1.19 End-of-Term Tips

How do you wrap up the term in a good way? What do you do in the final days of class, whether remote or in-person? What atmosphere do you try to create? 

This episode includes thoughts in response to those questions, featuring fantastic tips by Ashley Gagnon-Shaw, Jocelyne Vogt, and Catherine Nygren, as well as some ideas of my own. :) Hope you enjoy!

Listen to Jocelyne's episode of Teachin' Books, on Harold Cardinal's "A Canadian What the Hell It's All About," and Catherine's episode on The Stanley Parable.If you're not familiar, here's the Hedbanz game that Jocelyne refers to in her tip!Read one version of Marianne Moore's poem "Poetry."Resources on the Unessay Catherine uses in her classes: Daniel Paul O'Donnell / Emily Suzanne Clark / Marc Kissel / Ryan Cordell / Andrew Gilreath-BrownIf you're curious about which song won out for the one-song-long, end-of-year dance party... :)Here is the article by Maia Herriot on Saskatchewan's overdose crisis and the CTV news piece (by Stefanie Davis) from January 2021 with statistics about overdoses in Saskatchewan in 2020.Donate to Prairie Harm Reduction or write a letter in support of more funding for their safe consumption site.

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