In episode 2 of a blog series for instructors or facilitators supporting newcomers, I aim to address reservations you or your program participants may have about the benefits of yoga. Recognizing that newcomers are accessing programs for language-learning and acquiring particular benchmarks and knowledge that will move their lives forward in Canada, I hope to […]
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As we enter another year of uncertainty, fragmented programming and isolation, I am offering this space to those of you who are providing services to newcomers ways to support their wellbeing, and as well as your own. In the following months, I will share knowledge, practices and principles and develop resources that can be implemented
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What is needed in the increasingly diverse and complex learning environment of language instruction for immigrants? I am grateful and excited to do the work I do, opening doors to look beyond current systems, structures and practices, asking questions such as these, and listening. Throughout the past year, through conversations with refugee men and the
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