by Erin | Jul 7, 2020 | reflection
Opinion Piece: Can we make major changes to Ontario’s Public Education? Yesterday Ontario’s Education Minister, Stephen Lecce, announced that Ontario public highschools would de-stream grade nine learning and remove suspension for students in grades JK-Grade 3....
by Erin | Jul 7, 2019 | conferences & guest speakers, traditional school, wln podcast
In this podcast, Erin gets a chance to chat to Laurel Nunez from the Canadian Center for Home Education. The conversation meanders through different comparisons of homeschooling and really has a positive feel about the potential and growth of learning at home around...
by Erin | Feb 3, 2019 | advocacy, deschooling the adults, power dynamics, reflection, youth empowerment
Growing up, I had a lot of questions. I can distinctly remember asking about the concept of god, as a middle schooler, and wondering who created god, if god created all things. I was told that, that is why god is god. He just is. That didn’t sit well with me. I...
by Erin | Jan 21, 2019 | acceptance, power dynamics, reflection, respecting boundaries, youth empowerment
I have been experimenting with hair since as long as I can remember. I have a very tense relationship with my hair. As a child, I had stupidly sweet blonde ringlets that had everyone around me gushing. When I hit puberty, my once angelic hair turned into a ball of...
by Erin | Oct 7, 2018 | acceptance, trust
Last month, while our family of four road tripped East, I took the opportunity to re-read Siblings Without Rivalry by Adele Faber and Elaine Mazlish. This is a book that has been around for ages and road tripping happened to be a perfect way to refresh and put it into...
