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Kyle McKillop

@kylemckillop.bsky.social
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He/him. Secondary literacy helping teacher, poet, sharer, decolonizer. Past president BCTELA, SETA, RCLAS. May contain gluten &/or joy. linktr.ee/kylemckillop

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Robert Jago @rjjago.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
Here's something I've been working on for a while, that I'll be getting into a lot more soon. This is where Land Acknowledgements come from, this is what they mean, and this is how you've all been doing them wrong.
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Rob Taylor @roblucastaylor.bsky.social · 07/07/2026
New Westminster's Poetry in the Park series lineup has been announced! This Summer, they'll feature @raoulfernandes.bsky.social, @allegorically.bsky.social, @christinashah.bsky.social, @jkirton.bsky.social, @isabellawangbc.bsky.social, @kevinspenst.bsky.social, and more. @rclas.bsky.social
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 02/07/2026
Honoured to be on the shortlist for the Malahat Review's Far Horizons Award! malahatreview.ca/announcement...
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The Malahat Review
The Malahat Review, established in 1967, is among Canada’s leading literary journals. Published quarterly, it features contemporary Canadian and international and contemporary works of poetry and fict...
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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 07/03/2026
“Shout out to the classics, but a book doesn’t need to be timeless in order to be effective for the generations that are reading it.“ 🎤🫳
Excerpt from linked interview
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 12/02/2026
Why is Apple News pushing residential school denialism articles?
A newspaper headline from the National Post describing a residential school denier as “the standard bearer for free thought”.
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 27/01/2026
Such a joy to get to talk with 350 SFU student teachers today about relational learning. One of the highlights of my career. So many lovely people. Such sweet engagement. So absorbed I almost forgot to take a photo. 🤩 Thank you for the invitation, @sfueducation.bsky.social!
A blond man with glasses and a gray-tinged gingery beard smiles at the camera as if he totally loves the fact that you exist on this planet.
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 24/10/2025
Jaylene Tyme, live at the @bctela.bsky.social conference: a surthrivor!
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 17/10/2025
Teachers of #bced! The @bctela.bsky.social conference has a magnificent lineup this year, with a keynote from Billy-Ray Belcourt, drag with Jaylene Tyme, and two dozen workshops that will deepen your K-12 ELA practice! Join ussssss! www.bctelaconference.ca
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 03/10/2025
What does Reconciliation mean to you? Check out what Indigenous educators in Surrey Schools have to say! #sd36learn surreyschoolsone.ca/trc/
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Truth and Reconciliation Week | Surrey Schools ONE
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 22/09/2025
Join us for this year's @bctela.bsky.social conference this October! In the morning Dr. Joaquin Munoz and I will share our learning progressions for engaging with Indigenous topics, and in the afternoon Dr. Kessey Jemmott and I will dig deep into the joy & decolonizing power of creative nonfiction!
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BCTELA BC Teachers of English Language Arts @bctela.bsky.social · 17/09/2025
Gather Around! Story at Resistance, Story as Hope! Register now for BCTELA's Oct. 2025 conference!! bctela.ca/conferences/
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Conferences - BC Teachers of English Language Arts
BC Teachers of English Language Arts  October 2025 Conference!!   Gather Around: Story As Resistance, Story As Hope Date: October 23-24, 2025 Thursday night it’s showtime with a twist! Join us for a p...
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 28/08/2025
If you're looking for *free* rubrics, ELA course plans, conferencing docs, literacy support, links to powerful contemporary poems, and more, check out my class site: mistermckillop.wordpress.com/for-teachers/. #ela
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For Teachers
Useful files for teachers!
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BCTELA BC Teachers of English Language Arts @bctela.bsky.social · 26/08/2025
Day 7 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club! We know you have some important thoughts we can learn from in response to these questions. Contribute to our thinking in the comments section below.
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 25/08/2025
Prompts! Writing stations! (Though they choose their own destination; no one hits all the stations.) Exemplars and discussions! Visiting poets! Modelling and co-writing! Drafts! In-the-moment feedback!
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BCTELA BC Teachers of English Language Arts @bctela.bsky.social · 24/08/2025
Day 5 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club! Let's learn a bit about you...share your reflections in the comments section below.
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BCTELA BC Teachers of English Language Arts @bctela.bsky.social · 23/08/2025
Day 4 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club Going big with this prompt. Share your thoughts in the comments section and support conversation by replying to others.
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
My favourite definition of poetry: intense language. So there’s an intensity to prose poetry, a densification with strong verbs and nouns. There’s often a focus on showing over telling, leaving the reader to infer. A GOOD prose poem takes us somewhere we didn’t expect.
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BCTELA BC Teachers of English Language Arts @bctela.bsky.social · 22/08/2025
Day 3 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club Share your ideas below in the comment section and don't forget to respond or reply to others. 🙂 Love this learning community!
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BCTELA BC Teachers of English Language Arts @bctela.bsky.social · 21/08/2025
Day 2 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club Share your thoughts in the comments section and please also respond to others' contributions!
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BCTELA BC Teachers of English Language Arts @bctela.bsky.social · 20/08/2025
Day 1 of 8 2025 BCTELA: BC Teachers of English Language Arts Summer Book Club! This collection of poems is a powerful read! Please respond to the quote, the question or the reflections below in the comment section.
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BCTELA BC Teachers of English Language Arts @bctela.bsky.social · 18/08/2025
Happy August everyone! A few short days until our 2025 summer book club chats begin for NDN Coping Mechanisms by Billy-Ray Belcourt, our conference keynote! Questions to provoke your thinking and responses start August 20th and go until the 27th! We are eagerly anticipating your contributions!!
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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 26/07/2025
Once a month I give this anonymous Google Form survey to all my classes + then turn around and share the results with them the following week Adapted from what @jimmayers.bsky.social does in his room, having this monthly "pulse check" has been a game-changer (Especially the debrief conversations!)
first two questions of our monthly anonymous check-in surveylast two questions of our monthly anonymous check-in survey
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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 24/07/2025
Since @marcusluther.bsky.social has been making his teaching practices explicit, I want to share how I teach theme. It’s not new, but it’s the best AND it’s a sure-fire way to tell if a student has used AI at this point.
An annotated one pager on how to teach theme
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Royal City Literary Arts Society @rclas.bsky.social · 11/07/2025
Join us for Poetry in the Park July 16th with features Cecily Nicholson and Rita Wong, followed by open mic and host @jessicaleemcmillan.com. 6:30pm Queen's Park Bandshell. rclas.com/recurring/po...
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July 16th Wednesday 6:30pm
Queen's Park Bandshell

Pictures of poets on green and purple ombre flyer with leaves on the left.
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The Ex-Puritan @ex-puritan.bsky.social · 08/07/2025
Now Hiring: Poetry Editor! Position begins August 2025. For the full posting, please see our website. Apply before July 22, 2025: ex-puritan.ca/news/now-hir...
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NOW HIRING: POETRY EDITOR
The Ex-Puritan is hiring a new poetry editor!
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Marcus Luther @marcusluther.bsky.social · 10/06/2025
Something I love about having made a vision document for each of the classes I teach back in at the beginning of the school year? The ability to look at it when the school year concludes as a lens to understand what went well and how I need to do better: docs.google.com/document/d/1...
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24-25 Course Vision - AP Literature
24-25 Course Vision - AP Literature In order to go somewhere, you usually have to have a clear vision of where you want to go. So ahead of a new school year, I want to take the time to lay out the sev...
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 07/05/2025
DOCTOR Kessey! She did it!!!😍😍😍
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Arc Poetry Magazine @arcpoetry.bsky.social · 30/04/2025
Arc’s Poem of the Year 2025 Readers’ Choice Award is open for voting! Which shortlisted poem is your favourite? Read the standout finalist poems and cast your vote today! buff.ly/3DLvn2D
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 15/04/2025
“…keep going…”
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jaye simpson @jayesimpson.bsky.social · 22/03/2025
my book, a body more tolerable, is out in the public early! WHAT A TIME!
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Forgotten Poets @forgottenpoets.bsky.social · 18/03/2025
From 'Midnight & Other Poems' (2009) —Mourid Barghouti [tr. Radwa Ashour] #poetry #poem #poems #palestine
		INTERPRETATIONS

	A poet sits in a coffee shop, writing.
	The old lady
	thinks he is writing a letter to his mother,
	the young woman
	thinks he is writing a letter to his girlfriend,
	the child
	thinks he is drawing,
	the businessman
	thinks he is considering a deal,
	the tourist
	thinks he is writing a postcard,
	the employee
	thinks he is calculating his debts.
	The secret policeman
	walks, slowly, towards him.

				—Mourid Barghouti
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 13/03/2025
As with so many things, the answer seems to be balance: starting with shared texts that build skills and community, and then letting students spiral out into their own explorations and priorities.
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 23/02/2025
This poem by Jónína Kirton! www.eventmagazine.ca/2025/01/poet...
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Terese Mason Pierre @teresempierre.bsky.social · 11/11/2024
Here is a Canadian Poets Starter Pack! 🪶💐🩷 If you're a Canadian poet and I've missed you, comment below, and I'll add. (Also, if I made a mistake in adding you to the list, let me know, and I'll remove you!) Please share so folks coming to Bluesky can find their people! go.bsky.app/JbjXoTN
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Judy Halbert @jhalbert.bsky.social · 17/01/2025
Stories shape the way we learn, lead, and connect. They help us make sense of the world, inspire change, and build stronger communities. Please join us in this special series hosted by our dear friend, Monique Gray Smith. outdoorlearning.com/event/the-me... @noiie.ca
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The Medicine of Stories - Outdoor Learning School & Store
Scroll Down to Register 4 x 60 Minutes Storytelling Sessions The Medicine of Stories in Educating Hearts, Minds and Spirits Early bird registration open until January 17th! These inspiring and […]
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Rob Taylor @roblucastaylor.bsky.social · 21/01/2025
As I read the 100+ poetry books submitted for the Fred Cogswell Award, I took notes on both the books and the tricky act of judging poetry. I've compiled some of them into an essay for @the-wood-lot.bsky.social. I hope you enjoy it! the-wood-lot.ca/2025/01/19/s...
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Some Notes on Judging Poetry – Rob Taylor
by Rob Taylor In May 2024, I was invited to judge the Fred Cogswell award for the best Canadian poetry book of 2023. I said yes immediately, having long been a fan of the prize’s structure (and, of…
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 29/12/2024
If you’re looking to connect with ELA teachers in BC, here’s a starter pack! go.bsky.app/JJc37o1
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Trevor Aleo @mraleosays.bsky.social · 24/12/2024
Still a WIP but I’ve been working with @karismjones.bsky.social, @rabani.bsky.social, @carolinebr.bsky.social, @deewellington1.bsky.social, Sarah Jerasa & some other folks on a repository of digital mentor texts/practices. Here’s mine on VE. reminiscent-attention-b9e.notion.site/Video-Essays...
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Video Essays | Notion
Genre Overview
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 25/12/2024
Happy 3rd birthday to this Christmas girl, who can fly like a reindeer…
Off-handsome man and beautiful labradoodle Labdradoodle leaping 3 times her height to catch a frisbee
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 15/12/2024
Her season
Freshly washed and trimmed labradoodle does not want to be photographed Labradoodle in the mist
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
Via @chrishunter.bsky.social, BC's AI & digital literacy teaching supports. There are 2 for ELA; I'm most taken with the ELA9 story one. www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...
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Digital literacy and the use of AI in education: supports for British Columbia schools
A suite of materials for school districts, schools, teachers, parents and caregivers, and students to support the integration of AI tools in BC classrooms.
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Chris Hunter @chrishunter.bsky.social · 11/12/2024
The BC MoE developed AI-related teaching and learning examples in various grades and areas of learning. Thoughts on the Math 9 one? www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/...
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Digital literacy and the use of AI in education: supports for British Columbia schools
A suite of materials for school districts, schools, teachers, parents and caregivers, and students to support the integration of AI tools in BC classrooms.
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Carolyn Roberts @carolynroberts.bsky.social · 28/11/2024
Looking for Indigenous Brilliance for your classroom? Have a listen to my playlist of amazing Indigenous musicians. www.carolynroberts.net/general-4
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Re-Storying Education Playlist | Carolyn Roberts
Playlist to accompany Re-Storying Education: Decolonzing your Practice with a critical Lens.
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Dr. Tracy @tracyrenee70.bsky.social · 04/12/2024
Everything is on fire,
but everyone I love is doing beautiful things
and trying to make life worth living,
and I know I don't have to believe in everything,
but I believe in that.

Nikita Gill
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 03/12/2024
Spent the day at another high school, shadowing an expert ELA colleague. Takeaways: kids need context; learning logs carry powerful potential; movement & discussion help kids; we all do things beautifully & differently; there can never be enough books in a classroom.
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
A starter pack of educators in Surrey, BC. Comment/message me if I haven't added you yet! #sd36learn #edusky go.bsky.app/Dutdpe4
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Trusting Readers @trustingreaders.bsky.social · 01/12/2024
Wondering what to do with the three weeks of school before winter break? This is a perfect time to do mini-inquiries into Reading Identity and Book Choice.Let us know if you want some ideas. Here are some thoughts on engagement. trustingreaders.com/2024/10/18/a... @caroljago.bsky.social #EduSky
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Authentic Conditions for Authentic Engagement
In Who’s Doing the Work: How to Say Less so Students Can Do More (2016) Burkins and Yaris caution us that teachers can give students too much support. When that happens, we rob students of the oppo…
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Chanea Bond @heymrsbond.com · 29/11/2024
Poetry 🤝🏾 science
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Jade Pichette @jadepichette.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
We shouldn't have to be stealth, but I will never fault someone being stealth for survival.
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Kyle McKillop @kylemckillop.bsky.social · 29/11/2024
Oh wow
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