The Battle Against Fat Bodies: A Teacher Shares her Personal Experience (Webinar Recording)
Nüton is excited to be partnering with Charlene Sacher, a grade 1-2 multiage teacher in Louis Riel School Division. This webinar recording, The Battle Against Fat Bodies: A Teacher Shares her Personal Experience, aired on May 10, 2023. You can find a link to the recording below.
About the Speaker:
Charlene Sacher is a grade 1-2 multiage teacher in Louis Riel School division who has been teaching for 18 years. She has taught primarily in Winnipeg but spent a few years teaching in Mississauga in Ontario. Within the 18 years of teaching, she has taught kindergarten to age 21 (except for grade 7), and has experience in resource and student services.
She has a passion for inclusive education, and she has a post-baccalaureate from the University of Manitoba in this area. She loves to integrate cooking and gardening into her classroom. She loves hands-on learning and having students being able to see their learning and progress. She is an active member of the Manitoba Association of Multiage Educators where she sits on various committees. She currently is the Equity and Social Justice Chair for her local association, LRTA. Here she helps support the members in their endeavors to create a more socially just and inclusive classroom and helps with supporting the community. Charlene is currently enrolled at Cape Breton University where she is working towards her Master’s degree in Education with the thesis topic of “Fat Stigmatization in Education”.
Charlene is also married and has three children. She loves to spend time with them travelling around our country whenever they can.
Summary of Webinar:
In this webinar, you will learn ways to identify and address fat stigmatization of students and educators within the education system by exploring:
- The meaning and impact of fat stigmatization and discrimination
- The nuances and microaggressions that are experienced
- How it impacts students and educators
- Alternative ways to talk about bodies and food
- How you can apply this within the school setting and in your work with children and youth
We invite you to check out Charlene’s blog post and video titled: Into the Thick of Things: Fat Pedagogy in Outdoor Nature Education
Webinar Recording:
Webinar Slides:
The Battle Against Fat Bodies: A Teacher Shares her Personal Experience – slides
Resources Mentioned:
- Body Size Diversity Book Lists
- Charlene’s blog post and video titled: Into the Thick of Things: Fat Pedagogy in Outdoor Nature Education
- Nüton’s Picks – Nüton team created this ever-growing online library of books, songs, videos, and podcasts. They are intended to help children and youth explore a variety of topics such as growing, cooking, and eating food, body diversity and more…all without diet-talk.