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DEIJ Hot Takes, Tips and advice

Nicole Demos explores the physicality of inclusion and using Disabled as a pronoun | DEIJ Hot Takes

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Physical changes are often times lost in the DEIJ focus on emotions and opinions but in the latest episode of DEIJ Hot Takes, Nicole Levina-Maria Demos (she/her/hers/disabled) opens our eyes to the physical side of inclusivity work beyond ramps, elevators, and sugar drawers. Watch the full episode to learn a key approach to DEIJ work that can support your DEIJ journey.

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DEIJ Hot Takes, Tips and advice

Sheena Nabholz explains the importance of Intercultural competencies | DEIJ Hot Takes

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Sheena Nabholz doesnโ€™t consider herself a DEIJ practitioner but in our DEIJ Hot Takes episode, you can learn how school leaders and aspiring heads can still transform learning in their community in equitable ways. โ€˜๐˜ ๐˜ฅ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ'๐˜ต ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ๐˜ฌ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ง ๐˜ฎ๐˜บ๐˜ด๐˜ฆ๐˜ญ๐˜ง ๐˜ข๐˜ด ๐˜ข ๐˜‹๐˜Œ๐˜๐˜‘ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ณ๐˜ข๐˜ค๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜บ ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜บ, ๐˜ด๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ. ๐˜‰๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ฎ, ๐˜ ๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ท๐˜ฆ ๐˜ข ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฐ๐˜ด๐˜ช๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ ๐˜ฏ๐˜ฐ๐˜ธ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ ๐˜ข๐˜ฎ ๐˜ข๐˜ฃ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ต๐˜ฐ ๐˜ด๐˜ต๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ค๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ท๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ด๐˜ข๐˜ต๐˜ช๐˜ฐ๐˜ฏ๐˜ด ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ฑ๐˜ถ๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ง๐˜ฐ๐˜ณ๐˜ธ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ข๐˜ฏ๐˜ฅ ๐˜ญ๐˜ช๐˜ง๐˜ต ๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ฐ๐˜ฑ๐˜ญ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ถ๐˜ฑ ๐˜ธ๐˜ฉ๐˜ฐ ๐˜ข๐˜ณ๐˜ฆ ๐˜ฆ๐˜น๐˜ฑ๐˜ฆ๐˜ณ๐˜ต ๐˜ช๐˜ฏ ๐˜ต๐˜ฉ๐˜ข๐˜ต.โ€™ Watch the full episode to learn a key approach to DEIJ work that can support your DEIJ journey.

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DEIJ Resources, School Leadership, Tips and advice

Leading Inclusively – 4 steps to ensure your hiring outreach includes ‘everyone’

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Daryl Sinclair

โ€˜We advertised to everyone, we just didnโ€™t get any applicants from those communitiesโ€™ How often is this statement, or similar, made by conference leaders and hiring teams? Though many workplaces and conferences claim to be equitable, when investigating the continued absence of specific identities, they continue to speak to their intention and not to their actions. Read this article to learn four approaches which ensure this doesn't happen to you.

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DEIJ Resources, School Leadership, Tips and advice

The Equity Ladder

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How do we move from accusations of virtue-signalling to actions that earn the trust of our community? To support those, like you, who are trying to make positive changes in their communities, I created a ladder of different equitable actions we can take in our school so you can see both where you are and the next steps to take.

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DEIJ Hot Takes, Tips and advice

Tricia Friedman teaches why AI and DEIJ are not separate initiatives | DEIJ Hot Takes

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Daryl Sinclair

โ€˜๐€๐ฅ๐ฅ ๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก๐ง๐จ๐ฅ๐จ๐ ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ข๐ง๐ญ๐ž๐ซ๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž๐ง ๐ฐ๐ข๐ญ๐ก ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ƒ๐„๐ˆ๐‰ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค, ๐ฌ๐ญ๐จ๐ฉ ๐ฉ๐ฎ๐ญ๐ญ๐ข๐ง๐  '๐ญ๐ž๐œ๐ก' ๐ข๐ง ๐š ๐ฌ๐ž๐ฉ๐š๐ซ๐š๐ญ๐ž ๐›๐จ๐ฑโ€™ Tricia Friedman takes us on a rapid-fire tour of the critical links between DEIJ work and AI in this episode of DEIJ Hot Takes. โ€ผ๏ธ๐€๐ฆ๐š๐ณ๐ข๐ง๐  ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ๐œ๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฌ๐ญ ๐š๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ž๐ง๐ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฉ๐จ๐ฌ๐ญ!โ€ผ๏ธ Watch the full episode to learn a key approach to DEIJ work that can support your DEIJ journey.

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Opinion Piece, Tips and advice

๐„๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ

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Daryl Sinclair

When will we understand that ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ง๐จ๐ญ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐š๐›๐ฌ๐ž๐ง๐œ๐ž ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐๐ข๐ฌ๐œ๐ซ๐ข๐ฆ๐ข๐ง๐š๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ง, ๐ข๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฐ๐ž ๐ซ๐ž๐ฌ๐ฉ๐จ๐ง๐ ๐ญ๐จ ๐ข๐ญ. It always feels good to have high aspirations but the feeling of failure when a child or colleague continues to face discrimination within our community is a wake up call we must respond to. Read on to find out how...

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DEIJ Hot Takes, Tips and advice

Estelle Baroung Hughes explains the role of visioning | DEIJ Hot Takes

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Daryl Sinclair

๐–๐ก๐š๐ญ ๐ข๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฏ๐ข๐ฌ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐Ÿ๐จ๐ซ ๐ž๐ช๐ฎ๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ ๐ข๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐ฌ๐œ๐ก๐จ๐จ๐ฅ ๐œ๐จ๐ฆ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ง๐ข๐ญ๐ฒ? Estelle Baroung Hughes teaches us about ๐’—๐’Š๐’”๐’Š๐’๐’๐’Š๐’๐’ˆ in this episode of DEIJ Hot Takes - how to ensure we are moving towards our vision, not getting dragged down by trauma. Watch the full episode to learn a key approach to DEIJ work that can support your DEIJ journey.

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DEIJ Hot Takes, DEIJ Resources, Tips and advice

Kit Marie Rackley discusses the harm caused by performative allyship | DEIJ Hot Takes

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Daryl Sinclair

โ€˜Allyship is mostly performative and often does more harm than goodโ€™ Kit Marie Rackley presented a challenging DEIJ Hot Take for the first recorded interview that was a pleasure to explore and help people understand this key approach to DEIJ work. Watch the full episode to learn a key approach to DEIJ work that can support your DEIJ journey.

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DEIJ Resources, Tips and advice

3 steps to turn your favourite social justice quotes a reality

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Daryl Sinclair

๐‚๐š๐ง ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐ฌ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ฆ๐ž ๐ก๐จ๐ฐ ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ช๐ฎ๐จ๐ญ๐ž๐ฌ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ ๐œ๐ก๐š๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ข๐จ๐ง ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐š๐œ๐ญ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ๐ซ ๐๐š๐ข๐ฅ๐ฒ ๐ฐ๐จ๐ซ๐ค ๐š๐ง๐ ๐ข๐ฆ๐ฉ๐ซ๐จ๐ฏ๐ž ๐ญ๐ก๐ž ๐ฅ๐ข๐ฏ๐ž๐ฌ ๐จ๐Ÿ ๐ญ๐ก๐จ๐ฌ๐ž ๐š๐ซ๐จ๐ฎ๐ง๐ ๐ฒ๐จ๐ฎ? Words are powerful. They signal our intentions and tell people how smart and well-read we are. Yet, for many of us, when asked to show where we live these words to support our communities, we may stumble. Try this activity to support turning your favourite quotes into a reality.

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