Book Clubs
January – April 2025
The Courage to Teach: Guide for Reflection and Renewal (20th Anniversary Edition) by Parker Palmer
Join us in reading and reflecting on the seminal work of Parker Palmer that still resonate decades after its publication. This is an opportunity to pair our exploration of teaching practices and tools with reflections on our teaching identity. “This book builds on the simple premise: good teaching cannot be reduced to technique; good teaching comes from the identity and integrity of the teacher” (p. 10) and “listening to the inner teacher also offers an answer to one of the most basic questions teachers face: How can I develop the authority to teach, the capacity to stand my ground in the midst of the complex forces of both the classroom and my own life?” (p. 34).
Schedule: Every 3-4 weeks on Tuesdays 9:00-9:50 AM starting on January 21, 2025.
Indigenous Reads Book Club: TBD
Schedule: TBD
September – December 2024
Indigenous Reads Book Club: Bad Cree by Jessica Johns
A haunting debut novel where dreams, family and spirits collide Mackenzie, a Cree millennial, wakes up in her one-bedroom Vancouver apartment clutching a pine bough she had been holding in her dream just moments earlier. When she blinks, it disappears. But she can still smell the sharp pine scent in the air, the nearest pine tree a thousand kilometres away in the far reaches of Treaty 8…”
We encourage you to read the full synopsis and research some of the considerations for care/content warnings.
Schedule: Twice per month on alternating days 1:00-2:00 PM starting on October 31st 2024.