right-Wing Plan to Take Over Alberta Education | The Tyee
A new report zeroes in on the forces aiming to win control of school boards in next month’s elections.
thetyee.ca
September 18, 2025 at 4:02 PM
Take Back Alberta has played the long game to take over public ed in AB. Groups all over Canada are trying to do the same thing...and they are succeeding. The Left needs to organize to protect public #education if they want it to stay public. #bced thetyee.ca/Analysis/202...
At this point, bluesky is becoming my way to document the different ways public K-12 #education is become more corporate, authoritarian, and influenced by private interests. Today's post: #climate www.cbc.ca/news/fossil-...
New report decries fossil fuel industry influence in climate education | CBC News
Environmental advocates are sounding the alarm about fossil fuel industry influence on energy, climate and environmental learning in Canada's classrooms, with a new report citing efforts like funding ...
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September 10, 2025 at 4:23 AM
At this point, bluesky is becoming my way to document the different ways public K-12 #education is become more corporate, authoritarian, and influenced by private interests. Today's post: #climate www.cbc.ca/news/fossil-...
This week, on Alberta’s book bans we ask: Why have teachers and librarians, when fascist politicians can make unilateral decisions? #education www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
‘Embarrassing’: reaction to Alberta’s revised book ban
The province has updated its order to remove sexually explicit books from schools and libraries and now the new rule only applies to images or pictures of sexual acts -- literature with written passag...
www.ctvnews.ca
September 9, 2025 at 7:34 AM
This week, on Alberta’s book bans we ask: Why have teachers and librarians, when fascist politicians can make unilateral decisions? #education www.ctvnews.ca/calgary/arti...
Reposted by Maryam Adrangi
The intent was always clear: censoring queer knowledge, censoring queer lives.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... (unpaywalled link: archive.ph/ce9LN)
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... (unpaywalled link: archive.ph/ce9LN)
Revised Alberta directive bans books with visual depictions of sexual acts from schools
Provincial government changes course after original plan would have banned classics of literature
www.theglobeandmail.com
September 8, 2025 at 10:07 PM
The intent was always clear: censoring queer knowledge, censoring queer lives.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... (unpaywalled link: archive.ph/ce9LN)
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/alber... (unpaywalled link: archive.ph/ce9LN)
Our education system does not operate in a vacuum. As long as racism persists in society, it will exist in our schools.
@thestar.com article reveals two reports focussed on anti-Black racism and islamophobia in the country's largest school district tinyurl.com/nhze4ced
@thestar.com article reveals two reports focussed on anti-Black racism and islamophobia in the country's largest school district tinyurl.com/nhze4ced
Black TDSB students say they face ‘dehumanizing’ racism, greater academic hurdles, new studies find
In separate studies by U of T researchers, Black students reported facing excessive discipline due to discrimination.
www.thestar.com
September 8, 2025 at 8:16 PM
Our education system does not operate in a vacuum. As long as racism persists in society, it will exist in our schools.
@thestar.com article reveals two reports focussed on anti-Black racism and islamophobia in the country's largest school district tinyurl.com/nhze4ced
@thestar.com article reveals two reports focussed on anti-Black racism and islamophobia in the country's largest school district tinyurl.com/nhze4ced