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🌿 Ethical Wildlife Photography: A Guide 📸

This is a vibrant and fantastical illustration showing a photographer, kneeling with their camera on a tripod, capturing the serene beauty of an enchanted forest. The scene is drenched in sunlight filtering through the canopy, illuminating an array of flora and fauna. Several species of animals are depicted in harmony, including deer, rabbits, foxes, hedgehogs, and various birds, some in flight and others perched by the water. The flowing creek adds a sense of tranquility, with fish visible beneath the surface. This magical setting is bursting with color, from the lush green trees to the richly colored flowers and moss-covered stones. Butterflies flit in the air, adding to the fairytale ambiance. The composition invokes a sense of wonder and the richness of untouched nature through ethical photography.

The Ontario Parks blog post discusses the importance of ethical wildlife photography, highlighting seven common issues photographers should avoid, such as baiting wildlife, trampling off-trail, damaging habitats, introducing non-native species, unsafe roadside manners, following wildlife too closely, and using recordings to attract animals. It emphasizes respect for nature and the need to minimize impact while capturing the beauty of wildlife and landscapes, encouraging photographers to practice responsible behavior to protect the environment and its inhabitants.

Read more here.

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OTF Rejects Request from Ontario to Let Retired Teachers Work More

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Ontario’s teachers unions have rejected a request from the Ministry of Education to extend the working period for retired teachers, emphasizing the need for the government to address staffing shortages more effectively.

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Ontario Curriculum Archive

Ontario educators, I’ve attempted to archive all curriculum-related documents here.

Please let me know if I’m missing anything.

If you have any old documents in your possession, please reach out to me via the comments below (or Twitter) and I’ll send you my email address.

If you wish to respond by Twitter, you can do so here.

https://github.com/pbeens/Curriculum/tree/master/Canada/Ontario

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OTIP Teaching Awards 2020: Nominations are open

OTIP Teaching AwardsFor many years, these awards have recognized the excellence of our teachers in publicly funded education. There are three categories of awards: elementary school teacher, secondary school teacher and beginning teacher in the first five years of teaching. A teacher may be nominated by anyone – professional colleagues, students, parents, or the general public.

Nominations are now open for the 2020 awards. The deadline for receipt of nominations is March 31, 2020. Further information is provided on the attached PDF and is also available at www.teachingawards.ca. If you have any questions, please contact Jason Healey at OTF: Jason.healey@otffeo.on.ca.

It would be appreciated if you would highlight and promote these awards within your organization. We are proud of the excellence of teachers throughout the province. These awards allow us to recognize and celebrate outstanding contributions that our members make to their students’ education, to their schools, and within their communities.

Thank you for your cooperation and assistance in promoting the OTIP Teaching Awards program!