on “According to the Toronto police, hate crimes are up 93% in the city over the last year. 53% of those crimes are antisemitic. According to Reuters, antisemitism incidents worldwide are up 400% in the last year. According to Statistics Canada, Jews are the religious group most likely to be targeted for hate crimes. They make… Continue Reading ✡️ Horror of History, Faces of Future | The Holocaust
on “Education got us into this mess, and education will get us out of it.” – Honourable Justice Murray Sinclair This year we were required to take a newly added course: B.C. First Peoples 12. This course was dedicated to learning about the horrific treatment of Indigenous people in Canada. One of the first assignments we… Continue Reading 🪶 B.C. First Peoples
on Welcome! It’s tPOL time of year already! In this post I will be writing about my growth as a learner so far this year. I will then be presenting this post to my parents and a teacher in what we in PLP call a tPOL – Transitional Presentation of Learning – while I talk about… Continue Reading 💭 tPOL 2024
on This project was a bit different than most because we got to create our own personal inquiry question that connected back to the concept of how fear influences the world. I created a Smart Brevity website about the history, present and future of Canadian Arctic defence plans. Click the card below to see my final… Continue Reading 😱 Canada’s Evolving Arctic Defence Plans | Fear Factor
on Why do politics matter and why should you bother? That’s the question we were working towards finding an answer to in our most recent Humanities project titled “Who cares and why bother?” This project centred around politics, the structure of the Canadian government, and why young people should be involved in the political process. Throughout… Continue Reading 🗳️ Why do politics matter and why should you bother?
on What is Article 15 of the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples (UNDRIP)? Watch the video below to find out! Thank you to Faith for helping voice this video! • • • Article 15 outlines that Indigenous people and their culture have the right to be represented in ways that are positive, respectful… Continue Reading 🇺🇳 UNDRIP Article 15 – Explained by Puppet Pals
on In this project we learned about the art of debate… and then had an actual debate in front of an audience at the PLP winter exhibition 2023! I got the opportunity to debate the important topic of economic growth vs. the environment. Be It Resolved That We Should Sacrifice Economic Growth for the Good of… Continue Reading 🗣️ Words Are Your Weapons | Debate
on “We waited until the blast had passed, walked out of the shelter and then it was entirely solemn. We knew the world would not be the same. A few people laughed, a few people cried. Most people were silent.” – J. Robert Oppenheimer • • • In this project we created an ebook about the… Continue Reading 💣 Destroyer of Worlds | The Manhattan Project
on Welcome back to yet another year of school. I’m in grade 11 now (yes I’m still in denial about that: no way has it been three years of PLP already). This summer I did a lot of online math and french for school (don’t recommend). Thankfully, I also got to go on a camping trip… Continue Reading 🧙♂️ How to Become a PLP Technology Wizard (tips for a grade 8 from a grade 11)