Article 2 of 7: Finding Your Way Back Here is something your brain would prefer you not to know: it is very good at lying to you. Not maliciously. Not even consciously. But with a kind of quiet efficiency that would be impressive if it weren’t so deeply inconvenient. When

Article 3 of 7: Finding Your Way Back Here is a theory about why so many people feel disconnected from their lives right now, and it is not a particularly comforting one: the world we have built is extraordinarily good at producing this feeling. Not on purpose. Nobody sat in

When push comes to shove, supporting students in our schools is a team effort. Our students, regardless of challenges they face in their academic or personal lives, benefit from the care we can offer them. In this series, we have explored ways to support and intervene with students experiencing mood

If you’d told me as a young boy struggling with dyslexia that one day I’d help create technology used by thousands of people around the world, I probably wouldn’t have believed you. Like many people with dyslexia, I grew up knowing I was capable, but often feeling frustrated by the

It is evident through the work I get to do with school leaders, graduate students, and developing teachers, that schools are in desperate need of help to manage the fast-paced complexity that people must endure. This article attempts to answer 2 questions; how might we slow our practice down and

The Manitoba Teachers’ Society (MTS) Disability Benefits Plan (DBP) coordinates the short- and long-term insurance for member teachers – including principals and vice-principals across the province. We know that, currently, approximately 60 % of our short-term claims and 50% of our long-term claims are related to mental health. Upon examining