Palestinian students receive instruction at a makeshift school made up of a cluster of tents along the beach in Khan Younis, Gaza Strip, on Nov. 12, 2025. (AP Photo/Abdel Kareem Hana)

Lessons from Palestine: Understanding the resistance of educators and students in times of crisis

Understanding emotional concepts like qahr is essential to supporting educators and students living under occupation, war and violence.
Organizers sing at a demonstration to denounce racism and police violence, June 7, 2020, in front of the legislature in Québec City. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Jacques Boissinot

Celebrating diversity isn’t enough: Schools need anti‑racist curriculum

Québec’s schools operate in a model of inter-culturalism, while schools across Canada are shaped by the vision of multiculturalism. Neither approach critically addresses racism.

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