POLITICAL ACTION

The 2024 BCTF AGM passed Resolution 107 in Education Policy, calling upon the Federation to lobby the Ministry of Education to add several key events from the history of Palestine/Israel to the Social Studies 6-12 curriculum.

The full text of Resolution 107 is as follows: 

That the BCTF:

1. Continuously lobby the Ministry of Education and Child Care to include, where applicable, the following as part of the grades 6-12 Socials and History curricula until it gets added to the elaborations:

a) The Nakba
b) The 1948 Arab-Israeli War

c) Military occupation of Gaza and the West Bank

2. Have the BCTF president acknowledge through the next Teacher magazine that these events are essential to understanding the history of Palestine and Israel in the President’s Message.

TEACHING RESOURCES:

Lesson plan, “The Israel-Palestine Conflict: Searching for a Just Peace” — BCTF

Learn more about Social Justice through the Anti-Oppressive Educator’s Collective:

Event

Resources 

Current Events: Israel and Palestine

• Haymarket Books: Free Ebooks for a Free Palestine
• Teach Palestine: Learning More about the War on Gaza 
• Just Seeds: Posters for Palestine

Anti-Racism

• Anti-Racism Wakelet 
• Challenging Racist “British Columbia”
• A Month of Black History Month Lesson Prompts
• Creating a learning environment where all kids feel valued

Decolonization

• Indigenous Resistance and Culture, NFB Blog
• TRC teaching resources

Teaching to Dismantle Borders

• Global Education Monitoring Report: Migration, Displacement and Education: Building Bridges, Not Walls 
• Sanctuary Schools Policy (New West)
• Harsha Walia: Border and Rule (Haymarket Books)

More about Political Action from the BCTF:

Book Professional and Social Issues Workshops

President’s November Statement on the Ongoing Crisis in Gaza

Statement and Report on Climate Emergencies

Social Justice Lens booklet 

Resources to help navigate students through the war in Ukraine 

More resources available upon request.