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Welcome

Section: Thumb Ball Ice Breaker

  • Thumb Ball Ice Breaker Wheel – https://wheelofnames.com/view/q3a-s2j/
  • Thumb Ball Padlet – https://padlet.com/sdriesse/changemaking-repository-mk3yj8p1q1viy8nk

Section: Changemaker Pathways at Georgian College

  • Georgian College’s Changemaker Pathways – https://quiz.tryinteract.com/#/610bff540713020017ea31c9

Section: Guiding Frameworks

  • 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development – https://sdgs.un.org/2030agenda
  • An Introduction to the Sustainable Development Goals (eBook) – https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/sdgintro/ Section: Land Acknowledgement
  • 46 Treaties and Other Agreements – https://www.ontario.ca/page/map-ontario-treaties-and-reserves
  • History of the Simcoe County Region – https://content.georgiancollege.ca/wp-content/uploads/History-of-Simcoe-County-StaffNews.pdf

Section: Funding Acknowledgement

  • College and Community Social Innovation Grant – https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/RPP-PP/CCSIF-ICC_eng.asp
  • Manifesting as a Changemaker Grant Application Summary -https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2023/06/Grant-Application-Summary.pdf

Section: Glossary

  • Georgian College’s Changemaker Definitions – https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/06/Changemaker-definitions-Georgian-College_2018-19.pdf

Section: References

  • Integration Idea: Permission Slips – https://brenebrown.com/classroom-integration-ideas/

Introduction

  • Ashoka Canada: Meet the Canadian Changemaker Campuses – https://ashokacanada.org/programs/changemaker-education/canadian-network/
  • Ashoka U’s Manifesto – https://ashokau.org/manifesto Section: How Things Started
  • College and Community Social Innovation Fund (CCSIF) – https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/RPP-PP/CCSIF-ICC_eng.asp
  • College and Community Innovation (CCI) – https://www.nserc-crsng.gc.ca/Professors-Professeurs/RPP-PP/Info-Info_eng.asp

Section: What is a Changemaker?

  • Four Changemaker Competencies Slide Background, Annie Spratt – https://unsplash.com/@anniespratt?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash
  • Four Changemaker Competencies Slide Background, Unsplash – https://unsplash.com/photos/an-abstract-painting-with-orange-and-blue-colors-0ZPSX_mQ3xI?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash
  • Changemaker Index – https://cmi.ashoka.org/en

Section: Deeper Dive – Additional Resources

  • Georgian College: Changemaker Campus – https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/network-member/changemaker-campus/georgian-college
  • Georgian Changemaker College Designation Renewed, Only College in Canada – https://www.georgiancollege.ca/blog/newsroom/changemaker-college/#:~:text=Ashoka%20U%20renewed%20Georgian’s%20designation,only%20changemaker%20college%20in%20Canada
  • Passionate About Changemaking? Check Out Our Free Changemaker Micro-Certificate – https://www.georgiancollege.ca/blog/newsroom/passionate-about-changemaking-check-out-our-free-changemaker-micro-certificate/
  • Georgian College Centre for Changemaking and Social Innovation -https://www.georgiancollege.ca/community-alumni/changemaking-social-innovation/
  • Georgian College’s New Community Impact Labs in Barrie and Muskoka – https://www.georgiancollege.ca/blog/newsroom/new-community-impact-labs-in-barrie-and-muskoka/
  • Ashoka U: Becoming a Changemaker Institution -https://www.ashoka.org/sites/default/files/2021-09/Becoming%20A%20Changemaker%20Institution%20PDF.pdf
  • #Exchange2017: Erasing Barriers for Collaborative Changemaking -https://www.ashoka.org/en-ca/story/exchange2017-erasing-barriers-collaborative-changemaking
  • Cultural, Geopolitical, and Structural Barriers to Social Innovation -https://socialinnovationsjournal.com/index.php/sij/article/view/5386/4359

Section: References

  • Ashoka’s Priorities and Theories of Change – https://www.ashoka.org/en-ca
  • Ashoka U: Changemaker Campus – https://www.ashoka.org/en-ca/ashoka-changemaker-campus
  • #Exchange2017: Erasing Barriers for Collaborative Changemaking – https://www.ashoka.org/en-ca/story/exchange2017-erasing-barriers-collaborative-changemaking
  • What are a Changemaker’s Core Skills – https://www.ashoka.org/en-hu/story/what-are-changemaker%E2%80%99s-core-skills
  • What the Heck is a Changemaker? – https://upswellarchive.org/2018/02/16/what-the-heck-is-a-changemaker/#:~:text=Ashoka%20defines%20a%20changemaker%20as,can%20see%20the%20patterns%20around
  • Georgian Receives $360,000 in NSERC Funding to Develop Future Changemakers -https://www.georgiancollege.ca/blog/newsroom/georgian-receives-360000-in-nserc-funding-to-develop-future-changemakers/
  • Georgian Changemaker College Designation Renewed, Only College in Canada -https://www.georgiancollege.ca/blog/newsroom/changemaker-college/#:~:text=Ashoka%20U%20renewed%20Georgian’s%20designation,only%20changemaker%20college%20in%20Canada
  • Rediscovering Social Innovation – https://ssir.org/articles/entry/rediscovering_social_innovation#

Developmental Milestones

Section: Developmental Milestones

  • Understanding the Whole Child (eBook) – https://pressbooks.nscc.ca/wholechild/
  • Child Growth and Development Canadian Edition (eBook) – https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/childgrowthanddevelopment/

Section: Preschoolers

  • Photo by Yan Krukau from Pexels – https://www.pexels.com/photo/woman-reading-a-book-to-the-children-8613089/

Section: Lower Elementary School-Aged Children

  • Photo by note thanun on Unsplash – https://unsplash.com/photos/group-of-people-wearing-white-and-orange-backpacks-walking-on-gray-concrete-pavement-during-daytime-CYlPykF-qAM

Section: Upper Elementary School-Aged Children

  • Photo by Sigmund on Unsplash – https://unsplash.com/s/photos/child-development utm_source=unsplash&utm_medium=referral&utm_content=creditCopyText

Section: Secondary School-Aged Children

  • Photo by RDNE Stock Project from Pexels – https://www.pexels.com/photo/college-students-standing-close-together-7683910/

Section: Deeper Dive – Additional Resources

  • Early Learning for Every Child Today: A Framework for Ontario Early Childhood Settings -https://www.uoguelph.ca/childcare/sites/uoguelph.ca.childcare/files/public/documents/ELECT%20Information%20Booklet.pdf
  • Excerpts from “ELECT” – https://www.dufferincounty.ca/sites/default/files/rtb/Excerpts-from-Early-Learning-for-Every-Child-Today.pdf
  • How Does Learning Happen? Ontario’s Pedagogy for the Early Years -https://files.ontario.ca/edu-how-does-learning-happen-en-2021-03-23.pdf
  • Growth and Development, Ages 2 to 5 -https://myhealth.alberta.ca/Health/pages/conditions.aspx?hwid=ta3612
  • Middle Childhood from Centers for Disease Control and Prevention -https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/positiveparenting/middle.html
  • Middle Childhood, 9-11 Years of Age -https://www.cdc.gov/ncbddd/childdevelopment/positiveparenting/middle2.html
  • Milestones for Ages 15 to 18 – https://www.healthlinkbc.ca/pregnancy-parenting/parenting-teens-12-18-years/teen-growth-and-development/milestones-ages-15-18

Section: References

  • Early Learning for Every Child Today: A Framework for Ontario Early Childhood Settings – https://www.uoguelph.ca/childcare/sites/uoguelph.ca.childcare/files/public/documents/ELECT%20Information%20Booklet.pdf
  • How Does Learning Happen? Ontario’s Pedagogy for the Early Years -https://files.ontario.ca/edu-how-does-learning-happen-en-2021-03-23.pdf
  • Child Growth and Development -https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/childgrowthanddevelopment/

Module 1: Empathy

Section: Guidepost #1: What is Empathy and Why Does it Matter

  • Down Roads We Go Photo by Annie Spratt on Unsplash – https://unsplash.com/photos/grayscale-photography-of-kids-walking-on-road-gq5PECP8pHE?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash
  • Greater Good Science Center’s Empathy Quiz -https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/quizzes/take_quiz/empathy

Section: Guidepost #2: Where Are Your Learners on Their Own Empathy Journey?

  • Empathy Evaluation Tool Slide Background, Joanna Kosinska – https://unsplash.com/@joannakosinska?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash
  • Empathy Evaluation Tool Slide Background, Unsplash – https://unsplash.com/photos/two-gray-pencils-on-yellow-surface-1_CMoFsPfso?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash

Section: Supporting Empathy – Preschool Learners

  • Photo by LovelyBird2022 – https://www.deviantart.com/lovelybird2022/gallery

Section: Supporting Empathy – Secondary School Learners

  • The “Guest House” Poem and Body Scan for Teens -https://ggie.berkeley.edu/practice/the-guest-house-poem-and-body-scan-for-teens/#tab__2
  • Listen to Music Mindfully – https://ggie.berkeley.edu/practice/listening-to-music-mindfully/

Section: Checkpoint #5: Expand – Additional Empathy Tools

Empathy Activities

  • Interpersonal Reactivity Index -https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/EMPATHY-InterpersonalReactivityIndex.pdf
  • Virtual Circle of Concern -https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/VirtualCircleofConcern2020-1.pdf
  • Empathy in Your Classroom -https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/Activities_Empathy-in-Your-Classroom-Teachers-Guild_Oaklandedu.pdf
  • Empathy Activators: Teaching Tools for Enhancing Empathy Development in Service-Learning Classes -https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/Empathy-Activators_-Teaching-Tools-for-Enhancing-Empathy-Developm.pdf
  • 40 Empathy Activities and Worksheets for Students and Adults -https://positivepsychology.com/kindness-activities-empathy-worksheets/
  • Into the World: The Kindness Mindset -https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/Into_The_World_-_The_Kindness_Mindset_.pdf
  • 25 Best Empathy Activities for Kids -https://mentalhealthcenterkids.com/blogs/articles/empathy-activities-for-kids
  • Emotional Charades – https://www.centervention.com/charades-kids-feelings-empathy/#:~:text=Ask%20a%20student%20to%20come,guess%20which%20feeling%20it%20is
  • 16 Kindness and Empathy Activities for Kids to Learn -https://www.momjunction.com/articles/teaching-empathy-activities-for-kids_00829873/
  • Empathy Journal Prompts – https://everydayspeech.com/sel-implementation/cultivating-empathy-journal-prompts-for-young-learners/
  • Mindful Listening Circles – http://cultureofempathy.com/Community/Handouts/How-To-Empathic-Listening.htm

Empathy Resources

  • How to Build Empathy and Strengthen Your School Community -https://mcc.gse.harvard.edu/resources-for-educators/how-build-empathy-strengthen-school-community
  • Empathy Curriculum – https://www.scoop.it/topic/empathy-curriculum
  • Reclaiming the Joy of Teaching – https://www.scoop.it/topic/empathy-curriculum
  • Measuring What Matters – https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/SocialEmotionalLearning_People-for-education_P4E-MWM-2pg-Social-emotional-2017-01-30.pdf
  • Under-Told Stories Project -https://www.undertoldstories.org/
  • How Empathy Affects Learning, And How To Cultivate It In Your Students -https://www.opencolleges.edu.au/blogs/articles/how-empathy-affects-learning-and-how-to-cultivate-it-in-your-students
  • Shocker: Empathy Dropped 40% in College Students Since 2000 | Psychology Today Canada – https://www.psychologytoday.com/ca/blog/born-love/201005/shocker-empathy-dropped-40-in-college-students-2000
  • Empathy makes us human, but research suggests it may be on the decline | CBC Radio -https://www.cbc.ca/radio/sunday/the-sunday-edition-for-june-9-2019-1.5165327/empathy-makes-us-human-but-research-suggests-it-may-be-on-the-decline-1.5166354
  • Free speech and the cruel shackles of empathy and mutual respect -https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/Article-RABBLE-Free-speech-and-the-cruel-shackles-of-empathy-and-mutual-respect.pdf
  • The decline of empathy and the rise of narcissism, with Sara Konrath, PhD -https://www.apa.org/news/podcasts/speaking-of-psychology/empathy-narcissism

Share Your Resources

  • Changemaking Repository Padlet – https://padlet.com/sdriesse/changemaking-repository-mk3yj8p1q1viy8nk

Section: References

  • The Wisdom of Babies -https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/article/item/wisdom_of_babies
  • The “Guest House” Poem and Body Scan for Teens -https://ggie.berkeley.edu/practice/the-guest-house-poem-and-body-scan-for-teens/#tab__2
  • What is Empathy? – https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/topic/empathy/definition
  • Culture of Empathy Builder – http://cultureofempathy.com/References/Experts/Sara-Konrath.htm#:~:text=Empathy%20is%20instead%20a%20delicate,even%20regeneration%20(think%20Scrooge

Module 2: Teamwork

Section: Guidepost #1 – What is Teamwork and Why it Matters

  • Children Play With Parachute Photo by Artem Kniaz on Unsplash – https://unsplash.com/photos/group-of-women-standing-on-green-grass-field-during-daytime-DqgMHzeio7g?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash
  • Chapter 4.2 of Potter & Hylton – https://pressbooks.senecacollege.ca/communicationessentialsforbusiness/chapter/understandingteamdynamics/

Section: Guidepost #2 – Where Are Your Learners in Their Teamwork Journey?

  • Teamwork Evaluation Tool Slide Background, Joanna Kosinska – https://unsplash.com/@joannakosinska?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash
  • Teamwork Evaluation Tool Slide Background, Unsplash – https://unsplash.com/photos/two-gray-pencils-on-yellow-surface-1_CMoFsPfso?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash

Section: Supporting Teamwork – Elementary School Learners

  • 4 Things We Learn From Teamwork https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ag1V76oBMkM
  • School Specialty – https://blog.schoolspecialty.com/creating-classroom-collaboration-center-group-work-activities/cassie-dahl-teamwork-anchor-chart/

Section: Supporting Teamwork – Secondary School Learners

  • Center for Racial Justice and Youth Engaged Research – https://www.umass.edu/education/organizations/center-racial-justice

Section: Supporting Teamwork – Post-Secondary Learners

  • Podcast Transcript: Elements of a Great Team Culture – https://businessaccelerator.com/podcast-great-team-culture/?transcript
  • Podcast Transcript: RELOAD: Who’s on Your Team With Adam Grant – https://whatsnextpodcast.libsyn.com/reload-whos-on-your-team-with-adam-grant-0
  • Podcast Transcript: Building Psychological Safety and Trust on Teams with Amy Edmondson – https://changecatalyst.co/amy-edmondson/

Section: Guidepost #5 – Additional Teamwork Tools

Teamwork Activities

  • 17 Fun Team Building Activities for Kids in Your Classroom – https://www.prodigygame.com/main-en/blog/team-building-activities-for-kids/
  • 43 Awesome Team-Building Activities for Kids – https://www.weareteachers.com/team-building-games-and-activities/
  • Hyper Island Toolbox – https://toolbox.hyperisland.com/
  • Get to the Root Activity – https://www.learningtogive.org/resources/get-root
  • World Café Conversations – https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/WorldCafe_Cafe-To-Go-Revised.pdf
  • 20 Collaborative Learning Tips And Strategies For Teachers – https://www.teachthought.com/pedagogy/collaborative-learning-tips/#google_vignette
  • Labyrinth Team Building Game – https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/labyrinth.pdf
  • Lost at Sea Team Building Game – https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/lost_at_sea.pdf
  • Moon Landing Team Building Game – https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/moon_landing.pdf
  • 20 Best Indoor and Outdoor Team Building Activities for Kids – https://www.splashlearn.com/blog/best-indoor-and-outdoor-team-building-activities-for-kids/
  • Turn Taking Activities for Kids – https://veryspecialtales.com/turn-taking-activities-for-kids/
  • How to create an escape the classroom game – Free lesson examples – https://www.bookwidgets.com/blog/2019/10/how-to-create-an-escape-the-classroom-game-free-lesson-examples

Teamwork Websites and Articles

  • 10 Principles for Effective Collaboration – Ashoka – https://issuu.com/ashokachangemakers/docs/mmh_lac_report_one_pager_final
  • Preparing 21st Century Students for a Global Society: A Guide to the “Four Cs” – National Education Association – https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/A-Guide-to-Four-Cs.pdf
  • Collaboration Skills: Examples and Ways To Improve Them – https://www.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/collaboration-skills#:~:text=Collaboration%20skills%20are%20essential%20for,your%20team%20achieve%20better%20outcomes.
  • How to Collaborate Successfully – Sharing Knowledge and Expertise to Drive Innovation – Mind Tools – https://www.mindtools.com/ayt0s3r/how-to-collaborate-successfully
  • Teamwork and Group Work – Centre for Teaching and Learning, Western University – https://teaching.uwo.ca/teaching/engaging/setting-up-teamwork.html#skills
  • Making Group Contracts – Centre for Teaching Excellence, University of Waterloo – https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/catalogs/tip-sheets/making-group-contracts
  • Making Teamwork More Intentional – Edutopia – https://www.edutopia.org/video/making-teamwork-more-intentional/
  • What Google Learned From Its Quest to Build the Perfect Team – https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/what-google-learned-from-its-quest-build-perfect-team-frigon/
  • 11 Videos to Inspire Collaboration and Teamwork – http://teamings.com/blog/11-videos-to-inspire-collaboration-and-teamwork/
  • Teamwork Video Series for Kids – Wild Kratts, PBS – https://www.pbslearningmedia.org/collection/wild-kratts/t/teamwork/

  Share Your Resources

  • Changemaking Repository Padlet – https://padlet.com/sdriesse/changemaking-repository-mk3yj8p1q1viy8nk

Section: References

  • The importance of teamwork for children: A guide to building collaborative skills https://allroundclub.com/blog/the-importance-of-teamwork-for-children-a-guide-to-building-collaborative-skills/
  • What are a changemaker’s core skills – http://pathway.ashokacanada.org/what-are-a-changemakers-core-skills/
  • Let’s rumble – https://brenebrown.com/articles/2019/05/01/lets-rumble/
  • Teamwork skills: Being an effective group member – https://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/catalogs/tip-sheets/teamwork-skills-being-effective-group-member
  • Cassie Dahl Teamwork Anchor Chart [Photo] – https://blog.schoolspecialty.com/creating-classroom-collaboration-center-group-work-activities/cassie-dahl-teamwork-anchor-chart/
  • Motivating successful teamwork with games – https://www.edutopia.org/blog/motivating-successful-teamwork-with-games-laura-davis
  • The importance of teaming – https://hbswk.hbs.edu/item/the-importance-of-teaming
  • Working to grow students’ trust and respect – https://www.edutopia.org/article/working-grow-students-trust-and-respect
  • Liberation literacies pedagogy – https://jamilalyiscott.com/about/
  • Let’s work together – https://extension.psu.edu/programs/betterkidcare/content-areas/environment-curriculum/activities/all-activities/let2019s-work-together
  • Communication essentials for business – https://pressbooks.senecacollege.ca/communicationessentialsforbusiness/
  • How to create an escape the classroom game – https://www.bookwidgets.com/blog/2019/10/how-to-create-an-escape-the-classroom-game-free-lesson-examples
  • What makes the highest performing teams in the world [Video] – https://youtu.be/zP9jpxitfb4?si=lRhK6Zr-SOgkF87A
  • What the Navy SEALS can teach businesses about team-building – https://simonsinek.com/stories/what-the-navy-seals-can-teach-businesses-about-team-building/
  • What makes teams successful – https://newageleadership.com/what-makes-teams-successful-googles-project-aristotle-came-up-with-these-five-factors-that-matter/

Module 3: Leadership

Section: Guidepost #1 – What is Leadership and Why it Matters

  • Woman Places Sticky Notes on Wall photo by Jason Goodman on Unsplash – unsplash.com/photos/woman-placing-sticky-notes-on-wall-Oalh2MojUuk?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash
  • Brené Brown’s Daring Leadership Assessment – https://daretolead.brenebrown.com/assessment/

Section: Guidepost #2: Where Are Your Learners on Their Own Leadership Journey?

  • Leadership Evaluation Tool Slide Background, Joanna Kosinska – https://unsplash.com/@joannakosinska?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash
  • Leadership Evaluation Tool Slide Background, Unsplash – https://unsplash.com/photos/two-gray-pencils-on-yellow-surface-1_CMoFsPfso?utm_content=creditCopyText&utm_medium=referral&utm_source=unsplash

Section: Supporting Leadership – Secondary School Learners

  • What Kind of Leader Are You – https://www.wethinktwice.acf.hhs.gov/what-kind-leader-are-you
  • Courage over comfort: Rumbling with shame, accountability, and failure at work – https://brenebrown.com/articles/2018/03/13/courage-comfort-rumbling-shame-accountability-failure-work/
  • Marika Brown – https://marikabrown.notion.site/Contract-Grading-FAQ-English-2Z03-ae7dea0ea0a24ebcb6825ccccf141d5b
  • Shoebox Project – https://www.shoeboxproject.com/
  • Pink Shirt Day – https://www.pinkshirtday.ca/

Section: Supporting Leadership – Post-Secondary Learners

  • Angela Duckworth’s Grit Scale – https://angeladuckworth.com/grit-scale/
  • Greater Good in Education – https://ggie.berkeley.edu/practice/how-would-you-treat-a-friend/#tab__2

Section: Guidepost #5 – Additional Leadership Tools

Leadership Activities

  • GRABBSS (Goals, Readiness, Affect, Behavior, Body, Setting, Stage of Development) Leadership Self-Assessment – https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/Grabbss-leadership-self-assessment-by-Project-Adventure-Inc.pdf
  • Engaging Games To Develop Leadership Skills – https://www.goddardschool.com/blog/games-to-develop-leadership-skills
  • I Can Be A Leader – https://extension.psu.edu/programs/betterkidcare/content-areas/environment-curriculum/activities/all-activities/i-can-be-a-leader-leadership-fun-for-children
  • 83 Leadership Activities, Building Games, and Exercises – https://positivepsychology.com/leadership-activities/
  • Leadership Activities for Kids to Build Leader Skills – https://www.teachstarter.com/us/blog/what-makes-a-good-leader-leadership-skills-for-kids/
  • Growth Mindset Activities for Elementary Students – https://proudtobeprimary.com/growth-mindset-activities/
  • 20 Growth Mindset Activities for Kids – https://mentalhealthcenterkids.com/blogs/articles/growth-mindset-activities-for-kids
  • 25 Growth Mindset Activities To Inspire Confidence in Kids – https://www.weareteachers.com/growth-mindset/
  • Mindfulness for Students – https://ggie.berkeley.edu/student-well-being/mindfulness-for-students/
  • Growth Mindset for Students – https://ggie.berkeley.edu/student-well-being/growth-mindset-for-students/

Leadership Websites, Articles, Podcasts, and Videos

  • Overarching Leadership Competencies – Teacher Leadership Institute – https://www.teacherleadershipinstitute.org/competencies/overarching-competencies/
  • Growing Our Own Cultivating Faculty Leadership – https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/Growing-Our-Own_Cultivating-Faculty-Leadership.pdf
  • Dare to Lead – Brené Brown (brenebrown.com) – https://brenebrown.com/podcast-show/dare-to-lead/
  • The Leadership Pod | Podcast on Spotify – https://open.spotify.com/show/4TqhF8brvcZGzkuRYBsJ4K
  • How to Become a Good Leader: 5 Levels of Leadership Explained – https://ca.indeed.com/career-advice/career-development/5-levels-of-leadership
  • A Comprehensive Leadership Education Model – https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/A-Comprehensive-Leadership-Education-Modal-leadership.pdf
  • Instruments Measuring Leadership Children – https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/Instruments-Measuring-Leadership-Children.pdf
  • Shared Leadership in Teams: An Investigation of Antecedent Conditions and Performance – https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/Leadership-in-team_antecedent-condtions.pdf
  • Six Big Leadership Moments from Ted Lasso – https://www.fluencyleadership.com/2023/06/21/six-big-leadership-moments-from-ted-lasso-season-two/
  • The Empowering Teacher Podcast – https://podcasts.apple.com/ca/podcast/leadership-learning-every-day/id1543262736?i=1000633911470
  • Dare to Lead: Brené with Dr. Angela Duckworth on Grit and the Importance of Trying New Things – https://open.spotify.com/episode/5zrRTA8BU4AUJm5qgW8Xwv?go=1&sp_cid=2b40217b868fd4a02a587a2969799d15&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1&dlsi=473e8f4d70a640ec
  • Dare to Lead: Brené with Abby Wambach on the New Rules of Leadership – https://open.spotify.com/episode/0eRgnFdCcK93WNhzd6e9EL?go=1&sp_cid=2b40217b868fd4a02a587a2969799d15&utm_source=embed_player_p&utm_medium=desktop&nd=1&dlsi=09041771f0f24149

Share Your Resources

  • Changemaking Repository Padlet – https://padlet.com/sdriesse/changemaking-repository-mk3yj8p1q1viy8nk

Section: References

  • Tiny Leaders: Cultivating Leadership in Preschoolers Through Play – https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/tiny-leaders-cultivating-leadership-preschoolers-through-sehar-aamir/
  • 5 Advantages to Creating a Leadership Program for Kids – https://activekids.org/news/5-advantages-that-a-leadership-program-for-your-students-can-create/
  • Your Guide to 4 Changemaker Abilities – https://medium.com/change-maker/your-guide-to-4-changemaker-abilities-d83d0aaaae85
  • What are a Changemaker’s Core Skills – http://pathway.ashokacanada.org/what-are-a-changemakers-core-skills/
  • Five Ways to Support Young Changemakers – https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/support-young-changemakers
  • Healthy Settings for Young People in Canada – https://www.canada.ca/content/dam/phac-aspc/migration/phac-aspc/hp-ps/dca-dea/publications/healthy-setting-cadre-sain/pdf/summ-eng.pdf
  • Developing Brave Leaders and Courageous Cultures – https://brenebrown.com/hubs/dare-to-lead/#:~:text=1%20of%202-,A%20leader%20is%20anyone%20who%20takes%20responsibility%20for%20finding%20the,there%2C%20and%20lean%20into%20courage.
  • Contract Grading FAQ (English 2Z03) – https://marikabrown.notion.site/Contract-Grading-FAQ-English-2Z03-ae7dea0ea0a24ebcb6825ccccf141d5b
  • Empowering girls – https://canadianwomen.org/empowering-girls/
  • Activity: Teaching Problem Solving – https://www.ecmhc.org/tutorials/social-emotional/mod4_3.html
  • What is the CASEL Framework – https://casel.org/fundamentals-of-sel/what-is-the-casel-framework/
  • Mindfulness for Adults – https://ggie.berkeley.edu/my-well-being/mindfulness-for-adults/
  • How Anyone Can Be The Leader They Wish They Had – https://www.forbes.com/sites/omaidhomayun/2016/06/01/how-anyone-can-be-the-leader-they-wish-they-had-interview-with-simon-sinek/?sh=3c31f6982fca
  • Cultivating Future Leaders: The Importance of Teaching Leadership to Children – https://www.linkedin.com/pulse/cultivating-future-leaders-importance-teaching-children-jeffrey/
  • 55 Best Positive Affirmations for Kids to Improve Confidence – https://www.splashlearn.com/blog/kids-positive-affirmations-to-improve-their-confidence-and-self-esteem/
  • GRIT Initiatives – https://www.lonestar.edu/29444.htm
  • Leadership is About Making Others Feel Safe: Simon Sinek at TED2014 – https://blog.ted.com/leadership-is-about-making-others-feel-safe-simon-sinek-at-ted2014/
  • Leadership Pizza – https://www.sessionlab.com/methods/leadership-pizza
  • What it Takes to be a Great Leader – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xGdb11YxUBQ
  • Introduction to Growth Mindset – https://transformingeducation.org/resources/introduction-to-growth-mindset/#:~:text=Students%20with%20a%20growth%20mindset,in%20the%20face%20of%20setbacks.
  • The Importance of Teaching Kids Leadership: A Practical How-To Guide – https://yuva.info/mauritius/2024/01/the-importance-of-teaching-kids-leadership-a-practical-how-to-guide/#the-benefits-of-teaching-kids-leadership-at-a-young-age

Module 4: Practicing Changemaking

Section: Guidepost #1: What is Practicing Changemaking and Why It Matters

  • Passion Led Us Here Photo by Ian Schneider on Unsplash – https://unsplash.com/@goian

Section: Guidepost #2: Where Are You On Your Own Changemaker Journey?

  • Ashoka’s Changemaker Index – https://cmi.ashoka.org/en

Section: Community Building and Partnerships

  • Muskoka Students Write Letters to Mental Health Community Partners – https://bml.tldsb.on.ca/muskoka-students-write-letters-to-mental-health-community-partners/
  • Enactus Canada – https://enactus.ca/get-involved/students/
  • From Growing North to Green Iglu – https://www.torontomu.ca/research/publications/newsletter/2019-11/growing-north-green-iglu/
  • iCo-op Surpasses Expectations – https://www.georgiancollege.ca/blog/newsroom/ico-op-surpasses-expectations/

Section: Student Involvement and Leadership Development

  • School Libraries as Hubs for Nurturing Changemaking – https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/story/school-libraries-hubs-nurturing-changemakers
  • Making Financial Education Accessible – https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/story/making-financial-education-accessible
  • Georgian Food Locker – https://www.georgiancollege.ca/community-alumni/giving/georgian-food-locker/
  • Gender-Inclusive Washroom Signage – https://www.georgiancollege.ca/blog/newsroom/georgian-takes-steps-to-be-more-inclusive-of-trans-community/
  • Free Menstrual Product Dispensers – https://www.georgiancollege.ca/blog/newsroom/georgian-offering-free-menstrual-products-at-all-campuses/
  • UBC Sustainability – https://sustain.ubc.ca/programs/sustainability-ambassadors-program/how-it-works

Section: Information, Digital, and Media Literacies

  • Linking STEAM to Changemaking: A Powerful Combination for Girls – https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/story/linking-steam-changemaking-powerful-combination-girls
  • TLDSB Partners with Pinnguaq Association to Deliver Coding-Based Programming –
  • Community Partners Celebrate Launch of UBC’s Drone Transport Initiative – https://www.tldsb.ca/tldsb-partners-with-pinnguaq-to-deliver-coding-based-programming/https://www.med.ubc.ca/giving/community-partners-celebrate-launch-of-drone-transport-initiative/

Section: Cultivating Lifelong Learners and Global Citizens

  • Seeding Change: When a School Garden Becomes a Lifeline for Healthy Food Access – https://www.ashoka.org/en-us/story/seeding-change-when-school-garden-becomes-lifeline-healthy-food-access
  • Special Projects: 3D Printed Housing – https://www.uwindsor.ca/engineering/civil/142/3d-printed-housing
  • Leadership Through Service – https://compact.org/resources/ldr-32156-leadership-through-service-an-advanced-leadership-experience

Section: Voicing the Public Purposes of Higher Education

  • Centre for Changemaking and Social Innovation – https://www.georgiancollege.ca/community-alumni/changemaking-social-innovation/
  • Changemaker Micro-Certificate – https://www.georgiancollege.ca/blog/newsroom/passionate-about-changemaking-check-out-our-free-changemaker-micro-certificate/
  • CLL’s Experiential Learning Projects – https://ucalgary.ca/sustainability/campus-learning-lab/get-inspired
  • Changemaker in the Curriculum: Case Studies 2013-2014 – https://www.northampton.ac.uk/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2016/06/Changemaker-in-the-Curriculum-Case-Studies_2013_2014.pdf

Section: Engaged Scholarship and Participatory Research

  • Youth Research Lab – https://youthresearchlab.org/
  • Community First – https://carleton.ca/communityfirst/
  • UM’s United Nations Sustainable Development Goal 6 – https://umanitoba.ca/research/united-nations-sustainable-development-goal-6

Section: Community-Engaged Teaching and Learning

  • UCDSB – https://www.ucdsb.on.ca/u_c_d_s_b_news/archived_news/2021-2022
  • Georgian College’s Article – https://www.georgiancollege.ca/blog/work-experience/veterinary-technician-grad-finds-employment-thanks-to-placement/
  • TRU Joins Unique Indigenous Agriculture Partnership – https://inside.tru.ca/2021/04/22/tru-joins-unique-indigenous-agriculture-partnership/

Section: Civic-Minded Career Readiness

  • Presentation from Ridgecrest Elementary School – https://www.pcsb.org/cms/lib/FL01903687/Centricity/Domain/3249/Building%20Civic%20Minded%20Student%20Leaders%20Through%20Action%20Research.pdf
  • CIVIX’s Report Celebrating 20 Years of Impact – https://civix.ca/wp-content/uploads/2023/12/CIVIX-Celebrating-20-years.pdf
  • CICan ImpAct Climate – https://www.collegesinstitutes.ca/programs/impact-climate/

Section: Drafting a Renewable Changemaker Assignment, Workshop, or Learning Activity

  • Action Research (eBook) – https://kstatelibraries.pressbooks.pub/gradactionresearch/
  • Changemaking Repository Padlet – https://padlet.com/sdriesse/changemaking-repository-mk3yj8p1q1viy8nk

Section: Guidepost #5: Expand – Additional Practicing Changemaking Tools

Practicing Changemaking Activities

  • Changemaker Journal for Educators – https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/ChangemakerJournal.pdf
  • Georgian College’s Flourishing 5 Pack Changemaking in Action Workbook – https://ecampusontario.pressbooks.pub/app/uploads/sites/3344/2024/01/Changemaking-Flourishing-5-Pack-1.pdf
  • Changemakers: Taking Action Lesson Plan – https://freedomcenter.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/InquiryBlueprint_CM-TakingAction_230311_v01.pdf
  • Raising Changemakers: Stories and Activities for Changemakers at Home – https://www.ashoka.org/sites/default/files/2020-09/Guide%20for%20Educators.pdf
  • Changemaker Challenge: Recommended Lesson Plans for Elementary – https://assets.ctfassets.net/7qonaq6zrtkb/4oH74led12qG0frTHXiK0d/aebd20552959ff29dccae8eaa75eb124/Lesson_Plans-Elementary.pdf
  • Dream it. Do it. A Toolkit to Help Students Generate Changemaking Ideas – https://www.ashoka.org/sites/default/files/4210_changemakerchallengetoolkit.pdf
  • Changemaker Challenge: Recommended Lesson Plans for High School – https://assets.ctfassets.net/7qonaq6zrtkb/AYVZkAfJK9NDBxO9wk3Cb/8092ee14d336ac744328f71aff4c8501/Lesson_Plans-HS.pdf

Practicing Changemaking Readings

  • What is Service Learning or Community Engagement? – https://cft.vanderbilt.edu/guides-sub-pages/teaching-through-community-engagement/#models
  • Canadian Social Innovation – https://canadianinnovationspace.ca/resources/
  • Ashoka U Publications – https://ashokau.org/publications
  • SDG Toolkit for Canadian Colleges and Institutes (eBook) – https://pressbooks.pub/sdgcicanguide/
  • Universities Canada: Sustainable Development Goals – https://univcan.ca/sustainable-development-goals/
  • UN Sustainable Development Goals Open Pedagogy Fellowship: A Toolkit for Instructors and Institutions – https://kpu.pressbooks.pub/unsdgtoolkit/
  • Time for Change: Dream, Act, Change Our World – https://firstbook.org/solutions/time-for-change/
  • Faculty Hub for Teching and Learning Across Multiple Modalities: Changemaking Resources – https://libraryguides.mdc.edu/RemoteTeaching/Changemaking
  • Ashoka’s Changemaker Tools – https://www.changemakers.com/en/tools

Share Your Resources

  • Changemaking Repository Padlet – https://padlet.com/sdriesse/changemaking-repository-mk3yj8p1q1viy8nk

Section: References

  • Indigenous knowledge and pedagogy in First Nations education: A literature review with recommendations – https://www.nvit.ca/docs/indigenous knowledge and pedagogy in first nations education a literature review with recommendations723103024.pdf
  • Practice for knowledge acquisition (not drill and kill): Applications of psychological science to teaching and learning modules – https://www.apa.org/education-career/k12/practice-acquisition
  • Empowering people for recovery and growth: 2022 skills survey report –https://thebusinesscouncil.ca/app/uploads/2022/03/Empowering-People-for-Recovery-and-Growth_2022-Skills-Survey-Report-Final.pdf
  • Four in five Canadian students want a post-secondary education that matches their digital lifestyle – https://www.newswire.ca/news-releases/four-in-five-canadian-students-want-a-post-secondary-education-that-matches-their-digital-lifestyle-864140831.html
  • The SDG accord: The university and college sector’s collective response to the global goals – https://www.sdgaccord.org/
  • A conceptual framework for non-disposable assignments: Inspiring implementation, innovation, and research – https://doi.org/10.1177/1475725718811711

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