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Evaluating Your Resources

Whether you're using resources from the Library or the web, it's important to evaluate what you're reading! Is it accurate? Credible? And how do you know? The Learning Portal has a great guide to help you get started.

Evaluate Your Resources (The Learning Portal)

Selected Websites: Inclusive Education

12 Ways to Support English Learners in the Mainstream Classroom
Best Practices for ESL
Sharing Our Knowledge: Best Practices for Supporting English Language Learners in Schools This open textbook was edited by Nadia Prokopchuk from the University of Saskatchewan.
Supporting English Language Learners "This resource may be of interest to educators who want to: learn more about some of the common terms associated with supporting English language learners; understand the difference between Basic Interpersonal Communication Skills (BICS) and Cognitive Academic Language Proficiency (CALP); learn about the Steps to English Proficiency (STEP) resource." -- website

5 Things You Can Do to Support First-Generation College Students
The Center for First-generation Student Success
Encouraging First Generation College Student Success
First Generation Foundation "Supporting First Generation College Students" -- website
Supporting First-Generation and Low-Income Students Beyond the College Acceptance Letter

Creating Inclusive College Classrooms (University of Michigan) From the Centre for Research on Learning and Teaching at the University of Michigan.
Four Misconceptions About Culturally Responsive Teaching (Cult of Pedagogy Podcast) An episode of the Cult of Pedagogy podcast; full transcript available.
How We Pronounce Student Names, and Why it Matters (Cult of Pedagogy)
Inclusive Education Canada
National Center for College Students with Disabilities (University of Minnisota)

Indigenous Student Education - Universities Canada

6 Best Practices to a Trans-Friendly Campus
Expert Advices & Resources for LGBTQ College Students "A Comprehensive Guide for Instructors, Students, Friends & Family Members" -- website
Gender Inclusive Restrooms: Dos and Don’ts
LGBTQ Students on Campus: Issues and Opportunities for Higher Education Leaders
“What are Your Pronouns?” A Guide to Common Pronouns and Their Usage

New resources coming soon!

Disabilities may be visible or invisible, and can include a wide range of conditions, including physical challenges, learning disabilities, and mental health conditions. The links below reflect that diversity.

"Your Right to Accommodation Needs" (Canadian Hearing Society) This page from the Canadian Hearing Society outlines some of the rights and responsibilities of students, educators, and institutions for supporting and accommodating students with hearing loss.
Accommodations vs. Modifications
College Autism Network "The College Autism Network is a national nonprofit organization linking varied stakeholders engaged in evidence-based efforts to improve access, experiences, and outcomes for college students with autism." -- website While this site is based in the United States, a number of the resources are applicable to Canadian institutions.
Coping and support for depression (Mayo Clinic)
The Definitive Guide to Disability Inclusion in the Workplace
Learning Disabilities Association of Ontario
Neurodiversity In The Modern Workplace
Teaching Students with Visual Impairments

New resources coming soon!

Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (2005, S.O. 2005, c. 11)
Accessible Canada Act (S.C. 2019, c. 10)
Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms "The Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms guarantees the rights and freedoms set out in it subject only to such reasonable limits prescribed by law as can be demonstrably justified in a free and democratic society." -- website
Canadian Human Rights Act (CanLII) "The purpose of this Act is to extend the laws in Canada to give effect, within the purview of matters coming within the legislative authority of Parliament, to the principle that all individuals should have an opportunity equal with other individuals to make for themselves the lives that they are able and wish to have and to have their needs accommodated, consistent with their duties and obligations as members of society, without being hindered in or prevented from doing so by discriminatory practices based on race, national or ethnic origin, colour, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, family status, genetic characteristics, disability or conviction for an offence for which a pardon has been granted or in respect of which a record suspension has been ordered." -- website
Gender Identity and Gender Expression (Ontario Human Rights Code) "Under the Ontario Human Rights Code, discrimination and harassment because of gender identity or gender expression is against the law. Everyone should be able to have the same opportunities and benefits, and be treated with equal dignity and respect including transgender, transsexual and intersex persons, cross-dressers, and other people whose gender identity or expression is, or is seen to be, different from their birth sex." -- website
Ontario Human Rights Code (CanLII)

Inclusive Education: Websites

Evaluating Your Resources

Selected Websites: Inclusive Education

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