POLITICAL ACTION
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This page aims to provide a collection of resources for NDTA members and community to get more involved in political organizing and activism in local, national and international contexts.
Links to organizations have been sorted by issue for ease of navigation, but please note that many organizations and the work they do are intersectional and relate to many issues.
This page is not meant to be comprehensive, but hopefully provides a jumping off point for members to learn more about the issues that are important to them and to be empowered to make a difference. If there are resources you’d like to put on the page, or issues you feel need to be called attention to here, please reach out to the PA Committee to let us know.
The 2024 BCTF AGM passed Resolution 107 in Education Policy, calling upon the Federation to lobby the Ministry of Education to add several key events from the history of Palestine/Israel to the Social Studies 6-12 curriculum. Read more about Resolution 107, including the full text of the resolution, here.
To start lobbying the Ministry, sign this petition.
TEACHING RESOURCES:
Lesson plan, “The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Searching for a Just Peace” — BCTF
Lesson plan, “Independence or Catastrophe” — Rethinking Schools
Nakba factsheet — Jewish Voice for Peace
Anti-Palestinian racism factsheet— Canadians for Justice and Peace in the Middle East
The Jerusalem Declaration on Antisemitism
“Palestine, an Introduction” — Decolonize Palestine
A collection of educational resources to explore.
Extended reading, “The Wall Must Fall: End the Occupation and Violence in Israel-Palestine” — CUPE BC
Teaching activity, “Teaching the Seeds of Violence in Palestine-Israel” — Zinn Education Project
This resource requires a login to Zinn Education to access in full, but login and registration are free.
Video, “The Israel-Palestine conflict: a brief, simple history” — Vox
LOCAL ACTIVISM
NATIONAL ACTIVISM
THINKING INTERNATIONALLY
Contacts:
School Board Trustees:
MLA: sheila.malcolmson.mla@leg.bc.ca and SDPR.Minister@gov.bc.ca
Victoria Office: (250) 356-7750
Constituency Office: (236) 362-0012
It is recommended that contact with elected officials of a political nature, just like union-related correspondence, be conducted from your personal email address.