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Across Canada, with all sorts of information circulating about the effect of COVID-19 on children, parents, teachers and many others are concerned about the return to school. The N4 resources toolkit has the back to school plans from all 10 provinces and 3 territories to help you understand what our provincial and territorial governments plan for our children.

• Alberta: K to 12 school re-entry Guidance and plans for students to start the 2020-21 school year
• British Columbia: Back to School Plan...

International Day for the Remembrance of the Slave Trade and its Abolition commemorates the successful revolution of the slaves of Santo Domingo (modern day Haiti and Dominican Republic) against their colonial oppressors on August 23,1791. Although this date is associated with the end of the transatlantic slave trade, the dehumanizing act of trading or selling slaves, human beings, as though they were mere objects, commodities of their slave owners, it was not the end of slavery itself.

Slavery still...

The N4 team wishes to express that our prayers and thoughts are with the people of Beirut and our Canadians of Lebanese heritage who have lost so many and so much in the aftermath of the catastrophic explosions that occurred on August 4.

The challenges of having to cope with this tragedy in addition to the destruction of three major hospitals, and damages to two others that are now overwhelmed with patients, while still struggling to manage the ubiquitous COVID-19, is not lost on us.

Our hearts go...

Talking about COVID-19 can be a challenge, especially for children. For all those with little ones or grandchildren like me, I thought I would share this resource for discussing COVID-19 with children.

This lovely story, My Hero is You - How Kids Can Fight COVID-19, was developed for and by children around the world.

Over 1,700 children, parents, caregivers and teachers from around the world shared how they were coping with the COVID-19 pandemic. It has been translated in over 120 languages.

International Day of the World’s Indigenous Peoples, August 9, raises awareness of the needs of the diverse original peoples of the lands across the world. These first nations populations have deep and special connections to nature, to the earth’s environmental resources; in fact, they are connected to our entire planet in both foundational and spiritual ways.

They represent diverse cultures rich in art, music, beliefs and traditions that are vulnerable and at risk if global measures are not taken...