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this letter, we, post-secondary educators, demonstrate our
willingness and commitment to stand with Ontario’s Public
School Teachers, Education workers and their Unions as
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
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recognize that that they take this stand to prevent
incalculable damage to our public schools.</span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">The
Ford government has steadily
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a
href="https://educationactiontoronto.com/articles/fighting-ford-on-education-its-not-just-about-education/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:rgb(17,85,204);
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">cut</span></a></span><span
style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
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public education at all levels, just as it continues to </span><span
style="font-size:10.5pt"><a
href="http://behindthenumbers.ca/2019/11/06/ontario-fall-update-multi-year-plan-to-squeeze-public-services-continues/"
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style="color:rgb(17,85,204);
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other vital public services. The impact on our public
education system to date is well documented. An
interactive
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a
href="http://behindthenumbers.ca/2019/09/04/ontario-school-boards-map/?mc_cid=b071f836bd&mc_eid=2671466737"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
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prepared by the Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives
illustrates how $430 million in real cuts to school boards
in the 2019-2020 year have been experienced at school
boards across the province. Among the effects to date:</span><span
style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt"><span
style="background-color:yellow"></span></span></p>
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<li><span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Class
sizes are already increasing significantly</span></li>
<li><span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Course
offerings in both mandatory and optional courses in high
schools have been cut</span></li>
<li><span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Crucial
special education funding and funding to support
vulnerable students has been cut</span></li>
<li><span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Programs
to
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a
href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/it-s-a-tragedy-provincial-funding-cut-puts-an-end-to-school-programming-that-combats-racism-1.5055731"
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moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:rgb(17,85,204);
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racism at school</span></a></span><span
style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
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and
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a
href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ontario-education-truth-and-reconciliation-commission-trc-1.4739297"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
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style="color:rgb(17,85,204);
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">to
incorporate Indigenous content and perspectives into
the Ontario curriculum</span></a></span><span
style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
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have been cancelled.</span></li>
<li><span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Staffing
losses of Teachers, Guidance Counselors, Speech and
Language pathologists, psychologists, and social workers
have already occurred</span></li>
<li><span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Exorbitant
user fees for
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a
href="https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/toronto/ib-program-fee-1.5381467"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">programs
such as International Baccalaureate</span></a></span><span
style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">
(IB) are making it difficult for students to complete
their programs.</span></li>
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style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Such
austerity measures disproportionately affect those with
the lowest incomes, Indigenous families, newcomers and
English language learners,
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a
href="https://static1.squarespace.com/static/59c5671151a584d45fa797b8/t/5ce474bb36ac2f00014b6245/1558475963657/SURJ-PublicEducationIsARacialJucticeIssue-2019.pdf"
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moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:rgb(17,85,204);
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of colour</span></a></span><span style="color:black;
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children who are gender diverse, children with
disabilities and/or individual learning needs, and others
who already face barriers in our education system. These
cuts </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a
href="https://www.macleans.ca/opinion/education-cuts-ontario-doug-ford-inequality/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:rgb(17,85,204);
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social inequality</span></a></span><span
style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
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the damage done to our children’s futures, and to our
society broadly, is profound. </span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Left
unchallenged, we believe that the Ford government will
continue to cut public education without limits.</span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;font-size:12pt;
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Thus,
we cannot support the idea that the teachers’ unions
should “meet the government halfway” or that “both sides”
have to compromise.
</span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;font-size:12pt;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">There
must be no capitulation to proposed class sizes of 28
students, leading to the removal of 30,000 classes from
the system, and making two online classes mandatory at the
high-school level. This would open the door to the Ford
government’s plans for 35 students per class, 100,000
classes removed, and a majority of online classes.
Compromising on already inadequate special education
funding means our students with diverse learning needs
fall even further behind.</span></p>
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font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;font-size:12pt;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">We
have seen that this government cannot be taken at its
word, even when Unions have attempted to work with them.</span><span
style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">
</span></span><span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">The
Ford government is already
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a
href="https://north99.org/2020/01/27/ford-government-withholding-58-million-at-risk-students-and-special-education/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:rgb(17,85,204);
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">backtracking</span></a></span><span
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on the commitment secured by CUPE education workers in the
fall that provided special education supports and
resources.</span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">The
support for public-school teachers, their unions, and
their bargaining positions at both elementary and
secondary levels continues to grow.
</span><span style="color:rgb(32,33,36); font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont;
letter-spacing:0.15pt">They fight to maintain the current
all-day kindergarten model, ensure that already large
class sizes not increase, provide adequate funding for
special education, and end pedagogically questionable
on-line ‘learning’ experiments.</span></p>
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font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">We
also see the Ford government escalating their attacks:</span></p>
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<li><span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Ford
and Education Minister Stephen Lecce are stepping up
their portrayal of Teachers, Education Workers, and
their Unions as self-interested and greedy.</span></li>
<li><span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Wealthy
Ford supporters have paid for costly newspaper
advertisements from a
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a
href="https://pressprogress.ca/group-behind-mysterious-anti-teacher-attack-ads-is-chaired-by-a-well-connected-conservative-millionaire/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:rgb(17,85,204);
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">fake
parents group</span></a></span><span
style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">
to try to discredit Teachers in the public eye.</span></li>
<li><span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">While</span><span
style="font-size:10.5pt"><a
href="https://www.broadbentinstitute.ca/education"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:rgb(17,85,204);
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">
$42 million has been cut from the Toronto District
School Board, the $60 that the province promises to
reimburse parents for every day of the strike will
cost $48 million
</span><span style="color:rgb(17,85,204);
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"><b>each
day</b></span></a></span><span style="color:black;
font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">. </span></li>
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font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></span></p>
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font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">The
destruction of the public education system pursued by the
Ford government affects all levels of education and sets
the stage for the privatization of public education in
Ontario. </span></p>
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font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></span></p>
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font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">At
the post-secondary level, the Ford government’s cut to</span><span
style="font-size:10.5pt"><a
href="https://www.theglobeandmail.com/canada/article-ontario-students-dismayed-by-cuts-to-financial-aid/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
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financial aid</span></a></span><span
style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">
for students has already undermined the ability of those
without family wealth to attend university. The Ford
government’s proposed ‘performance metrics’ could lead to
a $500 million </span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a
href="https://ocufa.on.ca/press-releases/ocufa-estimates-fords-performance-funding-could-cut-university-budgets-by-over-500-million-dollars/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:rgb(17,85,204);
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">cut
to Ontario’s universities</span></a></span><span
style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">;
the severity of this will rest on an undefined set of
indicators likely to favour institutions with the largest
corporate endowments. </span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt"><span
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">At
educators at the post-secondary level, we believe that
universal, free, public education is important for every
individual and for the development of society as a whole.
We call for adequate funding for kids and schools: Kids
should have more time with teachers in smaller classes,
better maintained school-buildings, access to more
specialized supports, and improved resources for their
learning. The children and youth of this province should
not be the target of purported cost-saving measures and
profit-making experiments. </span></p>
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font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Just
as the
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a
href="https://www.facebook.com/parentaction4ed/"
target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer"
moz-do-not-send="true"><span
style="color:rgb(17,85,204);
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Ontario
Parent Action Network
</span></a></span><span style="color:black;
font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> has
</span><span style="font-size:10.5pt"><a
href="https://linktr.ee/schoolwalkins?fbclid=IwAR2sY10tHOx0Y3d_JXE-D0TUpkJ7jR3Dd9B1YtuEQ-LfD-HznTceqBM_T6A"
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style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">mobilized</span></a></span><span
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in </span><span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">support
of our children to demonstrate that parents will not be
pitted against teachers in this fight, we as
post-secondary educators stand by our colleagues in ETFO,
OSSTF, OECTA and the AEFO. We support teachers who are
outside in the cold instead of teaching the students they
care about, in order to defend public education for all. </span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Sincerely,</span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt"><span
style="font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont"> </span></span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Justin
Podur, York University</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;font-size:12pt;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Anna
Zalik, York University</span></p>
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font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Honor
Ford-Smith, York University</span></p>
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font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Stefan
Kipfer, York University</span></p>
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font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Johanna
Lewis, York University</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;font-size:12pt;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Anna
Willats, George Brown College,</span></p>
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font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Alissa
Trotz, University of Toronto</span></p>
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font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Deborah
Cowen, University of Toronto</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;font-size:12pt;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Kiké
Roach</span><span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">,
Unifor National Chair in Social Justice and Democracy,
Ryerson University</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;font-size:12pt;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Natalie
Wood, George Brown College</span></p>
<p style="margin-top: 0px; margin-bottom: 0px;font-size:12pt;
font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Alejandro
Paz, University of Toronto</span></p>
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font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Natalie
Rothman, University of Toronto</span></p>
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font-family:Calibri,sans-serif; margin:0">
<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
font-family:Calibri,Helvetica,sans-serif,serif,EmojiFont">Aparna
Mishra Tarc, York University</span></p>
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<span style="color:black; font-size:10.5pt;
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Pasternak, Ryerson University<br>
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