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Book | Africanthology
edited by Gregory Frankson

Last Friday, we were delighted to have award-winning literary artist, social change advocate, and educator Gregory Frankson join us for our BC Student Voice event, where he shared his insights, experiences, and poetry. The book Africanthology is edited by Gregory with contributions from Black Canadian poets and literary artists who offer their perspectives of being Black in the country known as Canada. You can find publications written and edited by Gregory on his website.

In this week’s blog, Charles Ungerleider says, despite what some may feel, the sky is not falling.

Read the latest blogpost here

Charles Ungerleider is a Professor Emeritus of Education at The University of British Columbia and Managing Partner at Directions Evidence and Policy Research Group. The views, thoughts and opinions expressed in the OpED articles are those of the author and do not necessarily reflect the views, policy, or position of the BCPVPA.

ReFresh is a BCPVPA health resource with simple exercises and information that you can explore. ReFresh appears as a Member Update every Wednesday. All ReFresh posts are archived here.

Read the latest ReFresh: Considering Cannabis as Part of a Health Routine

Each month, your BCPVPA PLD Directors will upload pertinent articles, blog post, or podcast on BetterEducate and in the new Member Portal and in the BCPVPA Member Portal under Resources/ Readers’ Corner for your quick learning opportunity.  

Read the latest article, and find Discussion Tips and Prompt Questions: "The top 4 advantages of being a principal / vice principal — plus tips to leverage them for wellness"

Read this month’s article: Compliments

This series written by Read Jorgensen, SD61 Principal, appears in the BCPVPA eNews on the last Friday of each month.