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# ReemaFaris.com

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## Posts

- [What’s Going On? Human Rights and the Quandary of Exceptions](https://reemafaris.com/whats-going-on-human-rights-and-the-quandary-of-exceptions/) - ... Canadian Museum for Human Rights (CMHR) and specifically to visit their most recent exhibit, Palestine Uprooted: Nakba Past and Present (Uprooted).
- [It’s All About The Facts, Not The Spin](https://reemafaris.com/its-all-about-the-facts-not-the-spin/) - In this post, I’d like to take a closer look at the issue of class size. Why? Because the dialogue around this issue seems to be the most divisive.
- [What’s Wrong With E.80?](https://reemafaris.com/whats-wrong-with-e-80/) - I want to try to present the other side of the debate on E.80 to demonstrate the concerns embodied in the BCTF’s position at the bargaining table.
- [Pick One, Settle, And Let’s Get Schools Open](https://reemafaris.com/pick-one-settle-and-lets-get-schools-open/) - Instead I’m left to speculate on why, with the many alternatives available, there is no settlement between the two parties after approximately 18 months of bargaining.
- [Reflecting on the Post-Appeal Landscape](https://reemafaris.com/reflecting-on-the-post-appeal-landscape/) - I know that lawyers for both sides will have very compelling reasons for their clients to continue to pursue the case all the way to Ottawa. Why not? It’s a legal challenge
- [E.80 - What It Is And What It Is Not](https://reemafaris.com/e-80-what-it-is-and-what-it-is-not/) - As we can see, Justice Griffin put class size and composition back on the table to be bargained between BCPSEA and the BCTF. To bargain, parties put forward proposals
- [Why Women’s Rights Are An Education Priority](https://reemafaris.com/why-womens-rights-are-an-education-priority/) - I think it means that even in our developed Western world, where gender inequalities are not as apparent as they may be elsewhere, there’s a lot of work to do
- [Female Bullying:  The Cruelty of Exclusion](https://reemafaris.com/female-bullying-the-cruelty-of-exclusion/) - I want to talk about the peculiarly female form of bullying which isn’t dealt with by initiatives such as pink-shirt day.
- [What’s In A Word?](https://reemafaris.com/whats-in-a-word/) - And I find that I can pick out the words which students will most likely not have understood or not have taken the time to investigate...
- [A Conversation Starter Or The End of A Conversation?](https://reemafaris.com/789/) - ... the narrative that has been designed to sell this new initiative may sound awfully good, scratch beneath the surface and many troubling issues emerge. For example, why 10 years?
- [Year One Retrospective](https://reemafaris.com/year-one-retrospective/) - And yet, even with all these advantages, I see any number of troubling issues which appear to characterize the public education system in British Columbia.
- [Make Your Own Choices This November](https://reemafaris.com/make-your-own-choices-this-november/) - Elections ought to be about the best, not the blessed, especially not those blessed by a small group with undue influence no matter how well intentioned.
- [I Don't Like Lockouts And Strikes](https://reemafaris.com/i-dont-like-lockouts-and-strikes/) - They said, "We don't like lockouts and strikes. And that ain't what it takes to teach us. Negotiate, negotiate."
- [2014 Bargaining: A Primer On Timing](https://reemafaris.com/2014-bargaining-a-primer-on-timing/) - Because families need to factor in issues which have an impact on their lives such as the outcome of labour negotiations in the public education sector.
- [Ruminating On Paths Taken And Not Taken](https://reemafaris.com/ruminating-on-paths-taken-and-not-taken/) - In life, however, there is no undo/redo. And as much as people advocate for a philosophy of “no regrets” I think that’s simplistic and difficult to apply in our own lives.
- [Getting to Know Me and You](https://reemafaris.com/getting-to-know-me-and-you/) - I’d also like to extend the challenge to Trustees throughout British Columbia. It’s an interesting way to allow our communities to get to know us just that little bit better ...
- [The Impossibility of Knowing What Is To Be](https://reemafaris.com/the-impossibility-of-knowing-what-is-to-be/) - Because events are moving quickly in the public education sector with no clear indication of the government’s ultimate objective. Here are three red-flag issues for me:
- [A Question of Size](https://reemafaris.com/a-question-of-size/) - The Vinyl Café motto is also a good fit for Lions Bay Community School, a primary school in School District 45 which enrolls approximately 60 students per year in kindergarten to Grade 3.
- [What Are We Looking For?](https://reemafaris.com/what-are-we-looking-for/) - I think there’s a vital difference between our search for meaning and purpose and our assumption that the result of that quest is happiness.
- [The Appeal Of Zigzagging](https://reemafaris.com/the-appeal-of-zigzagging/) - That zig-zag, that diversion, made the ridiculous plan I’d hatched worth it. It was a connection... which emphasized why I hope ...we’ll never lose the skill of talking with one another.
- [Is There Another Way ?](https://reemafaris.com/is-there-another-way/) - So if our system is dysfunctional, which only serves to harm the interests of those it's purporting to serve, is there another way forward?
- [Music Down Memory Lane](https://reemafaris.com/music-down-memory-lane/) - Music is central to our lived experience, individually and collectively. It may have even been a precursor to spoken language. Our cave ancestors likely communicated with rhythm and percussion
- [The Eternal City and Eternity](https://reemafaris.com/the-eternal-city-and-eternity/) - Rome is brash, bold, loud, chaotic, teeming with tourists, densely populated, hotter than Hades, ancient, new, crumbling, emergent, fascinating, intimidating, layered, in your face, colourful, irreverent, faith-based, and intriguing.
- [To David Eby: These Conversations Must Continue](https://reemafaris.com/to-david-eby-these-conversations-must-continue/) - Palestinians are humans, too, and nothing is more important at this time then advocating for their right to live in peace
- [To Selina Robinson: Resign Now](https://reemafaris.com/to-selina-robinson/) - How dare you! Do you know how clearly you’ve demonstrated your own ignorance by spouting the hateful rhetoric that Palestine was
- [Fragments of a Whole Being Belonging](https://reemafaris.com/fragments-of-a-whole-being-belonging/) - I belong to Air Canada. In this moment. January 2020. Buckled into Seat 14C. Far above where birds take flight. The place where dreams alone can live.
- [Remembering Uncle P. - A Tribute](https://reemafaris.com/remembering-uncle-p-a-tribute/)
- [You Are My Sunshine: Remembering](https://reemafaris.com/you-are-my-sunshine/) - We shared a birthday. Auntie Laila and me.And every year, when March 29th rolled around, I would call her, or she would call me.
- [Elevate Humanity: Support The Arts!](https://reemafaris.com/elevate-humanity-support-the-arts/) - This transcendence, this plug-in to bliss, emphasizes the power of art to shape, teach, transform, heal, and comfort. ... Support the arts in these bleak times.
- [Rafting Life’s River of Regrets and Resolutions](https://reemafaris.com/rafting-lifes-river-of-regrets-and-resolutions/) - In terms of my own life, regrets for opportunities that didn’t come together or that I let elude my grasp haunt me.
- [Now Is The Spring of Our Discontent](https://reemafaris.com/now-is-the-spring-of-our-discontent/) - My thoughts on the SNC Lavalin controversy that has rocked Canadian politics for the past three months.
- [An Announcement in Two Parts - Part 1: Not This Time](https://reemafaris.com/an-announcement-in-two-parts-part-1-not-this-time/) - While I recognize the valuable work that our Board has done in the past three years, in collaboration with ... I will not be seeking reelection in 2014.
- [An Announcement in Two Parts – Part 2: Let The Talks Begin](https://reemafaris.com/an-announcement-in-two-parts-part-2-let-the-talks-begin/) - I want to create a forum and an arena where everyone can contribute to the discussion without having to be a member of any particular organization...
- [With Labour Peace And A Four-Year Horizon](https://reemafaris.com/with-labour-peace-and-a-four-year-horizon/) - With a new mandate of four years and with the campaign behind them, this group of Trustees can now focus on the key priority, public education in West Vancouver
- [The Balance In Governance](https://reemafaris.com/the-balance-in-governance/) - There is a boundary between being a friend ... and guide. The same is true with Boards and governance. It’s not necessarily about being liked, it’s about being effective.
- [The Indiscernible Tagline](https://reemafaris.com/the-indiscernible-tagline/) - The letter I mailed today to The Honourable Maryam Monsef asking that she initiate a process to amend the regulations pertaining to the tagline on campaign materials.
- [Unnecessary Movie Audience Restrictions](https://reemafaris.com/unnecessary-movie-audience-restrictions/) - It turns out that if a film is unclassified, the regulations prohibit the sale of a ticket to anyone under 19. How absurd!
- [A Life In Script](https://reemafaris.com/a-life-in-script/) - My mother believed there was a personal quality to a handwritten note that was impossible to replicate in type form. I agree. Each stroke of the pen captures a person's personality
- [An “Old Country” Family Favourite](https://reemafaris.com/an-old-country-family-favourite/) - So take this more as a guideline for preparing Fateh al Laban (laban is the Arabic word for yogurt). Make the dish your own by experimenting with the proportions...
- [A Song And Its Resonance](https://reemafaris.com/a-song-and-its-resonance/) - There is this song. I have listened to it obsessively. Usually at night before I turn off the lights. As a remedy, as a tonic, as an anthem for the work I’m doing and the work I hope to do.
- [The Arts In Education - For A Better World](https://reemafaris.com/the-arts-in-education-for-a-better-world/) - As educators we need to ensure that we don’t lose sight of the value of the humanities in education and the value of the arts in our students lives.
- [All Candidates Meeting - October 27th](https://reemafaris.com/all-candidates-meeting-october-27th/) - I believe now’s the time to translate my experience from that of a parent-volunteer to making new contributions as a member of the Board of Education.
- [Questioning Questions](https://reemafaris.com/questioning-questions/) - In political campaigns, questions are fundamental in the research we do to get to know our candidates in order to formulate our voting decision.
- [All Candidates Meeting - October 20th](https://reemafaris.com/all-candidates-meeting-october-20th/) - As long as I’m asking why, I’m thinking, I’m reflecting, I’m challenging. I am looking for answers rather than assuming I have all the answers. I’m seeking information...
- [Why I Am Running](https://reemafaris.com/why-i-am-running/) - I have a profound belief in the value of education and the benefits of learning as well as a passion for the public education system.
- [Helping Secondary Students Contend With Post-Graduation Options](https://reemafaris.com/helping-secondary-students-contend-with-post-graduation-options/) - It would seem to me that the answer is not to force students into career decisions too soon, but rather to offer broad horizons for them to consider...
- [Nerves, Questions, and Relevance](https://reemafaris.com/nerves-questions-and-relevance/) - Given the current structure of the public education system in BC, these are some of the toughest questions for a Trustee-candidate to answer
- [Keepsakes and Memories](https://reemafaris.com/keepsakes-and-memories/) - Despite my growing awareness and diligence around clutter, I have safeguarded this box for the first decade of my son’s life because I believe connections to our past are important.
- [Do I Want To Know?](https://reemafaris.com/do-i-want-to-know/) - In thinking about this question, I realize how value-laden the field of education is as is the contemplation of what constitutes the qualities of our existence as social beings.
- [To The Graduating Class of 2013](https://reemafaris.com/to-the-graduating-class-of-2013/) - For parents, it’s a bittersweet moment ... Tonight is a chance to celebrate the wonderful individuals you’ve become and yet we also have to be prepared to let you go.
- [The Tracks Of Her Tears](https://reemafaris.com/the-tracks-of-her-tears/) - However, it’s a mistake to assume high school graduation is automatic even in a community such as West Vancouver which boasts a 97% graduation rate.
- [Connections? Priceless](https://reemafaris.com/connections-priceless/) - Because the end of the term represents a loss. The connections I’ve forged with my students after thirteen weeks of working together are now tenuous if not severed.
- [What Does It Mean?](https://reemafaris.com/what-does-it-mean/) - Amongst the list of terms is one used to describe the model in which Boards of Education and the provincial government function: co-governance. But what does co-governance mean?
- [The Speed of Life](https://reemafaris.com/the-speed-of-life/) - Because I think the distance we travel daily contributes to the feeling we have that life is hurtling by us at breakneck speeds.
- [Remembering](https://reemafaris.com/remembering/) - My name is Reema and I’m Mr. Mike’s granddaughter. My mother is Y., Miss U as she’s known in Spaldings.
- [Is Mean Really What It Takes?](https://reemafaris.com/is-mean-really-what-it-takes/) - Because it justifies meanness. It rationalizes the abuse of power. It embodies a stereotype of the cruel authority figure whose behaviour is sanctioned as being for one’s own good.
- [Opening Day 2012 And A 1974 Flashback](https://reemafaris.com/opening-day-2012-and-a-1974-flashback/) - As the theatre emptied and the exuberant buzz faded, I thanked Dr. James and commended her on being so candid about her family life. “Well,” she said after a pause, “education is personal.”
- [Being Human and the Loss of Perspective in Politics](https://reemafaris.com/being-human-and-the-loss-of-perspective-in-politics/) - And I have to ask what added value, if any, is there in this “new” way of doing politics. Does it benefit voters? Does it allow society to progress?
- [Out And About In West Vancouver - Part One](https://reemafaris.com/out-and-about-in-west-vancouver-part-one/) - Perhaps the ways in which student needs are identified have changed and the increasing sophistication of diagnosis has helped to identify a range of support and assistance required.
- [What Is The Purpose of Education?](https://reemafaris.com/what-is-the-purpose-of-education/) - Because while I may not agree with Ms. Lambert on any number of issues, she is a passionate advocate for education...she is a firm believer in making the world a better place.
- [When Is One Reopening Clause Better Than Another?](https://reemafaris.com/when-is-one-reopening-clause-better-than-another/) - Looked at in this way, it seems to me that this reopening clause is a vast improvement, from the perspective of the BCTF, over what had been proposed by BCPSEA in E81.
- [The Trouble With Our Schools Is Not ESL](https://reemafaris.com/the-trouble-with-our-schools-is-not-esl/) - Simply put, because today’s contribution on the public education system by Ms. Fralic was poppycock. The trouble with our schools is not spelled ESL ...
- [So You're a TA, eh?](https://reemafaris.com/so-youre-a-ta-eh/) - It’s because as I work with the students I feel — I hope — I’m making a contribution to their learning. From exhorting them to look up words in a dictionary...
- [Other People’s Moneyitis](https://reemafaris.com/other-peoples-moneyitis/) - Other People’s Moneyitis (OPM) is the syndrome commonly noted where those in charge of the public purse make decisions not supported by business arguments.
- [From Job Action To Job Action To … ?](https://reemafaris.com/from-job-action-to-job-action-to/) - If our focus is concentrated on bargaining issues, what are we not talking about? Here’s a short-list of “big picture” items which I feel are overshadowed
- [A Man For All Seasons](https://reemafaris.com/a-man-for-all-seasons/) - Bright because he is a spark. He creates, he paints, he draws, he writes. He is an artist, an inspiration, a giver, a friend, a husband, a father, a grandfather.
- [Ratios, Ranges, and Caps in Education](https://reemafaris.com/ratios-ranges-and-caps-in-education/) - While I can appreciate his frustration with diverging viewpoints...there are many issues not being discussed in a larger context which may, in part, explain why negotiations are so acrimonious.
- [Out And About In West Vancouver - Part Two](https://reemafaris.com/458/) - And even though tomorrow’s election day, I’ve already begun to file away lessons learned for the future. One ... is that ... it’s intimidating to promote yourself as a candidate,
- [Class Size and Composition:  A Birthday Party Analogy](https://reemafaris.com/class-size-and-composition-a-birthday-party-analogy/) - Because we’re stuck in a gladiatorial arena where arguments on class size and composition are discussed in terms of competing narratives. This restricts our ability to forge solutions
- [The Value of a Shock](https://reemafaris.com/the-value-of-a-shock/) - And I do; I believe that education is about making each of us better. That’s why the chorus for choice in the public education system sometimes rings false.
- [Time May Not Care But I Do](https://reemafaris.com/time-may-not-care-but-i-do/) - The months have flown by, the year has evaporated. Like the contrails of planes which soar overhead, all that’s left are lingering impressions of passing through space and time.
- [Who Will Fight For Public Education?](https://reemafaris.com/who-will-fight-for-public-education/) - With that in mind, here’s the speech I wish the Minister had delivered to the assembly ... after he had acknowledged our presence on traditional territories.
- [An Open Letter to the Premier of British Columbia](https://reemafaris.com/an-open-letter-to-the-premier-of-british-columbia/) - The continuing success of Boards should not be taken as an indication that funding is adequate. Rather, it is a testament to their resilience.
- [A Song for Education](https://reemafaris.com/a-song-for-education/) - Given today's events in the divisive and frenetic world of the public education system in British Columbia, I was inspired to adapt one of my all-time favourite songs for the occasion.
- [Hierarchy And Assessment](https://reemafaris.com/hierarchy-and-assessment/) - It seems to me we cannot escape the fact that we live in a very hierarchical system, one which by its very nature is inherently unfair. There are many inequalities in our society
- [Looking Back And Looking Forward](https://reemafaris.com/looking-back-and-looking-forward/) - And now the wheels are beginning to turn with the promise of much more work in the coming weeks and the growing realization that I have been entrusted by over 3,700 residents of West Vancouver
- [Are Report Cards Irrelevant?](https://reemafaris.com/are-report-cards-irrelevant/) - report cards are irrelevant anyways, so don't worry. But before we consign all those woefully blank sheets of paper to the recycling bin, let’s look at this issue a bit further.
- [Expectations](https://reemafaris.com/expectations/) - It may be depressing to think that with all of humanity’s progress, human beings and human nature seem to remain stubbornly the same.
- [It’s Alive!](https://reemafaris.com/its-alive/) - “It’s alive: my iPhone has consciousness.” This assertion cracked up the other participants in my Masters seminar and I'm pretty sure they're never going to let me forget what I said.
- [One... Two... Three Questions About Education In BC](https://reemafaris.com/one-two-three-questions-about-education-in-bc/) - What if it’s time to flip the classroom on teacher education? What if less time were spent on a university campus and more time in a K-12 classroom?
- [The Question Of Home And Away](https://reemafaris.com/the-question-of-home-and-away/) - And yet, when I travel, I wonder if I have found my home. Is the appeal of the away for me simply the distance from the inertia and demands of day-to-day life?
- [Crazy Little Thing Called Twitter And The FSAs](https://reemafaris.com/crazy-little-thing-called-twitter-and-the-fsas/) - Twitter is also ugly at times, “nasty, brutish, and short” in the words of Thomas Hobbes. And while it is liberating to talk to so many so easily, Twitter is also constraining. Why?
- [Friends, Movies, and Memories](https://reemafaris.com/friends-movies-and-memories/) - Because when you live on your own, you learn to take yourself out. You can’t always count on having someone there to go with you, whether to a movie or for dinner or to special events.

## Pages

- [this site](https://reemafaris.com/this-site/) - Welcome and thanks for dropping by. My name is Reema Faris and I was elected to the West Vancouver Board of Education as a Trustee in the November 2011 Civic election. Now that you've found me on-line, I hope you'll stay and explore this space.
- [contact me](https://reemafaris.com/contact-me/) - Reema Faris, Trustee, West Vancouver Board of Education. Email, Twitter contact information, as well as contact information for School District 45. (West Vancouver)
- [about me](https://reemafaris.com/about-me/) - My name is Reema Faris and I was elected to the position of Trustee on the West Vancouver Board of Education. After much reflection, I had decided to put my name forward for the consideration of voters in School District #45. Why? I have a profound belief in the value of education
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