We offer several online book clubs per year and club is a series of four, 60-minute interactive discussions. Through these peer-facilitated, co-learning sessions, OPC Members and Associates will explore and discuss key concepts in the chosen book and how those concepts might inform practice as a school leader. At the last session of most book clubs, the author will be available to answer questions or support the discussion.
Participants will need to purchase the books in advance of the first session. Whenever possible, we try to obtain a discounted book price. If a discounted price is available, it will be detailed below. The rate applies to all OPC Members and Associate Members, whether you participate in the book club or not.
Book Clubs are open to all OPC Members. We encourage broad and diverse input and participation in attending, recommending books, and facilitating sessions. Participation in the book clubs is at no cost to Members and Associates. Any non-Members will pay a small fee to take part.
If you are interested in suggesting a book for a future book club, and/or volunteering to facilitate the sessions and/or writing a book review for the Register Magazine, complete our form. Potential facilitators need only have enthusiasm for reading the book and willingness to facilitate some conversation.
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Stuck Improving: Racial Equity and School Leadership |
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Author: Decoteau J. Irby Description: OPC invites its members to join Peel Administrators Asma Haque and Antonella Kalaitzis in a Book Study on Stuck Improving: Racial Equity and School Leadership by Decoteau J. Irby.
Stuck Improving engages anti-racist school leaders in creating conditions for data-driven Schools Improvement Equity Planning (SIEP), through a race consciousness stance for equity leaders to become ‘unstuck’.
These sessions will provide opportunities for school leaders to engage in critical conversations around School Improvement Planning and provide actionable tools, frameworks and processes to shift outcomes for Black, Indigenous and other marginalized students. The sessions will end with the author joining virtually to answer any questions that participants may have.
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The book can be purchased from multiple sources: - Amazon |
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From the Ashes: My Story of Being Métis, Homeless, and Finding My Way |
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Author: Jesse Thistle Description: From the Ashes is a remarkable memoir about hope and resilience, and a revelatory look into the life of a Métis-Cree man who refused to give up.
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The book can be purchased from multiple sources: - Amazon - Indigo |
Joint Association Book Clubs
In partnership with Catholic Principals' Council | Ontario, we offer author-led book clubs providing participants a unique reading and reflective experience.
There are no scheduled joint association book clubs at this time.
Past Book Clubs
We maintain a list of all past book clubs. If you would like to recommend a book for our book clubs, please check out the list to see if we have already run it. The list might also be useful if you are looking for a book to read for your own professional growth.
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Past Book Clubs |
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The Ontario Principals’ Council is committed to accommodating the individual needs of our Members and learning session participants, in accordance with the Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA). Our professional learning offerings provide access to a variety of AODA compliant mechanisms, including technologies, to share, collaborate and connect across Ontario and beyond. If you require accommodation, please contact learning@principals.ca or call 416-322-6600 and ask to speak with a member of our professional learning team.
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