Public school teacher, former union president, former lawyer. Opinions expressed are my own. (He/Him)
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I’ll tell you one thing I did not vote to have in #survıvor2026 : Jeff Probst rapping. Please don’t ever do that again.
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18 Dec 2025
It says something about the times we live in that while watching the #survivor finale I found myself worrying the speedboats might get taken out by drone strikes.
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20 May 2025
It feels like a fine day to give some books away! And this time I’m going big. I’m giving away a stack of all my books 1s. That’s 4 signed books and 4 different worlds in my universe
🔄 Repost and ❤️ like to enter
A winner will be chosen next week and open worldwide🤘
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5 Mar 2025
How much of this app’s current business model is based on ads promoting fake news stores about Howie Mandel?
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17 Dec 2024
Surrey school district is growing by over 2,000 students a year. These kids kids need more of everything: schools, teachers, inclusive education support workers, custodians, school psychologists, SLPs… Talk is cheap; an excellent public education system is not. #bced
17 Dec 2024
Surrey parents, teachers and support workers call on Premier for more education funding vancouver.citynews.ca/2024/1…
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15 Nov 2024
RT @nftbadger: Me: “At least things can't get any worse”
Things:
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17 Oct 2024
RT @bctf: The BC Conservative Party has released an education platform that shows a deep misunderstanding of public schools and what studen…
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23 Aug 2024
'It sucks': Extended Surrey school days means kids, parents and teachers forced to juggle schedules vancouversun.com/news/extend… via @VancouverSun
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12 May 2024
canadian housing in one headline thestar.com/real-estate/he-w…
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24 Mar 2024
Standing in solidarity with Annie Ohana, award winning Surrey teacher, union activist, and friend. Annie tirelessly advocates for inclusivity justice. Let's support her instead of engaging in harassment. #SupportAnnieOhana #StopHate #sd36learn #bced #bctf #bcfed #surreyteachers
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19 Feb 2024
It was great being able to perform with Marcus Mosely at the @ugcvan’s Yule concerts in December Check out our video of Brighter Days (by @BlessingOffor). youtu.be/i9Olfkgw4N0?si=X-yJ…
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17 Jan 2024
Good morning. All schools and sites in our district are closed today (Wednesday, Jan. 17) due to snow. Bus service is also cancelled. Stay safe everyone!
#sd36learn #SurreyBC #WhiteRockBC #bced
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30 Sep 2023
September 30th, Orange Shirt Day does not fix or rectify the harm done by residential schools, boarding schools or day schools.
But this is what it can and will do…
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29 Sep 2023
The notwithstanding clause is complicated. There are a lot of unsubtle takes about it here on both sides. I can't subscribe to them. But the fundamental issue with s. 33, in my mind, has always been this:
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24 Sep 2023
Hey #bcpoli #cdnpoli #bced parents, the “parents’ rights” / anti trans protests this week may have you confused about what is happening in schools. Feel free to ask in the comments if you want to know more about SOGI 123. Hate will be deleted and blocked. Thread ⬇️
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21 Sep 2023
On Sep 19, we published a Joint Statement with
@CUPE728 & @SurreyDPAC
On Sep 20, we held the line against hate speech disseminators until they left at 12:55am on Sept 21.
As we said, our support for the 2SLGTBQIA community is unwavering.
There is #NoSpaceForHate here.
#bcpoli
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21 Sep 2023
Still anti-SOGI protesters (and counter-protestors) in front of @SurreyTeachers building. #bced
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21 Sep 2023
Quotes from @SurreyRCMP member:
“If you weren’t here, they would leave.” (Leave the union’s own property?)
“So do you want us to leave?” (No just to do your job in an even-handed way).
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21 Sep 2023
Police would not permit drop-off of pizza for counter-protestors, but did allow a drop-off for the protestors. They have threatened to rope a vehicle, but won’t allow us to bring it onto the property.
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