Ruba Kallab
@ruba-kallab1.bsky.social
Language educator| Teacher trainer| PhD student @ OISE- University of Toronto|Advocate for trauma-informed & inclusive practices| Motto: “To be is to do” 🙌🏼
Have you talked about or encountered any of these topics in your classes, or heard your students bring them up?
Join me on 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙉𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 21𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙩 3 𝙋𝙈 as we dive into Teaching the Untouchables… at TESL Ontario 2025 Annual Conference. site.pheedloop.com/event/EVEGMC...
Join me on 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙉𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 21𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙩 3 𝙋𝙈 as we dive into Teaching the Untouchables… at TESL Ontario 2025 Annual Conference. site.pheedloop.com/event/EVEGMC...
November 19, 2025 at 12:28 AM
Have you talked about or encountered any of these topics in your classes, or heard your students bring them up?
Join me on 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙉𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 21𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙩 3 𝙋𝙈 as we dive into Teaching the Untouchables… at TESL Ontario 2025 Annual Conference. site.pheedloop.com/event/EVEGMC...
Join me on 𝙁𝙧𝙞𝙙𝙖𝙮, 𝙉𝙤𝙫𝙚𝙢𝙗𝙚𝙧 21𝙨𝙩 𝙖𝙩 3 𝙋𝙈 as we dive into Teaching the Untouchables… at TESL Ontario 2025 Annual Conference. site.pheedloop.com/event/EVEGMC...
Excited to present my emerging research on trauma-informed pedagogy in adult language classrooms at the @TESOL International Association 2026 Virtual Convention- Graduate Student Forum. This work is deeply connected to my commitment to creating inclusive, humanizing learning spaces. November 20
November 17, 2025 at 7:35 AM
Excited to present my emerging research on trauma-informed pedagogy in adult language classrooms at the @TESOL International Association 2026 Virtual Convention- Graduate Student Forum. This work is deeply connected to my commitment to creating inclusive, humanizing learning spaces. November 20
Thank you @iatefl.bsky.social for inviting me as one of YLTSIG keynote speakers to talk about an important topic like that.
October 8, 2025 at 5:36 PM
Thank you @iatefl.bsky.social for inviting me as one of YLTSIG keynote speakers to talk about an important topic like that.
My 4-year-old has been hugging her school bag for days, so excited for her very first day.
And I can’t, I just can’t stop thinking of Gaza’s children, entering a third year without school.
Happy new school year. May every child know safety, learning, and hope.
And I can’t, I just can’t stop thinking of Gaza’s children, entering a third year without school.
Happy new school year. May every child know safety, learning, and hope.
September 1, 2025 at 1:45 PM
My 4-year-old has been hugging her school bag for days, so excited for her very first day.
And I can’t, I just can’t stop thinking of Gaza’s children, entering a third year without school.
Happy new school year. May every child know safety, learning, and hope.
And I can’t, I just can’t stop thinking of Gaza’s children, entering a third year without school.
Happy new school year. May every child know safety, learning, and hope.
The quiet politics of grammar.
I used to teach present continuous and passive voice as neutral grammar points, until I came across this:
• Gaza is starving
• Gaza is being starved
Both describe suffering, but only one hints at agency!
Just a thought 💭
I used to teach present continuous and passive voice as neutral grammar points, until I came across this:
• Gaza is starving
• Gaza is being starved
Both describe suffering, but only one hints at agency!
Just a thought 💭
July 29, 2025 at 6:59 PM
The quiet politics of grammar.
I used to teach present continuous and passive voice as neutral grammar points, until I came across this:
• Gaza is starving
• Gaza is being starved
Both describe suffering, but only one hints at agency!
Just a thought 💭
I used to teach present continuous and passive voice as neutral grammar points, until I came across this:
• Gaza is starving
• Gaza is being starved
Both describe suffering, but only one hints at agency!
Just a thought 💭
💔 Art turned into firewood.
This is Taha Abu Ghali, a gifted artist in Gaza, who is burning his own paintings just to cook food for his children. His canvases, full of life, colour, and meaning , are now being sacrificed for survival.
This is Taha Abu Ghali, a gifted artist in Gaza, who is burning his own paintings just to cook food for his children. His canvases, full of life, colour, and meaning , are now being sacrificed for survival.
July 25, 2025 at 9:01 AM
💔 Art turned into firewood.
This is Taha Abu Ghali, a gifted artist in Gaza, who is burning his own paintings just to cook food for his children. His canvases, full of life, colour, and meaning , are now being sacrificed for survival.
This is Taha Abu Ghali, a gifted artist in Gaza, who is burning his own paintings just to cook food for his children. His canvases, full of life, colour, and meaning , are now being sacrificed for survival.
Reposted by Ruba Kallab
July 21, 2025 at 6:00 AM
No innocent soul should pay the price of war, yet they always do.
Ceasefire now. Enough loss. Enough pain. I hold on to hope, not because it’s easy, but because it’s necessary. It’s how I stay strong enough to keep going, and maybe, just maybe, make a difference. 🌿 🌿
Ceasefire now. Enough loss. Enough pain. I hold on to hope, not because it’s easy, but because it’s necessary. It’s how I stay strong enough to keep going, and maybe, just maybe, make a difference. 🌿 🌿
July 9, 2025 at 12:42 PM
No innocent soul should pay the price of war, yet they always do.
Ceasefire now. Enough loss. Enough pain. I hold on to hope, not because it’s easy, but because it’s necessary. It’s how I stay strong enough to keep going, and maybe, just maybe, make a difference. 🌿 🌿
Ceasefire now. Enough loss. Enough pain. I hold on to hope, not because it’s easy, but because it’s necessary. It’s how I stay strong enough to keep going, and maybe, just maybe, make a difference. 🌿 🌿
In the end… The hardest thing you can do in a world run by artificial intelligence
Might simply be to remain human.
To feel when you’re expected to be efficient.
To mourn when the world moves on.
To care when it’s safer not to.
Holding on to your humanity?
A quiet kind of courage.
Might simply be to remain human.
To feel when you’re expected to be efficient.
To mourn when the world moves on.
To care when it’s safer not to.
Holding on to your humanity?
A quiet kind of courage.
June 28, 2025 at 3:24 AM
In the end… The hardest thing you can do in a world run by artificial intelligence
Might simply be to remain human.
To feel when you’re expected to be efficient.
To mourn when the world moves on.
To care when it’s safer not to.
Holding on to your humanity?
A quiet kind of courage.
Might simply be to remain human.
To feel when you’re expected to be efficient.
To mourn when the world moves on.
To care when it’s safer not to.
Holding on to your humanity?
A quiet kind of courage.
Reposted by Ruba Kallab
BREAKING: The country that has bombed every hospital in Gaza multiple times has released a statement saying bombing hospitals is "totally unacceptable" x
June 19, 2025 at 8:12 AM
BREAKING: The country that has bombed every hospital in Gaza multiple times has released a statement saying bombing hospitals is "totally unacceptable" x
Many of our colleagues are quietly carrying the weight of war. What can we do? 🤍🤍🤍
June 18, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Many of our colleagues are quietly carrying the weight of war. What can we do? 🤍🤍🤍
You know what I’m talking about 🤨😉🤷♀️
June 17, 2025 at 10:30 AM
You know what I’m talking about 🤨😉🤷♀️
Reposted by Ruba Kallab
It’s that simple, eh?!
June 13, 2025 at 7:38 PM
It’s that simple, eh?!