Tara Elie
@taraelie.bsky.social
Mother | Reader | Middle School Teacher | BCED| Passionate about meaningful inclusion | Bake & occasionally decorate cakes 🎂🥧
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We tend to measure academic success by the big wins: Passing a test with flying colors, for example, or earning top grades in a demanding course.
But it’s the small wins that motivate students to keep going amid the inevitable academic struggles, new research shows.
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But it’s the small wins that motivate students to keep going amid the inevitable academic struggles, new research shows.
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November 8, 2025 at 6:22 PM
We tend to measure academic success by the big wins: Passing a test with flying colors, for example, or earning top grades in a demanding course.
But it’s the small wins that motivate students to keep going amid the inevitable academic struggles, new research shows.
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But it’s the small wins that motivate students to keep going amid the inevitable academic struggles, new research shows.
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First Nations have raised concerns about the Building Canada Act since it was introduced as part of Bill C-5.
As @rjjago.bsky.social found when he attended the First Nations Summit last week, the federal government isn’t ready to heed them thenarwhal.ca/first-nation...
As @rjjago.bsky.social found when he attended the First Nations Summit last week, the federal government isn’t ready to heed them thenarwhal.ca/first-nation...
Inside the Bill C-5 First Nations summit | The Narwhal
I was at the First Nations summit on Bill C-5. It’s clear Mark Carney isn’t listening to Indigenous leaders.
thenarwhal.ca
July 24, 2025 at 9:42 PM
First Nations have raised concerns about the Building Canada Act since it was introduced as part of Bill C-5.
As @rjjago.bsky.social found when he attended the First Nations Summit last week, the federal government isn’t ready to heed them thenarwhal.ca/first-nation...
As @rjjago.bsky.social found when he attended the First Nations Summit last week, the federal government isn’t ready to heed them thenarwhal.ca/first-nation...
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X did have a lot of reach, and as the journalist in B.C. with arguably the most reach on it, I would have preferred to stay.
But we all have agency, and I didn't want to post on a website whose owner said things like "Canada is not a real country", so I left.
Life is full of tradeoffs.
But we all have agency, and I didn't want to post on a website whose owner said things like "Canada is not a real country", so I left.
Life is full of tradeoffs.
July 8, 2025 at 9:57 PM
X did have a lot of reach, and as the journalist in B.C. with arguably the most reach on it, I would have preferred to stay.
But we all have agency, and I didn't want to post on a website whose owner said things like "Canada is not a real country", so I left.
Life is full of tradeoffs.
But we all have agency, and I didn't want to post on a website whose owner said things like "Canada is not a real country", so I left.
Life is full of tradeoffs.
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Doodling, reading aloud, letter grades: All these practices are tangled up in commonly held misconceptions about education.
Our editors rounded up the research to dispel these myths—and explain the tweaks you can make to align your pedagogy with learning science. 🧑🔬
#EdResearch #EduSky
Our editors rounded up the research to dispel these myths—and explain the tweaks you can make to align your pedagogy with learning science. 🧑🔬
#EdResearch #EduSky
5 Popular Education Beliefs That Aren’t Backed by Research
Making adjustments to these common misconceptions can turn dubious strategies into productive lessons, the research suggests.
edut.to
May 31, 2025 at 1:25 AM
Doodling, reading aloud, letter grades: All these practices are tangled up in commonly held misconceptions about education.
Our editors rounded up the research to dispel these myths—and explain the tweaks you can make to align your pedagogy with learning science. 🧑🔬
#EdResearch #EduSky
Our editors rounded up the research to dispel these myths—and explain the tweaks you can make to align your pedagogy with learning science. 🧑🔬
#EdResearch #EduSky
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May 11, 2025 at 1:48 AM
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The 20th anniversary of Jordan’s Principle parade in Winnipeg is a wrap but our advocacy to ensure the federal government obeys the legal orders continues- let your MP know you support Jordan’s Principle💙
May 10, 2025 at 3:12 AM
The 20th anniversary of Jordan’s Principle parade in Winnipeg is a wrap but our advocacy to ensure the federal government obeys the legal orders continues- let your MP know you support Jordan’s Principle💙
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Still funny. Hardly anything else is.
April 18, 2025 at 10:32 PM
Still funny. Hardly anything else is.
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I could never be ideological. That would violate my set of beliefs and values in areas of economic, political and social life.
April 13, 2025 at 8:26 PM
I could never be ideological. That would violate my set of beliefs and values in areas of economic, political and social life.
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I just want to be liberated one day from having to hear anymore about US politics.
April 2, 2025 at 8:15 PM
I just want to be liberated one day from having to hear anymore about US politics.
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Last week UN CRPD committee released a report that among other things, called on Canada to repeal Track 2 MAiD.
Story here by @mikehager.bsky.social with comments from @trudolem.bsky.social and myself.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Story here by @mikehager.bsky.social with comments from @trudolem.bsky.social and myself.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
United Nations report recommends Canada repeal MAID for people without terminal illnesses
International committee also called on Ottawa to scrap the proposed expansion of MAID eligibility in 2027 to people whose sole underlying illness is a mental disorder
www.theglobeandmail.com
April 1, 2025 at 5:11 PM
Last week UN CRPD committee released a report that among other things, called on Canada to repeal Track 2 MAiD.
Story here by @mikehager.bsky.social with comments from @trudolem.bsky.social and myself.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
Story here by @mikehager.bsky.social with comments from @trudolem.bsky.social and myself.
www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/artic...
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I'll share a few that I teach to start. First up, Crip Camp and the fight for 504 (which yes, is now under attack, suit up) youtu.be/OFS8SpwioZ4?...
CRIP CAMP: A DISABILITY REVOLUTION | Full Feature | Netflix
YouTube video by Netflix
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April 2, 2025 at 1:42 AM
I'll share a few that I teach to start. First up, Crip Camp and the fight for 504 (which yes, is now under attack, suit up) youtu.be/OFS8SpwioZ4?...
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Canadian universities have been facing across the board austerity for years. Talented Canadians can't get jobs because there aren't any. Why would we prioritize bringing in Americans (who already make up a significant proportion of faculty in Canada) rather than helping our own skilled academics?
The next federal government, of either party, ought to make such skilled-talent drains easier (it's actually extremely hard):
- Create a new Canada Scholars program to fund incoming faculty
- Ease the huge moving tax penalty
- Make it legally possible for them to buy a house
- Create a new Canada Scholars program to fund incoming faculty
- Ease the huge moving tax penalty
- Make it legally possible for them to buy a house
March 27, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Canadian universities have been facing across the board austerity for years. Talented Canadians can't get jobs because there aren't any. Why would we prioritize bringing in Americans (who already make up a significant proportion of faculty in Canada) rather than helping our own skilled academics?
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What do you do when they target the schools?
March 29, 2025 at 6:06 PM
What do you do when they target the schools?
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Actually, A.I. Is Pretty Mid www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
March 29, 2025 at 11:28 AM
Actually, A.I. Is Pretty Mid www.nytimes.com/2025/03/29/o...
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Prepping for a talk and I came across this message from Chief Seattle to the Americans in 1854: "Your time of decay may be distant, but it will surely come, for even the White Man whose God walked and talked with him as friend to friend, cannot be exempt from the common destiny."
March 27, 2025 at 8:56 PM
Prepping for a talk and I came across this message from Chief Seattle to the Americans in 1854: "Your time of decay may be distant, but it will surely come, for even the White Man whose God walked and talked with him as friend to friend, cannot be exempt from the common destiny."
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With this election, for First Nations - it's heads we lose, tails we lose. But with this NDP land theft plan, we lose more. Here's some background on that land Jagmeet Singh wants to steal: www.peacearchnews.com/local-news/f... 3
First Nations seek return of land used for popular South Surrey farm
Kwantlen, Katzie and Semiahmoo Nations call for return of unceded territory in Surrey
www.peacearchnews.com
March 24, 2025 at 8:55 PM
With this election, for First Nations - it's heads we lose, tails we lose. But with this NDP land theft plan, we lose more. Here's some background on that land Jagmeet Singh wants to steal: www.peacearchnews.com/local-news/f... 3
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Canadian national anthem in English: gosh what a neat place to live. We’re so far north. I love you guys.
Canadian national anthem in French: I arise each morning with a sword in my hand and rage in my heart. I have traced the borders of Saskatchewan in blood.
Canadian national anthem in French: I arise each morning with a sword in my hand and rage in my heart. I have traced the borders of Saskatchewan in blood.
March 23, 2025 at 9:08 PM
Canadian national anthem in English: gosh what a neat place to live. We’re so far north. I love you guys.
Canadian national anthem in French: I arise each morning with a sword in my hand and rage in my heart. I have traced the borders of Saskatchewan in blood.
Canadian national anthem in French: I arise each morning with a sword in my hand and rage in my heart. I have traced the borders of Saskatchewan in blood.
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Before you put too much stock in Canadian political polls, remember almost all of them violate the necessary random condition, and their attempts to stratify are clunky at best.
March 22, 2025 at 5:56 PM
Before you put too much stock in Canadian political polls, remember almost all of them violate the necessary random condition, and their attempts to stratify are clunky at best.
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yes it does, actually.
Kelowna PPC candidate says agreeing with racist statements does not make him racist #Kelowna
Kelowna PPC candidate says agreeing with racist statements does not make him racist - Kelowna News
The newly-selected People’s Party of Canada candidate in Kelowna is a prolific poster of racist views on social media.
www.castanet.net
March 21, 2025 at 8:51 AM
yes it does, actually.
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Seeing as it’s the Ides of March, here’s our very fun guide to how Julius Caesar rose to power and then destroyed the stability of the state, ignored the law, undermined political institutions, and leveraged the wealth of the richest man in the nation… ahem…
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
You're Dead to Me - Julius Caesar’s Rise To Power - BBC Sounds
Join Greg Jenner in Ancient Rome to meet one of history’s biggest names, Julius Caesar.
www.bbc.co.uk
March 15, 2025 at 4:03 PM
Seeing as it’s the Ides of March, here’s our very fun guide to how Julius Caesar rose to power and then destroyed the stability of the state, ignored the law, undermined political institutions, and leveraged the wealth of the richest man in the nation… ahem…
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
www.bbc.co.uk/sounds/play/...
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“What drove me to leave my Crimea home was the fear felt living every minute knowing that armed enforcers might come for you. It matters zero that you are guilty of nothing. But safe in Canada, challenges lay ahead.”
Yuriy Umansky writes.
Yuriy Umansky writes.
Yuriy’s Notebook: Canada Through Fresh Eyes | The Tyee
Like thousands of Ukrainians since 2022, I tried a new life in BC. How’s that working out? First in a series.
thetyee.ca
March 13, 2025 at 12:54 PM
“What drove me to leave my Crimea home was the fear felt living every minute knowing that armed enforcers might come for you. It matters zero that you are guilty of nothing. But safe in Canada, challenges lay ahead.”
Yuriy Umansky writes.
Yuriy Umansky writes.