Today's class began with a visit from Ms. Higgins, the Grade 9 Counsellor. She was here to take questions about next year's course programming.
We opened our specific discussion with a recognition of the tragedy in Tumbler Ridge.
We talked about:
- Funding cuts for communities looking for lost loved ones
- Jordan's Principle, and the narrowing of access to it
- The dehumanizing language used against people (in this case connected to the court case we have been looking at) and the imagery associated with it.
- The open invitation/universal language used the Superbowl Halftime Show - and how very Canadian it is to accept that invitation.
We talked over a summary of the first chapter, and read "Fire."
We will start there next class.
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