During the pandemic, after numerous racial injustices and an accumulation of others in the past, racial equity and equitable instructional practices and strategies have become a prioritized discussion in education. And now both teachers and parents are in need of resources to help conduct lessons and to guide discussions on racial equity, also on how to teach and incorporate it into core content areas in order to achieve culturally relevant responses to instructional practices. This book p...

The host of CBC Radio's Spark explores the very real impact of the virtual information we generate about ourselves -- on our own lives, our communities, and our government.We generate enormous amounts of online data about our habits: where we go, what we do, and how we feel. Some of that is stuff we choose to report; some of it is the offhand data trails we leave behind. The Virtual Self looks at the debates and challenges around virtual data-sharing -- fr...

Your special talents — be they artistic or managerial — combined with your passion and commitment to the arts, probably played a significant role in getting your organization where it is today. Look at the contributions of others on your team. Chances are that some or all of them brought significant talent, energy and commitment to the table. You can ensure and even accelerate the progress of your organization by continuing to attract top people. You can also avoid the pitfalls o...

How are women givers changing the world? Feminist Giving explores the complex world of funders for gender equality, a select group of philanthropists with very specific goals. Offering a wide range of information and analysis, this book helps make visible the vast array of new strategies that are making our world more gender inclusive.

The Code of Ethics for the protection of Children from Abuse identifies some of the key universal standards and ethical practices that can help in protecting children from abuse. It pertains to the following sectors: Parliament, the Police, the Judiciary, the Ministry or Education, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, the media, NGOs, religious leaders, and ISPs.

This overview provides a quick start for those persons who need to write a proposal (solicited or unsolicited) of some kind, whether it is technical, commercial, or charitable in nature.The main topics are planning, assembling, and writing the proposal; characteristics of successful proposals; and safeguarding against rejection. Appended items are a brief glossary and a series of checklists to help with document scrutiny.After reading this, the would-be proposal writer (a pro...

How to Study Effectively is just that. Irrespective of your field of study, the book will reveal to you one of the most effective yet simple-to-apply study methods. Why continue using traditional methods of study when How to Study Effectively is within your reach? Get your copy of How to Study Effectively, and it will show you how to make your study efforts more rewarding, innovative, and fun.

This resource details six key arguments for why educators must approach school improvement differently in the 21st century: (1) information literacy, (2) the economy, (3) learning, (4) boredom, (5) innovation, and (6) equity. Learn how schools are tackling these six arguments head-on in order to help students grow into global citizens, critical thinkers, innovators, and literate content consumers.How this book will help you modernize your school culture and increase student...

Even after the 2008 financial crisis, neoliberalism has been able to advance its program of privatization and deregulation. The Uberfication of the University analyzes the emergence of the sharing economy—an economy that has little to do with sharing access to good and services and everything to do with selling this access—and the companies behind it: LinkedIn, Uber, and Airbnb. In this society, we all are encouraged to become microentrepreneurs of the self, acting as if ...

The Business Ethics Study Brief is intended as a quick reference for business professionals, including employees, managers, group leaders, team leaders, and students of business or law. This Study Brief provides an introduction to business ethics. It contains a brief history, highlighting the increased interest and emphasis on business ethics in recent years. The importance of studying business ethics is reinforced with key points on the benefits of business ethics, moral philosophies invo...

Augmented reality broadens our vision of everyday life, so couldn’t the same be achieved for senior managers as they face growing complexity both within and beyond their company? Just as a Smartphone can be made smarter by downloading apps, shouldn’it be possible for managers to work smarter by being equipped with a few smart tools ? This short essay by an expert in corporate organization suggests ways in which 21st-century managers can «augment» their vision of management – and encourage ...

This text only version originally formed part of fundraising training aimed at new, small, and emerging groups who, having achieved funding for a project moved straight to delivering it but towards the end of the funding life cycle omitted to give sufficient advance consideration to renewable funding to sustain the work of the organisation. This presentation gives thought and practical consideration to a fundraising Exiting Strategy so as to enable sustainable service delivery, o...