Discrete Day Agenda
Social Justice Contacts Thursday, August 25, 2022
Woodward IRC 3 8:30–9:00 a.m.
Registration Karen Chong, Heather Kelley, Assistant Directors, Professional and Social Issues Division
9:00 a.m.
Introduction • Acknowledgement of traditional territory • Introductions and housekeeping.
9:10 a.m.
Greetings from BCTF First Vice-President, Carole Gordon
9:30 a.m.
Ice breaker—Positionality
9:45 a.m.
Social Justice in the BCTF • Role of CASJ • ‘New’ Website tool and resources • Recent SJ decision highlights.
10:10 a.m.
Zone Discussion: Role of a social justice contact • Role of SJ Contact • Connecting with members/building union communities • Opportunities for action within union structures.
10:30 a.m.
Break
10:45 a.m.
Restorative Justice and Just Recovery/Transition Defining actionable social justice goals at various levels in our schools, society and, world plus identifying effective strategies from the contexts of within the classroom to regional and global perspectives.
11:45 p.m.
Lunch (on your own)
1:45 p.m.
Welcome back Educators’ Roles in Comprehensive Sex Education Sexual consent, human rights and the law, and Sex Ed in K–12. Presented by Kristen Gilbert of Options for Sexual Health BC.
2:45 p.m.
Active and Impact-Aware Allyship Capacity building, identifying self-defensiveness and working beyond. (e.g. identifying and responding to microaggressions, build capacity for difficult conversations, ethics of care as professionals). BCTF Summer Leadership Conference 2022 33
