The Six Cents Report

1992: Stephen Lewis report on race relations in Ontario

References:

We Rise Together

Peel District School Board: We Rise Together Accountability Report

Planned job action by teachers to impact hundreds of thousands of students this week

Ford blames union leaders again as teachers plan week of walkouts

EFTO Collective Bargaining

Class Size: What Research Says and What it Means for State Policy

The Class Size Debate: What the Evidence Means for Education Policy

Secondary School Class Sizes and Student Performance in Canada

With twice the debt of California, Ontario is now the world’s most indebted sub-sovereign borrower

Ontarians shoulder provincial government debt—and big chunk of federal debt

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Teachers Like Us

Teachers Like Us IG: @teacherslikeus

Alyssa IG: @ehgraysway

Andre IG: @iamandre.m

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Decoding the Dress Code with Jenna Nicoloff & Ayesha Madden - 6CR #58

October 25, 2019

The Toronto District School Board updated the student's dress code as of Sept 2019. The recent changes allow students to now wear hats, hoods, crop-tops and spaghetti straps. Darnell & Joel discuss the role of dress codes with Ayesha Madden & Jenna Nicoloff. The conversation covers the following topics:

Impact of dress codes on students
First impressions & dressing to impress
Modesty
Teaching young people how to dress
Consequences of how you dress
Being overdressed vs underdressed
Professional dress codes

TDSB revises its dress code and the rules are not what you might remember

References:

Is ‘modesty’ no longer the best policy? On dress codes, Canadian schools begin to change their approach

The Best and Worst Outfits From the 2019 NBA Draft

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We Rise Together - 6CR #48

August 16, 2019

The Peel District School Board's implementation of the action plan to support black male students - We Rise Together is under scrutiny. Darnell & Joel review this action plan and covering the following:

student focus group underlying the action plan
Other factors impacting students success beyond the school
The student's experience section of the report
Contrasting achievers & non-achievers
Our experiences in school
Positive influences on our desire to learn

Related episodes: 6CR #30 & 6CR #28

Here Is Why Many Peel Students Are Demanding Better Action Against Racism

Reference Links:

Peel school board considers recommendations to enhance We Rise Together program

Parents critical of Peel School's We Rise together anti-Black racism effort

Suzanne Nurse - We Rise Together

Ep. 1462 The Moral Mess of Higher Education

BLACK LOVE WHITE LIES

Black Students' Perspectives on Academic Success

We Rise Together contact:

http://www.werisetogether.ca/index.html

Twitter: @WRT_PDSB

Email: WRT@peelsb.com

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TYPBST: Do More Better - 6CR #46

August 2, 2019

On the first installment of TYPBST (Type Beast) Darnell & Joel discuss Tim Challies book Do More Better.

Topics include:

Laziness & distractions impacting your productivity
Busyness & perception of busyness
Working for Good
Intentional with your time
Tools for organization

"The key to a woman's heart is an unexpected gift at an unexpected time"

Reference Links:

https://www.challies.com

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O’Cannabiz Conference - 6CR #44

July 19, 2019

The O'Cannabiz Conference provided The Six Cents Report with media passes to their 2019 Toronto event. Darnell & Joel discuss their experience and what they learned from the conference.

Topics include:

Unique aspects of Canadian industry - regulations, patents
Medical use & cannabinoids
Bill C93 - Pardon vs Expungement of 'simple possession' records
Purpose of law & criminal records
Cannabis Market beyond recreational

Previous Cannabis episode: 6CR #10

Toronto Just Can't Get Rid Illegal Cannabis Stores

Reference Links:

Chris Kresser on the problems with nutritional epidemiological studies

cb2insights

The Ultimate Guide to Cannabinoids in Cannabis

Liberals Pass Bill to Suspend Records for Simple Cannabis Possession

Cannabis Amnesty

Frequently asked questions about expungement

Hard On Liberty - Drugs

Mike Dillard Podcast With Teeka Tiwari

Hemp is the New Oak: America’s First Hemp “Wood” Factory is Being Built

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Free Speech University - 6CR #34

October 12, 2018

Ontario is requiring tax payer funded colleges and universities to develop their own free speech policy based on the University of Chicago Statement on Principles of Free Expression. Darnell & Joel discuss the various aspects of free speech:

free speech laws in Canada vs USA
accountable for your free speech
restrictions on free speech: Canada's hate speech laws
safe spaces
society needs competing ideas
are Christians hypocritical on free speech

Reference Articles:

John Carpay: Ontario starts the hard work of returning free speech to universities

Upholding Free Speech on Ontario's University and College Campuses

First Amendment

Your Guide to the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Canada’s law on hate speech is the embodiment of compromise

Exposure to different points of view is at the core of higher learning

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Racial Profiling in the Name of Equality - 6CR #28

August 24, 2018

Accusations of racism have been directed at a principal from a school in Etobicoke and an NYC private school. Darnell & Joel discuss the following:

List of black students distributed in Etobicoke school to track “achievement gaps”
NYC private school segregation of students
Toronto's Africentric Alternative School
Institutional Racism

Reference Articles:

Father files human rights claim after discovering 'black list' of students in Etobicoke school

Posh school’s plan to segregate students by race draws parents’ ire

Africentric Alternative School

Institutional Racism defined in CBC.ca article and Mises.org Article

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