{"id":13121,"date":"2021-10-05T11:23:44","date_gmt":"2021-10-05T14:23:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/?p=13121"},"modified":"2021-10-05T11:52:56","modified_gmt":"2021-10-05T14:52:56","slug":"world-teachers-day-an-appeal-from-bambi-about-the-place-meaning-of-education-in-our-country-to-canadas-prime-minister-for-which-one-third-of-canadians-re-voted-for-the-third-time-even-if-in","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bambisafkar.ca\/index.php\/2021\/10\/05\/world-teachers-day-an-appeal-from-bambi-about-the-place-meaning-of-education-in-our-country-to-canadas-prime-minister-for-which-one-third-of-canadians-re-voted-for-the-third-time-even-if-in\/","title":{"rendered":"“World Teacher’s Day”: An appeal from Bambi about the place\/meaning of education in our country to Canada’s Prime Minister for which one third of Canadians re-voted (for the third time, even if in a minority government)"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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Happy World Teacher’s Day to all the current, former (“Bonne f\u00eate, Monsieur Trudeau aussi”), future, retired… and suspended teachers of Canada and the world. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thank you Mr. Trudeau for your best wishes\/thanks. They are surely also meant for those university teachers suspended, from their tenured positions, without pay and banned from campuses for seven months because of a personal (or “extra-mural”) blog. Yes, a blog that could have been (still can) be used as an educational platform for open discussion\/learning and maybe also entertainment (for all, including the associate professor herself). Well, since CAUT<\/em> has publicly supported her lately, it is not a secret to say that the latter is Dr. Rima Azar from Mount Allison University (Sackville, NB). Through her, Bambi will also have a thought here for the many other colleagues (perhaps some still anonymous?) who have been… or will sadly risk finding themselves in the future in a similar boat called intolerance of intellectual diversity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Bambi is allowing herself to appeal to you, Mr. Trudeau, simply because you allowed yourself to appeal to her\/her colleagues, whether they teach young children, adolescents, young adults, or seniors across our country. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Indeed, Mr. Trudeau wrote a whole statement regarding the World Teacher’s Day in an official statement (https:\/\/pm.gc.ca\/en\/news\/statements\/2021\/10\/05\/statement-prime-minister-world-teachers-day<\/a>). In it, he used the following words: “Every day, they step into many other roles as well, including as coaches, mentors, and advocates. They inspire our students to think outside the box, dream big, and persevere<\/em>.” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Although education is a provincial jurisdiction, perhaps as a former (drama) teacher and likely also as one of the most intrusive PMs of Canada in provincial jurisdictions, Mr. Trudeau also tweeted this message:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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To conclude this post on a musical note, here is a song for all the teachers of the world, especially the former ones (including Mr. Trudeau) and those who are currently unfairly treated (including Bambi). Happy World Teacher’s Day to all!<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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