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☎️TKARONTO ALTERNATIVES TO CALLING 911☎️
Save these numbers in your phone!
In our carceral society there are no clear alternatives to calling 911. Even for fire or EMS, there is always a risk of police responding.
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Save these numbers in your phone!
In our carceral society there are no clear alternatives to calling 911. Even for fire or EMS, there is always a risk of police responding.
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We hope to help folks understand their options for social services and crisis support in Toronto, beyond the police. We must continue to build community alternatives for policing and push to #abolitionthepolice and #abolishprisons.
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We want to acknowledge the harmful legacy of social services & social work in "Canada" and the ways that these systems continue to cause harm. We’ve linked some articles about this harmful legacy in our Instagram highlights, along with other resources like The Access Point.
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Okay, there’s a thing we need to #DISMANTLE.
I just published, “Science / Fiction: Evidence-Based Education, Scientific Racism, and How Learning Styles Became a Myth.”
carolblack.org/science-fictio…
I just published, “Science / Fiction: Evidence-Based Education, Scientific Racism, and How Learning Styles Became a Myth.”
carolblack.org/science-fictio…
Wait, what? Learning styles? I thought scientists had concluded that believing in learning styles is like believing in Big Foot! Or unicorns!
Well… not exactly.
Well… not exactly.
In fact, researchers at Harvard, Yale, Cornell, Hong Kong University, the Keck Graduate Institute, University of Exeter, and other major research institutions very much believe that learning styles exist.
