Mary Fraser-Hamilton @MaryFraserH Twitter profile

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

3 years

Thread of advocacy & work for students, in no particular order🧵👇

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

It’s your girl, sitting in her car, doing a work refusal. No high quality masks. No rapid tests in secondary. No plan for lunch. Unsafe plans for supervision of dismissed classes. Inconsistent adherence to masking protocols. All that = unsafe work site.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

Whenever and wherever there is disaster, there is always a battalion of Sikhs with giant pots making sure folks feel fed and loved. May we all know that level of service to friends and strangers in need.

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2 years

Proud of fellow Sikhs in the Polish capital, Warsaw where the Gurudwara has opened doors to anyone arriving from #UkraineCrisis Anyone in need of food & shelter after arriving into Poland can reach here: ☎️ +48 602 666 666 #UkraineRussiaWar #UkrianeHelp

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

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Yesterday, two friends in different parts of my riding were intimidated, insulted and gaslit by a PC canvasser about the Liberal sign on their lawn. If you can’t run on your record, at least do better than: - insulting constituents - sending paid staffers incognito…1/2

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

We cannot normalize the use of the Notwithstanding Clause, particularly in collective bargaining. It's been used to eliminate the rights of CUPE workers, it's coming for all of education. No worker will have rights if this becomes standard practice. #onted #OnLab

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

I'm not interested in return to school discourse that doesn't centre the abysmal failures of this government. If you are blaming teachers, doctors, parents who need child care or ANYONE other than Ford, Lecce & their reactive & repeated penny pinching, I don't wanna read it.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

What it's like to have COVID in the Education system: a thread. (Seeing as it's my third time go around, a play-by-play for those who haven't experienced it yet). Wednesday & Thursday last week: send home more than one child for a worsening cough and fever. 1/

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

How are these two things happening at the same time? 1 - If anyone in your house has any symptom of COVID you must stay home & isolate for 5 days. 2 - If three of your classmates are COVID positive, you don’t have to isolate at all - just self monitor.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

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2 years

Super glad that everyone’s blaming Trudeau for the airport staffing challenges because now that means we can hop in a time machine and everyone can blame Ford for the totally public and ACTUALLY within his control shortages in health care and education, right?

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

My senior students haven't had a supply teacher since Monday, if anyone is wondering how education is doing in this province. #onted

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

Hey #onted ! Here’s @Sflecce ’s Liberal opponent. Just in case you needed to channel your rage…

Ontario Liberal Party | Parti Libéral de l'Ontario

@OntLiberal

2 years

Gillian Vivona is a high school teacher and a strong community advocate. We’re happy to announce that Gillian is officially your @OntLiberal 2022 candidate for King—Vaughan: ! #onpoli

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

4 months

We don't have textbooks. We don't have computers. We have pennies for photocopies. Want students to get off their phones? You need to support teachers, rather than creating a culture that questions their every move. And you need to invest $ in resources. #onted

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@Sflecce

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There is growing support for limiting cell phones in schools. We have one critical mission: keep students focused on the curriculum and engaged in the classroom.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

@thomasdaigle This looks like a middle school revolt against a Principal who has outlawed snowball throwing.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

4 years

Sorry @Sflecce wants to give up prep time in the middle of an entirely new way of teaching? Will nurses also record on charts at home? Police do their reports at home too? Does the contractor bring the walls home unpaid and fix them there? HONESTLY.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

I can’t believe that Ford and Lecce’s plan is tutoring. At risk kids deserve support during school hours so they can spend their time after school being part of their community in a way that fills their spirit. Tutoring, outside of the classroom, isn’t it.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

So, this is where every reporter can say "no additional measures to ensure school safety were announced."

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

3 months

All right @osstf , any @OTIP_Insurance folks and all @OFLabour affiliates who use Manulife. Time to find a new benefits provider. We can’t be pro-labour and pro-Loblaws. #onted #onlab @waltonmom

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Under a new deal, Manulife Financial Corp. says its coverage of certain prescription drugs will only apply at Loblaw Cos. Ltd. pharmacies. READ MORE:

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

@scotiabank @Desiree_Dakin This is gross. She shouldn’t have had to expose herself on social media for her to get a half decent response from you

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

Your reminder as we head into a new wave: #onted teachers are actively discouraged from talking about the benefits of vaccinations in school and are directed not to disclose their own vaccination status. Public health could use public education to EDUCATE, but they don’t.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

Peel DSB just proudly announced that we're getting 130 new HEPA filters! That should cover a high school and an elementary school! HIGH FIVE EVERYTHING IS FIXED NOW.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

I wanna know who decided to leak it. I’m guessing it wasn’t her. So why would someone want to blow up Tory? Maybe distract from somewhere else? And who has the most to gain? I’ll give you a hint: it rhymes with Rug Bored. #onpoli

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

8 months

In about a decade of teaching at a single Peel high school, I’ve heard the f slur more times in the last month than I’ve heard all previous ten years combined. The hate discourse is bleeding into the vocabulary of children.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

I’m so sad for all the families who think this is going to make things better. It’s only the beginning of the mayhem.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

Had to call parents, of course, and let them know that their kids were super unwell. Kids came to school because a test, because their parents wouldn't believe them, etc. Yes, I wear a mask when I teach and have a non-authorized, non-approved air filter in my class. 2/

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

Did I mention? Staff are being monitored by an Attendance Support Program that triggers at 6 occurrences or 11 absences. Pretty soon I'll get a letter from my Principal asking what she can do to "support" my attendance at school. I'm going to go take a nap. More to come. 9/

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

Shout out to all the educators on alternating weeks who are trying to launch a culminating that they didn't know whether it would be worth 10% or 30% or 0%, didn't know if it would be in person/online/hybrid & are now grappling with a snow day. It's me. Shout out to me.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

A reminder that most folks don't have paid sick days. If there's a massive testing lag, folks aren't going to bother getting tested, and they're going to keep going to work. 10k cases, plus a testing lag, plus no sick days? We can't even keep each other safe right now.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

Solidarity Saturday at @fordnation ’s office where friends, neighbours & unionists gathered to show cross-union solidarity in @osbcucscso and @CUPEOntario ’s fight for a contract. Shoutout to the gym owner for his support! Cc: @meli_bay

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

We have an incoming curriculum, but cuts to staff and no additional funding for actual support, in the middle of a staffing crisis where guidance counsellors and spec Ed staff get pulled to cover classes. We can’t save children with shoe strings. #onted

Laura Stone

@l_stone

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NEW: Ontario to introduce new mental health curriculum for students #onpoli

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

4 years

3.75 hours of synchronous zoom per day will absolutely destroy relationships, families, mental health, everything. @ninatangri @NokhaDakroub - have you ever had a 3.75 hour long meeting? How did you feel afterwards? This is an unreasonable ask for young kids.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

On a day when a school board has suspended (almost) all professional development during the school day, a reminder that your own time is your own time and you do not owe a thing to your employer, especially one that treats its employees so poorly they can’t hire or retain staff.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

All the while we are teaching WITHOUT A CONTRACT under the restrictive (now proven unconstitutional) legislation of Bill 124. The connection between the crisis in staffing and the way school boards and the ministry treat and compensate their employees is undeniable. 13/

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

I put for 2 days. Spend 3 hours in a brain fog with a pulse of 95 trying to come up with lesson plans that will be active, engaging, prevent misbehaviours & can also be taught by anyone or no one. I am regularly blamed for the behaviour of my students when I'm away. 5/

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

@maniac_musings I’m a privileged white lady with a contract, a union, supportive colleagues and seniority. Lots of people work in unsafe places all the time and can’t refuse work because they are more precarious.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

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Friday, I'm not feeling so hot. I take the day. Also have a migraine and new glasses, so am feeling super wobbly. By Sunday night, I've lost my voice, the wobbly isn't going away. I test positive. Email admin asking how many days I should book off in a row. 3/

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

…to your opposition’s office opening in a bizarre spy-meets-spy operation - having your children send us trays of tequila shots on behalf of Doug Ford. Politics is a dirty game. You are telling only on yourself & your ethics when you refuse to rise above it and be better. 2/2

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

Government lawyer talking about the trauma of online learning. CUTE.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

I'm awake! Since I've been away from keyboard, two students have emailed me begging forgiveness for missing class due to illness. This culture is part of the problem! 10/

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

In Peel, once we exceed 11 days or 5 separate occurrences, we qualify for attendance monitoring. I'd like to posit that this disproportionately harms women, whose health is often cyclical, and folks with migraine, who often have multiple occurrences rather than lengthy ones.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

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There's a supply teacher shortage. My guidance teacher/spec ed friends are regularly redeployed to cover classes. I want to be SURE someone is there to cover my class. Because my GC and spec ed friends have been pulled away from suicidal kids and CAS calls to cover classes. 4/

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

I've posted lesson plans, but now I get an email saying that my senior class is being sent to the library for "independent study" aka class is cancelled. Our spec ed head & librarian are redeployed today, meaning students aren't getting library service or spec ed support. 7/

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

This morning, I wake up, let my colleagues know that I'm sick & out of the building (I'm a branch president for my union). There's no contact tracing of any sort anymore. I email the integrated spec ed teachers to try to come up with a plan. My dept head makes copies for me. 6/

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

Fyi @PeelSchools and @OSSTFD19 @ETFOPeel Two colleagues have pulled over for a break from driving. They live out of town, left at the bell and are still an hour away from home. One just saw a school bus slide into a ditch. What’s your plan for tomorrow? For next time?

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

Um. What? Are you premier? No. You didn't get that job. Sit down. Are you an epidemiologist? A teacher? A child psychologist? Stay sitting down.

CP24

@CP24

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Brampton mayor says province should consider lifting mask mandate in schools

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

Gonna have a normal Saturday. Do some laundry, clean up, batch cook, obsessively refresh the feed of the lawyer guy who is live-tweeting the Ontario Labour Relations Board hearing. Totally normal.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

My board is going through a major library revamp to do important culturally responsive work, except my librarian has been redeployed over 70 times this year. A whole bunch of kids are establishing expectations in their 2nd semester classes without spec ed support. 8/

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

Teachers: We need help! And a math curriculum! And resources for that curriculum! The kids aren’t where we want them to be, we can see the gaps PLEASE HELP US! (Enter EQAO scores led on a leash by Lecce) LECCE: Shame on you, lazy teachers. (Throws money into audience) -END-

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

Still no Ministry of Labour inspector. Apparently they are short staffed because of COVID. I’ll be back in my car tomorrow morning, waiting for a safe school. In the meantime, my colleague Lindsay is documenting her reasons for refusal here. Check her out.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

4 years

Our friends @ETFOeducators are out on #ETFOstrike today and @OSSTF is out later this week. We want you to know #Istrikebecause #cutshurtkids . Spread the word! Call your MPP and tell them to #reversethecuts ! #onted #NoCutsToEducation

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@MaryFraserH

1 year

Also, staffing shortages aren't a "not enough daily supply teachers for sick teachers" problem. We also have at least 2 contract teachers worth of jobs that aren't being taught right now. At one point in OCTOBER we had TWENTY-ONE courses that didn't have a teacher. 11/

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

4 years

This is a screen shot from our Health and Safety training. We know that 2 metres matters. Why are we going into classrooms where 2 metres is impossible? The training I am receiving contradicts what I am being asked to do. #onted #UnsafeSeptember #onpoli @OntarioSafe

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

Having trouble choosing your trustee? Google them. If you can't spot them fighting for students and education for the past four years, they aren't going to start on Tuesday if you elect them. Elect fighters. #onted #onpoli

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

3 months

Special Education needs in Peel have exploded. We're cutting that whole department, but saving Comms so we can still have cute little videos? Bureaucratic positions remain intact, while kids who need braille go without vision itinerants? What is this absolute mess?

Frank Domenic

@TheFrankDomenic

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300 support jobs in PDSB lost. This covers special education, hearing and vision loss, equity and other areas. #ontario #onpoli #DougFordCantGovern #dougford #onted #peelregion #brampton #mississauga #caledon #frankdomenic 🍁 #canpoliTT

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

4 years

Lecce & Ford have plunged the entire education system into months (years) of uncertainty because they made decisions without thinking. They are responsible for the poor mental health of thousands of Ontario teachers, parents & children. We have all suffered. This is not a win.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

I hear if he's 15 minutes late, class is cancelled and we all get to leave. Is that true?

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

I know students who have half a day not being taught by a teacher. Two courses. So half the day they have teachers, the other half the day they have rotating supplies, on-calls, redeployments, cancelled classes and canned lesson plans. 12/

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

This times a thousand. I invite Kieran Moore, Dr. Loh and every doctor to see what lunchtime at a high school looks like.

Wendy Goodes

@WendyGoodes

2 years

I’m troubled by the medical professionals that talk about the importance of schools being open for kids. Most educators agree with the importance. It’s troubling because @Sflecce has done so little to make them safe, & the medical professionals would be shocked at the realities.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

Hey Peel fam! Opt out form for mandatory online courses is live! If you’ve got a kid in grade 9/10, opt out. But also, vote this government out because every other opposition party wants to scrap this requirement and properly fund classroom teachers. #onted

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

@Sflecce We don't need any more assessment. We need more resources. We need services. We need staff.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

4 years

Tired of feeling like a crap mum and a crap teacher living under a government that doesn't give a shit about my kids or my students. I keep putting the blame on myself, but this is on them. Time for some boundary setting and radical self care.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

Solidarity to all migraine sufferers this week who are having to deal with: - this government - emergency distance learning - 20 degree temperature swings - did I mention this government?

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

Hey, this is your Sunday night reminder that Stephen Lecce is a terrible MoE and has never not been terrible. Thinking about all my students, all they need, all they aren't getting.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

Ending whole class isolation and asking under 12s to self monitor is a move meant to appeal to Ford’s anti-science, anti-education, anti-child base. This is a reckless abdication of leadership that will cost the lives of the most vulnerable.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

K, so now that we’ve all laughed at the memes, can we talk about the long term health consequences of what’s about to happen to our schools? As someone who’s been jam packed with migraines since COVID, I’m worried.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

4 years

Serious question: if our kids contract covid because of school, can we take paid sick days? I.e. if my employer’s lack of funding makes my child ill, will my employer also dock my pay while I care for that child? Asking for teaching parents. @osstf @ETFOeducators #onted

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@MaryFraserH

1 year

I wonder if @Sflecce had consulted school boards and is aware of how completely short staffed they are in regard to tech teachers?

Kristin Rushowy

@krushowy

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Mandatory tech credit coming for Ontario high school students -- starting with students entering Gr9 in 2024, Education Minister Stephen Lecce announces #onted #onpoli via @torontostar

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

Hey @PeelSchools @OSSTFD19 @ETFOPeel — we’re going to really need strong illness in the classroom policies. Just because on site screening verification is over doesn’t mean sick kids can come to school.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

7 months

@Sflecce @sandhuamarjot1 @SherefSabawyPC The number of men in suits cutting the ribbon for a business predominantly staffed by women, who are chronically underpaid in an undervalued industry with a staffing shortage. That's enough for a ratio of this size. But then you doubled down with the "moms" comment. Cute.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

@wyattsharpe8 Well darn Wyatt, at 141 quote tweets and counting, they sure aren't going to appreciate you now! Keep going!

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

4 years

Forget disrespecting teachers. I can handle it. I'm used to it. This government is disrespecting children, full stop, by allowing so much of the province to continue running as if we aren't in the middle of a pandemic. You want to keep schools open? Shut something else down.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

When I mentioned the students selling rapid tests on kijiji. Thanks @CP24 for having me, and thanks @JBradshaw01 for being there with me for my first TV spot. I'm so grateful for every parent, every advocate, every education worker who speaks out about #SaferSchools

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

4 years

@paperdispatch Are you aware that Butler eviscerated you?

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

4 years

What is the point of asking teachers to be in a school building to have a virtual meeting? Is it to test the internet bandwidth when we all livestream at once? That’s literally the only reason that makes sense to me. Or are you only interested in surveillance and control?

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

3 years

Do not use your personal data to prop up the infrastructure of your employer. Post “no class today” in your VLE and move on.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

So far I've seen a half dozen official posts from school boards and unions talking about pink shirt day and vague stuff about bullying. Can we use the words homophobia and transphobia, please? Or mention that queer students are at a higher risk of bullying? Or something?

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

4 years

Saving this for my students to add dialogue to. We're gonna play it on mute and they can write a dialogue that has nothing to do with basketball. BODY LANGUAGE.

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@MaryFraserH

2 years

Hey teachers! Listen to this! And keep listening all the way to the end — important stuff for us to hear.

Breakfast Television

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2 years

"I'm angry." @sid_seixeiro shares his thoughts as thousands of CUPE education workers prepare to walk off the job today.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

4 years

A group of Peel OSSTF teachers has come together to advocate for stronger Anti-Black Racism leadership from our union. Please share D19 friends OSSTF District 19: Peel District : OSSTF D19: Respond to Anti-Black Racism! - Sign the Petition! via @CdnChange

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@MaryFraserH

2 years

Barring a news tornado, your girl is going to be on @metromorning Friday at 6:50 am, talking this year vs last year and heading into the winter break facing, once more, chaos province-wide and a refusal to put the education system first. Wish me steady wifi & silent kids! #onted

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@MaryFraserH

2 years

I have a student who can't perform today. She has a sore throat. I've told her to act like she has COVID. She thinks I'm being silly. But she doesn't have rapid tests, her family doesn't have paid sick days, and there's no available PCR. She needs a #SafeReturn and #SaferSchools

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@MaryFraserH

4 years

Everyone repeat after me: "Out of care for my children's mental health, we will not be participating for this length of time and are formally requesting an accommodation based on the guidance of the Canadian Pediatric Society." #onted #UnsafeSeptemberON

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

5 months

Not a single child in my school of 1600 is getting Spec Ed support today b/c those teachers are redeployed. BUT don't worry. We got an email telling us to up our EQAO scores because parents use those to choose schools. Zero spec ed support. Better pull up those scores! #onted

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@MaryFraserH

2 years

@gerrydee Oh, man, no. There are seasons and waves and times when you can stay after school till 6 pm doing the show, and times when your real life needs you at home. And as a drama teacher who leaves it all on the floor every day, it's super disappointing to read this from you.

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@MaryFraserH

2 years

For all those trolls in the comments calling me and my colleagues scaredy cats, some folks just made lunch time safer. A round of applause for Lindsay’s colleagues and all those fighting the fight for #SaferSchools

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@MaryFraserH

7 months

Just wanted everyone to know that the “resources” I received for supporting students this week were the same old mental health round up resources. School boards aren’t actually helping teachers through this. In case you believed their press releases.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

4 years

We set out to document #Strike102030 with parents, teachers & students from @osstfd19 , @etfopeel , @oectaprov and AEFO. We found people on the line for #NoCutsToEducation and more for #VoteFordOut2022 . Add your name to the line at

I'm on the Line for #Strike102030

Last Friday, we set out to document Strike102030, the longest picket line in history, with parents, students and staff from OSSTF Peel, ETFO Peel, OECTA Duff...

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

@Jill4life3 Hire more staff. And if you can't hire more staff, ask yourself why.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

If we drop mask mandates in schools, rates of staff illness — not just COVID, but common colds — will go way up. Staffing crisis will increase tenfold. Then they will eliminate school screening to force ill staff to work, w/ the side effect of ill kids attending school again.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

3 years

Good news #onted ! If the pandemic is over by January 17, that's just in time for second semester! Normal timetables and dedicated classes, here we come! #NoHybridNo150 #HybridHurtsKids

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

4 years

@ColinDMello HAHAHAHAHAHAHA. Has he met children?

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

Gonna be on @metromorning at 7:50 for a quick hit about schools returning. Will try not to scream incoherently. Then my biggest kid and I are going to use my prep to skip her class and learn her times tables because maybe I hate myself?

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

If you are noticing a sudden emergence of Peel con MPPs who spent most of the pandemic hiding, it's because an election is coming up. They are getting the announcements, the buzz, the flash, the bribes, and it's because they are scared. So let's push hard and get to work.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

@l_stone Laura, if you or any of your colleagues want to ask him today about if they have data on the number of guidance counsellors and spec Ed staff being pulled to cover other classes, and how that will undermine these efforts, #onted would appreciate it.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

4 years

Hi @OTIP_Insurance ! If we die from COVID, will our life insurance pay out?

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

4 years

Hi @PeelSchools ! Is there a reason custodial staff (who are lovely and underpaid and under appreciated) haven't been directed to sanitize chairs? The backs and sides of chairs are "high touch" surfaces. Clean them as such. cc: @OSSTFD19 @ETFOPeel @CUPEOntario @parentaction4ed

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

1 year

My teacher training was as a camp counsellor. I've written a book about games. I'm a drama teacher. Fun and games are literally my livelihood. I cannot express how much I despise employer-mandated, mandatory fun. This is so affirming.

The Globe and Mail

@globeandmail

1 year

Forcing workers to be happy with mindless fun can work against you, experts say

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

Solidarity to Peel elementary teachers who are now going to be asked to prepare daily asynchronous work. Thankful that you're not being asked to do hybrid, but this sucks too.

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

4 years

So, we’re all aware that in person staff meetings shouldn’t happen, right? There’s no place in most schools where 55-100 staff can sit 2 metres apart. #onted #unsafeseptember

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

Before the break, I was on @metromorning with a student named Hannah talking about what our hopes were for school in 2022. Tomorrow morning I’m back on at 7:10 talking about whether those hopes have been realized. (Hint: they have not).

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Mary Fraser-Hamilton

@MaryFraserH

2 years

I’m at my computer with 24 tired, unhappy, fed up and frustrated high school students who have had their learning interrupted four different times. Where’s the MoE? #WhereIsLecce

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